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Avaya B179 - page 1
Avaya B 1 7 9 S IP C o nf e r en ce P h o n e U ser Gui de EN G LISH 1 6 - 60 391 8 Is sue 1 March 2 0 11 ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 2 © 201 1 A vay a Inc. All Rights Rese r ved. Notice While reas onable ef for t s have be en made to en sure that the inform ation in this document is co mplete and accura te at the time of printing, Avaya a ssum es no liability for any er ror s. Av aya re se r ve s the right to make change s and cor ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 3 the Sof t war e at any given time. A “Unit” me ans the unit on which Avaya, a t its s ole discretion, b ase s the pricing of its licens es and c an be , without limitation, an agent, p or t o r use r , an e -mail or voic e mail account in the name of a pe rs on or c orp ora te function (e.g., we ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 4 The patented aud io tech nolog y Omni Sound ® 2.0 provid e s impressive audi o qual ity for your di st ance meeti ngs . F ul l- dup lex audio v ia the hypersensiti ve microphone and powerful speakers enables spe ech in both d irecti ons. This natura l loudspeaker sound qual ity is crit ical for eff ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 1 T AB L E OF CO N TE N TS Description 2 Genera l .................................................. 2 Maintenanc e .......................................... 2 Connections ........................................... 2 Key p ad .................................................. 4 Display screen ...... ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 2 GENER AL The Avaya B 1 79 is a con ference phone for IP te lephony offeri ng a hos t of in novative features: • Omni Sound ® audio t echnology. • IP t elephony for exi ble and affordable t elephony . • Option of us ing two accounts simu ltaneously . • Conference feature for automat ic mu ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 3 D E S C RI P T I O N SD memo ry c ard port Ex pansio n micro - phon e por t Display scr een Speake r Microphone Keypad LED s Power su pply po rt Securit y lo ck por t AUX por t Net work c able p or t Ex pansio n microp hone p or t LEDs Flashing blue Incoming call Stea dy blue light Call in pro gre s ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide (blank) . - 1 G H I 4 P Q R S 7 D E F É È 3 M N O Ö Ø Ñ 6 W X Y Z 9 A B C Å Ä Á À 2 J K L 5 T U V Ü Ú 8 0 4 K E Y PA D Wr iti ng text Each button contains l et ters and characters - more than those shown on the button (see il lustration below ). Pres s the same button repe atedly t o change ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 5 D E S C RI P T I O N DISPLA Y SCREEN On Hook Pres s to d isplay th is screen. Of f Hook Pres s to di splay th is screen. Line st atus: Line fre e (Befo re acc ount nam e – telephon e not re giste red) Line conne cted (B efore a cco unt name – telep hone r egis tere d) Line on hold (“HO LD” d ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 6 6 Li ne menu Pres s LIN E to switch t o and from thi s menu. Menu Pres s MENU to switc h to and from a menu . NA V I GA TI ON A N D SE LE CT IO N I N M EN U S Pres s MENU . Select the opt ion you want from the men u using t he arrow but tons. Conrm by pre ssing OK to select the mark e ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 7 7 D E S C RI P T I O N Wr iti ng style i n instr uctions In t he instruction s, MEN U > SE T TIN G S (6) means you shou ld : Pres s MENU . Mark the SET TIN GS option usi ng the arrow buttons and conrm by pres sing OK to open the menu ( or pre ss but ton num ber 6 ). Co rresp ondi ngly ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 8 ANSWER ING CA LLS A ri ng tone is heard and the bl ue LEDs st ar t ashi ng. Pres s to an swe r . T he LE Ds show a steady blu e light . AN SW E R IN G CA LL S ON HO LD If a cal l is made to t he conference phone dur ing another cal l, you w il l hear a double tone, I NC OMI NG CALL wil l be d ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 9 CA LL I NG F RO M TH E PH ON E BOO K Please turn to page 1 7 for instruction s on adding a nd updati ng contacts in the phone- book. Pres s and hold down a n umber button for t wo seconds. T he phonebo ok appears on the d isplay scr een. T he pre-programmed