16 Strata CTX DKT3000/2000-Series Digital Telephone October 2002
Conference Calls The Basics
Conference Calls
You can conference together up to eight parties (including your own) - with up to six parties being
external network lines. The actual number of conference parties with acceptable volume levels
depends on the local and far end telephone line conditions.
The person who initiates the conference call is the Master. If, after the conference is established and
the Master exits the conference, the first station to have been added to the conference becomes the
Master.
➤To conference calls
1. While on a call, press
Cnf/Trn
. You hear dial tone and your Line LED flashes green.
2. Call another station or outside line.
3. When the called party answers, press Cnf/Trn. If you receive a busy tone or no answer, press Cnf/
Trn again to return to the original connection.
All parties are conferenced. If the second call was placed on a Line that appears on your telephone,
the LED also flashes green.
4. Repeat the above steps to add lines to the conference. Keep in mind the maximum number of allowed
conference parties.
Note When the “master” of the conference hangs up, the control is automatically transferred to the
first internal station added to the conference call. If no other internal stations are included in
the conference call, the call will be disconnected.
➤To transfer conference control
1. Do Steps 1 and 2 above to add the line to which you wish to transfer conference control. See previous
Note.
2. Announce the call and hang up to transfer it. This station now becomes the conference “master” with
the ability to add or delete parties.
➤To hold a conference call
➤If you are the Conference Master, press the Hold key once (or twice for Executive Hold) to place
the conference call on hold. The other parties can continue with the conference. Music-on-hold is
suppressed and your extension LED flashes green. You can rejoin the conference at any time by
pressing your extension button. When you return, you retain Master status.