1.3 Receiving Calls

1.3.1 Answering Calls

• Hands-free Operation You can receive a call and have a conversation in hands-free mode using the SP-PHONE button. Refer to "1.4.8 Talking to Another Party without Lifting the Handset (Hands-free Operation)".

Customising Your Phone • 3.1.2 Changing Personal Settings Using Programming Mode— Line Preference—Incoming Select the method used to answer incoming calls. Alternate Receiving—Ring/Voice Select the Calling method, either ring or the other party's voice.

1.3.2 Answering Hands-free (Hands-free Answerback)

You can set your proprietary telephone (PT) to answer incoming intercom calls without going off-hook. When an intercom call arrives, you will hear the caller talking without the phone ringing.

To set/cancel

• The AUTO ANS/MUTE button light shows the current status as follows: Off: Not set Red on: Set • This feature is not available for incoming outside (CO) line calls and doorphone calls.

1.3.3 Answering a Call Ringing at Another Telephone (Call Pickup)

–	Answering a Call from Another Telephone (Call Pickup)
–	Preventing Other People from Picking Up Your Calls (Call Pickup Deny)

Answering a Call from Another Telephone (Call Pickup)

Without leaving your desk, you can answer an incoming call that is ringing at another extension or your extension group, or that was received by a preprogrammed Telephone Answering Machine (TAM) extension from your phone. The following types of call pickup are available:

Group Call Pickup: Picks up a call within your group. Directed Call Pickup: Picks up a specific extension's call. Call Retrieving from a TAM: Retrieves a call on a TAM.

• *1 Enter "#40" when "Plan 2" or "Plan 3" is selected as the numbering plan through system programming. • *2 Enter "#41" when "Plan 2" or "Plan 3" is selected as the numbering plan through system programming. • By setting system programming in advance, you can pick up a call to another extension in the same extension group simply by going off-hook, even if your extension is not ringing.

• If you hear a reorder tone when trying to retrieve a call from a TAM, the dialled extension is not the TAM extension, or the TAM cannot answer the call because it is performing another operation.

Preventing Other People from Picking Up Your Calls (Call Pickup Deny)

You can prevent other extension users from picking up your calls.