Aastra 9120 9120 User Guide - Page 11

Making and Answering Calls Making and Answering Calls Making a call With your telephone you can make and answer calls using your handset or Pfor speakerphone capabilities. A headset attachment can also be used with your telephone, refer to page 28 . You can use the 9120 to simply make a regular call, or you can predial a telephone number to ensure it is correct before it is dialed out. Follow the procedures below to make a regular or predialed call. To make a regular call: 1. Lift the handset or press either P or Y. 2. Enter the number using the dial pad. To make a predialed call: 1. Enter the number using the dial pad. 2. Lift the handset or press either P,D or Y . Note: If you have turned on the live dial pad option, you will not have to lift the handset or press any buttons after entering the number. Refer to Selecting the dial pad mode on page 26. When you use P, D or lift the handset rather than using a line key to make a call, the prime line is automatically selected. The default prime line is Line 1. If you want to change the prime line to Line 2, see Changing the Prime Line on page 14. Answering a Call To answer a call: 1. Lift the handset, press P or press the key for the line you want to answer . When you subscribe to the Caller ID service from your telephone company, Caller ID information is sent from the telephone company to your 9120 telephone between the Þrst and second ring. Therefore, if you want the telephone number of the incoming call to appear on the display and in the Callers List, you must wait until the information appears on the display before answering the telephone. If you lift the handset or press P when both lines are ringing, the line that was ringing Þrst is automatically answered. Using the Hold Key To put a call on hold and take a call off hold: 1. Make or answer a call. 2. Press O. Line 1 held or Line 2 held appears on the display and the line indi- cator light ßashes. Note: You won't lose the call if you hang up the handset. 3. To retrieve the call, press O,P or Y. If you don't retrieve the call within 15 minutes, the call is automatically dropped. Note: The 9120 automatically releases a call on hold when a person on an extension telephone on the same line picks up the call. If you don't hang up the handset after you have put a call on hold and that call is picked up by someone at 8