3Com VCX Manual

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100 CHAPTER 7: USING THE VCX USER INTERFACEHands Free and Bridged Line CallsEnabling the Hands Free feature has the following effect on bridged calls:■ If the primary telephone has Hands Free enabled, a call rings briefly onthe secondary telephone before it is automatically answered by theprimary phone.■ If the secondary telephone has Hands Free enabled, only calls made tothe secondary's telephone extension are answered Hands Free. Callsto primary telephone are not answered Hands Free on the secondaryphone; they appear as normal bridge calls.Call Forward, Forward to Voice Mail, and Bridged Line CallsEnabling Call Forwarding and Forward to Voice Mail (or enabling bothfeatures) has the following effect on bridged calls:■ If the primary telephone enables Forward to Voice Mail, calls ring onceon the primary and secondary phones, and then go to voicemail.■ If the primary telephone enables Call Forward Universal, calls to theprimary go to the Call Forward Universal destination immediately anddo not ring on the primary or secondary phones.■ If a secondary telephone enables Forward to Voice Mail or CallForwarding to another extension, these settings affect only calls to thesecondary telephone extension. A bridged call rings on both theprimary telephone and secondary phone.■ If a call is ringing on the primary telephone and the secondary phone,and the primary telephone user presses the Forward to Voicemailbutton, the call is forwarded to primary phone’s voice mailbox and thesecondary telephone stops ringing.■ If a call is ringing on the primary telephone and the secondary phone,and the secondary telephone user presses the Forward to Voicemailbutton, call will continue ringing on both phones.Call Transfer, Call Conferencing, and Bridged Line CallsBridged calls can be transferred by either the primary telephone or thesecondary phone. The primary telephone user and secondary telephoneuser can also set up a conference with a bridged call.If the primary telephone is on a bridged call and presses the Transferbutton, the primary telephone user hears a dial tone. The user can thenenter a telephone number to start attended or unattended call transfer.While the primary telephone user enters the telephone number, the