Overview
Follow the steps below to set up a conference call on your UCSD desk phone for up to 8 individual phone lines. Conference calls can include a maximum of 2 off-campus parties on the call.
Critical Concepts
Steps to Take
Digital Phone
- Establish an initial phone connection
- Call the first person you want to include in the conference call.
- Add the second person
- Press an available phone line button For instance, if you placed the first call is on Access 1, select Access 2
- On this second line, dial the number of the second person you want to add to the conference call
- If the number is off-campus, dial 8, area code, and phone number
- After the second person answers, press 3.
- Note: If you call a party whose line is busy or who does not answer:
- Disconnect by hanging up
- Press the phone line of the first call (Access 1 or Access 2) to rejoin the first party or the conference.
- Listen for the conference tone — a long beep. This beep indicates that the second person has joined the first person on the conference line.
- Add additional parties
- Repeat the steps under Add the second person (step 2) to include up to a total of 8 parties to the conference call. This includes a maximum of 2 off-campus calls.
Analog Phone
- Establish an initial phone connection
- Call the first person you want to include in the conference call.
- Add the second person
- Press the R or Lightning Bolt or Flash button.
- Listen for the recall dial tone (3 beeps and a dial tone).
- Dial the number of the second person.
- If the number is off-campus, dial 8, area code, and phone number
- When the second person answers, press 3.
- Note: If you call a party whose line is busy or who does not answer:
- Cancel this party by pressing the R or Lightning Bolt or Flash button once
- Listen for the recall dial tone
- Rejoin the first person or conference by pressing the R or Lightning Bolt or Flash button again.
- Listen for the conference tone — a long beep. This beep indicates that the second person has joined the first person on the conference line.
- Add additional parties
- Repeat the steps under Add the second person (step 2) to include up to a total of 8 parties to the conference call. This includes a maximum of 2 off-campus calls.