Picking Up Call
Picking Up Another’s Call
Suppose your co-worker in the office next to you has stepped out for coffee. You hear
his phone ring with the two short rings of an outside call. You want to answer it for him.
Rather than running to his desk and risk missing the call, you answer it from your own
desk.
ACTION
OUTCOME
On a 6-Button Phone:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Press the INTERCOM button.
Lift the receiver or press the
SPEAKER button.
Dial “
★
” and “8.”
Dial the intercom extension number
of the station receiving the call.
On a 24-Button Phone:
You will hear a tone and the light
above the intercom button will go on.
You will be connected with the caller.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Press the INTERCOM button.
Lift the receiver or press the
SPEAKER button.
Dial “
★
” and “8.”
Press the auto-dial button of the
You will be connected with the caller.
You will hear a tone and the light
above the intercom button will go on.
station receiving the call.
NOW YOU TRY IT . . .
You’ll need three phones to try this one out. Ask co-worker A to call co-
worker B on the intercom. Ask co-worker B not to answer it. You,
knowing B’s intercom extension number, can follow STEPS 1 through 4
above.
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