CounterPath Bria 2.4 User Guide - Manual (Page 18)

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3.4 Placing a Call
You can contact someone using:
• A softphone address (for example, [email protected])
• A traditional phone number, if supported by your VoIP service provider.
You can place a call when another call is already in progress. There is no limit to the number of calls you can
make, although eventually the quality of audio and video will degrade because of limitations on the computer.
We recommend no more than six concurrent calls.
1. If you have a camera on your computer, decide how you want to handle video for this call:
• The Video panel must be open if you want to send your video immediately. When the Video panel is
opened, the Video button appears on the Call panel.
(You always have the option of starting the call without video and then adding it later).
• The Video panel can be opened or closed if you do not want to send video.
2. Place the call. See the table below.
The new call is added to the Current Calls bar. You will hear a ringing tone while Bria attempts to make a
connection.
3. Once the new call is established, switch between different calls by clicking the tab in the Current Calls bar.
Redial
Call entry field
Click a button to place the call.
If the Video panel were open, a
Video Call button would also
appear here.
Current Calls bar
Call toolbar
Other calls are on hold
Filter
Open/close Video panel