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8. Conference Calls
The telephone system supports multiple conference call, with additional parties addable to any conference call until the
systems conference capacity is reached. A maximum of 64 parties in any particular conference call is supported.
Conference resources are also used for call recording and other features, reducing the available conference capacity for
ordinary conference calls.
Note that some conference controls, for example dropping other parties, only apply for conferences started on the same
phone system as your extension.
Default Short Codes
Short codes are numbers that you can dial to enable and disable various features. The following are default short codes
that may be available. Your system administrator will confirm any additional short codes that they may have configured
for your use.
· Conference Held Calls: *47
Start a conference between yourself and any calls that you have on hold.

8.1 Starting a Conference

If you have a connected call and any held calls, pressing the Conf soft key will start a conference between you and those
calls.
If you do not already have a held call, you can use the process below to start a conference.
1. Make a call to the first party or answer a call.
2. Press the Conf soft key. The current call is automatically put on hold.
3. Dial the party that you want to add to the conference.
4. If they answer and want to join the call, press Conf again.
5. If they do not want to join the call or do not answer, press Drop and then press the appearance key of the held
call.

8.2 Adding a Call to a Conference

You can add additional parties to an existing conference.
1. Press HOLD to put the conference on hold. This does not affect the other conference parties who can continue
talking to each other.
2. Press an available appearance key on which to make a call.
3. Dial the party that you want to add to the conference.
4. If they answer and want to join the call, press Conf again.
5. If they do not want to join the call or do not answer, press Drop and then press the appearance key of the held
call.

8.3 Viewing Conference Details

You can display a list of the parties involved in a conference call.
1. If not already displayed, press the
2. Press the Details soft key.
· To scroll through the list of callers in the conference, use the
· To drop a caller from the conference, highlight them and press Drop.
· To mute a caller, highlight them and press Mute. Repeat this to unmute them.
· To return to the call display, press the Back soft key.
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up or down arrow key to display the conference call.
up and down arrow keys.
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