Avaya J169 User manual

Using Avaya J169 and J179 SIP IP
Phones in Open SIP
Release 4.0.9
Issue 1
April 2021

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Australia Statements
Handset Magnets Statement:
Danger:
The handset receiver contains magnetic devices that can
attract small metallic objects. Care should be taken to avoid
personal injury.
Industry Canada (IC) Statements
RSS Standards Statement

This device complies with Industry Canada licence-exempt RSS
standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause interference, and
2. This device must accept any interference, including
interference that may cause undesired operation of the
device.
Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d'Industrie Canada
applicables aux appareils radio exempts de licence. L'exploitation est
autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes:
1. L'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et
2. L'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter tout brouillage
radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible
d'en compromettre le fonctionnement.
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Under Industry Canada regulations, this radio transmitter may only
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approved for the transmitter by Industry Canada. To reduce potential
radio interference to other users, the antenna type and its gain
should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated power
(EIRP) is not more than that necessary for successful
communication.
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Canada. Dans le but de réduire les risques de brouillage
radioélectrique à l'intention des autres utilisateurs, il faut choisir le
type d'antenne et son gain de sorte que la puissance isotrope
rayonnée équivalente ne dépasse pas l'intensité nécessaire à
l'établissement d'une communication satisfaisante.
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NMB-003 du Canada.
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This equipment complies with FCC & IC RSS102 radiation exposure
limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment
should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm
between the radiator & your body. This transmitter must not be co-
located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or
transmitter.
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rayonnements ISEDétablies pour un environnement non contrôlé.
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Class B Statement
This is a Class B product based on the standard of the VCCI Council.
If this is used near a radio or television receiver in a domestic
environment, it may cause radio interference. Install and use the
equipment according to the instruction manual.
Denan Power Cord Statement
Danger:
Please be careful of the following while installing the
equipment:
• Please only use the connecting cables, power cord, and
AC adapters shipped with the equipment or specified by
Avaya to be used with the equipment. If you use any
other equipment, it may cause failures, malfunctioning,
or fire.
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used with any other equipment. In case the above
guidelines are not followed, it may lead to death or
severe injury.
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•接続ケーブル、電源コード、AC アダプタなどの部品は、必ず
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さい。添付品指定品以外の部品をご使用になると故障や動作
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The operation of this equipment is subject to the following two
conditions:
1. It is possible that this equipment or device may not cause
harmful interference, and
2. This equipment or device must accept any interference,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.
La operación de este equipo está sujeta a las siguientes dos
condiciones:
1. Es posible que este equipo o dispositivo no cause
interferencia perjudicial y
2. Este equipo o dispositivo debe aceptar cualquier
interferencia, incluyendo la que pueda causar su operación
no deseada.
Brazil Statement
Este equipamento não tem direito à proteção contra interferência
prejudicial e não pode causar interferência em sistemas devidamente
autorizados
Power over Ethernet (PoE) Statement
This equipment must be connected to PoE networks without routing
to the outside plant.
Taiwan Low Power Radio Waves Radiated Devices Statement
取得審驗證明之低功率射頻器材,非經核准,公司、商號或使 用者均
不得擅自變更頻率、加大功率或變更原設計之特性及功能。低功率射
頻器材之使用不得影響飛航安全及干擾合法通信;經發現有干擾現象
時,應 立即停用,並改善至無干擾時方得繼續使用。前述合法通信,
指依電信管理 法規定作業之無線電通信。低功率射頻器材須忍受合法
通信或工業、科學及 醫療用電波輻射性電機設備之干擾。
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statements
Compliance Statement
The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate
the equipment.
To comply with the FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, this
device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating to
conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is
subject to the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and
2. This device must accept any interference received,
including interferences that may cause undesired
operation.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designated to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interferences in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause

harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If
this equipment does cause harmful interferences to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from
that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for
help.
