Avaya B179 - Manual

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 5 DESCRIPTIoN DISPLAY SCREEN on Hook Press to display this screen. off Hook Press to display this screen. Line status: Line free (Before account name – telephone not registered) Line connected (Before account name – telephone registered) Line on hold (“HOLD...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 6 6 Line menu Press LINE to switch to and from this menu. Menu Press MENU to switch to and from a menu. NAVIGATIoN AND SELECTIoN IN MENUS  Press MENU .  Select the option you want from the menu using the arrow buttons.  Confirm by pressing oK to select t...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 7 7 DESCRIPTIoN 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 ). Correspond...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 8 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 oN HoLD If a call is made to the conference phone during another call, you will hear a double tone, INCOMING CALL ...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 9 CALLING fRoM THE PHoNEBooK 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 al...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 10 ADJUSTING THE SPEAKER VoLUME  Adjust the speaker volume using the buttons and . PLACING CALLS oN TEMPoRARY HoLD 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 ...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 11 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 ...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 12 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 a...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 13 SWITCHING BETWEEN LINES DURING MULTI-PARTY CALLS Talking privately with one individual  Press HoLD . All lines are put on hold.  Alternatively, you can press HoLD after opening the line menu or you can select SPLIT CONFERENCE from the line menu to put ...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 14 DRoPPING 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 . TRANSfERRING CALLS If you wish to transfer a call to another telephone.  Select MENU > ...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 15 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 ar...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 16 CHANGING THE PRofILE NAME AND PASSWoRD  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...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 17 The Avaya B179’s phonebook can hold up to 1000 numbers in each user profile. See page 8 for making calls via the phonebook.  Please turn to page 4 for instructions on using the keypad to enter text. SEARCHING foR CoNTACTS The simplest way to search for ...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 18 DELETING CoNTACTS  Select MENU > PHoNE BooK > ERASE CoNTACT (2,4).  Mark the contact you want to delete and press oK .  Confirm that you really want to delete the contact by pressing oK or cancel the deletion of a contact by pressing C . DELETIN...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 20 SEARCH foR AND CALL A CoNTACT  Select MENU > EXT. PHoNEBooK (3). Avaya B179 contacts the database, which sends all the contacts. The first 50 are shown in Avaya B179 (with standard default settings).  Enter one or more search characters to filter th...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 21 The conference guide makes it easy to set up calls with as many as five people, including your own phone. The Avaya B179 automatically dials all the contacts in the conference group. You can create 20 conference groups in each user profile. Entering text...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 22 CoNfERENCE GUIDE DISPLAYING CoNfERENCE GRoUP PARTICIPANTS  Select MENU > CoNf GUIDE > SEARCH GRoUP (4,1).  Mark the group you want and press oK . The names of the conference group participants are displayed.  Press C to return to the CONFERENCE ...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 23 DELETING A CoNfERENCE GRoUP  Select MENU > CoNf GUIDE > ERASE GRoUP (4,4).  Mark the group you want to delete and press oK .  Confirm that you really want to delete the group by pressing oK or cancel the dele- tion of a group by pressing C . DEL...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 24 It is possible to record a phone conference on an SD (Secure Digital) memory card so you can listen to it later on. It is possible to record a call in progress and use the Avaya B179 as a dictaphone. A flashing symbol appears on the display screen during...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 25 LISTENING To A RECoRDING You can listen to a recorded phone conference on your Avaya B179 or a computer using an SD memory card reader. Recordings are saved in wav format and can be played back on your choice of media player. Listening to recordings on t...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 26 DELETING A RECoRDING  Select MENU > RECoRDING > ERASE fILE (5,3).  Mark the folder you want and press oK .  Mark the recording to be deleted and press oK .  Confirm that you really want to delete the recording by pressing oK again, or cancel th...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 27 The Avaya B179 has two groups of settings: Basic and Advanced. You must enter the Admin. PIN code to access the advanced settings. The simplest way to make settings is using a PC and the Avaya B179 web interface (see page 34). BASIC SETTINGS Select defau...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 28 SETTINGS Settings when connecting external equipment (Aux) The Avaya B179 can be connected to a wireless headset or an external PA system. An optional PA interface box is required for PA system connection.  Select MENU > SETTINGS > BASIC > AUX ...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 29 Changing text on the display screen The text on the display screen can be changed when the Avaya B179 is on hook.  Select MENU > SETTINGS > BASIC > SCREEN TEXT (6,1,9).  Delete existing text using C and enter your new text. Press oK to confirm...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 30 SETTINGS SETTINGS DURING A CALL The HEADSET/PA, PHONE BOOK, TRANSFER and EQUALIZER menus may be ac-cessed during a call and are displayed when the MENU button is pressed. The first option is either HEADSET or PA depending on whether PA is activated or no...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 31  AUTO is the default setting and is recommended in most cases. The figure shown in brackets is the measured calibration value.  Select different levels and compare the audio quality to achieve your preferred setting.  NB. You must ask the person you a...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 32 SETTINGS CHECKING STATUS The status menu can be used for troubleshooting. Only the administrator is able to change these settings. See “Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone - Installation and Administration Guide” for an explanation of the settings. Account 1...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 33 SETTINGS NAT Traversal To check whether address conversion is activated, which may be necessary if the phone is behind a firewall.  Select MENU > STATUS > NAT TRAVERSAL (8,3). This shows the status for:- STUN- TURN- ICE Media To check priorities o...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 34 You can use the web browser of a PC connected to the same network to manage contacts, conference groups and settings in the Avaya B179.  Your choice of language for the Avaya B179 does not affect the web interface, which is only in English. For security...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 35 LoGGING IN To THE AVAYA B179  Enter the phone’s network address in the web browser address bar.  Select Default or an empty user profile in Profile and enter the PIN code.  The default code is 0000 . You can create a personal password-protected phoneb...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 36 MANAGING THE PHoNEBooK  Select Phone Book . Here, you can add, change and delete contacts. You can also import existing contacts.  When you call or are called by a contact who is already in the phonebook, that person’s name is displayed on the screen. ...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 37 Editing contacts  Click on the Edit contact button after the contact you want to change.  Edit the contact and click on Save contact . Deleting contacts  Click on the Erase contact button after the contact you want to delete.  Confirm that you want t...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 38 It is normally possible to export contact books stored in your PC in CSV format.  Click on the Scroll… button under the heading Import in the web window.  Open your CSV file.  Click on Import .  The name is limited to 15 characters, since the Avaya B...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 39 MANAGING THE CoNfERENCE GUIDE  Select Phone Book > Conference guide . Here, you can add, change and delete conference groups. It is also possible to import groups that you have created.  When a call is connected to a contact who is already in the ph...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 40 Deleting a conference group  Click on the Erase group button next to the group you want to delete.  Confirm that you want to delete the group.  You can also delete all groups by pressing Erase all groups . Importing conference groups You can import co...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 41 CHECKING THE CALL LIST Incoming, outgoing and missed calls are displayed in the call list in chronological order.  Select Call list > Recent .  Select one of the tabs Incoming , outgoing or Missed to filter the list. USING THE WEB INTERfACE

