Siemens HIPATH 8000 User Manual

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Enhanced phone functions
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Step by Step
Conference
Local conference
This type of conference is also referred to as a three-
party conference. It involves up to three participants.
Prerequisite: You are conducting a consultation call 
Æ page 54 or have accepted a second call Æ page 77, 
and the conference function is active 
Initiating a local conference 
Select and confirm the option shown in the connec-
tion’s context menu. You are connected to both parties 
at once. The conference is displayed.
Conducting one-to-one calls
Select the connection you want to clear down. 
 
Select and confirm the option shown in the context 
menu. You are now involved in a one-to-one call with the 
remaining call party.
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You can initiate a conference by calling the "Con-
ference" function in the context menu of either 
the active or held call.
Conference
User 
Disconnect
If you already are involved in a secure connection 
with a party when you initiate a consultation call, 
the original party is placed on hold. The new con-
sultation connection can be either secure or non-
secure. However, the first connection remains 
secure even if all three parties are now joined to-
gether in a conference. 
The entire conference is nonsecure if the con-
nection to at least one of the parties is not secure 
(see also 
The relevant padlock icon appears on the "Confer-
ence" row.