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Danita Jackson
February 25, 2025
How do I set the number of rings before a call goes to voicemail? Or, how do I get my calls to go to voicemail when not answered? My calls have quit going to voicemail unless I press the button to send them.
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Before You Start The following sections provide an overview of this book: About This Book......................Organization ......................Conventions......................Related Documents ....................ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g User Guide...
Before You Start About This Book About This Book This book is intended for those who use the ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g. It describes the phone’s features and how to use the phone. Organization This document is divided into the following chapters:...
CHAPTER Getting Started This chapter provides an introduction to the ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g. It contains the following information: Overview of the ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g ............Your Phone’s Display..................Call Appearance Buttons and Programmable Buttons ........Soft Keys ......................
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Placing a Call on Hold or off Hold............... Answering and Switching Among Multiple Calls..........Diverting an Incoming Call to Voicemail or Another Number......Transferring a Call ....................Answering and Switching Among Multiple Calls..........Parking and Unparking Calls ................User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
Overview of the ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g Getting Started Overview of the ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g Welcome to your ShoreTel™ IP phone! Figure 1 provides an overview of the IP480/480g phone components. Figure 2 on page 10 shows the ports on the back of the phone.
Figure 2: Ports on the Back of the IP Phone 480/480g Your Phone’s Display The display screen on your ShoreTel IP phone shows your name and extension, call handling mode, call appearance buttons, workgroup agent status, programmed buttons, and other information.
Context-sensitive keys let you perform actions based on the phone’s status and the call type. Figure 3: Elements on the Display of the IP Phone 480/480g Call Appearance Buttons and Programmable Buttons Your phone features eight call appearance buttons that show incoming, active, or held calls. These buttons can also be programmed to speed dial a number or perform one-button call functions such as silent monitor.
Setting up Your Phone To use all the functions of your ShoreTel IP phone, your phone needs to be assigned to you and you need to know your password for the voicemail system. You can determine if your phone is assigned to...
Your phone displays your name and extension. Logging in to the Voicemail System If you are a new user in the ShoreTel system, you need to log in to the voicemail system to record your name and personal greeting. For details, see Logging in to Voicemail from Your Phone on page 55.
To place a call, you can use the handset, the speakerphone, or a headset. Using the Handset to Place a Call 1. To place a call, pick up the handset and dial a phone number. 2. To end the call, hang up the handset. User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
To answer a call, you can use the handset, the speakerphone, or a headset. Depending on how you set your automatic off-hook preference or how your administrator set this option in ShoreTel Director, you can also answer a call through your speakerphone or headset using either of the following methods: Press the blinking green call appearance button.
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2. To end the call, do one of the following: If you use a wired headset, press the button again. If you use a wireless headset, put your headset into the on-hook position. button is no longer illuminated. User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
5. Press the Exit soft key. Muting a Call To mute a call so that the caller doesn’t hear you, press the button. The LED on the button is illuminated in red when the mute is active. ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g User Guide...
Guide to the Icons Displayed on Your Phone Your ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g displays icons for phone status and features. These icons are described in the following tables: Title bar icons on the phone’s main screen are described in Table ...
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.25 seconds off Green, steady The call is on hold remotely. Programmed button (left) Orange, steady The designated extension for the programmed button (left) has a “do not disturb” call handling mode active. Programmed button (right) ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g User Guide...
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.1 seconds off/.2 and has a call on hold. seconds on/.5 seconds Green, .2 seconds on/ The monitored extension is in a connected call .1 seconds off/ and is receiving another call. .7 seconds on/1 second User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
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Red, steady The call is being recorded, and the recording operation was initiated through ShoreTel Communicator and the recording mailbox is not the user’s own mailbox. Red, steady Whisper page mute is active.
The user’s extension is on hold or has a call parked on it. Do not disturb On a call Using Voicemail To access your voicemail messages, press the Voicemail button. For complete details about voicemail, see Chapter 4, Using Voicemail on page 49. User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
In addition, if your ShoreTel administrator has added detailed contact information to the system, you can see information in the Directory such as a person’s email address, alternate phone numbers, and alternate contacts.
Accessing Speed Dial Numbers in the Directory If the ShoreTel administrator has enabled presence for the user, the presence icon in the Directory indicates the current status of the person you want to call. For details about the presence icons, Table 4 on page 22.
