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13Mute button — Enables you to prevent callers from hearing what you

are saying during a telephone call, although you can still hear them. Press the button to turn off the telephone’s mouthpiece when you are using the handset or the microphone (3101SP only) when your telephone is in speaker phone mode. To turn off the Mute feature, press the button again. The indicator lamp is lit when the Mute feature is enabled.

14Volume up — Raises the volume of the ringer, the speaker, or the handset.See “Setting the Volume” in Chapter 7.

15Speaker

16Handset — Supports wide band audio.

Programmable

Figure 6 displays the Access buttons on the NBX 3101 and 3101SP Basic

Access Buttons

Telephones. By default, the functions assigned to these buttons are set by

 

your administrator and you cannot change their functions unless your

 

administrator defines one or more buttons as User Speed Dials.

 

To view or change the current features on your telephone’s buttons, click

 

the Shortcut to One-Touch Speed Dials icon below any NBX NetSet

 

utility screen. Buttons that you can change are marked with an asterisk

 

and the description “User SPD” on the One-Touch Speed Dials screen.

 

Click the Help button on the screen for detailed instructions.

 

Figure 6 Access Buttons

NBX 3101SP (3C10401SPKRA)

NBX 3101 (3C10401A)

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3Com 3101, 3102 manual Speaker, Handset Supports wide band audio

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