Siemens optiPoint 500 Quick Reference Manual page 25

• A call on busy standby queuing
• A call on busy standby queuing for the line that you are
using.
To pick up a call and add it to a conference:
During a two-party call or a conference call:
1. If you have a PICKUP key, press it.
OR
Get a dial tone and dial
Note: The original (two-party or conference) call is
2. Dial the extension where the call to be picked up is
located.
3. If the picked up party is on busy standby queuing for your
line, you will already be connected to it now. You do not
have to dial an extension for it.
OR
If the picked up party wants to join the conference, press
the CONFERENCE key. All parties will hear a conference
tone to signal that another party has joined.
OR
If the picked up party does not want to join the conference,
press the CLEAR key to return to the conference call.
To toggle between the picked up party and the original call,
press the CONNECT key.
Note: You can also transfer, place on hold, place on
consultation hold, or park a call you have picked up.
(See "Transfer" on page 32, "Hold" on page 19,
"Connect" on page 17, and "Park" on page 23.)
To screen an incoming call before picking it up, put
the conference on hold and answer the call. Then
return to the conference and pick up the call.
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Busy standby queuing is a feature where the caller who reaches a busy line
can wait until the line is freed. He then will be connected. When a caller is
in busy standby queuing the busy signal changes to music or any other tone
that lets him know that he can wait.
placed on consultation hold.
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for another extension.
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