Getting to know your phone

By Diana Pounds
August 22, 2013

Not quite up to speed, let alone up to speed-dialing, on the new phone? Here's how to accomplish some common tasks on your Aastra 6737i or Aastra 6739i.

Setup

• Set up your portal
• Change the name on your phone display
• Set up voice mail
• Check out the call manager

Dialing

• Speed dial
• Make a call using the call manager
• See who's already on the phone

Use voice mail

• Setup
• Check messages
• Send voice mail messages to email
• Send incoming call to voice mail, using call manager
• Send your ringing phone to voice mail

Incoming calls

• Pick up a colleague's phone
• Forward your incoming calls to another number
• Make your incoming calls ring on one (or more) phones
• Pick up a second call when you're already on the phone

View calls

• View incoming calls on your phone screen
• View missed, received or dialed calls using call manager

Transfer a call

• Transfer using your phone
• Transfer using call manager

Make a conference call

• Conference using your phone
• Conference using call manager

Adjust sound

• Adjust volume on ring, handset, speaker and headset
• Change your ringtone
• Use a special ringtone for certain callers

Avoid interruptions

• Use "do not disturb" (DND)
• Ignore a call

Create a personal directory

• Create directory, on your phone (same as speed dial)
• Create directory, using call manager

Call manager

From the call manager, a small window that sits on your computer screen, you can:

• View missed, received or dialed calls
• Create a personal directory
• Make a call
• Send incoming call to voice mail
• Transfer a call
• Do a three-way conference call