Contents
- Operating Your Phone
- Soft Key Descriptions
- Ad-hoc Conference
- Answer a Call
- Auto Answer
- Busy Lamp Field
- cBarge
- Call History
- Clear Call History
- Delete a Call Record From Call History
- Edit Number From Call History
- Filter Call History
- Place a Call from Call History
- View Call History
- View Call Record Details
- Call Forward
- Call Forward All (Forward calls, Missed calls, and Voicemail)
- Call Park
- Park and Retrieve a Call Using Call Park
- Park and Retrieve a Call using Assisted Direct Call Park
- Park and Retrieve a Call Using Manual Directed Call Park
- Call Pickup
- Directed Call Pickup
- Group Pickup
- Call Waiting
- Conference
- Conflist
- Distinctive Ring
- Do Not Disturb
- Turn DND On and OFF
- End a Call
- Extension Mobility
- Enable Extension Mobility
- Hold/Resume a Call
- Hold Reversion
- Hunt Group
- Sign In and Out of a Hunt Group
- Immediate Divert
- Immediate Divert Enhanced
- Intercom
- Missed Call
- Mobility
- Mute a Call
- My Phone Apps
- On-hook Predialing
- Phone Applications
- Phone Contact
- Corporate Directory
- Search for and Dial a Contact
- Search for and Dial a Contact While on a Call
- Personal Directory
- Add a Personal Directory Entry
- Dial a Number from Personal Directory
- Delete a Personal Directory Entry
- Edit a Personal Directory Entry
- Search for an Entry in Personal Directory
- Sign In and Out of Personal Directory
- Place a Call
- Place a MeetMe Conference Call
- Privacy
- Preferences
- Redial a Number
- Ring Setting
- Shared Lines
- Speed Dial
- Place a Call with a Speed-Dial Button
- Switching Between Calls on Different Lines
- Transfer a Call
- Video Calls
- Voicemail
Operating Your Phone
This section describes how to operate your Cisco IP Phone and includes information on soft keys and phone features.
Note
Because there are differences in phone and site configurations, not all features described here might apply to your phone. Consult your system administrator for more information.
- Soft Key Descriptions
- Ad-hoc Conference
- Answer a Call
- Busy Lamp Field
- cBarge
- Call History
- Call Forward
- Call Park
- Call Pickup
- Call Waiting
- Conference
- Distinctive Ring
- Do Not Disturb
- End a Call
- Extension Mobility
- Hold/Resume a Call
- Hold Reversion
- Hunt Group
- Immediate Divert
- Intercom
- Missed Call
- Mobility
- Mute a Call
- My Phone Apps
- On-hook Predialing
- Phone Applications
- Phone Contact
- Place a Call
- Place a MeetMe Conference Call
- Privacy
- Preferences
- Redial a Number
- Ring Setting
- Shared Lines
- Speed Dial
- Switching Between Calls on Different Lines
- Transfer a Call
- Video Calls
- Voicemail
Soft Key Descriptions
Your Cisco IP Phone is equipped with soft keys for call features and options. Soft keys are displayed along the bottom of the LCD screen and activated using the corresponding buttons. Soft keys can change according to the state of the phone.
Note
Soft key availability depends on the system configuration and this is not the complete list of the soft keys.
Soft Key
Function
Answer
Answers an incoming call.
CFwdAll
Forwards all calls.
CallPark
Stores an active call temporarily to a parking number.
Cancel
Cancels the last selection.
Clear List
Clears the entire call history on the phone.
Confrn
Connects callers to a conference call.
Delete
Deletes call records from call history.
Dial
Dials the displayed number.
DND
Enables and disables the audio and visual indication of an incoming call.
Edit
Edits an entry.
Exit
Exits from the current selection.
GPickup
Allows you to answer a call on a phone that is outside your call pickup group.
Hlog
Provides load sharing of calls from the main directory.
I-Divert
Transfers a ringing, connected, or held call directly to a voice messaging system.
Join
Joins a call established on a different line into a conference.
Missed Calls
Lists all the missed calls.
More
Scrolls through additional options (for example, use the More soft key to locate the DND soft key).
NewCall
Opens a new line on the speakerphone to place a call.
Return
Returns to the previous screen.
Resume
Resumes a call.
Pickup
Allows answering a phone that is ringing on a co-worker’s phone.
Transfer
Transfers an active call.
ViewDetails
Shows call details.
Ad-hoc Conference
An Ad-hoc conference is unscheduled and it happens when the conference creator adds a third party into the call.
There are three types of Ad-hoc conference:
- Consultative conference—The conference creator commits after consultative party has been connected.
