Your Phone
Feature and line buttons illuminate to indicate status:
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Some functions can be set up as softkeys or as feature buttons. You can also access some functions with
softkeys or the associated hard button.
Phone Screen Features
The phone screen shows information about your phone such as directory number, active call and line status,
softkeys, speed dials, placed calls, and phone menu listings. The screen is made up of three sections: the
header row, the middle section, and the footer row.
Figure 3: Cisco IP Phone 7800 Screen
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Clean the Phone Screen
Procedure
If your phone screen gets dirty, wipe it with a soft, dry cloth.
Green—Line is idle.
Red, steady—Line is active or in use.
Red, flashing—Line is on hold or there is an inbound call.
Amber, steady—Line is unregistered (cannot be used).
At the top of the screen is the header row. The header row displays the phone number, current
date and time, as well a number of icons. The icons display when features are active.
The middle of the phone screen displays the information associated with the line and feature
buttons on the phone.
When you select a line which has more than two registered lines, a black box highlight around
the selected line is displayed. There will be no highlight for an active call.
Active and incoming call screen supports more than 21 characters. The Cisco IP Phone can display
15 digits on the phone screen when line is inactive.
The bottom row of the screen contains the softkey labels. Each label indicates the action for the
softkey button below the screen.
Cisco IP Phone 7800 Series Multiplatform Phones User Guide
Phone Screen Features
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