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Consulting a second party
You can call a second party while a call is in progress. The connection to the first
party is placed on hold.
Prerequisite: You are conducting a call.
Confirm the option shown.
or Starting a conference
Select and confirm the connection in the context menu if you intend to set up a
conference with the new user. You can also use the
Á key in this case.
j Enter and confirm the second party's phone number.
Ending a consultation call
You end the consultation
Select and confirm the option shown.
The consultation call is disconnected. The call with the first party is resumed.
The second party hangs up
If the second party hangs up, you will be prompted to retrieve the first call again
if "Hold and hang-up" is disabled (
page 77). Otherwise, the first call will re-
main on hold until you receive this prompt after a defined time interval.
Confirm the option shown. You are reconnected with the first party.
Ending the consultation with an active headset
Press the "Auto-Headset" function key to activate automatic call answering. This
key and the
Ê key illuminate.
[ You are conducting a consultation call and the second party hangs up. You are
automatically reconnected with the waiting first party. The prompt "Retrieve held
call" does not appear.
If you want to use a call list or one of the phonebooks for the consultation
call, select Hold instead of Consult in the context menu or press the
Ä
key and then open a required call list (
page 89) or one of the phone-
books ( page 96/ page 99).
Alternatively, you can open a call list or a phonebook without using the
Consult or Hold function - the active call is automatically put on Hold.
If the call is kept on hold, you can retrieve the call via the context menu
before the set time expires.
The administrator has additionally configured a key with the "Auto-Head-
set" function (AICS Zip tone) ( page 62).
Auto-Headset
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