Hitachi HCX5000I - Manual (Page 61)

C REATING A M ULTI - PARTY C ONFERENCE S ELEC S ET 500A U SER G UIDE
1-50 HCXTD840, Issue 1, July 2001
Creating a Multi-party Conference
Procedure To set up a multiparty conference:
1 While connected to one party, press . Dial a
second party.
2 After the called party answers, press to
create a three-party conference.
3 To add an additional party, press and dial
the desired number. The two other parties are
automatically placed on consultation hold
(temporarily removes a party from a connection so
transfer or conference operations can be performed).
4 If you misdial, press . This returns you to the
three-party conference. You can then redial the new
party.
To announce the conference to the new party, make
your announcement and then press to
connect all parties. Or, you can connect all parties
immediately by pressing as soon as the
called party picks up. When the conference is formed,
the display is updated with the new number of
conferees.
5 Repeat these steps to add additional conferees. You
can have a total of six people in a conference.
6 Press to place the conference on hold.
You can only hold a conference by pressing the
key. You cannot hold a conference using
soft park and hold loops.
7 To retrieve the held conference, press , then
the winking CAP representing the held conference.