Call Waiting - Siemens Gigaset E490 User Manual

Internal consultation/conference
calls
When you are conducting an external call,
you can call an internal participant at the
same time for consultation or hold a confer-
ence call between all 3 participants.
You are conducting an external call:
u
Open the list of handsets.
The external participant hears
hold music if activated
¢
( page 54).
s
Select handset and press
You are connected to the inter-
nal participant.
either:
§End§
Press the display key.
You are reconnected with the
external participant.
Or:
§Conference§
Press the display key.
All 3 participants are connected
with each other.
Ending a conference call
a
Press the end call key.
If an internal participant presses the end call
key a, the other handset remains con-
nected to the external participant.

Call waiting

Many Telecommunication providers in Aus-
tralia and New Zealand offer a Call waiting
service on your Home Phone Line. Please
speak to your service provider to check if
your Home Phone line is activated for this
service (charges may apply).
The most common providers instructions for
Call waiting are as follows.
Please note
These processes depend on the network
provider and are subject to change.
Australia:
Telstra:
To answer an incoming call when you're
already on a call, or to switch between calls:
¤
Press the Recall key S and listen for the
dial tone, then press 2.
To hang up on one call and return to the
other:
¤
Press the Recall key S on your phone
and listen for the dial tone, then press
.
§OK§
.
To reject an incoming call when you are
already on a call:
¤
Push the Recall key S on your phone
and listen for the dial tone, then press
S again.
For more information please contact Telstra.
Optus:
You are on the phone and hear the beeps.
To put the first caller on hold and talk to the
new caller (the caller on hold will hear noth-
ing):
¤
Press the Recall key S on your phone.
To return to the first caller:
¤
Press the Recall key S and put the new
caller on hold. You can alternate between
the calls in this way.
Or
¤
Hang up the first call. The phone will ring
again with the second caller. This means
that you will not be able to go back to the
first caller.
For more information please contact Optus.
New Zealand:
Telecom NZ:
You are on the phone and hear four beeps.
To talk to the second caller:
¤
Press the Recall key S on your phone.
To return to the first caller:
Press the Recall key S again and you will
be able to continue your original conversa-
tion.
For more information please contact Tele-
com NZ.
Using several handsets
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