Placing A Call On Hold; Toggling (Switching Between Calls) - Siemens HiPath500 User Manual

Conducting calls – with multiple users
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Placing a call on hold

You can interrupt a call temporarily if, forexample, you
want to talk to someone else in the room. The line is
placed "on hold" .
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You are on a call.
Press the R key or Display key. The current call is placed
Enquiry
"on hold", the user waits.
Resuming the call with the waiting user
either:
Call the system menu.
Menu
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Select the menu item and confirm.
You are reconnected to the partner.
or:
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Toggling (switching between calls)

The Toggle function allows you to switch between two
users without allowing them to speak to each other di-
rectly. The two users can be either external or internal
users. You can also withdraw from the calls and connect
the two users with each other. You can also start a con-
ference.
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You are on a call.
Call the system menu.
Menu
Press the display key. The current call is placed "on
Enquiry
hold" , the user waits.
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Enter the phone number of the second user.
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The second user answers.
Press the Display key to switch between the two calls.
Toggle
When you end a call, the two users are connected with
each other (not possible when both users are external).