Speed-Dial Numbers - Cisco 8841 User Manual

Speed-Dial Numbers

• Phone features include speed dial, do not disturb, and your personal address book.
• Line settings affect a specific phone line (directory number) on your phone. Line settings can include
The following table describes some specific features that you configure using the phone web page.
Features
Call forward
Speed dial
Ringtone
Personal directory
contact
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Speed-Dial Numbers
When you dial a number on your phone, you enter a series of digits. When you set up a speed-dial number,
the speed-dial number must contain all the digits you need to make the call. For example, if you need to dial
9 to get an outside line, you enter the number 9 and then the number you want to dial.
You can also add other dialed digits to the number. Examples of additional digits include a meeting access
code, an extension, a voicemail password, an authorization code, and a billing code.
The dial string can contain the following characters:
• 0 to 9
• Pound (#)
• Asterisk (*)
• Comma (,)—This is the pause character, and gives a 2- second delay in the dialing. You can have several
The rules for dial strings are:
• Use the comma to separate the parts of the dial string.
• An authorization code must always precede a billing code in the speed-dial string.
• A single comma is required between the authorization code and the billing code in the string.
• A speed-dial label is required for speed dials with authorization codes and additional digits.
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call forwarding, visual and audio message indicators, ring patterns, and other line-specific settings.
Description
You specify the number that will receive calls when call forward is enabled on the
phone. Use the phone web page to set up more complicated call forward functions, for
example, when your line is busy.
You assign phone numbers to speed-dial numbers so that you can quickly call that
person.
You assign a ringtone to a specific line.
You add a contact to your personal directory with phone web page.
Speed Dial, on page 25
Forward Calls, on page 32
commas in a row. For example, two commas (,,) represent a pause of 4 seconds.
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