QUICK START
FOR EXECUTIVES
Cisco Unified IP Phone
8941 and 8945
1 Dial
2 Hang up
3 Answer
4 Mute
5 Divert
6 Forward All
7 Hold
8 Do Not Disturb
9 Conference
10 Transfer
11 Call History
12 Directories
13 Shared Lines
14 Vo icemail
15 Tips
Note For best results, print on 8.5 x 14”
(legal-sized) paper.
1 Dial
To dial, lift the handset and enter a number. Or:
• Press an unlit line button .
• Press the New Call softkey.
• Press the (unlit) headset button or
speakerphone button .
Dial from Call History
1. Press the down arrow on the Navigation bar.
2. Scroll to the number and press the Select
button in the Navigation pad or Call Softkey.
Redial the last number
Press the Redial softkey.
Speed dial
Enter a speed-dial code while on-hook (no dial
tone), then press the Speed Dial softkey.
Your system administrator can help you set up
speed dials from your User Options web pages.
2 Hang up
To end a call, replace the handset. Or:
• Press the End Call softkey.
• Press the (lit) headset button or
speakerphone button .
3 Answer
To answer a ringing call , lift the handset. Or:
• Press the flashing amber line button .
• Press the (unlit) headset or speakerphone
button.
• Press the Select button in the
Navigation pad.
Call Waiting
If you get a second call while the first call is active,
the second line displays.
To connect the second call and put the first call on
hold automatically, press the flashing amber line
button
.
Multiple lines
If you use multiple lines, press the All Calls softkey
to see all calls on all lines (oldest first). Otherwise,
your phone displays calls that are on the selected
line only.
To see which line is selected, look for a blue icon
on the line label (left side of screen) and the line
extension in the header bar (top of screen).
All Calls uses your primary extension.
4 Mute
• Press the Mute button to toggle Mute on
and off. When Mute is on, the Mute button
glows red.
• Press the Video Mute button to toggle
Video Mute on and off. When Video Mute is
on, the Video Mute button glows red.
5 Divert
Use Divert to redirect a ringing or active call to
voicemail or to another phone number (set up in
advance by your system administrator). You must
resume a held call before you can use Divert.
Divert affects the highlighted call only. If necessary,
scroll to the call before pressing Divert.
6 Forward All
1. Press the Forward All softkey.
2. Enter a phone number, select a number from
Call History, or press the Messages button
(to forward to voicemail).
3. Look for Forward All icon on your screen.
4. To cancel call forwarding, press the
Forward
Off softkey.
Your system administrator can help you forward
calls remotely from your User Options web pages.
7 Hold
1. Press the Hold button .
The hold icon displays and the line button
pulses green.
2. To resume the highlighted call, press the
pulsing green button
, the Resume
softkey, or the Select button in the Navigation
pad. (Note that pressing the Hold button again
does not resume a call from hold.)