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 42 BASIC SETTINGS  The settings only affect the user profile you selected when you logged in.  Select Settings > Basic .  Select Settings > Basic . Changing PIN code and profile name The PIN code can be changed from the default setting to protect a...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 44 Adjusting the sound The sound reproduction can be adjusted to the required pitch (SOFT, NEUTRAL and BRIGHT).  Select Soft , Neutral or Bright under the heading Equalizer and click on Save . Display text The display text appears on the screen when the Av...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 46 IP stands for Internet Protocol and is the standard protocol for transferring information over the Internet between computers and other devices. The same standard is normally used in local networks too. An IP address is the unique network address that a ...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 48 Size Diameter 240 mm, height 77 mm Weight 1 kg Colour Liquorice black Display screen Illuminated graphics (LCD), 128x64 Keypad Alphanumerical 0–9, *, on, off, mute, hold, volume up, vol-ume down, 5 buttons for menu navigation, line, conference guide Anti...

Avaya B179 SIP Conference Phone User Guide 49 Sound Technology OmniSound ® 2.0 Wideband Microphone Omni-directional Reception area Up to 30 metres 2 , >10 people Speaker Frequency band 200–7000 Hz, Volume 90 dB SPL 0.5 m Equalizer Three pitches: soft, neutral, bright Environment Temperature: 5°–4...