MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
Feature Reference
555-650-110
Issue 1
June 1997
Features
Page 432
Pickup
Group Pickup
3
0
To pick up a call ringing on any other group member’s telephone, press a
programmed Group Pickup button or press the Feature button and dial
88
. MLX
telephone users also can press the Feature button and select the feature from the
display.
MLC-5 cordless telephones cannot be assigned to Pickup groups.
Single-Line Telephones
3
0
Individual Pickup
3
0
To pick up a parked call, lift the handset and (while listening to inside dial tone)
dial
#9
and the extension number for the telephone or park zone.
Group Pickup
3
0
To pick up a call ringing at any other group member’s telephone, lift the handset
and (while listening to inside dial tone) dial
#88
.
NOTE:
When a single-line telephone user is on a call and puts the call on hold to
pick up another call by using Individual or Group Pickup, the user cannot
put the picked-up call on hold to return to the first call. If the user presses
the Recall or Flash button (or, if the telephone does not have timed or
positive disconnect, presses and releases the switchhook), the picked-up
call is dropped and the user is reconnected to the original held call. If the
user hangs up, the picked-up call is disconnected and the first call is
considered on hold for transfer and is not returned to the user until after the
transfer return interval.
Feature Interactions
3
0
Callback
A callback request cannot be picked up at another telephone.
Call Waiting
Pickup cannot be used to answer a waiting call at another extension.
Conference
A conference call cannot be picked up at another extension. A conference
originator can, however, pick up a call and add it to the conference call.
Coverage
An Individual or Group Coverage sender or receiver can be a member of
a Pickup group. This allows Pickup to be used to answer a ringing
Individual or Group Coverage call. If a sender who is a member of a
Pickup group uses Coverage On/Off to prevent calls from being sent to
Individual or Group Coverage receivers, his or her calls can be picked up
by using Individual Pickup; however, calls cannot be picked up by using
Group Pickup. When a coverage call is answered by using Pickup, the
call appearance is removed from all other telephones in the coverage
arrangement.