Phone Screen
14
Volume button
15
Messages button
16
Applications button
17
Contacts button
18
Phone display
19
Programmable feature buttons
(also called feature buttons)
20
Handset with light strip
Phone Screen
The way that your system administrator set up your phone determines what is displayed on your phone screen.
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Controls the handset, headset, and speakerphone volume (off hook) and the ringer volume
(on hook).
Silences the ringer on the phone if an incoming call is ringing.
Autodials your voicemail system (varies by system).
Opens/closes the Applications menu. Depending on how your system administrator sets
up the phone, use it to access applications such as call history, preferences, and phone
information.
Opens/closes the Contacts menu. Depending on how your system administrator sets up the
phone, use it to access personal directory, corporate directory, or call history.
Can be positioned to your preferred viewing angle.
Each button corresponds to a phone line, speed dial, and calling feature.
Press a button for a phone line to display the active calls for that line.
If you have multiple lines, you may have an All Calls button that displays a consolidated
list of all calls from all lines (oldest at the top). If you do not see the All Calls button, your
system administrator may have set up the primary line to automatically display all calls.
For information on your set up, contact your system administrator.
Color LEDs indicate the line state:
•
Amber
: Ringing call on this line
•
Green
: Active or held call on this line
•
Red
: Shared line in-use remotely
The position of the programmable feature buttons can be reversed with the position of the
session buttons on phones that use a locale with a right-to-left reading orientation, such as
Hebrew and Arabic.
The handset light strip lights up to indicate a ringing call (flashing red) or a new voice
message (steady red).
Features of Your Cisco Unified IP Phone