Customizing Rings and Message Indicators

You can customize the way that your phone indicates an incoming call or a new voice mail message for each of your lines. Customized ring sounds and other indicators can help you quickly differentiate between multiple lines. For example, you can choose a chirping sound to indicate an incoming call on Line 1 and a drumbeat to indicate an incoming call on Line 2.

If you want to...

Then...

 

 

 

 

Change the ring sound

Choose

> Ring Type.

 

Select a phone line or the default ring setting. Use the Navigation

 

button to scroll through the ring types. Press Play to hear the selected

 

ring type. When you find a ring sound that you want, press Select, then

 

press OK.

 

 

You can apply the default ring setting to a selected phone line by

 

pressing Default.

 

 

Change the ring pattern

Log in to your User Options web pages, select your device, then choose

(flash-only, ring once,

Change the Ring Settings for your phone from the main menu.

beep-only, etc.)

 

 

 

 

Change the way that the

Log in to your User Options web pages, select your device, then choose

voice message light on your

Change the Message Waiting Lamp policy... from the main menu.

handset works

Typically, the default system policy tells your phone to “always light”

 

when you receive a new voice message.

 

 

 

Customizing the Phone Screen

You can adjust the contrast and the language for your phone screen.

If you want to...

Then...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change the phone

Choose

> Contrast. Press Up, Down or

, then press

screen contrast

OK. Or press Cancel to revert to the previously saved setting.

 

 

Change the language on

Log in to your User Options web pages, select your device, then choose

your phone screen

Change the Locale... from the main menu. See the “Logging In to the User

 

Options Web Pages” section on page 40 for more information.

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems 7960G, 7940G warranty Customizing Rings and Message Indicators, Customizing the Phone Screen, Ring Type

7960G, 7940G specifications

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