Custom Background Images; Connect A Key Expansion Module To A Cisco Ip Phone - Cisco 7800 Series Accessories Manual

Custom Background Images

Step 9
Restart the phone.

Custom Background Images

You can customize a Cisco IP phone with a background image or wallpaper. Customized wallpapers are a
popular way to display corporate logos or images and many organizations use them to make their phones
stand out.
The phone analyzes the color of your wallpaper and changes the color of your font and icons so they can be
read. If your wallpaper is dark, the phone changes the fonts and icons to white. If your wallpaper is light, the
phone displays the fonts and icons as black.
But it is best to choose a simple image such as a solid color or pattern for your background. Also you should
avoid high contrast images.
You add customized wallpaper in one of two ways:
• Using the List file
• Using a Common Phone Profile
If you want the user to be able to select your image from various wallpapers available on the phone, then
modify the List file. But if you want to push the image to the phone, then create or modify an existing Common
Phone Profile.
Regardless of your approach, note the following:
• Your images must be in PNG format and the dimensions of the full sized image must be within 800
• Upload the images and List file to your TFTP server. The directory is Desktops/800x400. Restart the
• If you modify your Common Phone Profile, then add the new image to the Background Image field in
For more information on customizing wallpaper, refer to the following documentation:
• Customized Wallpapers Best Practices Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series
• "Custom Phone Rings and Backgrounds" chapter,
• "Settings" chapter in the Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series User Guide.

Connect a Key Expansion Module to a Cisco IP Phone

If you want to install more than one key expansion module, you repeat steps 7-9 to connect the other key
expansion modules together.
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pixels by 480 pixels. Thumbnail images are 139 pixels (width) by 109 pixels (height).
server after the upload is done.
the format mylogo.png. If you don't want the user selecting their own wallpaper, then uncheck Enable
End User Access to Phone Background Image Setting. Save and apply the phone profile. Restart the
phones so your changes take effect.
(https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/collaboration-endpoints/unified-ip-phone-8800-series/white-paper-c11-740036.pdf).
Communications Manager for Cisco Unified Communications Manager release 12.0(1) or later.
Feature Configuration Guide for Cisco Unified
Key Expansion Modules