Listening In To An External Call - Gigaset S820A User Manual

Multiple handsets
Internal consultation/internal transfer
You are speaking with an external participant and want to consult an internal participant or
transfer the call to him.
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Consultation Internal
handset or All.
Consulting: You consult the internal participant and return to the external call:
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Touch End.
Transferring the external call: You have two options to transfer the external call:
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You wait until the participant answers your call and then you hang up. 
Press a.
Or:
¤ You hang up before the participant answers your call: Press a.
If the other participant does not answer your call, press End to cancel the consultation call.
Call swapping/establishing a conference call
You are engaged in one conversation whilst another one is on hold. Both participants appear in
the display.
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Call swapping: On the display, touch the participant with whom you wish to speak.
Or:
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Establishing a three-way conference: Touch Conference. 
Ending the conference: Touch End Conf.. You return to "call swapping" and are again con-
nected to the participant with whom you initiated the conference.
Each of the callers can end their participation in the conference call by pressing the end call key
and terminating the call.

Listening in to an external call

You are conducting an external call. An internal participant can listen in on this call and take part
in the conversation (conference).
Prerequisite: The call is not recorded by the answer machine and the Listening In function is
activated.
Activating/deactivating listening in
Menu key v ¤
Settings menu page
Internal listening in
The line is engaged with an external call. Your screen will display information to that effect.
You can listen in to the external call.
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Press and hold c. All participants hear a signal tone. Call waiting is not displayed.
Ending listening in
¤ Press a. All participants hear a signal tone.
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If more than two handsets are registered to the base, select one
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« Telephony
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Listening In on/off