Radiation Exposure Statement
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth
for an uncontrolled environment . This equipment should be installed
and operated with minimum distance of 8 in or 20 cm between the
radiator and your body. This transmitter must not be co-located or
operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
ENERGY STAR® compliance statement
As an ENERGY STAR partner, Avaya Inc. has determined that this
product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency.
Information on the ENERGY STAR program can be found at
www.energystar.gov. ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR mark
are registered trademarks owned by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
EU Countries
This device when installed complies with the essential requirements
and other relevant provisions of the EMC Directive 2014/30/EU,
Safety LV Directive 2014/35/EU, and Radio Equipment Directive
2014/53/EU. A copy of the Declaration may be obtained from https://
support.avaya.com or Avaya Inc., 2605 Meridian Parkway Suite 200.
Durham, NC 27713 USA.
WiFi transmitter
• Frequencies for 2412-2472 MHz, transmit power: < 20 dBm
• Frequencies for 5180-5240 MHz, transmit power: < 20 dBm
BT transmitter
• Frequencies for 2402-2480 MHz, transmit power: < 6.0 dBm
General Safety Warning
• Use only the Avaya approved Limited Power Source power
supplies specified for this product.
• Ensure that you:
- Do not operate the device near water.
- Do not use the device during a lightning storm.
- Do not report a gas leak while in the vicinity of the leak.
- For Accessory Power Supply in Avaya J100 Series IP
Phones– Use Only Limited Power Supply Phihong
Technology Co. Ltd. Model: PSAC12R-050, Output: 5VDC,
2.4A.
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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction.......................................................................................................... 13
Purpose................................................................................................................................ 13
Chapter 2: Avaya J169/J179 phone overview...................................................................... 14
Phone overview.................................................................................................................... 14
Physical layout of a J169/179 IP Phone................................................................................... 16
Connection jacks for J169/179 IP Phone................................................................................. 18
Optional components............................................................................................................. 20
Chapter 3: Getting Started..................................................................................................... 21
Entering the provisioning details............................................................................................. 21
Identifying the device type during phone boot-up...................................................................... 22
Logging out of your phone...................................................................................................... 23
Logging in to your phone.................................................................................................. 23
Locking your phone............................................................................................................... 23
Unlocking your phone ........................................................................................................... 24
Setting the network mode....................................................................................................... 24
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network.......................................................................................... 25
Setting the network configuration...................................................................................... 26
Chapter 4: Navigation............................................................................................................. 28
Cursor navigation.................................................................................................................. 28
Navigation cluster............................................................................................................ 28
Text input.............................................................................................................................. 29
Line keys.............................................................................................................................. 30
Main menu............................................................................................................................ 30
General phone icons............................................................................................................. 31
Bluetooth icons..................................................................................................................... 32
Wi-Fi icons............................................................................................................................ 33
Chapter 5: Handling incoming calls...................................................................................... 34
Answering a call.................................................................................................................... 34
Answering a call when on another call..................................................................................... 34
Ignoring a call....................................................................................................................... 35
Declining a call...................................................................................................................... 35
Chapter 6: Handling outgoing calls...................................................................................... 37
Making a call by using the manual dial mode........................................................................... 37
Making a call by using the auto-dial mode............................................................................... 37
Redialing a number............................................................................................................... 38
Making a call by using speed dial............................................................................................ 38
Making a call from the local Сontacts list................................................................................. 39
Making a call from the corporate database Сontacts list........................................................... 39
Emergency call..................................................................................................................... 39
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Making an emergency call................................................................................................ 40
Making an international call.................................................................................................... 40
Chapter 7: Broadsoft Call recording indicator..................................................................... 41
Chapter 8: Call related features............................................................................................. 42
Muting and unmuting a call..................................................................................................... 42
Placing a call on hold and resuming the call............................................................................ 42
Chapter 9: Contacts................................................................................................................ 43
Directory............................................................................................................................... 43
BroadWorks Directory............................................................................................................ 43
Adding a new contact............................................................................................................ 43
Adding a contact from the Recents list.................................................................................... 44
Editing a contact.................................................................................................................... 45
Doing a quick search for a contact.......................................................................................... 45
Viewing local contact details................................................................................................... 46
Searching for a contact.......................................................................................................... 46
Combining contacts............................................................................................................... 47
