AT&T Partner MLS 6, Installation And Use Manual

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Making a Conference Call
You should not add a busy or
ringing outside call to a confer-
ence; if you do, all callers will
hear the busy or ringing signal. If
you hear a busy signal or the
A conference call connects you with two other parties—outside or inside—in a
single call.
During the conference call, any inside party can exit the call at any time by
hanging up. However, if an outside party hangs up during a conference call,
the callers that remain on the conference will hear a dial tone. A PARTNER sys-
tem feature called Conference Drop removes the last added party from a
conference call. Therefore, when setting up a conference call, plan carefully. If
you have two outside parties on a conference call, and you think that one of
those parties may exit the call before the other, add that party last so that you
can remove the party using Conference Drop while continuing the call with the
other party.
Anyone can put his or her end of the call on hold during the conference. The
other parties can continue to talk while the call originator is on hold. When the
conference originator hangs up, the conference is disconnected.
To set up a conference call:
party does not answer, reconnect
1.
with the held party by pressing
the line button.
2.
3.
If you are adding an intercom
extension to a call, you must wait
4.
until the party answers before
you press [
Cont
] to add the party.
Set up the call to the first party. (You can call the party, pick up the call
from hold, or answer an incoming call.)
You are connected with the first party. The light is green steady.
Press [
Conf
].
The first party is now on hold. The line button is green wink.
Set up the call to the second party.
You are connected with the second party Their line button is green steady.
Press [
Conf
] again.
You can now speak with the first and second parties. The line buttons for both parties are
alternate green/red flash.
To drop the last added party from a conference call:
1. On a PARTNER 12-button phone, press [
Drop
]. (See p. 4-11.) On a
PARTNER 6-button phone, press [
Feature
] [
0
] [
6
].
The last added party is dropped.
Notes
You can use Speed Dialing or Auto Dialing to add calls to the conference.
You cannot transfer a conference call.
You cannot join a conference call. That is, the conference initiator must add
each party to the conference.
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Basic Call Handling with PARTNER Phones
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