Cisco Systems 6901 manual OL-23874-01

Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone

Understanding the Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911

6	Line button	Allows users to pick up an incoming call. The line button LED shows call status.
		The line button enables users to answer an incoming call and swap between two
		calls on the line. The LED associated with the line button lights up to reflect the
		line status.
		The line button illuminates to indicate status:
		•	Green, steady—Active call
		•	Green, flashing—Held call
		•	Amber, flashing—Incoming call
		• Amber, steady—Call Forward All activated
		• Red, steady—Remote line in use (shared line)
		• Red, flashing—Remote line on hold
7	Speakerphone	Selects the speakerphone as the default audio path and initiates a new call, picks
	button	up an incoming call, or ends a call. During a call, the button is lit green. The
		speakerphone audio path does not change until a new default audio path is
		selected (for example, by picking up the handset).
8	Keypad	Allows you to dial phone numbers, *, and #, and choose menu items (by entering
		the item number).
9	Mute button	Toggles the microphone on or off. When the microphone is muted, the button is
		lit red.
10	Volume button	Controls the handset and speakerphone volume (off-hook) and the ringer volume
		(on-hook).

11	Messages button	Auto-dials your voice messaging service (varies by service).
12	Redial	Dials the last dialed number.
13	Feature button	Depending on how the phone is set up in Cisco Unified Communications
		Manager, the programmable feature button provides access to the Speed dialing,
		Call Forward, Pickup, Group Pickup, and Meet Me features. Users can configure
		up to nine items on the feature key. The user accesses each of these features by
		pressing the feature key followed by the number associated with the feature. The
		number must be pressed within five seconds of pressing the feature key. The
		number can only be a single digit number from 1-9.

These features can be accessed off-hook or on-hook.

•Call Forward—Allows you to forward a call.

•Pickup—Allows you to pickup a call on the third-party phone.

•Group Pickup—Allows you to pick up a call within a group.

•Meet Me—Allows you to setup a conference.

•Speed Dial—Allows you to dial a specific number that has been previously stored.

Cisco Unified IP Phone 6901 and 6911 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.5 (SCCP and SIP)

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