Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Important information
- General information
- Getting to know the Octophon
- Basic functions
- Answering a call
- Switching from handset to speakerphone mode
- Switching from speakerphone mode to the handset
- Switching from headset to speakerphone mode
- Open listening
- Activating/deactivating the microphone
- Ending a call
- Group call for a team
- Listening to voicemail
- Making calls
- Redial
- Consulting a second party
- Call forwarding
- Calling back missed calls
- Programmable sensor keys
- Enhanced phone functions
- Phonebooks and call lists
- Privacy/security
- Individual phone configuration
- Web interface (WBM)
- Fixing problems
- Local user menu
- Index

Basic functions
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Step by step
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.
Select and confirm the option shown in the connec-
tion's context menu.
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 configured Conference key in this
case.
j Call the second party.
Ending or cancelling a consultation call
Select and confirm the option shown in the second
party's context menu.
The consultation call is disconnected. The call with the
first party is resumed.
Ending the first call
Select and confirm the option shown in the first call's
context menu.
The connection to the second party remains active.
Consult
Start Conference
Disconnect & return
Disconnect
If you want to use the phonebook or a call list
for a consultation call, select Hold instead of
Consult in the context menu and/or press the
Hold key and then open the phonebook or a
required call list (Æ page 89).
Alternatively you open a phonebook or call list
without using the Hold function – the active call
is automatically put on Hold.










