Hosting Conference Calls; Setting Up Conference Calls - Polycom SoundPoint 550 User Manual

Hosting Conference Calls

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Setting Up Conference Calls

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You can create a conference with other parties using the phone's local
conference feature. You can create a conference at any time between an active
call and a call on hold (on the same or another line) by pressing the Join soft
key. The conference management feature allows you to view all parties in a
conference call. From the Manage Conference page, you can add, hold,
remove, and mute specific conference
The conference management feature is an optional feature and may not be
supported on your particular system. For more information, contact your system
administrator.
This section provides the following step-by-step instructions:
• Setting Up Conference Calls
• Managing Conference Calls
• Adding Parties to Conference Calls
• Joining Conferences
• Splitting Conference Calls
• Ending Conference Calls
To set up a conference call:
1. Call the first party.
You can either dial the phone number directly or search for the number in the
Contact Directory or Call Lists. For more information, refer to
2-2, Searching for Contacts
Using the Basic Features of Your Phone
parties.
on page 4-19, or Managing Call Lists
Placing Calls on page
on page 4-13.
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