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Options while on calls – AT&T 983 User Manual

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Telephone operation

Options while on calls

Three-way conference calls
You can use both lines at the same time to set up

a three-way conference call.

Make or answer a call and press

HOLD. The line

on hold will flash slowly in red.
Make a call on the other line.
Press

CONFERENCE.

To end a conference call, hang up and press

HOLD

to release the

CONFERENCE key.

If one caller hangs up during a conference call,

there may be a dial tone. Press the

LINE key of the

other call to disconnect the other line and elimi-
nate the dial tone.

Put a conference call on hold:
1. Press

HOLD to put both lines on hold. Both

lines on hold will flash slowly in red.

2. Press

CONFERENCE to release the hold, then lift

the handset, or press

SPEAKER or HEADSET (if

a headset is connected) and continue the con-
ference call.

Talk privately with one caller during a conference
call:
1. Press

HOLD to place both lines on hold. Both

lines on hold will flash slowly in red.

2. Press the

LINE key of the person with whom

you want to speak privately. The line remaining
on hold will flash slowly in red. Then lift the
handset or press

SPEAKER or HEADSET (if a

headset is connected).

3. Press

CONFERENCE to release the hold and

continue the conference call.

Drop one party from a conference call:
To disconnect one party from a conference call
and keep the other on the line, press the

LINE key

of the call you want to keep.

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