576-26-750 DBS 576 & DBS 576HD (USA), issued October 1999 43
4. HANDLING INCOMING CALLS
You can handle calls that reach your phone in a variety of ways:
• Answer Calls (page 43)
• Use Call Hold (page 44)
• Transfer Calls (page 45)
• Using Call Pickup (page 47)
• Using Call Park (page 49)
ANSWERING CALLS
You can answer various types of calls using the following procedure:
1. Pick up the handset or press the ON/OFF key.
2. Do one of the following:
3. Complete the call, and replace the handset or press the ON/OFF key.
To answer . . . Do the following . . .
A call ringing at someone
else’s phone
a.
Press the flashing FF key.
OR
a.
Enter the Direct Call Pickup Set code (default
=
704
).
b.
Dial the number of the ringing extension.
A call ringing a phone within
your call pickup group
Enter the All Calls Pickup Set code (default =
701
).
An external call ringing a
phone within your call pickup
group
Enter the External Call Pickup Set code (default =
702
).
A call ringing outside your call
pickup group
a.
Enter the Specified Group Pickup Set code
(default =
703
).
b.
Enter the number of the call pickup group (
01
-
72
) where the phone is ringing.
To answer a call