Deleting a contact.................................................................................................................. 47
Creating a local Сontacts group.............................................................................................. 48
Adding a contact to the local group......................................................................................... 48
Removing a contact from the local group................................................................................. 48
Assigning a ringtone to a contact............................................................................................ 49
LDAP Directory..................................................................................................................... 50
Setting LDAP Directory as the contact search source......................................................... 50
Searching LDAP contacts................................................................................................ 51
Chapter 10: Do not disturb and Call forward....................................................................... 52
Do not disturb....................................................................................................................... 52
Activating and deactivating Do not disturb......................................................................... 52
Activating the ring reminder.............................................................................................. 53
Call forwarding...................................................................................................................... 53
Call Forward icons........................................................................................................... 54
Forwarding a call to another extension.............................................................................. 54
Forwarding call when busy............................................................................................... 55
Forwarding unanswered calls........................................................................................... 56
Chapter 11: Recents............................................................................................................... 57
Call log................................................................................................................................. 57
Making a call from Recents.................................................................................................... 57
Viewing the Recents details................................................................................................... 58
Deleting a call record from Recents........................................................................................ 58
Clearing the Recents list........................................................................................................ 59
Chapter 12: Conference calls................................................................................................ 60
Adding a person to an active call............................................................................................ 60
Adding a person on hold to a conference call........................................................................... 60
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Putting a conference call on hold and resuming a call............................................................... 61
Viewing the details of a conference......................................................................................... 61
Chapter 13: Advanced features............................................................................................. 63
Accessing the Features screen............................................................................................... 63
Active call shortcut keys......................................................................................................... 63
Making a call transfer with a shortcut key.......................................................................... 64
Making a conference call with a shortcut key..................................................................... 65
Parking a call with a shortcut key...................................................................................... 65
Activating the screen saver.................................................................................................... 66
BroadWorks advance call control............................................................................................ 66
Anonymous Call Block........................................................................................................... 66
Autodialing a pre-assigned number......................................................................................... 67
BroadWorks Anywhere.......................................................................................................... 67
Enabling and disabling BroadWorks Anywhere.................................................................. 68
Configuring BroadWorks Anywhere locations..................................................................... 68
Changing location details................................................................................................. 69
Deleting locations............................................................................................................ 70
Configuring BroadWorks Anywhere Alerting...................................................................... 70
BroadWorks Mobility.............................................................................................................. 71
Enabling and disabling BroadWorks Mobility alerting.......................................................... 71
Configuring BroadWorks Mobility...................................................................................... 71
Editing Mobile identity alerting.......................................................................................... 73
BroadWorks Anywhere and Mobility icons............................................................................... 75
Calendar............................................................................................................................... 75
Accessing calendar......................................................................................................... 76
Configuring the Microsoft® Exchange Server calendar........................................................ 76
Reviewing your Calendar event........................................................................................ 77
Call Park............................................................................................................................... 77
Call Park icons................................................................................................................ 78
Call park notifications....................................................................................................... 78
Customizing parked call notification.................................................................................. 78
Parking a call.................................................................................................................. 80
Parking a call to a call park group..................................................................................... 81
Unparking a call.............................................................................................................. 82
Call Retrieve......................................................................................................................... 82
Using Call Retrieve.......................................................................................................... 83
Call Transfer......................................................................................................................... 83
Making a consultative transfer.......................................................................................... 84
Making a blind transfer..................................................................................................... 84
Call Waiting.......................................................................................................................... 85
Enabling and disabling the Call Waiting feature.................................................................. 85
Distinctive Ringing................................................................................................................. 85
Setting a distinctive ring tone............................................................................................ 85
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Dynamic Park and Page........................................................................................................ 86
Parking and paging an active call...................................................................................... 87
