Chapter 1 Introducing Your Cisco IP Phone

A Road Map to Your Cisco IP Phone

 

1

Handset with

Functions like a traditional handset. The light strip at the

 

 

 

 

indicator light

top of the handset blinks when the phone rings and can be

 

 

 

 

 

set to remain lit when you receive a voice mail message.

 

 

 

 

 

For more information on working with the handset, refer

 

 

 

 

 

to the “Adjusting the Handset, Speakerphone, and Headset

 

 

 

 

 

Volume” section on page 2-1.

 

 

 

 

2

LCD screen

Displays features such as the time, date, your phone

 

 

 

 

 

number, caller ID, line/call status and softkey tabs.

 

 

 

 

3

Cisco IP Phone

Indicates your Cisco IP Phone model.

 

 

 

 

model type

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Line or speed

Opens a new line or speed dials the number on the LCD

 

 

 

 

dial button

screen. Phones in the Cisco IP Phone 7960 series have six

 

 

 

 

 

line or speed dial buttons and phones in the 7940 series

 

 

 

 

 

have two.

 

 

 

 

5

Footstand

Allows you to adjust the angle of the phone base.

 

 

 

 

adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Directories

Provides access to call histories and directories (see the

 

 

 

 

button

“Using the Feature Buttons” section on page 1-10.)

 

 

 

 

7

? button

Displays help on your LCD screen for a phone button or

 

 

 

 

 

function (see the “Using the Feature Buttons” section on

 

 

 

 

 

page 1-10.)

 

 

 

 

8

Settings button

Provides access to phone settings such as contrast and ring

 

 

 

 

 

sound, network configuration, and status information (see

 

 

 

 

 

the “Using the Feature Buttons” section on page 1-10.)

 

 

 

 

9

Speaker button

Toggles the speaker on or off.

 

 

 

 

10

Mute button

Toggles the mute on or off.

 

 

 

 

11

Headset button

Toggles the headset on or off.

 

 

 

 

 

For more information on working with the headset, refer

 

 

 

 

 

to the “Using the Headset” section on page 1-14.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco IP Phone 7960 and 7940 Series User Guide

 

 

1-8

 

 

 

 

78-10182-08

 

 

 

 

 

 

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