Operating your system, Conferencing calls – TMC ET4000 User Manual
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Operating Your System
To conference two outside
calls:
1
Make or answer a call.
2
Press HOLD
.
3
Make or answer a call on another
line.
4
When the second call is connected,
press the CONFERENCE button.
The lines are immediately confer-
enced.
5
To end a conference call, hang up.
Both parties will be disconnected.
OR You may press a LINE button if
you wish to continue with the call on
that line. The party on the other line
will be disconnected.
To conference another station
while on an outside call:
1
Place an intercom call to the desired
station. The outside call is automat-
ically placed on hold.
2
After the person at the other station
answers, press the CONFERENCE
button to create a conference call.
3
To end the conference call, hang up.
The person at the other station may
remain connected to the outside
call.
While having a conversation on one line, you
can make or answer a second call on another
line, then connect both lines together to create a
conference call.
If you wish to talk privately with one party during
a conference call, press HOLD to place both
lines on hold, and then press a LINE button to
talk privately with the person on that line. Press
CONFERENCE to resume the conference call.
You may also use the conference feature to join
another station to a call on an outside line. The
person at either EPIC telephone can leave the
conference call by hanging up, and the remain-
ing station will stay connected to the outside call.
Another way to conference another station to an
outside call is to tell the person at the other sta-
tion to press the appropriate LINE button at their
telephone. Note that if System Call Privacy is
ON, you must first turn Call Privacy OFF by
pressing the CONFERENCE button, or the per-
son at the other station will not be able join the
call by pressing their LINE button.
Conferencing Calls
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CONFERENCE
FLASH
The Conference button
allows you to join two
outside calls, or another
station to an outside call
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