Chapter 1 Product Overview
What is the Cisco SIP IP Phone 7960?
•On-screen mode buttons—Retrieves information about current settings, recent calls, available services, and voice mail messages.
•Volume buttons—Adjusts the volume of the handset, headset, speaker, ringer and adjusts the brightness contrast settings on the LCD screen.
•Function toggles—Includes these options:
–Headset and speaker—Toggles these functions enabling you to answer the phone using a headset or speakerphone.
–Mute—Stops or resumes voice transmission.
•Scroll key—Enables you to move among different soft key options displayed on LCD screen.
•Dialing pad—Press the dial pad buttons to dial a phone number. Dial pad buttons work exactly like those on your existing telephone.
•Handset—Lift the handset and press the dial pad numbers to place a call, review voice mail messages, answer a call, and so on.
Supported Features
In addition to the physical features illustrated in Figure 1-2, the
Cisco SIP IP phone also provides the following:
•An adjustable ring tone
•A hearing-aid compatible handset
•Headset compatibility
•An integrated two-port Ethernet switch that allows the telephone and a computer to share a single Ethernet jack
•A direct connection to a 10BaseT or 100BaseT Ethernet (RJ-45) network (half- or full-duplex connections are supported)
•A large (4.25 x 3 in.) display with adjustable contrast
•G.711 (u-law and a-law) and G.729a audio compression
•IP address assignment—Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client or manually configured via a local setup menu
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