Contents

• Phone Customization
• Rings and Message Indicator Customization
• Change Ringtone
• Adjust Phone Ringer Volume Level
• Change How Voice Message Light on Handset Works
• Change Audible Voice-message Indicator
• Phone Screen Customization
• Change Phone Screen Brightness
• Change Phone Screen Language
• Change Line Text Label
• Adjust Contrast
• Backlight Setting

Phone Customization

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You can personalize your Cisco Unified IP Phone by adjusting the ring tone, volume, and other settings.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Rings and Message Indicator Customization
• Phone Screen Customization

Rings and Message Indicator Customization

You can customize how your phone indicates an incoming call and a new voice mail message. You can also adjust the ringer volume for your phone.

• Change Ringtone
• Adjust Phone Ringer Volume Level
• Change How Voice Message Light on Handset Works
• Change Audible Voice-message Indicator

Related Information

User Options Web Page Actions

Line Settings on Web

Change Ringtone

Procedure

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Step 1	Choose () > Settings > User Preferences > Rings.
Step 2	Choose a phone line or the default ring setting.
Step 3	Choose a ringtone to play a sample of it.
Step 4	Press Select and Save to set the ringtone, or press Cancel.

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Adjust Phone Ringer Volume Level

Contact your system administrator about minimum ringer-volume settings.

Procedure

Press Volume while the handset is in the cradle. The new ringer volume is saved automatically.

Change How Voice Message Light on Handset Works

Procedure

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Step 1	Log in to your User Options web pages.
Step 2	Choose Change the Message Waiting Lamp policy.
Step 3	Access your message indicator settings. Typically, the default system policy is to indicate a new voice message by displaying a steady light on the handset light strip.

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Change Audible Voice-message Indicator

Procedure

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Step 1	Log in to your User Options web pages.
Step 2	Access your message indicator settings.

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Phone Screen Customization

You can adjust the characteristics of the phone screen.

• Change Phone Screen Brightness
• Change Phone Screen Language
• Change Line Text Label
• Adjust Contrast
• Backlight Setting

Change Phone Screen Brightness

Procedure

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Step 1	Choose () > Settings > User Preferences > Brightness.
Step 2	To make adjustments, press Volume.
Step 3	Press Save, or press Cancel. Note    If you change the brightness setting on your phone, do not unplug the phone from its power source for at least one minute, or the brightness setting will not get saved.

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Change Phone Screen Language

Procedure

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Step 1	Log in to your User Options web pages.
Step 2	Access your user settings.
Step 3	Select a language.

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Change Line Text Label

Procedure

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Step 1	Log in to your User Options web pages.
Step 2	Access your line text label settings.

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Adjust Contrast

Procedure

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Step 1	Choose () > Settings > User Preferences > Contrast.
Step 2	To make adjustments, press the Volume button.
Step 3	Press Save, or press Cancel.

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Backlight Setting

Contact your system administrator about this optional feature availability. This feature allows you to turn off the backlight for a predetermined time (as set by your system administrator).