Sony HIPATH 8000 - Manual (Page 60)

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Enhanced phone functions
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Placing a call on hold
You can use this function to place an ongoing call on
hold, for instance, to prevent the other party overhear-
ing a conversation with a colleague in the same room.
The "Hold" function must be activated by the service
personnel.
Prerequisite: You are conducting a call.
Select and confirm the option shown in the connec-
tions’s context menu.
Retrieving a held call:
Select and confirm the option shown in the connec-
tions’s context menu.
Using line keys
On multi-line telephones you can use the line keys to
place ongoing calls on hold.
R
Press the corresponding line key. The line key LED
starts flickering. The call is now on hold.
Retrieving a held call:
T
Press the corresponding line key. The line key LED
lights up. The call is retrieved.
Hold
Reconnect
The LED display Æ page 20 or status display on
the "Overview" tab Æ page 28 indicates to other
multi-line telephones on which this line is also
configured, that the call is on hold. These phones
can then pick up the call.