You Are Away From Your Desk - Aastra Ascotel Office 70IP-b User Manual

Using Added Features to Make Efficient Phone Calls
Making a Conference Call
You are in a call and have a call party on hold at the same time. You want to include the party on hold in the
conversation and hold a conference call.
With the conference function you can include a call party on hold in the current conversation. From the
conference call you can initiate an enquiry call to someone else. You can broker between the parties as a
group and the enquiry call party.
Depending on the system, a conference call can consist of up to 6 conference participants. You can hold a
conference call with internal and external subscribers.
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You Are Away from Your Desk

This section explains the different options provided by your phone when you want to leave your desk.
Using the Absence Key
You want to leave your desk and set up your phone for your absence.
Your phone has an Absence key. It is factory set as a call forwarding unconditional key. By simply pressing
the Absence key you can activate a call forwarding unconditional.
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To connect the call party on hold: Press the Menu key repeatedly until the
display reads "Conference".
Press the "Conference" Foxkey.
The call party on hold is now included in the call: Conference call.
Note
You may hear an attention tone. This depends on the system's configuration.
Leaving a conference call: Put the handset on-hook.
The other conference parties remain in the call.
Enter the phone number to which the call is to be forwarded.
Press the Absence key.
The display reads "Forwarded to:" The call forwarding unconditional is
activated.
– or –
To activate the last forwarded destination: Press the Absence key only.
The display reads "Forwarded to:" The call forwarding unconditional is
activated.
Note
You can configure the Absence key like any other configurable key.
When you are back at your desk: Press the Absence key.
The call forwarding unconditional is deactivated. The phone reverts to the
idle state.