names appear in al phabeti - cal or de ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 10 AD J U S TI NG T H E SP E AK ER V OL UM E Ad just the speaker volu me using t he but tons and . P L A C I NG CA L LS ON T E MPO RAR Y HOL D Mute Pres s ( Mute ) to t urn off the microphone. T he LE Ds change fr om blue to r ed. T he other party can not hear what you are say ing . Pres s ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 11 T urn to “MANAG ING PHONE LI NES ” on the next pa ge for instructi ons on putting an ind ivid ual on hold d uring a m ult i-pa r ty c al l and other more advanced features. AD DI NG A NO TH ER P A RTY TO A C AL L If there are free l ines, new par ties can be added, rega rdl e ss of whether you ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 12 S E L E CT I N G A CC OU NT WH E N D I AL L I N G If you ha ve more than one account registered in you r Avaya B 1 79 , you can use the li ne mode to select the account th at you want to use for the new cal l. Mak ing a new ca ll Pres s LINE . T he line men u wit h the name of y our accounts i ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 13 S W I TC H I NG B ETWE EN L IN ES D UR I NG M UL T I-P AR TY CALL S T al ki ng priv atel y with one i ndi vid ual Pres s HOLD . All l ines are p ut on hold . Alternat ively , you c an pres s HO LD af ter openi ng the l ine menu or you can select SPLIT CONFER ENCE from the l ine men u to put ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 14 DR OP P I NG A L IN E Ind ivid ual l ines can be droppe d out of a mu lti-par ty c al l. Pres s LINE . T he line men u is displ ayed. Mark the l ine you want to drop and press . TRA N S FE RR I NG C AL LS If you wi sh to transfer a call t o another tele phone. Select MENU > TR ANSFER ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 15 The Avaya B 1 79 gi ve s you the opt ion of usi ng a pas swo rd to protect contact in forma - tion i n the phonebook and conference gu ide. Al l contact s entered by defau lt can be acces s ed by al l user s and cannot be pass word protected. Al l contact s entered by Adm in are also dis played i n ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 16 C HA NG I NG T HE P R OF I L E NA ME A N D P ASS WO RD Log in t o Avaya B 1 79 , see p ages 34 – 35 . Select Set tin gs > B asic . Cl ick on t he Edit button under the headi ng Proles . En ter a name and a new PI N code. Cl ick on Set an d save your set tings by c lic ki ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 17 The Avaya B 1 79’ s phonebook can hold up to 1 0 00 numbers in each user pro le. See page 8 for making ca lls vi a the phonebook. Please turn to page 4 for instructi ons on using t he keypad to enter t ex t. S EAR C H I NG F OR CO NT A CTS The simp les t way to search for a contact in the ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 18 DEL ETI NG C ONT A CTS Select MENU > PHONE BOOK > ERASE CONT ACT (2,4 ). Mark the con tact you w ant to de lete and pres s OK . Conrm that you real ly want to delet e the contact by pres sing OK or cancel the delet ion of a contact by pres sing C . DE LET I NG AL L CON FE RE NC ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 19 EXTE R NA L P HO N E B OOK ( LD AP ) Avaya B 1 79 has su ppor t for an ex ternal phonebook. This means it can commu nicate with a catalog ser ver according t o LDAP ( L ightwe ight Di rec tory Access Pr otoco l ). T o make t he ex ternal phonebook acce ssible, a n admi nistrator must activate and c ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 20 S EAR C H FO R AN D CA LL A CO NT A CT Select MENU > EX T . PHONEBOOK (3 ). Avay a B 1 7 9 contact s the dat abase, whic h sends all t he contact s. Th e rst 50 ar e shown in Avay a B 1 7 9 (w it h standar d defau lt sett ings ) . En ter one or mo re sea rch c haracter s to lt er t ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 21 The conference gu ide makes it easy to set up call s with as many as ve people, inc lud ing your own phone. The A vaya B 1 79 automat icall y dial s all t he contact s in t he conference group . Y ou can create 20 conference groups i n each user p role. Ent eri ng text with t he key pad Pleas ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 22 CO N FE R E NC E G U I DE DI S PLA YI NG CON FE R E NC E GR OU P P AR T IC IP A NT S Select