3Com NBX, Manual

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external caller allows Caller ID information to be broadcast, the display
panel shows the external caller’s name and telephone number.
Answering a
Second Call
When a new call arrives while you are on a call:
1 Press the Hold button to put the current call on hold.
2 Press the blinking System Appearance button for the line on which the
new call is arriving, to answer the call.
3 To return to the earlier call, hang up the new call, or put it on hold, or
transfer it, and then press the System Appearance button for the original
call.
On the 3Com Cordless Telephones, use this information to manage the
two lines.
Line A Line B How to Manage New Calls
Active call Ringing To answer the incoming call, press the blinking System Appearance button for the
call. (If you do not answer, the system sends the second call to your call coverage
point.)
Active call On hold To go to the call that is on hold, press the blinking System Appearance button for the
call. To return to the first call, press its System Appearance button.
On hold Ringing If you have placed one call on hold:
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And you do not hang up the handset, and the other line rings, press the blinking
System Appearance button for the call that is on hold, to return to it. Then press
the blinking System Appearance button for the incoming call to answer it.
■
And you do hang up the handset and the other line rings, remove the handset
from the charging unit to connect to the incoming call. Then press the blinking
System Appearance button for the call on hold, to switch to it.
On hold On hold If you have placed two calls on hold:
■
And you do not hang up the handset, press the blinking System Appearance
button for the call you most recently placed on hold. Then press the blinking
System Appearance button for the call you first placed on hold to return to it.
■
And you do hang up the handset, remove the handset from the charging unit to
return to the call you most recently placed on hold. Then press the blinking
System Appearance button for the call you first placed on hold to return to it.
Active or on
hold
On hold If a third call comes in while you have one active call and one on hold, or two calls on
hold, the system forwards the third caller directly to your call coverage point. See
“Forwarding Incoming Calls” in this chapter for call forwarding details.