Avaya J179 Quick Reference

Avaya J169/J179 IP Phone H.

323 Quick Reference

Logging in to your phone

Perform this task to log in to your phone. Log in from the
initial screen when it prompts you for your extension.
If multiple gatekeepers are configured for the phone, the
phone stops at the discovery mode in the following
conditions:
• The login credentials are incorrect.
• The phone is logged in. One of the gatekeepers is
not reachable, because of an upgrade or a network
outage. In the discovery mode, press Reset. The
phone deletes the credentials from the memory,
reboots, and displays the login page.
If the administrator has enabled the offline call-log feature
on the deskphone, the deskphone downloads the call log
database when you log in. The offline call-log database
stores the calls that landed on the deskphone while you
were not logged in. These calls are added to the call
history as missed calls.
1. Press Log In.
2. Enter your extension.
3. Press Enter or OK or #.
4. Enter your password.Enter the password that your
administrator assigned to you.
5. If your administrator configured the system to allow
visiting user privileges the deskphone prompts for
Login Mode. Use the right or left navigation arrow to
indicate whether you are a visiting user of this
deskphone (Visiting User) or not (Default).
6. Press Enter or OK or #.

Logging in as a guest user

Log in to another phone as a guest and use the features
and functionality of your own phone.
Note:
The guest user login option is available on your phone
only if the administrator has configured the feature.
Guest user login does not use the contacts list
available on the phone. The previous contacts list is
cleared, and the phone displays only the contacts of
the guest user.
1. Press Main menu.
2. Select Guest Login.
Release 6.7
3. Enter your extension number.
Issue 1
May 2018 4. Enter your password.
©
2018, Avaya Inc.
5. Press Enter or OK.
All Rights Reserved.
6. Scroll left or right to select the expected amount of
time from 1 to 12 hours that you might use this phone.
You can log out as a guest at any time despite the
duration that you select.
7. Press Enter or press OK.

Navigation

Main menu

The menu options that are available to you to view the
current settings and configure the required parameters on
the Avaya J169/J179 IP phones.
Name
Options & Settings
Browser
Network information
VPN settings

General icons

The following table lists the icons for Avaya J169 IP
Phone and Avaya J179 IP Phone. The icons are similar
for both the phones, except Avaya J169 IP Phone displays
the icons in grayscale and Avaya J179 IP Phone in color.
Description
To change your call
settings, personalize
button labels, adjust
brightness and contrast,
select your ringing pattern,
set up favorites, assign
speed dial entries, and
more.
To access additional web-
based applications. If your
administrator did not
configure the browser
option for your phone, your
phone does not display the
browser option.
To check phone settings or
network settings.
To display the VPN
information.
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Name Description
Log Out To sign off the phone, to
protect your settings, or to
let another user to log in.
About Avaya IP To display the phone
Deskphone software version.
Icon Description
Microphone is muted.
Missed call on your phone.
Incoming call; indicates you have
answered this call.
Outgoing call; indicates you have
made this call.
The phone has activated the
EC500 feature.
Incoming call alert.
Call is active.
Call is on hold.
Conference is active.
Conference is on hold.
Use the Right or Left navigation
arrow to see more pages/screens/
options.
End of a list; scroll up to see
choices.
Pressing - on the Volume button
continuously causes the volume to
turn off. To reinstate volume, press
+ on the Volume button.
Your administrator might place this
icon on one of your softkeys as an
energy-saving measure. Pressing
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