Place a Call

Whenever you are ready to, you can place outbound calls to your contacts. There are several ways that a call can be initiated.

Use the Dialer

The Dialer allows you to dial a phone number or extension number to call. It also displays a list of previously placed calls or contacts in your directory.

1. On the Idle screen, tap Call
2. Enter an extension or phone number.
3. Tap Send .

Use a Speed Dial or BLF Key

You can quickly dial a number by using a configured speed dial or BLF key.

To place a call to someone using a speed dial or BLF key, simply press the key on your screen.

Before you place a call using a BLF, you can view that user's status by referencing the icon indicators.

Icon	Description	Icon	Description
	The user is idle and available for a call.		The user is ringing.
	The user is dialing.		The user is busy or on a call.
	The user has placed a call on hold.		A call is parked for that user.
	The user's line has failed to register, their phone is unplugged, or the user does not exist.

Place a Call from the Call History

Since your Yealink CP965 keeps a record of your calls, you can easily call a person you have spoken to in the past. 

To do so…

1. On the Idle screen, tap History .
2. Tap Local Calls and select the history list.
3. Tap the desired entry.

Redial a Caller

You can easily recall the last person you have spoken to using your CP965's call logs.

To redial a previous caller…

1. On the Idle screen, tap Call .
2. Tap the desired caller from the list.

Redial a Call Automatically

Your CP965 phone can be set to automatically redial a phone number when you call a contact and the contact is unavailable.

1. Navigate to More → Settings → Features → Auto Redial.
2. Turn on Auto Redial.
3. Use the Redial Interval option to set how long (between 1 and 300 seconds) the phone should wait in between redial tries.
4. Use the Redial Times option to set how many times (between 1 and 300) that the phone should redial.
5. Tap .
   

   ✔ Now when you dial a phone number and fail to establish a call, the phone will show the failure reason and ask if it should redial the contact. Press OK to activate auto redial.

    

Place a Call from the Directory

You can easily contact the people you have a contact created for in the Directory. 

To dial a contact from your Directory…

1. On the Idle screen, tap Directory .
2. If the contact was added to a specific contact group, tap Local Directory and select the contact group.
3. Tap .

Place Multiple Calls

While you are in an active call, you can place your current caller on hold and place a new call. 

To do so…

1. Do one of the following:
   • Select → New Call. The active call will be placed on hold.
   • Tap Hold to place the original call on hold and select → New Call.
2. Type a phone number or select a contact.
3. Tap Send .

If you would not like this phone to allow additional calls to ring, Call Waiting can be disabled.

Answer a Call

When you are receiving an incoming call, the phone will ring and the screen will display the information of the caller. 

To answer the call, you can tap Answer.

You can also choose to…

• Answer a second call.
• Set your phone to answer calls automatically.

Answer a Call While in a Call

When you are handling an active call, you can answer another call if needed. 

When you are in an active call and an incoming call is received on the phone, you will hear a call waiting tone beep with the caller's information displaying on the screen.

To answer that additional call, simply tap Answer . 

Auto Answer

The Auto Answer feature allows your phone to automatically answer a call on speakerphone (hands-free) mode when your phone is idle (not on an active call).

To enable auto answer…

1. Navigate to More → Settings → Features → Auto Answer.
2. Turn on Auto Answer.
3. If you would like the phone to mute the phone's microphone when a call is automatically answered, turn on Auto Answer Mute.
4. Tap .
   

   ✔ Once Auto Answer is enabled, the Auto Answer icon will appear on the status bar:

   

    

Silence or Reject a Call

If you are unavailable to take a call, you have several different ways of rejecting a call.

Silence a Call

You can silence an incoming call to stop your phone from ringing. 

To silence an incoming call, tap Silence .

Manually Reject a Call

When you are receiving an incoming call that you cannot take, you can reject the call.

To reject an incoming call, tap Reject. 

Forward a Call

While a call is ringing, you can manually forward the call to another person.

To forward a ringing call…

1. While the phone is ringing, tap .
2. Enter the extension number or phone number that the call should be forwarded to.
3. Tap Forward.

Divert a Call from a Contact to Another Contact

If needed, you can divert all incoming calls from a particular contact to another contact.

1. Tap Directory .
2. Select the desired contact.
3. In the Auto Divert field, type the extension or phone number to divert calls to.
4. Tap Done.
   

   ✔ All calls from this contact will be diverted or forwarded to the phone number in the Auto Divert field.

    

Disable Call Waiting

If the call waiting feature is disabled, the phone will automatically reject incoming calls when you are on an active call.

To disable Call Waiting…

1. Navigate to More → Settings → Features → Call Waiting.
2. Turn off Call Waiting.
3. If needed, use the Off Code box to type a dialable code that can turn off call waiting.
4. Tap .

Reject Anonymous Calls

If needed, you can set your phone to automatically reject calls from callers that have hidden their caller ID information. 

