Conferencing Calls; Joining Calls - Avaya ETR 6D User Manual

3.8 Conferencing Calls

The Conference feature allows you to conference other parties (including yourself) into a call. A conference call can
connect up to the maximum number of conference parties, including up to 2 external callers.
To create a conference call
1. While active on a call, press the CONF or CONFERENCE button. The first party is now on hold.
2. When you hear the inside dial tone, dial the telephone number of the second party.
3. When the call is answered press the CONF or CONFERENCE button again to add the second party to the call.
4. You can now speak to the first and second parties. An alternating
connected during a conference call.
5. Repeat step 2 to add more parties.
To use hold during a conference call
If you need to answer or make another call during a conference call you can use the Hold feature. When you put a
conference call on hold, the other parties can still talk to each other.
1. Press the HOLD button.
2. The Green light next to the intercom or line button will wink to show that the call is on hold.
3. To re-join the conference call press the button next to the
alternating Red/Green
call.

3.9 Joining Calls

Joining is adding yourself to a call in progress, the same way you do on a home telephone by picking up an extension.
You · Join an intercom call or a conference call at anther extension.
cannot:
· Join a call at any extension that has Privacy activated.
· Put a joined call on hold.
You can: · Tell when someone has joined a call of yours when the lights next to the line button change to
alternately flashing
· Program Privacy onto a system telephone button to allow or prevent others from joining your calls.
· Join a call that is being answered by the voice messaging system. When you join the call, the voice
messaging system disconnects automatically so you can speak to the caller.
· Use Direct Line Pickup-Active Line to join a call on that line if a line is not assigned to your extension
and access to that line is not restricted for that extension.
To join a call
A steady red light next to a line button indicates that a call is in progress on that line.
1. Press the line button next the the steady red light and lift the handset. Alternatively press INTERCOM and dial 68
followed by the two-digit line number.
2. The red and green lights alternately flash. You are now joined with the call.
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Flash appears next to your intercom or line button to indicate that you are in a conference
Red and Green.
Red/Green Flash appears at any extension
Green light. You will rejoin the conference. An
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