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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 or OK button.
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.
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 or select the Redial softkey.
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 or press the corresponding line key.
Independent alerting for each bridged call appearance
You can configure a unique alerting option for each bridged call appearance on your phone if the
administrator has enabled the Independent alerting feature for your extension.
The following four options are available:
• On: The phone plays a ringtone on an incoming call on the bridged appearance.
April 2022 Using Avaya J169/J179 IP Phone H.323
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