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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PHONE.
Hardware component
instructions.
The main hardware components of the
BT T46G IP Phone are the LCD screen and
the keypad.
Item Description
LCD Screen
Shows information about calls, messages, soft keys, time, date and other relevant data:
• Call information—caller ID, call duration.
• Icons (for example, ).
• Missed call text or second incoming caller information.
• Prompt text (for example, “Saving config file!”).
• Time and date.
Power Indicator LED Tells you both the phone power and the status of some features.
Line Keys Use these keys to activate up to sixteen accounts and assign various features.
Headset Key Toggles and provides the headset mode.
Mute Key Toggles and provides a mute feature.
Message Key Takes you to your voicemail.
Hold Key Places a call on hold, or resumes a held call.
Redial Key Redials a previously dialled number.
Transfer Key Transfers a call to another person.
Speakerphone Key Toggles the hands-free speakerphone mode.
Volume Key Adjusts the volume of the handset, headset, speaker, and ringer.
Keypad Provides the digits, letters and special characters in context-sensitive applications.
Scroll through the displayed information.
Confirms actions or answers incoming calls.
Cancels actions or rejects incoming calls.
Soft Keys Label automatically to identify their context-sensitive features.
Speaker Provides ringer and hands-free (speakerphone) audio output.
Hookswitch Tab Secures the handset in the handset cradle when the IP phone is mounted vertically.
Hookswitch
When picking up the handset from the handset cradle, the hookswitch bounces and the phone
connects to the line, laying the handset down on the handset cradle disconnects the phone from
the line.
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