Telephone Conference
How to make a conference call from your Cisco 8841 telephone.
- Call the first party
- From the connected call (not on hold), press the black button associated with the two dots at the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
- Press the black button associated with conference.
- Make a new call
- After the second party answers, press conference again.
- Repeat the above steps to add more participants to the call.
The maximum number allowed on the conference call is 8 people.
How to place a three-way call on main campus
From a single line, NEC DTR-1 or a Cortelco telephone
- Flash the switch hook once
- Listen for the special dial tone
- Dial the number of the third party
- When they answer, announce the three-way call
- Flash the switch hook again
- All three parties are now connected
From a Dterm Phone
- Call the first party
- Dial the number of the third party
- When they answer, announce the three-way call
- Press the conference key
- All three parties are now connected
How to make up to an eight-way call on the Health Science Campus
- Call the first party
- Press flash
- Dial the next number
- Press the conference or flash key, *4 to connect to each party
To reconnect with conference if the call is busy or not answered
- Press CNCT
If you need to request a speaker telephone for a conference call, send you request to ithelpdesk@utoledo.edu or http://ithelp.utoledo.edu.