User Guide

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Inter-Tel

Model 8560/8660 User Guide

GETTING STARTED

PLACING CONFERENCE CALLS

With the Conference feature, you can establish a conference call with up to three

intercom and/or outside parties (four, including you).

To place a conference call:

1. While on the first call, press or the CNF menu button to put the call on

hold.

2. Place another intercom or outside call.

3. Press or the CNF menu button to place the call on hold. (If necessary,

repeat this step to place one more call on hold.)

4. Press or the CONNECT TO CONFERENCE menu button to join all of

the calls together in the conference.

During the conference call, you can do the following:

• To place the conference on hold: Press the

HOLD menu button. This places the

conference on hold without disconnecting the parties. To return to the conference,

press .

• To drop out of the conference: Press and hang up. This removes your

endpoint from the conference, but leaves the other parties connected.

• To add additional parties to the conference: Do the following:

—Press the

ADD PARTY menu button. This leaves the conference parties con-

nected.

— Place a call to the party to be added to the conference.

— EITHER, Press twice.

OR, Press once, and then press

CONNECT TO CONFERENCE. You

and the new party are added to the conference.

• To end the conference and place all parties on individual hold: Press and

then press to place all of the parties on individual hold. You can then speak to

one party at a time by pressing or a flashing button.

• To mute your microphone: Press

or the MUTE menu button. This turns

your microphone on or off during the conference. If mute is enabled, you can

hear the conferenced parties, but they cannot hear you.

• To transfer the conference to another extension or to voice mail: Press

or the

TRANSFER CNF menu button and dial the desired extension number. Then

hang up when you are ready to complete the transfer.

CNF

MUTE

TRANSFER