The phone calls the voice mailbox of the person you selected. Sending a Whisper Page through Directory If your ShoreTel administrator has given you the necessary permissions, you can break into an active call to speak with someone on an internal extension without the remote caller hearing the interruption.
(To scroll quickly, press and hold a navigation key.) 3. To filter the calls in your call history, do the following: a. Press the More soft key. b. Press the Filter soft key. User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
Deleting a Call from the History Viewer 1. Press the History button. 2. Press the More soft key. 3. Use the navigation keys to scroll through the History list until the call you want to delete is highlighted. ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g User Guide...
Answering and Switching Among Multiple Calls With the appropriate permissions (set by your ShoreTel administrator), you can receive up to 16 incoming calls at once. You are alerted to an incoming call with one or more of the following indicators: If you receive the call while you are on another call, you hear a beep on the call.
Diverting an Incoming Call to Voicemail or Another Number Whether your phone is idle or you are engaged in a call, you can send an incoming call to your voice mailbox or to another number without answering it. ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g User Guide...
The call is transferred to the designated number. To do a consultative transfer: 1. While engaged in a call, press the Transfer button. 2. Dial the number you want to transfer the call to. User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
The parked call is returned to your extension. Picking up an Incoming Call for Another Extension With the appropriate permissions (set by your ShoreTel administrator), you can pick up a call that is ringing on another extension. 1. If you want to answer a call coming in to another phone, press the Pickup soft key.
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Getting Started Picking up an Incoming Call for Another Extension User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
CHAPTER Customizing Your Phone This chapter provides instructions for customizing your ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g. It contains the following information: Overview of Customizing Your Phone............... Configuring Programmable Buttons ................Understanding Call Handling Modes................. Changing Your Active Call Handling Mode ............
you can configure programmable buttons to dial an extension or external number with one touch. Your ShoreTel administrator can assign a variety of special functions such as call monitoring or silent coach to your call appearance buttons to provide a fast way to perform functions by pressing just one button instead of several.
With your phone, you can configure options for each call handling mode, such as call forwarding destinations, number of rings, and simultaneous ring. (You can also configure these options in ShoreTel Communicator.) ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g User Guide...
Edit soft key. 5. Specify when to forward calls by pressing the Edit soft key, using the navigation key pad to scroll to and highlight one of the following values, and pressing the OK soft key: User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
6. For the Simulring option, select On or Off depending on whether you want the phones that you have configured through ShoreTel Communicator to ring simultaneously with your extension. (However, if you choose to always forward calls to another number, your extension does not ring.) 7.
By default, your phone uses the time zone specified by the voice switch that controls it. You can override the default time zone to specify another time zone. 1. Press the Options soft key. User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
The time displayed on your phone screen matches the default time zone. Enabling Simultaneous Ring If your ShoreTel administrator has configured simultaneous ring capability for your phone, you can designate up to two other phones to ring simultaneously when your phone rings. This is useful if you are away from the office and want any calls to your extension to also ring a mobile or other phone number.
4. Press the Edit soft key. 5. Press the navigation key to highlight the workgroup agent state that you want to change to, as follows: To log in, highlight Login and press the OK soft key. User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
ShoreTel Communicator, or your ShoreTel administrator can configure this capability for you. After these additional phones are configured, you can enable or disable simultaneous ringing for these phones by using soft keys on your phone.
The additional phones ring, and the call is moved when you answer one of the additional phones. To move an in-progress call from an additional phone to your desk phone, press the Move soft key on your desk phone. The call is moved to your desk phone without ringing. User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
CHAPTER Using Advanced Features This chapter provides instructions for using the advanced features of the ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g. It contains the following information: Making a Conference Call..................Using the Join Feature to Conference Active Calls........... Using the Intercom ....................
A conference call involves more than two parties connected in a call. The number of people you can conference together in a call using your Conference button depends on your system configuration. Contact your ShoreTel administrator for the details about your system’s conference capabilities. You can set up a conference call using either of the following approaches: In a blind conference call, you conference the people together without the other person first ...
The Intercom function allows you to connect with another party without ringing the party through a call line. To use this feature, you and the other party must use ShoreTel IP phones and have the necessary permissions enabled by your ShoreTel administrator.
To use either type of paging function, your ShoreTel administrator must give you access. To send a page: 1. Dial the number your ShoreTel administrator provided and wait for the confirmation tone, and then begin speaking into the handset. 2. Hang up when you are finished.