MENU > CONF GUI DE > SEARCH GROUP ( 4, 1 ) . Mark the grou p you want and pres s OK . T he names of the conf erence gr oup part icipan ts are d isplayed . Pres s C to return t o the CONFERE ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 23 DE LET I NG A CON FE R E NC E G RO U P Select MENU > CONF GUI DE > ERASE GROUP ( 4,4 ). Mark the grou p you want to delet e and pres s OK . Conrm that you real ly want to delet e the group by pres sing OK or cancel t he dele- tion of a grou p by pre ssing C . DE LET I NG AL L C ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 24 It is possible t o record a phone conference on an SD ( Se cure Dig ital) memory c ard so you can li sten to it lat er on. It is possible t o reco rd a cal l in progre s s and use the Avaya B 1 79 as a di ctaphone. A ashi ng symbol appe ars on the displ ay screen duri ng reco rdi ng. A beep is h ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 25 L I S TE NI NG T O A R E COR DI NG Y ou can li sten to a recorded phone conference on your Avaya B 1 79 or a computer usi ng an SD memor y card rea der . Recordings are saved in wav format and can be pl ayed back on your choi ce of media pl ayer . Listening t o recordings on the Avaya B 1 79: S ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 26 DE LET I NG A R E COR DI NG Select MENU > REC O RDIN G > ER ASE FI LE ( 5,3 ). Mark the f older you want and pres s OK . Mark the record ing to be delet ed and pre ss OK . Conrm that you real ly want to delet e the recording b y pre s si ng OK again, or cancel the dele tion ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 27 The Avaya B 1 79 has two groups of set ti ngs: Basic and Advanced. Y ou must enter the Admi n. PI N code to acces s the advanced set ti ng s. The simp les t way to make setti ngs is using a PC and the Avaya B 1 79 web int er face (see page 34 ). BA SI C SE T TIN G S Sel ect defaul t accou nt If the ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 28 SE T TIN G S Settin gs when con necting e x tern al equ ipme nt (Aux ) The Avaya B 1 79 can be connected to a w ireless he adset or an ex ternal P A sys tem. An option al P A interface box is requi red for PA system connection . Select MENU > SE T TIN GS > BA SIC > AUX PORT ( 6, 1 ,6) ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 29 Cha nging t ext on the di spla y screen The text on the disp lay screen can be changed when the Avaya B 1 79 is on hook. Select MENU > SE T TIN GS > BA SIC > SCREE N TEX T (6 , 1 ,9 ). Delete ex isting text usi ng C and enter your new t ex t. Pres s OK to conrm. Res e t t ing Th ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 30 SE T TIN G S S ETT I NG S DU R I NG A CA L L The HEAD SET / PA, PHONE BOOK, TRANSFER and E QUALI ZER menus ma y be a c- ces sed during a cal l and are d isplayed when t he MENU button is pre ss ed. The rst option i s either HEADSET o r PA de pending on whet her PA is act ivated or not. The s ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 31 AUTO is t he defaul t set ting and i s recommended in most ca se s. The gure shown in brackets is the measured cali bration val ue. Select di f ferent leve ls and compare the aud io qua lity to ach ieve your preferred set ti ng. NB. Y ou must ask the pe rs on you are cal li ng to as ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 32 SE T TIN G S CHE C KIN G S T A TUS The status menu can be used for troubleshooting. On ly the admi ni str ator is able t o change t hes e set tings. See “ Avaya B 1 79 S IP Conference Phone - I nst al lation a nd Admi ni str ation Gu ide” f or an explanati on of the set ti ngs. Acc ount 1 T o c ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 33 SE T TIN G S NA T T rav ersal T o check whether address c onversion is acti vated, whi ch may be nece ss ar y if the phone is behi nd a rewal l. Select MENU > S TAT U S > NA T TRAVE RSAL ( 8,3) . T his shows th e stat us for : - S TUN - T URN - ICE Media T o check priorit ies of audio ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 34 Y ou can use the web browse r of a PC connected to the same netwo rk to manage contacts, c onference groups an d set tings in t he Avaya B 1 79 . Y our choice of l anguage for the Avaya B 1 79 doe s not affect the web int er face, whic h is onl y in Engl ish. For security reas ons, recordings c ...
