Cisco 7940 Series User Manual

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Cisco IP Phone 7960 and 7940 Series User Guide
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Introducing Your Cisco IP Phone
Your Cisco IP Phone is a full-feature telephone that provides voice
communication over an IP (Internet Protocol) network. This phones functions
much like a traditional analog phone, allowing you to place and receive telephone
calls. It also supports features that you have come to expect from a
telephone—such as speed dialing, redial, call transfer, conference calling, and
voice mail access.
Your Cisco IP Phone offers features that might surprise you. Because it is part of
an IP network, your Cisco IP Phone can provide not only telephony services, but
data services, too—including up-to-the-minute information from the Internet
through an Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based application. In a nutshell,
your Cisco IP Phone provides a whole range of communication features that you
could not expect from a traditional telephone.
A Road Map to Your Cisco IP Phone
Refer to the following illustrations and table to identify the buttons and parts on
your Cisco IP Phone and to find a description of related features.
Note The only difference between phones in the Cisco IP Phone 7960 series and the
7940 series is the number of available line or speed dial buttons. The
Cisco IP Phone 7940 series has two and the 7960 series has six.

Cisco 7940 Series Specifications

General

Line Buttons	2
Speakerphone	Yes
Protocol Support	SCCP
Ethernet Ports	2 (10/100 Mbps)
Power Options	Power over Ethernet (PoE)
Audio Codec Support	G.711, G.729a