- Early conference—The conference creator commits while consultative party is ringing.
- Connected conference—The conference creator joins two pre-existing active calls.
If there are only two parties remaining in an ad-hoc conference, and if the conference is configured to stay, it will fall back to a point-to-point call and the conference bridge resource will be released.
Note
Consultative conference is the only one supported in this release.
Answer a Call
Busy Lamp Field
Busy Lamp Field (BLF) allows configuring a directory number that a user can monitor for incoming calls. When the directory number receives an incoming call, the system alerts the monitoring user, who can then pick up the call.
cBarge
The cBarge feature allows you to create a standard (ad hoc) conference by adding yourself to a call on a shared line.
Call History
Call History allows you to view information about the last 150 calls on your phone. Individual calls and call groups are listed chronologically from the most recent call to the oldest one. (If your phone has multiple lines, calls on all lines are added together. The oldest calls over the 150-call limit are dropped from the history.)
In the Call History screen, the line information, such as “Line: 5623,” is shown in the upper right corner to indicate the line name or number for which the call history is displayed.
For each call record or call group, an icon to the left of the caller ID shows the call type:
If the caller ID is unavailable, “Unknown” is displayed, and the phone number is listed.
Calls for the same caller ID and phone number are grouped together only if they occur in chronological order and do not have calls associated . For each group, the time of the latest call and the number of calls, such as “(3),” are displayed:
- Incoming (Received) and outgoing (Placed) calls are grouped together.
- Missed calls are grouped together in a separate group.
For each individual card record or call group, the phone number is listed in blue and is contact sensitive for touch dialing.
Hunt group and multiparty calls show an icon to the right of the caller ID that differentiates the call from a normal call, and these calls are not grouped even when they are next to each other in the list.
A (plus) + symbol on entries in call history, redial, or call directory indicates that your phone is set up to list international calls. For more information, see your system administrator.
- Clear Call History
- Delete a Call Record From Call History
- Edit Number From Call History
- Filter Call History
- Place a Call from Call History
- View Call History
- View Call Record Details
Clear Call History
Procedure
Delete a Call Record From Call History
Procedure
Edit Number From Call History
Procedure
Filter Call History
Procedure
Place a Call from Call History
Procedure
View Call Record Details
Procedure
Call Forward
Call Forward feature allows redirecting incoming calls to another directory number. Call forward options include the following:
Call Forward is available as a soft key. See your system administrator for additional information.
Call Park
Call Park allows you to park (temporarily store) a call you receive on your phone, which you can then retrieve from another phone (for example, a phone at a co-worker’s desk or in a conference room).
There are two ways you can park a call:
- Park—Allows you to park an active call that you answered on your phone, and retrieve it using another phone in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express system.
- Directed Call Park—Allows you to park and retrieve an active call in two different ways:
- Assisted Directed Call Park—Allows you to park an active call by pressing a line button, which your system administrator sets up as a speed dial line. With this type of directed call, you can monitor the status of the line (in-use, idle, or in Do Not Disturb state) using Line Status indicators.
- Manual Directed Call Park—Allows you to park an active call by transferring it to a Directed Call number, which your system administrator sets up. You retrieve the call at another phone by dialing a park retrieval prefix number (provided by your system administrator), then dialing the Directed Call number you used to park the call.
Your system administrator sets up either the Directed Call Park or Park feature on your phone, but not both.
- Park and Retrieve a Call Using Call Park
- Park and Retrieve a Call using Assisted Direct Call Park
- Park and Retrieve a Call Using Manual Directed Call Park
Park and Retrieve a Call Using Call Park
ProcedureCall park allows you to place a call on hold at a designated parking slot from which the call can be retrieved by anyone on the system.
Note
Contact your system administrator for your call park slot number.
Park and Retrieve a Call using Assisted Direct Call Park
Procedure
Park and Retrieve a Call Using Manual Directed Call Park
Procedure
Call Pickup
Call Pickup allows you to answer a call that is ringing on a co-worker’s phone by redirecting the call to your phone.
There are three ways you can pick up a call:
- Pickup—Allows you to answer a call that is ringing on another phone within your call pickup group. If multiple calls are available for pick up, your phone picks up the oldest call first (the call that has been ringing for the longest time).
- Group Pickup—Allows you to answer a call on a phone that is outside your call pickup group by:
- Other Pickup—Allows you to answer a call that is ringing on another phone within in your call pickup group or in an associated call pickup group.
Note
Your system administrator sets up the call pickup group you are in and the Pickup soft keys depending on your call-handling needs and work environment.
