Instruction manual

System Features
INTER-TEL
®
5000 ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE – Issue 2.3, September 2007
Page 196 Placing a Conference Call
Placing a Conference Call
To place a conference call while on a call with an Inter-Tel endpoint:
Press the button, or press the Special button and enter the Conference feature
code (5). The party is on conference wait hold (hears music) and the button
flutters. The display shows
CALL NEXT PARTY TO CNF.
To place a conference call while on a call with a single line endpoint:
1. Hookflash and enter the Conference feature code (5). The party is on conference wait
hold (hears music).
2. Place an intercom or outside call to another party (or return to a call on hold) to be
included in the conference. Users of Executive and Professional Display endpoints and
Model 8560 endpoints can press the
IC DIRECTORY or OUTSIDE DIR menu buttons to
look up numbers.
An existing conference is not a valid party for another conference.
To place the party on conference wait hold with an Inter-Tel endpoint:
Press the button again. Or, press the Special button and enter 5 again.
To place the party on conference wait hold with a single line endpoint:
Hookflash and enter the Conference feature code (5). The party is on conference
wait hold (hears music).
3. Repeat step 2 until all parties are on conference wait hold (or the maximum allowed
number has been reached).
4. Connect all waiting parties in the conference:
To connect all waiting parties in the conference with an endpoint that has menu
buttons:
Press the
CONNECT TO CONFERENCE menu button. All parties are connected.
The display shows
CNF IN PROGRESS. The CNF button and a Call button flash
slowly. Use the following menu buttons:
HOLD: Press this button to place the conference on hold.
DISCONNECT: Press this button to remove your endpoint from the conference. If
there are no other endpoints in the conference, all parties are disconnected. If there
is still another endpoint in the conference, the parties remain connected.
ADD PARTY: This button appears only if you have not reached the maximum
number of allowed parties. Press this button to leave the conference parties con-
nected while you place another call to be added to the conference.
MUTE: Press this button to switch the microphone on or off during the conference.
TRANSFER CNF: Press this button and enter an extension number to transfer the
conference to another endpoint or the Voice Mail application.
To connect all waiting parties in the conference with another type of Inter-Tel end-
point:
Press the button again. Or, press the Special button and enter again.
All parties are connected. Display endpoints show
CNF IN PROGRESS. The
button and a Call button flash slowly.
CNF
CNF
CNF
CNF
5
CNF