Instruction manual
Answering Calls
Description
This section describes how users can answer calls ringing at their own
extensions. Additional features enable users to pick up calls ringing at other
extensions—see “Related Features” below.
Related Features
■
A user can answer an outside call, an intercom call, or a transferred call that
is ringing at a specific extension or at any extension in a group. For more
information, see
Call Pickup
and
Group Pickup.
■
A user can program
Direct Line Pickup—Active Line
to answer calls on
lines not assigned to the user’s phone.
■
A user can join a call in progress at another extension, as long as
Privacy
is
not on for that extension. See
Joining Calls.
Considerations
■
There are several ways to access a line for answering calls:
–
On either a system phone or a standard phone, lift the handset to answer
a ringing call (if more than one call is ringing at a system phone, you get
the call that has been ringing longest).
—
On a system phone, press a specific line or [
Intercom
] button. You can
also use Direct Line Pickup to pick up a ringing or held call, or to join an
active call, by dialing [
Intercom
] [
6
] [
8
] and the two-digit line number.
–
On a standard phone, you can use Direct Line Pickup to pick up a
ringing or held call, or to join an active call on a specific line: at intercom
dial tone, dial [
6
] [
8
] and the two-digit line number.
■
If you are using an MLC-6 cordless phone, make sure the handset is on
before using the following instructions.
System Phone
You can answer a call on any line that is ringing, or select a specific line if more
than one is ringing:
■
When the telephone is ringing, lift the handset.
You are connected to the incoming call. If the call is an intercom call and
you have a display phone, the caller’s extension number briefly appears on
your display.
■
To answer a call on a specific line:
1.
Press the line button for the line you want to answer.
2.
Lift the handset or press [
Spkr
].
You are connected to the call.
Answering Calls
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