To enable the Anonymous Rejection feature…

1. Navigate to More → Settings → Features → Anonymous.
2. Select the line/extension number that needs the feature enabled.
3. Turn on Local Anonymous Rejection (Anonymous Rejection).
4. Tap .

The Anonymous Rejection feature can also be enabled/disabled using a dialable feature code. 

For Stratus users…

• Dial *77 to enable the Local Anonymous Rejection feature.
• Dial *87 to disable the Local Anonymous Rejection feature.

For Enswitch users, set up custom On and Off Codes in the phone's settings that can be dialed. To do so…

1. On the Anonymous screen in Features, turn on Send Anonymous Code.
2. Use the On Code box to type a dialable code that will enable anonymous call rejection.
3. Use the Off Code box to type a dialable code that will disable anonymous call rejection.
   

   Quick Tip: It is recommended to check your account's feature codes to make sure you are not creating an On or Off Code that is already in use for a different feature.

   Reference the Feature Codes for Your Users as an Admin

   Admins of the ES web portal can check the Feature Codes shown for all of their users using the web portal. 

   To check the feature codes for the whole account…

   1. Log into the ES web portal.
   2. Navigate to Features → Feature codes.
   3. View and take note of the feature codes for your users.
   
   4. If needed, click the Export as .csv button to download this list of feature codes as a spreadsheet that you can keep record of and share with your team.
   

    

    

   If you do not have access to the ES web portal, feel free to contact our technical support team to learn more about the dialable codes you can use. 

    
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Active Call Features

Using your Yealink CP965 phone, you can easily handle calls coming in using several different features.

Mute Yourself

You can mute your phone's microphone during an active call so that the other person cannot hear you.

• To mute yourself on an active call, tap the Mute touch key or tap Mute.
• To unmute your microphone, tap the Mute touch key or tap Mute again.

Keep Mute

If incoming calls are answered automatically by this phone, some callers may hear background noise or discussions taking place. You can keep the phone muted to prevent this.

• To activate the phone's mute state, tap the Mute touch key. 
  

  ✔ The mute key LED will glow red and the mute icon will appear on the status bar.

  

  The phone will stay muted until the microphone is unmuted manually, or the phone is restarted.

   
• Tap the Mute touch key again to deactivate the mute state.

Hold and Resume a Call

While you are handling calls, you can place multiple calls on hold and resume a call when you are ready. When a call is placed on hold, the held party will hear your organization's music on hold.

• To place a caller on hold, tap Hold during an active call.
• If there are multiple calls on hold, select a call by pressing Previous or Next and then tap Resume to continue that call.

Transfer a Call

While you are handling a call, you may find it necessary to send your caller to a different destination.
There are four different ways you can transfer calls to users:

1. Blind Transferring
2. Semi-Attended Transferring
3. Attended Transferring
4. Transferring to Voicemail (for internal users)

Perform a Blind Transfer

If you need to transfer call to someone else, you have the option to send the call straight to that other person without speaking to them using a blind transfer.

To perform a blind, or cold, transfer…

1. Tap and then Transfer during a call.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Type the extension or phone number you want to transfer the call to and tap Transfer.
   • Tap and select the contact to transfer to.
   • Tap and select the desired list. Tap the desired call log to complete the transfer.

Perform a Semi-Attended Transfer

When you are performing an attended transfer, you may find that you actually do not need to speak to the person you are transferring to. You can do a semi-attended transfer instead by sending the caller “blindly” to the other party's mailbox or forwarding destination. This can be useful if you realize that person has become unavailable. 

To perform a semi-attended transfer…

1. Tap and then Transfer during a call.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Type the extension or phone number you want to transfer the call to and tap Send.
   • Tap and select the contact to transfer to.
   • Tap and select the desired list. Tap the desired call log to complete the transfer.
3. When you hear the ringback tone, tap Transfer to finish the semi-attended transfer.

Perform an Attended Transfer

If you would like to speak with the person you will be transferring a call to, you can use an attended transfer. 

To perform an attended, or warm, transfer…

1. Tap and then Transfer during a call.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Type the extension or phone number you want to transfer the call to and tap Send.
   • Tap and select the contact to transfer to.
   • Tap and select the desired list. Tap the desired call log to complete the transfer.
3. After the contact answers the call, speak with them and then tap Transfer to finish the attended transfer.

Transfer to a User's Voicemailbox

During an active call, you can transfer a caller to another user's voicemailbox. This can be useful when you know that user is out of the office, or if the caller only wants to leave that user a voicemail.

To transfer a call to the voicemailbox of an internal user…

1. Tap and then Transfer during a call.
2. Dial the mailbox code for the other user and tap Transfer.
   • For Stratus users, dial 03 and the extension number of the user.
     

     For example… If I wanted to transfer a caller to the mailbox of user 101, I would dial 03101.

      
   • For Enswitch users, dial the feature code associated with the mailbox.
     

     Quick Tip: Most accounts use 1+EXT (e.g., 1103 for dialing extension 103's mailbox) as the code for dialing into the mailboxes of other users. 