Your system administrator may also change the function of the Pickup key to operate as Directed Pickup of a specific extension instead of local group pickup. In this configuration, the calls from you local group can be picked up by pressing the GPickUp key followed by the Star key.
Call Waiting
If you are on a call when a second call comes in, Call Waiting provides cues to notify you that a new call is ringing on your phone when you are talking on another call, including:
Note
If the two calls were placed on hold, when you press the line key, the call that is highlighted will be resumed. This is the only time that the line key function maps to the highlighted session.
Use one of the following methods to receive the call:
To swap between the two calls, you can use one of the following methods:
Conference
Conference allows you to talk simultaneously with multiple parties. When you are talking on a call, use Conference to dial another party and add them to the call. You can remove individual participants from the conference if your phone supports the feature.
- To conference a second person into an existing call, press the Conference soft key or hard key. This opens up a space below the existing call on the same line, so you can enter the new number of the person to conference in.
- To dial the consult party, while ringing or once connected, you can press the Conference soft key or hard key to conference the two calls together.
Conflist
This feature allows displaying a conference list on participating phones when the ConfList soft key is pressed during a conference call. As participants join the conference, they get added to the top of the conference list. The conference list provides the conference status, as well as the security status for each participant to identify participants that are not encrypted.
The conference list displays the following security icons:
The conference initiator can use the conference list to eject participants with a low security status.
Distinctive Ring
You can also monitor and pick up ringing calls using Line Status indicators if your system administrator has set up Line Status indicators on speed-dial buttons for you. Line Status indicators allow you to see if a line associated with a speed-dial button is idle, in-use, in a Do Not Disturb state, or ringing.
Do Not Disturb
The Do Not Disturb (DND) feature enables and disables the audio and visual indication of an incoming call or directly redirects the call to the voice messaging system.
DND allows you to:
- Alert—If a call comes in, the ringer is turned off, but the user can set an alerting message to appear in the LCD display or use the default incoming call indication used for all calls. Also, the Line LED alerts accordingly.
- Reject—If a call comes in, ringer and display alerting are both turned off and the call is sent directly to the voicemail.
Extension Mobility
Cisco Extension Mobility (EM) allows you to temporarily configure a Cisco Unified IP Phone as your own. After you sign in to EM, the phone adopts your user profile, including your phone lines, features, established services, and web-based settings. Your system administrator sets up EM for you.
Enable Extension Mobility
Procedure
Hold/Resume a Call
Procedure
Hold Reversion
Hold Reversion limits the amount of time that a call can be on hold before reverting back to the phone that put the call on hold and alerting the user by informative tones periodically if not resumed yet.
Hunt Group
Hunt groups are used to share the call load in organizations that receive a large number of incoming calls.
Your system administrator sets up a hunt group with a series of directory numbers. When the first directory number in the hunt group is busy, the system hunts for the next available directory number in the group, then directs the call to that phone. If you are a member of a hunt group, you can sign in to a hunt group when you want to receive calls, and you can sign out of the group when you want to prevent calls from ringing on your phone.
Immediate Divert
Immediate Divert allows transferring a ringing, connected, or held call directly to a voice messaging system. When a call is diverted, the line becomes available to make or receive new call.
Intercom
Intercom allows you to place a call to a predefined recipient. The recipient auto-answers the call in speakerphone mode with mute activated. This sets up a one-way voice path between you and the recipient so you can deliver a short message, regardless of whether the recipient is busy or idle.
Missed Call
When there are missed calls on the phone, an indicator for missed call info will appear next to the line info. Upon viewing Call history > Missed calls, the indicator icon should disappear. The missed call indicator is always shown as long as the focus is not on that line.
Mobility
ProcedureMobility allows you to transfer a call from an IP Phone to your mobile phone.
Note
Contact your system administrator to enable/disable the mobility feature on your IP Phone.
Step 1 Select Mobility soft key while on an active call. Step 2 Select Send call to mobile. The call will be transferred to your mobile phone.
Mute a Call
Mute allows you to block audio input for your handset, headset, and speakerphone, so that you can hear other parties on the call but they cannot hear you. Video Mute allows you to block video for your camera so that you can see other parties on the video call, but they cannot see you.
To mute a call:
- While on a call, press the Mute button
. The Mute button lights, indicating that the other party cannot hear you.
To deactivate the mute function, do one of the following:
Note
The Mute feature does not generate music or a tone.
My Phone Apps
On-hook Predialing
Phone Contact
The Cisco Unified IP Phone 8941 and 8945 provide you with access to corporate and personal contacts.
