Using A Shared Line; Understanding Shared Lines - Cisco CP-7941G-RF Phone Manual

Using a Shared Line

Your system administrator might ask you to use a shared line if you:
• Have multiple phones and want one phone number
• Share call-handling tasks with coworkers
• Handle calls on behalf of a manager

Understanding Shared Lines

Remote-in-Use Icon
The Remote-in-Use icon
You can place and receive calls as usual on the shared line, even when the Remote-in-Use icon appears.
Sharing Call Information and Barging
Phones that share a line each display information about calls that are placed and received on the shared
line. This information might include caller ID and call duration. (See the
exceptions.)
When call information is visible in this way, you and coworkers who share a line can add yourselves
to calls using either Barge or cBarge. See
Privacy
If you do not want coworkers who share your line to see information about your calls, enable the
Privacy feature. Doing so also prevents coworkers from barging your calls. See
Viewing or Barging a Shared-Line Call, page
The maximum number of calls that a shared line supports can vary by phone.
Note
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE for Cisco Unified CallManager 5.1 (SCCP and SIP)
appears when another phone that shares your line has a connected call.
Adding Yourself to a Shared-Line Call, page
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Advanced Call Handling
Privacy section for
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Preventing Others from
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