Holding calls 16, Exclusive hold, 16, Basic instruc tions, 16 – Vertical Communications GCA70-248 User Manual

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Holding Calls

You can place a call on hold and retrieve it later. With a regular hold, you can pick up
the held call at your telephone or another user can pick the call up at a telephone
sharing the held call line.

·

To place a call on hold,

1. PRESS

HOLD. The light above your HOLD button begins to

blink.

·

To retrieve a held call,

1. PRESS line button of the held call (with winking light), OR

PRESS

TAP.

2. SPEAK toward telephone OR LIFT handset if privacy is

desired.

Exclusive Hold

With an exclusive hold condition, you must pick up the held call at your telephone;
no other telephone has access to it.

·

To place a call on exclusive hold,

1. PRESS

HOLD twice.

·

To retrieve exclusive hold,

1. PRESS line button of held call (with winking light), OR PRESS

TAP.

2. SPEAK toward telephone OR LIFT handset if privacy is

desired.

Handling Hold Recalls

After a call has been on hold for the period of time (set by the installer of your
system), the system causes four quick hold recall tone bursts to sound at your
telephone, the flash rate of the line button becomes faster and the light becomes
orange. If the call is on exclusive hold, it will revert to manual hold after the hold
recall period.

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Non-LCD Speakerphone Station User’s Guide

Answering Calls

GCA70-248

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