Cisco 7971G-GE Phone Guide - Page 26

Basic Call Handling, Placing a Call

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Basic Call Handling This section covers basic call-handling tasks such as placing, answering, transferring, and conferencing calls. The features you use to perform these tasks are standard and available on most phone systems. Placing a Call To place a call, pick up the handset and dial. Or use one of the other options outlined in the table below. If you want to... Pre-dial (dial on-hook, without first getting a dial tone) Dial using the speakerphone Redial the most recently dialed number Then... Do one of the following: • Enter a phone number. (The Auto-Dial feature might pop up to suggest matching phone numbers from your Placed Calls log.) • Press the Navigation button to display phone numbers from your Placed Calls log. Next, press the phone number appearance on your touchscreen to dial. Or do one of the these actions to go off-hook and dial the highlighted phone number: • Lift the handset • Press or • Press Dial • Press (a line button) Press New Call and enter a phone number. Or, you can press after dialing, re-dialing or speed dialing a number. before or Many of the actions that you can take to dial will automatically trigger speakerphone mode, assuming that the handset is in its cradle and is not lit. These actions include pressing Redial, a speed dial button, or a phone number on your touchscreen. Press Redial. By default, Redial uses your primary line. However, you can open a secondary line and then press Redial. To open a line, press . 18 78-15630-03

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Basic Call Handling
This section covers basic call-handling tasks such as placing, answering, transferring, and conferencing
calls. The features you use to perform these tasks are standard and available on most phone systems.
Placing a Call
To place a call, pick up the handset and dial. Or use one of the other options outlined in the table
below.
If you want to...
Then...
Pre-dial (dial
on-hook, without
first getting a dial
tone)
Do one of the following:
Enter a phone number. (The Auto-Dial feature might pop up to suggest
matching phone numbers from your Placed Calls log.)
Press the
Navigation
button to display phone numbers from your Placed
Calls log.
Next, press the phone number appearance on your touchscreen to dial. Or do
one of the these actions to go off-hook and dial the highlighted phone
number:
Lift the handset
Press
or
Press
Dial
Press
(a line button)
Dial using the
speakerphone
Press
New Call
and enter a phone number. Or, you can press
before or
after dialing, re-dialing or speed dialing a number.
Many of the actions that you can take to dial will automatically trigger
speakerphone mode, assuming that the handset is in its cradle and
is not
lit. These actions include pressing
Redial
, a speed dial button, or a phone
number on your touchscreen.
Redial the most
recently dialed
number
Press
Redial
. By default, Redial uses your primary line. However, you can
open a secondary line and then press
Redial
. To open a line, press
.