Phone Line Modes; Normal Line Mode; Enhanced Line Mode - Cisco 8811 User Manual

Phone Line Modes

Procedure
Press Select to turn your phone back on.

Phone Line Modes

Your phone can be set up in one of these modes:
• Normal line mode—In this mode, the buttons to the left and right of the screen have different functions.
• Enhanced line mode—In this mode, the buttons on the left and right of the screen can be set up as line

Normal Line Mode

When your phone is set up for normal (Session) line mode, you interact with the phone in these ways:
• Use the New call window to place a call.
• Select Answer to answer a call, unless your phone is set up for an Incoming Call alert. If your phone is
• Five line keys are available. If your phone is connected to your mobile device or tablet with Bluetooth,

Enhanced Line Mode

When your phone is set up for Enhanced Line mode, you interact with the phone in these ways:
• Select a phone line and enter the phone number to make calls. The Recents list displays phone numbers
• Select Answer, Decline, or Ignore to answer calls.
• Ten line keys are available.
If you use Enhanced line mode, you will see the line label display the following information for incoming
calls:
• The Caller ID.
• The line label or name of the shared line, which then changes to show incoming phone number.
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Usually, the left buttons are the line buttons and the right buttons are the feature buttons. The line and
feature buttons are reversed for locales that read from right to left. This mode is also known as session
line mode.
buttons. This mode increases the number of phone lines that you can see and use. You see an alert for
an incoming call.
set up for an Incoming Call alert, select Answer, Decline, or Ignore.
only four line keys are available.
similar to the number being dialed.
You can see your missed calls by selecting a line key to view the missed calls for that line in the call
window. The missed call counter clears when you return to the idle screen.
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