User's Manual

Answer an Incoming Call
When you receive an incoming call, the phone rings and an Incoming Call screen is displayed. In the
Incoming Call screen, you can choose to answer or reject the incoming call.
Note: Your system administrator can enable the screen to flash bright orange when you have an
incoming call. The screen continues to flash until the incoming call is displayed in the Home or
Calls screen. For more information about this feature, contact your system administrator.
Procedure
1. Do one of the following:
• Pick up the handset.
• Press or select Answer.
• Press .
After you answer the incoming call, the call becomes active.
Answer a Call from the Calls Screen
When you don't answer an incoming call within 10 seconds, the Incoming Call screen disappears and the
Calls screen is displayed.
Procedure
1. Select the incoming call, and select Answer.
Answer a Call When in a Call
When you are in an active call and an incoming call arrives on the same or a different line, a call waiting
tone beeps, and the Incoming Call screen is displayed.
If you don't answer the call within 10 seconds, the Incoming Call screen disappears, and the Calls screen
is displayed.
Procedure
1. Select Answer.
The active call is placed on hold, and the incoming call becomes active.
Answer Calls Automatically
You can set up VVX business IP phones to automatically answer calls using the Auto Answer feature.
When enabled, the phone automatically answers all incoming calls using the speakerphone. Your system
administrator sets how many times the phone rings before the call is automatically answered.
When Auto Answer is enabled and you receive an incoming call while in a call, the incoming call is not
answered until you end or hold the current call.
Procedure
1. Navigate to Settings > Basic > Preferences.
2. Select Auto Answer.
Audio Calls
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