Answer A Call When In A Call; Answer Calls Automatically; Answer A Call On A Locked Phone - Polycom RealPresence Trio 8500 Full User Manual

1. Tap Answer .

Answer a Call When in a Call

When you are in an active call and an incoming call arrives on the same or a different line, a call waiting
tone beeps, and the Incoming Call screen is displayed.
Procedure
1. Select Answer .
The active call is placed on hold, and the incoming call becomes active.

Answer Calls Automatically

You can set up Polycom Trio 8500 to automatically answer calls using the Auto Answer feature.
When enabled, the phone automatically answers all incoming calls using the speakerphone. Your system
administrator sets how many times the phone rings before the call is automatically answered.
When Auto Answer is enabled and you receive an incoming call while in a call, the incoming call is not
answered until you end or hold the current call.
Procedure
1. Navigate to Settings > Basic > Preferences.
2. Select Auto Answer.
3. Select Auto Answer SIP Calls and select Yes.
4. Select Microphone Mute and choose Yes (the default setting) to mute the microphone for autoanswered
calls.
5. Select Video Mute and select Yes to mute the video when video calls are auto-answered.
6. Select Save.

Answer a Call on a Locked Phone

When you set up your phone to accept incoming calls when it is locked, you can answer the calls by entering
a user password.
Procedure
1. On the Incoming Call screen, select Answer.
2. Enter your user password and select Enter.
3. The call connects.
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