You may see other directories listed in Contacts. For more information, see your system administrator.
Corporate Directory
The corporate directory contains corporate contacts that you can access on your phone. Your system administrator sets up and maintains the directory.
You can dial calls from your corporate directory:
Search for and Dial a Contact
Procedure
Search for and Dial a Contact While on a Call
Procedure
Personal Directory
The personal directory contains a list of your personal contacts. You can assign fast-dial codes to your personal directory entries for fast dialing.
There are two ways you can set up and maintain your personal directory:
- Add a Personal Directory Entry
- Dial a Number from Personal Directory
- Delete a Personal Directory Entry
- Edit a Personal Directory Entry
- Search for an Entry in Personal Directory
- Sign In and Out of Personal Directory
Add a Personal Directory Entry
Procedure
Delete a Personal Directory Entry
Procedure
Edit a Personal Directory Entry
Procedure
Search for an Entry in Personal Directory
Sign In and Out of Personal Directory
Procedure
You are logged out automatically after a certain amount of time. This time limit can vary. For more information, see your system administrator.
Place a Call
Use one of the following methods to place a call:
- Lift the handset and dial the number.
- Dial the number, and then lift the handset.
- Dial the number, and then press the Dial soft key.
- Dial the number, and then press the Speaker button.
- Press the line button for your extension, and then dial the number.
- Press the Speaker button , and then dial the number.
- Press the New Call soft key, and then dial the number.
- If you are using a headset, press the Headset button
, and then dial the number.
- Dial the number, and then press the Headset button
.
- If you have established speed-dial numbers, press a Speed-dial button.
- If you have selected a number from a directory, press the New Call soft key.
- If you have selected a number from a directory, press the Line / Headset / Speaker button.
Place a MeetMe Conference Call
Procedure
Privacy
Privacy allows you to prevent others who share your line from seeing information about your calls.
Privacy applies to all shared lines on your phone. If you have multiple shared lines and Privacy is enabled, others cannot view any of your shared lines.
Ring Setting
Procedure
Shared Lines
Shared lines allow you to use one phone number for multiple phones.
You might have a shared line if you have multiple phones and want one phone number, share call-handling tasks with co-workers, or handle calls on behalf of a manager.
You or your co-worker can join a call on the shared line using the Barge feature. Barge converts the call into a conference. To barge, press the red session button for the remote in-use call on the shared line.
For example, if you share a line with a co-worker,
Speed Dial
Speed dialing allows you to enter an index number, press a button, or select a phone screen item to place a call. Depending on your setup, your phone can support the following speed-dial features:
- Speed-Dial Buttons—Allows you to quickly dial a phone number from one or more line buttons set up for speed dialing.
- Speed-Dial Codes—Allows you to dial a phone number from a code (sometimes referred to as abbreviated dialing).
- Fast Dials—Allows you to enter a Fast Dial code to place a call. Fast Dial codes can be assigned to phone numbers or Personal Address Book entries.
Switching Between Calls on Different Lines
If you are active on a call and you want to resume a call on another line, press the line key for that line. If there was only one call on that line, then the call would be immediately resumed. If there was more than one call on the line, then you would need to select the call to resume.
Video Calls
ProcedureWhenever you are connected to a call and either of you is transferring video, the video automatically shows up in your screen. You can see the person in the other end (remote party) and you can also see yourself on the screen.
The following are the functionality found within the video calling feature, either in the form of soft keys or hard keys:
- PIP—The PIP soft key is represented by an icon. The icon has 5 states (Right bottom, Right top, Left top, Left bottom, and PIP off) and pressing the soft key executes the displayed PIP state and updates the icon to reflect the next PIP state. The PIP soft key is a sticky setting and the state is remembered across sessions.
- Swap—Toggles the views in the PIP view. The Swap soft key is grayed out when PIP is off.
- Minimize Video—Takes you to the Call UI Screen. You can view the video again by selecting the Show Video soft key in the Call UI. When in the Call UI screen and the user is transmitting video, it is indicated by an icon in the call session.
- Video Mute—Press the Video Mute hard key to mute the video.
- Self-view Video—Press the Self-view Video soft key to preview or self-view the user.
- Video UI and Conference/Transfer Initiation—Press the Conference hard key to initiate a conference.
To access video settings:
Step 1 Press the Applications button. Step 2 Select Preferences > Camera settings.
Voicemail
When there are voicemails, the voicemail icon is shown. When the user listens to the voicemail, the indicator goes away and is then replaced by the missed call indicator.
The following is the priority between missed call, voicemail, and the forward icon. Only one of the three icons is shown next to the line at one time.