     Find Your Mailbox's Dialable Code

     If you are not sure what your mailbox's feature code is, you can check this and the other feature codes you are set as the Owner for by logging into the ES web portal as a basic user.

     To find your mailbox's feature code…

     1. Log into the ES web portal.
     2. Navigate to Features → Feature codes.
     3. Take note of the Feature Code shown that is marked for your extension's Mailbox. 
     

      

      

     Reference the Feature Codes for Your Users as an Admin

     Admins of the ES web portal can check the Feature Codes shown for all of their users using the web portal. 

     To check the feature codes for the whole account…

     1. Log into the ES web portal.
     2. Navigate to Features → Feature codes.
     3. View and take note of the feature codes for your users.
     
     4. If needed, click the Export as .csv button to download this list of feature codes as a spreadsheet that you can keep record of and share with your team.
     

      

      

     If you do not have access to the ES web portal, feel free to contact our technical support team to learn more about the dialable codes you can use. You can also read this article to learn how you can create a code for dialing a mailbox.

      

Conference Calling

Whenever you need to, you can host a conference call using the phone's conferencing features.

Initiate a Conference

A Yealink CP965 can support up to 10 participants (including yourself) in a conference call.

You can start a conference call by either…

• Dialing multiple numbers.
• Inviting participants.
• Merging multiple calls into a conference.

Dial Multiple Numbers

A convenient way to start a conference is by dialing multiple phone numbers or extensions at once.

To initiate a conference call in this way…

1. Tap .
2. Select Call multiple members? Click here >>.
3. Enter the phone number or extension of the first participant and tap Add Members.
4. Repeat step 3 until all parties have been added.
   

   Quick Tip: The value under the icon indicates the number of people added and the maximum number that can be added.

   

    
5. Tap to call all parties at the same time. 
   

   ✔ The conference will be set up once the participants answer the call.

    

Invite Participants

Another easy way to start a conference call is by inviting one or more members to an active call.

To initiate a conference call in this way…

1. Place a call to the first party.
2. After the first party answers the call, tap Invite.
3. Do one of the following:
   • Enter the extension or phone number of the second party and tap Invite. Repeat for each participant.
   • Tap and select a contact to dial.
   • Tap and select the call log to dial.
   • Tap Call multiple members? Click here >>. Enter the phone number or tap the contact, select Add Member, and tap .

Merge Calls

When there are multiple calls, you can merge them into a single conference call.

To merge calls, tap and then Merge.

Hold and Resume a Conference Call

If you need to pause a conference call, you can place every participant on hold. While the conference is on hold, other participants will not hear each other until the held conference call is resumed.

• Tap Hold to place a conference call on hold.
• Tap Resume to resume a held conference call.

Mute and Unmute a Conference Call

Whenever you need to, you can mute your own microphone to prevent the other participants from hearing you. Muting yourself will still allow other participants to hear each other.

• Tap Mute to mute the conference call.
• Tap Mute again to unmute the conference.

Manage Participants

During a conference call, you can manage each participant to make the conference more flexible.

You can manage a conference's participants in the following ways:

• Mute a participant.
• Hold a participant.
• Remove a participant.
• Split the participant into their own call.
• View a participant's information.

To manage a specific participant, tap the avatar of the desired participant and do one of the following:

• Tap Far Mute to mute the participant. The muted participant will be able to hear everyone but no one else can hear them.
• Tap Remove to remove the participant from the conference.
• Tap Split to split the participant into their own call.
• Tap Hold to place that specific participant on hold.
• Tap Cancel to return to the conference screen.

Split a Conference Call

Once you are done with a conference call, you can split the call into individual calls. Once a conference call is split, the conference call will end with every participant on hold in their own calls. You can resume these calls to speak with each party separately.

Tap and then Split to split the conference calls into individual calls on hold.

Park a Call

As an alternative to placing a call on hold, you can park a call in a park to allow other users to retrieve the parked call. 

• To park an active call, tap and then Dsskey. Select the Call Park key.
• To retrieve a parked call, dial the extension number of the call park (701, 702, 703, etc.).

Call Pickup

You can use your phone's call pickup feature to answer someone else's incoming call. 

The Yealink CP965 phone supports two types of call pickup:

1. Directed Call Pickup - Pick up an incoming call going to a specific phone.
2. Group Call Pickup - Pick up incoming calls coming into any phone within your Department (Stratus users) or Pickup Group (Enswitch users).

Directly Pick Up a Call

When other users are receiving calls, you can help them handle their calls by picking them up for them.

To directly pick up another user's call…

1. Tap .
2. Select DPickup (Pick Up).
3. Enter the extension number that is receiving an incoming call.
4. Select DPickup (Pick Up) again.

Pick Up a Group Call

When your Department (Stratus) or Pickup Group (Enswitch) receives a call, you can pick up a call using your phone. If there are multiple incoming calls to that group, you would pick up the first incoming call.

To pick up a group call…

1. Tap .
2. Select GPickup when a call is being received by your Department or Pickup Group.

End a Call

You can end an active call at any time. To do so, tap .