Contacts and Directories

Local contacts

You can create and save information about your contacts in the local contact list. Your local contacts list can contain up to 250 entries in 6825 Handset and 100 entries in 6823 Handset. Each contact can have four phone numbers.

After you add contacts, you can easily call a contact. You can set up speed dials to your local contacts. Your administrator can also upload a local contacts list to your handset and export your contacts list.

You access the contact list from the main screen or from the Menu .

Add a local contact

You can add a contact to your contact list. You can also add the information from the recent caller to your contact list.

Procedure

Step 1

  • 6825 Handset: Press left softkey Contacts .
  • 6823 Handset: Press Menu > Contacts .

Step 2

Press More.

Step 3

Highlight Add contact and press Select.

Step 4

Press Edit.

Step 5

Enter the name of the contact.

Step 6

Press Save.

Step 7

Highlight Work, Mobile, Home, or Other, and press Edit.

You need to add at least one phone number.

Step 8

Enter the contact number and press Save.

If you make a mistake, press Clear to delete the last character entered.

Step 9

(Optional) Add a ringtone to the contact.

  1. Highlight Ringtone and press Edit.

  2. Choose a melody.

    You can choose Loud Ringer and custom ring from the list to hear the handset in a noisy environment. You hear this loud ringtone when there is an incoming call from this newly added contact.

    You can use Play to hear the ringtone

  3. Press Select.

Step 10

Press Save.

Step 11

Press Yes.

Call a local contact

You can call a contact from your contact list. If your contact has more than one phone number configured, you can select which number you want to call.

Procedure

Step 1

  • 6825 Handset: Press left softkey Contacts .
  • 6823 Handset: Press Menu > Contacts .

Step 2

Highlight an entry.

Step 3

(Optional) If your contact has more than one phone number configured, press right or left on the navigation ring to display the number to call.

Step 4

Press Call.

Edit a local contact

You can edit a contact entry in your contact list.

Procedure

Step 1

  • 6825 Handset: Press left softkey Contacts .
  • 6823 Handset: Press Menu > Contacts .

Step 2

Highlight the contact to edit.

Step 3

Press More.

Step 4

Choose Edit contact.

Step 5

Highlight the information to change.

  1. Press Edit.

  2. Change the information

  3. Press Save.

Step 6

Press Save to change the contact entry.

Delete a local contact

You can delete a contact from your contact list.

Procedure

Step 1

  • 6825 Handset: Press left softkey Contacts .
  • 6823 Handset: Press Menu > Contacts .

Step 2

Highlight the contact to delete.

Step 3

Press More.

Step 4

Choose Delete contact.

Step 5

At the prompt, press Yes.

Delete all local contacts

You can delete all the contacts from your contact list.

Procedure

Step 1

  • 6825 Handset: Press left softkey Contacts .
  • 6823 Handset: Press Menu > Contacts .

Step 2

Press More.

Step 3

Choose Delete all contacts.

Step 4

At the prompt, press Yes.

Directories

Your administrator can set up a central directory for your organization. The directory allows you to search and call any number in the directory.

You can access the directory from the main screen or from the Menu .

Call a central directory contact

You can search, view, and call a number in the directory. The type of search you can use depends on the method your administrator used to set up the directory and the availability of subdirectories. For example, you may see an All directory for all people in your organization and a separate entry for your department.

Procedure

Step 1

Press Directory .

Step 2

Do one of these actions:

  • Scroll down to highlight an entry.
  • Press Search, select a directory, enter part or all of the first name of the user, and press Search.

Step 3

(Optional) Press Line and select a line to call on.

Step 4

Press Select.