This document will explore Siemens Optiset basics.
Hold allows you to temporarily hang up a line without disconnecting your caller.
To place a call on hold:
To reconnect to a call on hold:
Transfer allows you to convey a call to another extension. The transfer is completed when you hang up. If the line to which you are transferring the call is busy, refuses the call or does not answer you can reconnect to the original party using the CNCT button.
To transfer a call to another extension:
To reconnect with the original call:
Call forwarding allows you to send your calls to another extension.
To forward a call:
To cancel call forwarding:
Callback camp-on automatically rings you back (with a long ring) when the busy extension you are trying to reach becomes free. When you answer, you'll hear the extension you called begin to ring. You can only camp-on to one extension at a time.
To camp-on to an extension:
To cancel the callback camp-on:
Connect allows you to reconnect with a transferring call if the party you are transferring a call to does not want the call, if the extension is busy, or unanswered. Connect also allows you to alternate between two parties, accept a call that has been camped-on to your extension, and accept a call that has been parked on your extension.
To connect a call:
Conference call allows you to have up to eight parties, including yourself, in a telephone conversation.
To set up a conference call:
To drop the last added party:
The CALL WTG status light blinks when you have a call waiting on your line or if you are transferring a to another extension. Note: If you do not have a light labeled "CALL WTG" the status light is located next to the CNCT button.
To accept a Call Waiting call or to alternate between calls: