Place A Conference Call; End A Conference Call; Meet-Me Conference Call - Cisco 7941G User Manual

• cBarge—Use this soft key to add yourself to an existing call on a shared line and to turn the call into a standard conference
call. This feature is available only on phones that use shared lines.
Meet-Me Conference Calls
A Meet-Me conference call involves up to eight parties.
You can create a Meet-Me conference by calling the Meet-Me phone number at a specified time.
Ad Hoc Conference Calls
An Ad Hoc conference call involves up to 32 parties.
You can create an Ad Hoc conference call the same way you do a standard conference call.

Place a Conference Call

To place a three-party conference call, use the following method:
1. During a call, press the more soft key and then the Confrn soft key to open a new line and put the first party on hold.
2. Place a call to another number.
3. When the call connects, press the Confrn soft key again to add the new party to the existing call with the first party.
To establish a conference call between two callers to a Cisco Unified IP phone, one active and the other on hold, press the Confrn
soft key.
To establish a conference call between two callers already present on a Cisco Unified IP phone, using separate line buttons, one
active and the other on hold, use the following method:
1. Press the Confrn soft key.
2. Press the Line button of the call you want to add to the three-party conference.

End a Conference Call

To end the conference call, use one of the following methods:
• Hang up the handset.
• Press the EndCall soft key.
Alternate Methods to End a Conference Call
Call initiators may use one of the following methods (functions vary according to your system configuration):
• To end the conference and remain connected to the most recent call, press the Confrn soft key. The older call is placed on
hold.
• To disconnect from the conference, hang up the handset. The other parties remain on the conference call.

Meet-Me Conference Call

Meet-Me conferencing allows you to start or join a conference by dialing the conference number and supports up to 32 parties.
To start a Meet-Me conference, use the following method:
1. Obtain a Meet-Me phone number from your system administrator.
2. Distribute the number to participants.
3. Obtain a dial tone, then press the the more > MeetMe soft keys.
4. Dial the Meet-Me conference number. Participants can now join the conference by dialing in.
Note You hear a busy tone if you call the conference before the initiator has joined. If this happens, try your call again.
To end a Meet-Me conference, all participants must hang up. The conference does not automatically end when the conference
initiator disconnects.
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