Configuring A Background Image - Cisco 7961G - IP Phone VoIP Administration Manual

Chapter 6 Customizing the Cisco Unified IP Phone

Configuring a Background Image

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Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G/7961G-GE and 7941G/7941G-GE Administration Guide for Cisco Unified CallManager
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If you are using a graphics program that supports a posterize feature for
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grayscale, set the number of tonal levels per channel to 16, and the image
will posterize to 16 shades of grayscale.
To create custom background images for the Cisco Unified IP Phone, follow these
steps:
Procedure
Create two PNG files for each image (a full size version and a thumbnail version).
Ensure the PNG files comply with the format guidelines that are listed in the
"PNG File Requirements for Custom Background Images" section on page
Upload the new PNG files that you created in the following folder to the TFTP
server for each Cisco Unified CallManager in the cluster. For more information,
see the "Software Upgrades" chapter in the Cisco IP Telephony Platform
Administration Guide.
Cisco recommends that you also store backup copies of custom image
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files in another location. You can use these backup copies if the
customized files are overwritten when you upgrade
Cisco Unified CallManager.
Use a text editor to edit the List.xml file. See the
Requirements" section on page 6-5
requirements, and a sample file.
Creating Custom Background Images
"List.xml File Format
for the location of this file, formatting
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