Cisco 8961 Quick Start Manual

Quick Start Guide
Cisco Unified IP Phone
Model 8961
Contents
1. Dial intercom/outside
2. Hang up
3. Answer
4. Mute
5. Hold
6. Forward All – Follow Me
7. Do Not Disturb
8. Conference
9. Transfer
10. Remain on busy extension – repeat dialer
11. Programming numbers
and configuring quick dial settings
12. Call History
13. Directories
14. Shared Lines
15. Voicemail
16. Tips
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1. Dial
To dial, lift the handset and enter a number. Or:
• Press an unlit session button
• Press the New Call softkey.
• Press the headset button
Place an intercom call – 4 numerals (extension)
Place an outside call – 0XX
Call a mobile phone – 63XXXX
Dial from call history
As you enter a phone number, matching numbers will be
displayed on your call history. To dial, scroll to a number and
press the Select button in the Navigation pad or click on
the Call softkey.
Redial the last number
Press the Redial softkey.
Speed dial
Press a speed-dial button
Or, enter a speed-dial code while the handset is down
(no dial tone), then press the Speed Dial softkey.
2. Hang up
To end a call, replace the
• Press the Release button .
• Press the End Call softkey.
• Press the (lit) headset button
or the speakerphone button
3. Answer
To answer an incoming call
• Press the flashing amber session button
(right side).
• Press the Answer softkey.
• Press the (unlit) headset button
or the speakerphone button
Press the Select button in the Navigation pad.
Call selection (previously 87) - is now a button
(right side).
or speakerphone button
Call Waiting
If you get a second call
while the first call is active,
a second session label
displays.
To connect the second call
and put the first call on hold
automatically, press the
flashing amber session button
4. Mute
Press the Mute button
When Mute is on, the Mute button glows red.
5. Hold
1. Press the Hold button
and the session button pulses green.
(if available).
2. To resume the highlighted call, press the pulsing green
button
Select button.
6. Forward All - Follow Me
handset. Or:
(Previously 14110 to activate and 14111 to deactivate)
1. Press the Forward All softkey.
2. Enter a phone number, select a number from Call History,
or press the Messages button
Look for Forward All icon
To cancel call forwarding, press the Forward Off softkey.
, lift the handset. Or:
7. Do Not Disturb
• Press the Do Not Disturb button to toggle
DND on
• When on, Do Not Disturb (DND) mutes the ringer and may
block visual notification for new calls.
• The phone status can be changed through the personal portal.
I Call mobile phones 63xxxx
(right side).
to toggle Mute on and off.
. The hold icon
, the Resume softkey, or the Navigation pad
(to forward to voicemail).
, on your screen.
Optional
, or off .
displays