Line preview – Siemens HIPATH 8000 User Manual
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Step by Step
Making calls with multiple lines
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Line preview
Prerequisite: You are already on a call on one line and a 
further call rings on a secondary line. You have pro-
grammed a sensor key with the "Preview" function 
Preview for a call
Prerequisite: Your administrator has deactivated the 
permanent preview function.
S
Press the "Preview" sensor key. The key illuminates. The 
preview function is temporarily activated.
T
Press the flashing line key. A popup window opens and 
you receive information about the caller. Press the line 
key again to accept the call or wait until the popup clos-
es itself after a specified period of time. 
The preview function is switched off and has to be 
switched on again for a further operation.
Permanent preview
Prerequisite: Your administrator has activated the per-
manent preview function.
S
Press the "Preview" sensor key. This way the preview 
for all lines with "preview mode" remains active until you 
press the "Preview" sensor key again.
If the line preview has been deactivated, a call is 
answered immediately on a line when the line 
key is pressed, without first showing caller infor-
mation.