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Advanced Call features
Making an outgoing call on a bridged line
About this task
When you make a call on a bridged line, you are using another phone user's line. The caller ID
associated with the call you are making might show the call as coming from you or coming from
the person whose line you are using.
Before you begin
Ensure that the feature is activated by the administrator.
Procedure
1. Select the bridged line you want to use.
2. Press OK or select the corresponding call appearance to get a dial tone.
3. Dial the phone number, or call the person from the Contacts list, or call the person from the
Recents list.
Answering a call on a bridged line
About this task
Answering a call on a bridged line is the same as answering the call on a primary line. For multiple
call appearance alerting, the phone highlights the call appearance with the most recent incoming
call. If the ringing line is selected, you can answer by picking up the handset or by pressing
Speaker or Headset or Answer.
Procedure
1. Select the bridged call that you want to answer.
The ringing line is selected automatically. If you are on another call when a call comes in to
a bridged line, you have to select the ringing line.
2. Press Answer.
Joining a call on a bridged line
Before you begin
Ensure that the feature is activated by the administrator.
Procedure
1. Select the bridged call in progress that you want to join.
2. Press the Bridge softkey or OK.
Excluding others from bridging on to your call
About this task
Use the Exclusion feature to prevent others who are bridged to your extension from bridging onto
a specific call. You can activate exclusion only during an active call.
March 2018 Using Avaya J169/J179 IP Phones SIP
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