Retrieving a parked call................................................................................................... 87
Receiving a page call....................................................................................................... 88
Enabling Auto Answer........................................................................................................... 88
Flexible Seating.................................................................................................................... 89
Flexible Seating icons...................................................................................................... 89
Logging in to your primary phone extension from the host phone........................................ 89
Logging out of your primary phone extension using a host phone........................................ 90
Group Paging........................................................................................................................ 90
Long-term acoustic exposure protection.................................................................................. 91
Configuring Long term acoustic protection......................................................................... 91
Multicast Paging.................................................................................................................... 92
Sending a multicast page................................................................................................. 92
Pre-configuration of keys....................................................................................................... 93
Push-To-Talk......................................................................................................................... 93
Retrieving a voice message................................................................................................... 93
Shared call appearance......................................................................................................... 94
SCA icons and visual LED indication................................................................................. 95
Joining a call in a shared line............................................................................................ 96
Putting a call on private hold and resuming a call............................................................... 96
Customizing ringtones for the SCA extension.................................................................... 97
Customizing SCA lines.................................................................................................... 98
Customizing incoming call alerts for shared lines............................................................... 98
Viewing SCA configuration............................................................................................... 99
Shared Parking................................................................................................................... 100
Shared Parking icons and indication............................................................................... 100
Parking a call to a shared room...................................................................................... 101
Unparking a call from a shared room............................................................................... 101
SLA Mon™ ......................................................................................................................... 101
WML browser...................................................................................................................... 102
Accessing the WML browser.......................................................................................... 102
Using a Guest Login............................................................................................................ 103
Chapter 14: Busy Lamp Field.............................................................................................. 104
BLF icons and visual LED indication..................................................................................... 104
Adding a Broadsoft BLF user................................................................................................ 105
Customizing BLF incoming call indication.............................................................................. 106
Customizing Presence parked call indication......................................................................... 107
Customizing the ring tone .................................................................................................... 107
BLF call operations.............................................................................................................. 108
Making a call to a monitored user................................................................................... 108
Picking up an incoming call............................................................................................ 108
Barging in on an active call............................................................................................. 109
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Unparking a call............................................................................................................ 109
Prioritizing incoming calls over a BLF call........................................................................ 110
Chapter 15: Shared call appearance................................................................................... 111
SCA icons and visual LED indication..................................................................................... 112
Joining a call in a shared line................................................................................................ 113
Putting a call on private hold and resuming a call................................................................... 113
Customizing ringtones for the SCA extension......................................................................... 114
Customizing SCA lines......................................................................................................... 115
Customizing incoming call alerts for shared lines.................................................................... 115
Viewing SCA configuration................................................................................................... 116
Chapter 16: Simultaneous Ring Personal........................................................................... 118
Accessing Simultaneous Ring Personal from the phone menu................................................ 118
Disabling Simultaneous Ring Personal during an active call.................................................... 119
Adding a Simultaneous Ring number.................................................................................... 119
Editing Simultaneous Ring numbers..................................................................................... 120
Deleting a Simultaneous Ring number.................................................................................. 120
Chapter 17: BroadWorks Call center.................................................................................. 121
Logging in to the phone....................................................................................................... 122
Logging out of your phone.................................................................................................... 122
Call center status................................................................................................................ 123
Viewing the call center status............................................................................................... 123
BroadWorks Call Center icons.............................................................................................. 123
ACD call information............................................................................................................ 124
Viewing the ACD call information from the call details............................................................. 124
Setting the agent state......................................................................................................... 125
Agent state......................................................................................................................... 126
Customer originated trace.................................................................................................... 126
Initiating the Customer originated trace........................................................................... 126
Escalation calls to supervisor............................................................................................... 127
Escalating a call to the supervisor................................................................................... 127
Emergency escalation......................................................................................................... 128
