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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone
User Guide
ENGLISH
16-603918 Issue 1
March 2011
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide © 2011 Avaya Inc. All Rights Reserved. Notice While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete and accurate at the time of printing, Avaya assumes no liability for any errors. Avaya reserves the right to make changes and corrections to the information in this document without the obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes. Documentation disclaimer Avaya shall not be responsible
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide the Software at any given time. A “Unit” means the unit on which Avaya, at its sole discretion, bases the pricing of its licenses and can be, without limitation, an agent, port or user, an e-mail or voice mail account in the name of a person or corporate function (e.g., webmaster or helpdesk), or a directory entry in the administrative database utilized by the Software that permits one user to interface with the Software. Units may be linked to a s
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide ® The patented audio technology OmniSound 2.0 provides impressive audio quality for your distance meetings. Full-duplex audio via the hypersensitive microphone and powerful speakers enables speech in both directions. This natural loudspeaker sound quality is critical for effective, collaborative meetings that keep everyone engaged and contributing. ® OmniSound 2.0 is also enhanced with innovative features: noise suppression minimizes distracting b
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide TABLE of C o NTENTS Description 2 Conference guide 21 General .................................................. 2 Making conference group calls ................21 Maintenance .......................................... 2 Displaying conference group participants 22 Connections ........................................... 2 Adding a conference group .................... 22 Keypad .................................................. 4 Editing a conference gr
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide DESCRIPTIo N GENERAL The Avaya B179 is a conference phone for IP telephony offering a host of innovative features: ® • OmniSound audio technology. • IP telephony for flexible and affordable telephony. • Option of using two accounts simultaneously. • Conference feature for automatic multi-party dialling. • Management of lines during a call (dialling new parties, creating a multi-party call, splitting a multi-party call). • Recorder capability.
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide DESCRIPTIo N Speaker Microphone Display screen Keypad LEDs SD memory card port LEDs Flashing blue Incoming call Steady blue light Call in progress Flashing red Hold, microphone and speaker turned off Steady red light Mute, microphone turned off Network cable port Expansion micro- phone port AUX port Security lock port Power supply port Expansion microphone port 3
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide DESCRIPTIo N KEYPAD UP ARRo W MENU DoWN ARR oW Navigation in menus Settings menu Navigation in menus Display of call list Display of call list C oK No/end/back Yes/confirm choice Start/stop recording Answer/connect new line Increase volume During a call: Press to call a new person Hang up/end line Decrease volume Co Nf ERENCE Automatic dialling of Mute conference groups o ne press of this button will always connect all parties to a conference
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide DESCRIPTIo N DISPLAY SCREEN o n Hook Press to display this screen. Date Time Display text (can be changed) Registered Not registered Account name (can be changed) o ff Hook Press to display this screen. Call duration Time Information text (see below) Phone lines (L1–L4) Line status (see below) Secure connection (see page 10) Line status: Line free (Before account name – telephone not registered) Line connected (Before account name – telephone re
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide DESCRIPTIo N Line menu Press LINE to switch to and from this menu. Line/number/name New line (two lines if two accounts are registered) o ption for creating or splitting conference calls Menu Press MENU to switch to and from a menu. Current menu Submenu Marked option – open by pressing o K button Scrolling list (indication of where the marked option is in the list or menu) List of setting options: Existing settings Marked option – select by pressing o
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide DESCRIPTIo N Writing style in instructions In the instructions, MENU > SETTINGS (6) means you should: Press MENU. Mark the SETTINGS option using the arrow buttons and confirm by pressing oK to open the menu (or press button number 6). Correspondingly, Phone book > Conference Guide in the web interface means you should select Menu Phone book and the Conference Guide tab. Menu tree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PROFILES PHONE BOOK EXT. PHONE BOOK CONF GUIDE R
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide ANSWERING AND MAKING CALLS ANSWERING CALLS A ring tone is heard and the blue LEDs start flashing. Press to answer. The LEDs show a steady blue light. ANSWERING CALLS o N Ho LD If a call is made to the conference phone during another call, you will hear a double tone, INCOMING CALL will be displayed on the screen and the blue LEDs start flashing. Press to answer. The original call will automatically be put on hold. Press the (Conference) bu
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide ANSWERING AND MAKING CALLS CALLING f RoM THE PHoNEBoo K Please turn to page 17 for instructions on adding and updating contacts in the phone- book. Press and hold down a number button for two seconds. The phonebook appears on the display screen. The pre-programmed names appear in alphabeti- cal order, starting with the number button’s first letter. Use the arrow buttons to mark the name in the phonebook. Press . The number you have selected
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide DURING A CALL ADJUSTING THE SPEAKER Vo LUME Adjust the speaker volume using the buttons and . PLACING CALLS o N TEMPo RARY Ho LD Mute Press (Mute) to turn off the microphone. The LEDs change from blue to red. The other party cannot hear what you are saying. Press (Mute) to reconnect the call. Hold Press Ho LD to put the call on hold. The LEDs change from blue to flashing red. Both the microphone and the speaker are turned off and th
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide MAKING MULTI-PARTY CALLS Turn to “MANAGING PHONE LINES” on the next page for instructions on putting an individual on hold during a multi-party call and other more advanced features. ADDING ANoTHER PARTY To A CALL If there are free lines, new parties can be added, regardless of whether you have used the (Conference) button or if you are making a normal call. Press during the call to get a new dialling tone. Calls in progress are put on hold. D
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide MANAGING PHo NE LINES SELECTING ACCoUNT WHEN DIALLING If you have more than one account registered in your Avaya B179, you can use the line mode to select the account that you want to use for the new call. Making a new call Press LINE. The line menu with the name of your accounts is displayed. Select the account you wish to use for the new call and press oK or . Dial the number and press o K to confirm. Adding a party In the same way, a p
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide MANAGING PHo NE LINES SWITCHING BETWEEN LINES DURING MULTI-PARTY CALLS Talking privately with one individual Press Ho LD. All lines are put on hold. Alternatively, you can press Ho LD after opening the line menu or you can select SPLIT CONFERENCE from the line menu to put the lines on hold. Press LINE. The line menu is displayed. Mark a party in the line menu and press oK or Ho LD. The party is reconnected to the call. Switching to anoth
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide MANAGING PHo NE LINES DRo PPING A LINE Individual lines can be dropped out of a multi-party call. Press LINE. The line menu is displayed. Mark the line you want to drop and press . TRANSf ERRING CALLS If you wish to transfer a call to another telephone. Select MENU > TRANSf ER. Dial the number and press oK to confirm. The call is transferred to the other telephone. NB. Some PBXs do not support this option. 14
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide PRof ILES The Avaya B179 gives you the option of using a password to protect contact informa- tion in the phonebook and conference guide. All contacts entered by default can be accessed by all users and cannot be password protected. All contacts entered by Admin are also displayed in default mode. To enter personal contacts, conference groups and settings that are inaccessible to other users, select user profile and enter the PIN code for the profi
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Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide PRof ILES CHANGING THE PRof ILE NAME AND PASSWo RD Log in to Avaya B179, see pages 34–35. Select Settings > Basic. Click on the Edit button under the heading Profiles. Enter a name and a new PIN code. Click on Set and save your settings by clicking on Save. Make a note of the name and PIN code and keep them in a safe place. The adminis- trator is able to reset the settings. 16
