SPA IP Phone

Basic Soft button features

The soft buttons below the LCD screen allow you to easily select phone functions. For basic soft button feature definitions, see the table below. Other buttons are explained in the Setup section of this chapter.

Table 2: Soft button features (alphabetical, not as they appear on the phone)

Label

Description

 

 

cfwd

Forwards calls, with 4 options: All, When the line is busy, When there is no answer, or

When there is no answer after a time delay

 

 

 

dir

Access the phone’s directory (see item 2 in Setup for details)

 

 

dnd

Do not disturb. Sends incoming calls to voice mail, or gives a busy signal if

voice mail is not available (see item 5 in Setup for details)

 

 

 

grPick

Allows you to pickup a call from an extension outside your group

 

 

lcr

last call return: dials the last call received

 

 

park

park a call at a designated “park” number. The call is active until you unpark it,

or the caller disconnects (Must be configured by your Phone Administrator.)

 

 

 

pickup

pickup a call from another phone in your group

 

 

redial

displays a list of recently called numbers

 

 

unpark

use to pick up a call from the number where it was parked

 

 

Chapter 3: Using Your Phone

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Linksys SPA922, SPA941, SPA942, SPA921, SPA 922 manual Basic Soft button features, Label Description

SPA 922, SPA941, SPA921, SPA922, SPA942 specifications

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