Answering A Call - Cisco 7906G User Giude

Answering a Call

You can answer a call by simply lifting the handset, or you can use other options if they are available
on your phone.
If you want to...
Switch from a connected
call to answer a new call
Answer a call using call
waiting
Send a call to a voice
message system
Automatically connect
incoming calls
Retrieve a parked call on
another phone
Use your phone to answer
a call ringing elsewhere
Answer a priority call
(SCCP phones only)
Answer a call on your
mobile phone or other
remote destination
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Then...
Press Answer.
Press Answer.
Press iDivert.
Use AutoAnswer.
Use Call Park or Directed Call Park.
Use Call Pickup.
Hang up the current call and press
Answer.
Set up Mobile Connect and answer
your phone.
When you enable Mobile Connect:
• Your desktop and remote
destinations receive calls
simultaneously.
• When you answer the call on
your desktop phone, the remote
destinations stop ringing, are
disconnected, and display a
missed call message.
• When you answer the call on
one remote destination, the
other remote destinations stop
ringing, are disconnected, and a
missed call message is shown on
the other remote destinations.
For more information, see...
Using Hold and Resume, page
Using Hold and Resume, page
Sending a Call to a Voice Message
System, page 22.
Using AutoAnswer, page
Storing and Retrieving Parked
Calls, page 32.
Picking Up a Redirected Call on
Your Phone, page 31.
Prioritizing Critical Calls,
page 38.
Managing Business Calls Using a
Single Phone Number, page
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