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Changing Phone Settings
You can personalize your Cisco Unified IP Phone by adjusting the ring tone, background image, and 
other settings.
Customizing Rings and Message Indicators
You can customize how your phone indicates an incoming call and a new voice mail message. You can 
also adjust the ringer volume for your phone.
If you want to... Then...
Change the ring tone per 
line
1. Choose   > User Preferences > Rings. 
2. Choose a phone line or the default ring setting.
3. Choose a ring tone to play a sample of it. 
4. Press Select and Save to set the ring tone, or press Cancel.
Change the way the audible 
voice message indicator 
sounds on your phone
1. Log in to your Cisco Unified CM User Options web pages. (See 
Accessing Your User Options Web Pages, page 66.) 
2. Access your message indicator settings. (See Controlling Line 
Settings on the Web, page 73.)
Adjust the volume level for 
the phone ringer
Press   while the handset is in the cradle and the headset and 
speakerphone buttons are off. The new ringer volume is saved 
automatically.
Change the way that the 
voice message light on your 
handset works
1. Log in to your User Options web pages. (See Accessing Your User 
Options Web Pages, page 66.)
2. Access your message indicator settings. (See Controlling Line 
Settings on the Web, page 73.)
Note Typically, the default system policy is to indicate a new voice 
message by displaying a steady light on the handset light strip.