Placing Conference Calls - Inter-Tel 8500 User Manual

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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:
While on the first call, press
1.
Place another intercom or outside call.
2.
Press
3.
more call on hold.)
Press
4.
During the conference call, you can do the following:
•
To place the conference on hold: Press
without disconnecting the parties. To return to the conference, press
•
To drop out of the conference: Press
endpoint from the conference, but leaves the other parties connected.
•
To add parties to the conference: Do the following:
Press
a.
Place a call to the party to be added to the conference.
b.
Press
c.
•
To end the conference and place all parties on individual hold: Press
and then press
speak to one party at a time by pressing
•
To mute your microphone: Press
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
TRANSFER
ready to complete the transfer.
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to place the call on hold. (If necessary, repeat this step to place one
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to join all of the calls together in the conference.
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. This leaves the conference parties connected.
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twice to put yourself and the new party into the conference.
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to place all of the parties on individual hold. You can then
and dial the desired extension number. Then hang up when you are
to put the call on hold.
. This places the conference on hold
and hang up. This removes your
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or a flashing button.
. This turns your microphone on or off
MUTE
.
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