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Avaya B179 - page 39
Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 35 L OGG I NG I N TO T H E A V A Y A B 1 7 9 En ter the phone’ s netwo rk addres s in the web browser addres s bar . Select Default or an empty use r prole in Prol e and enter the P IN code. The defaul t code is 0000 . Y ou can create a per sonal pas sword- protected phonebook usin ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 36 MA NA GI NG T H E PH ON E BOO K Select Phone Book . Here, you can add, ch ange and delet e contact s. Y ou can also impor t existi ng contact s. When you call or are cal led by a contact who is already i n the phonebook, that per son’ s name is di splayed on the screen. Add ing a c ontact ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 37 Ed iti ng contacts Cl ick on t he Edit contact button af ter the contact you want to c hange. Ed it the contact and c lic k on Save contact . Delet ing con tact s Cl ick on t he Erase conta ct button af ter the contact you want to de lete. Conrm that you want to de lete the conta ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 38 It is normal ly pos sib le to expor t contact b ooks s tored in your PC in CSV format. Cl ick on t he S cr o ll… button under the headi ng Import in the web wi ndow. Open your CSV le. Cl ick on Impo r t . The name is li mit ed to 1 5 characters, since the A vaya B 1 79 screen c ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 39 MA NA GI NG T H E CON F ER E NC E G U I DE Select Phone Book > Co nference guide . Here, you can add, ch ange and delet e conference groups. It is al so p os sib le to im po r t groups that you ha ve created. When a call is con nected to a contact who is already i n the phonebook, that p ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 40 Delet ing a con ference gro up Cl ick on t he Erase group but ton next to the group you want to de lete. Conrm that you want to de lete the group . Y ou can also delete a ll groups by pressing Erase all groups . Im por ti ng confere nce groups Y ou can import conference groups using ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 41 C HE CK I NG TH E CAL L L I ST Incom ing, outgoing a nd missed c al ls are disp layed in t he call l ist in c hronological order . Select Call l ist > Recent . Select one of th e tabs In co min g , O utgoing or Mis se d to lter t he list. U S I NG T H E W E B I N T E R F A C E ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 42 BA SI C SE T TIN G S The set tings on ly affect the use r prole you selected when you logged in. Select Set tin gs > B asic . S elect Set tin gs > Basi c . Chan ging P I N code and pro le name The PI N code c an be changed from the de fault setti ng to protect against una ut ...
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Avaya B179 - page 47
Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 43 Sel ect defaul t accou nt The Avaya B 1 79 can save settings for two a ccounts, e.g. a company PB X and a publ ic IP t elephony ser vice provider . This setti ng determin e s whic h account shoul d be use d as defau lt. Y ou can select the account you wan t to use for a call by pres si ng LINE befo ...
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Avaya B179 - page 48
Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 44 Ad justi ng the sou nd The sound reproduction can be ad justed to the requ ired pit ch ( SOF T , NEUTRAL and BR IGHT ) . Select Soft , Neu tr al or Bri ght under the heading Equalizer and cl ick on Save . Dis pla y text The disp lay text appear s on the screen when the Avaya B 1 79 i s on ho ok ...
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Avaya B179 - page 49
Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 45 CHE C KIN G S T A TUS Although i t is not pos sibl e to make settings i n the Status menu , the in formation here may be useful when trou bleshooting. Select Status . Y ou can nd the phone ’s seria l number , net work po r t addres s and current soft ware version on the Basic tab. Settings ...
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Avaya B179 - page 50
Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 46 IP st ands for In ter net P rot ocol and is the standard protocol for transferri ng inf ormation over the I nternet betwe en computers and other devi ce s. The s ame standard is normal ly used in local network s too. An IP address is the un ique network addres s that a compu- ter has in t he netw o ...
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Avaya B179 - page 51
Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 47 IP phone ’s network addre ss. T he addres s that you use in ste ad is easier to understand, i. e. the phone’ s e- addres s or publ ic addres s. Thes e addres se s are de signed l ike em ail addresse s, i.e. name@domai n , for ex ampl e bob@company .com . A complet e URI ( Uni f orm R esource I ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 48 Siz e Diameter 2 40 mm, heigh t 77 mm Wei ght 1 kg Colour Liquori ce black Displ ay screen I ll umi nated graphics (LCD ), 1 28x6 4 Keypad Alph anumerical 0– 9, * , on, off , mute, ho ld, vol ume up , vol- ume down, 5 buttons for men u navigation , li ne, conference guide Anti-theft protection K ...
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Avaya B1 79 SIP Con feren ce Pho ne Use r Guide 49 Sound T echn olo g y OmniS oun d ® 2.0 Wideba nd Mic rophone Omni-direct ional Recept ion area Up to 30 metres 2 , > 1 0 p eople Speaker F re quency band 200 –7 00 0 Hz, Vo lume 90 dB SPL 0. 5 m Equ ali zer Three pitc he s: soft, neutral, brigh t Envir o nm en t T empera ture: 5°– 40 °C R ...
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