576-20-750
DBS 576 (USA), issued January 1999
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4. HANDLING INCOMING CALLS
You can handle calls that reach your phone in a variety of ways:
• Answer Calls (page 43)
• Use Call Hold (page 44)
• Transfer Calls (page 45)
• Using Call Pickup (page 47)
• Using Call Park (page 49)
ANSWERING CALLS
You can answer various types of calls using the following procedure:
1. Pick up the handset or press the ON/OFF key.
2. Do one of the following:
3. Complete the call, and replace the handset or press the ON/OFF key.
To answer . . .
Do the following . . .
A call ringing at someone
else’s phone
a. Press the flashing FF key.
OR
a. Enter the Direct Call Pickup Set code (default
= 704).
b. Dial the number of the ringing extension.
A call ringing a phone within
your call pickup group
Enter the All Calls Pickup Set code (default =
701).
An external call ringing a
phone within your call pickup
group
Enter the External Call Pickup Set code (default =
702).
A call ringing outside your call
pickup group
a. Enter the Specified Group Pickup Set code
(default = 703).
b. Enter the number of the call pickup group (01-
72) where the phone is ringing.
To answer a call
