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How to use Telephones and Voicemail: Call Pickup

The call pickup feature lets you answer a call at your phone for another extension within your pickup group. Use this feature when you wish to handle a call for a group member who is absent or otherwise unable to answer their line. 
Note: You can only use this feature if you and the called party have been assigned to the same pickup group by the IS Service Center.
To answer a call within your pickup group when your phone is idle 

For single-line sets

  1. Lift the handset and listen for a dial tone.
  1. Press # 4. The picked-up call will be connected to your phone.

  For multi-line sets

  1. Lift the handset and listen for a dial tone.
  1. Press the call pickup button or dial code # 4.
To answer a call within your pickup group while on another call

For single-line sets

  1. Press R or press the switch hook. You will hear a dial tone.
  1. Press # 4. The picked-up call will be connected to your phone.
  1. Press R or press the switch hook to answer the held call.

For multi-line sets 

  1. Put the current call on hold.
  1. Press the call pickup button and you will be connected with the picked-up call.
  1. To return to original call on hold, just press the extension button with the flashing red light.
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