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You might also be able to use the monitored extension button to quickly dial that extension, depending on how your ShoreTel administrator has configured the button. Page You can access the overhead paging extension at your site.
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Whisper Page Mute If you receive a whisper page, you can speak privately to the person who is speaking to you through the whisper page. User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
Sending Messages from Voicemail ................Leaving a Message and Using Message Options............. Using Mailbox Options ....................Recording Your Name ..................Recording a Personal Greeting ................Setting Your Password ..................Assigning Your Extension to a Phone..............ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g User Guide...
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Listening to Your Deleted Messages ..............Removing Deleted Messages................Enabling or Disabling Automated Call Handling in Outlook........ Enabling or Disabling a Notification Profile............Changing the Workgroup Agent State ..............Enabling or Disabling Find Me Forwarding............User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
A blinking red light in the upper right corner of your phone and the icon at the top of your phone’s display screen indicate that you have unheard voicemail messages. With the ShoreTel IP Phone 480/ 480g, you an access your voicemail messages using either of the following methods: Visual voicemail, available using your phone’s interface, lets you see details about your messages...
4. Do one of the following to listen to your messages. (You will not hear dial tone.) If you want to listen to your messages with the handset, pick up the handset. User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
Note If your ShoreTel system is configured to notify you that new or saved messages will be deleted after a certain number of days, you receive this type of notification as a message in your visual voicemail inbox. The notification appears as a message from yourself. When you select the message, the notification is displayed as a warning in a pop-up message on the phone rather than played as an audio file.
4. With the message highlighted, press the Delete soft key. The message is deleted. 5. For each message that you want to delete, repeat steps 3-4. 6. When you’re finished deleting messages, press the Exit soft key. User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
The first time you log into the voicemail system, you are prompted to record your name. Logging in to Voicemail from Another Extension You can log in to the voicemail system from another extension in your ShoreTel system, whether it is an IP phone or an analog phone.
Interacting with New Messages in the Voicemail System Logging in to Voicemail from an External Phone 1. Dial the voicemail access number provided by your ShoreTel administrator. 2. At the prompt, press # and then dial your extension. 3. Enter your password, and then press #.
To review the message, press 1. To rerecord the message, press 2. 4. After you are satisfied with your recording, press # to finish recording. 5. At the prompt, enter the recipient’s extension. ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g User Guide...
To send the message and transfer to an assistant, press 0. To send the message and transfer to the auto-attendant, press 9. To send the message and forward it to the recipient’s Find Me destination (if enabled), press 1. User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
Recording a Personal Greeting 1. Log in to voicemail. 2. Press 7 to access mailbox options. 3. Press 1 to record a personal greeting. Note The personal greeting is linked to the active call handling mode. ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g User Guide...
This feature is helpful if you are using someone else’s office and phone temporarily. Depending on how your phone was configured, you can also use your phone or ShoreTel Communicator to assign or unassign an extension.
For Extended Absence Mode, press 4. For Custom mode, press 5. For enabling or disabling calling additional phones (configured by your ShoreTel administrator), press 6. To cancel, press *. The call handling mode stays in effect until you change it. However, if Outlook automated call handling is active, Outlook modifies your call handling mode based on your status.
For the workgroup agent state icons and descriptions, see Table 1 on page 18. 1. Log in to voicemail. 2. From the voicemail Main Menu, press 7 to access mailbox options. 3. Press 9. User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
However, you hear the option to enable or disable Find Me forwarding only if it is configured in one of the following ways: Your ShoreTel administrator enabled the Find Me option for you, and you configured a Find Me ...
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CHAPTER Troubleshooting This chapter provides information to help you diagnose and address problems with your phone. It contains the following information: Problems and Solutions .................... Viewing Phone Information ..................Rebooting Your Phone ....................ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g User Guide...
“n” number of messages, where “n” is a countdown from 10 to 0. This message is played each time you log into the voicemail system until you delete enough messages to reduce the number of messages below the threshold. User Guide ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g...
While it is also possible to reboot your phone by unplugging the Ethernet cable from the back of your phone and plugging it in again, the preferred method is the one described in this procedure because it maintains the PC connection. ShoreTel IP Phone 480/480g User Guide...
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How do I set the number of rings before a call goes to voicemail? Or, how do I get my calls to go to voicemail when not answered? My calls have quit going to voicemail unless I press the button to send them.