Customizing Your SoundPoint® IP 550 Desktop Phone

Selecting the Correct Headset for Electronic Hookswitch

This feature allows you to answer your phone when you are using a headset.

For information on supported headsets to provide electronic hookswitch features for placing, answering, and ending calls, go to www.polycom.com/support/voice and enter “Headset Compatibility List” in the Knowledge Base text box or contact your system administrator.

To select a headset that supports electronic hookswitch:

1.Press .

2.Select Settings > Basic > Preferences > Headset > Analog Headset Mode.

3.Use or to select your headset, and then press the Select soft key.

4.Press to return to the idle display.

Selecting the Ring Type

You can select different ring types to distinguish lines or to distinguish your phone from your neighbor’s phone.

To change the incoming ring type:

1.Press .

2.Select Settings > Basic > Ring Type.

3.(Optional.) If multiple lines are configured on your phone, first select the

line to change from the list using the and .

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Nortel Networks 550 manual Selecting the Correct Headset for Electronic Hookswitch, Selecting the Ring Type