Advanced Call Handling
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.0  33
 
Picking Up a Redirected Call on Your Phone
Call PickUp allows you to answer a call that is ringing on a coworker’s phone by redirecting the call 
to your phone. You might use Call PickUp if you share call-handling with coworkers.
Tips
• Depending on how your phone is configured, you might receive an audio and/or visual alert about 
a call to your pickup group.
If you want to... Then...
Answer a call that is ringing on 
another extension within your call 
pickup group
1. Do one of the following: 
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If the PickUp softkey or button is available, press it.
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If the PickUp softkey or button is not available, go 
off-hook to display the PickUp softkey, then press it.
If your phone supports auto-pickup, you are now 
connected to the call.
2. If the call rings, press Answer to connect to the call.
Answer a call that is ringing on 
another extension outside of your 
group
1. Do one of the following: 
–
If the GPickUp softkey or Group PickUp button is 
available, press it.
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If the GPickUp softkey or Group PickUp button is not 
available, go off-hook to display GPickUp, then press 
it.
2. Enter the group pickup code.
If your phone supports auto-pickup, you are now 
connected to the call.
3. If the call rings, press Answer to connect to the call.
Answer a call that is ringing on 
another extension in your group or 
in an associated group 
1. Do one of the following: 
–
If the OPickUp softkey or Other PickUp button is 
available, press it.
–
If the OPickUp softkey or Other PickUp button is not 
available, go off-hook to display OPickUp, then press 
it.
If your phone supports auto-pickup, you are now 
connected to the call.
2. If the call rings, press Answer to connect to the call.