Escalating a call to the supervisor during an emergency................................................... 128
Call disposition codes.......................................................................................................... 129
Entering disposition code............................................................................................... 129
Hold reminder..................................................................................................................... 130
Chapter 18: Customization.................................................................................................. 131
Phone................................................................................................................................ 131
Setting the dialing mode................................................................................................. 131
Displaying сall timers..................................................................................................... 131
Setting key repeat delay................................................................................................. 132
Setting redial options..................................................................................................... 132
Setting the Audio button................................................................................................. 133
Assigning speed dial entries........................................................................................... 133
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Setting Mute alert.......................................................................................................... 134
Setting Visual alerting.................................................................................................... 135
Customizing phone keys................................................................................................ 135
Restoring customized keys to default.............................................................................. 136
Applications........................................................................................................................ 137
Enabling the Away timer................................................................................................ 137
Enabling phone auto-lock............................................................................................... 137
Turning call history on and off......................................................................................... 138
Microsoft® Exchange account integration......................................................................... 138
Entering Microsoft® Exchange credentials for basic authentication..................................... 138
Entering Microsoft® Exchange credentials for OAuth authentication................................... 139
Enabling and disabling Microsoft® Exchange contact integration....................................... 140
Calendar Settings.......................................................................................................... 140
Audio.................................................................................................................................. 143
Turning automatic gain control on or off........................................................................... 143
Setting audio path......................................................................................................... 144
Enabling and disabling Bluetooth.................................................................................... 144
Pairing a Bluetooth enabled headset with your phone....................................................... 145
Turning button clicks on and off...................................................................................... 145
Turning error tones on and off........................................................................................ 146
Enabling wireless headset bidirectional signaling............................................................. 146
Setting headset mic level............................................................................................... 147
Configuring hearing aid compatibility............................................................................... 148
Setting a headset profile................................................................................................ 148
Setting a personalized ringtone...................................................................................... 149
Display............................................................................................................................... 150
Changing the background image.................................................................................... 150
Changing the screen saver............................................................................................. 150
Setting the screen saver details...................................................................................... 150
Adjusting the brightness of a phone screen..................................................................... 151
Setting the display language.......................................................................................... 151
Adjusting phone screen width......................................................................................... 152
Setting the backlight timer.............................................................................................. 152
Setting the time format................................................................................................... 153
Setting the date format................................................................................................... 153
Setting the time zone..................................................................................................... 154
Setting the text size....................................................................................................... 154
Authenticating XSI............................................................................................................... 155
Backup and restore............................................................................................................. 155
Backup and restore overview......................................................................................... 155
Chapter 19: Phone update................................................................................................... 157
Updating your phone........................................................................................................... 157
Checking your phone periodic automatic update.................................................................... 157
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Chapter 20: Troubleshooting............................................................................................... 159
Limited access during failover.............................................................................................. 159
Viewing the Product ID........................................................................................................ 160
Viewing the Device type....................................................................................................... 160
Viewing the Server type....................................................................................................... 160
Recording audio parameters ............................................................................................... 161
Chapter 21: Resources......................................................................................................... 162
Documentation.................................................................................................................... 162
Finding documents on the Avaya Support website........................................................... 162
Avaya Documentation Center navigation......................................................................... 162
Viewing Avaya Mentor videos............................................................................................... 164
Support.............................................................................................................................. 164
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Purpose
This document describes how to use Avaya J169/J179 IP Phone features in an Open SIP
environment.
This document is intended for people who want to learn how to use Avaya J169/J179 IP Phone
features and capabilities.
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Chapter 2: Avaya J169/J179 phone
overview
Phone overview
Avaya J169/J179 IP Phone is a phone for business communications.
The phone supports 96 buttons. The primary display of the phone provides 96 buttons by scrolling
or paging using the Navigation Cluster. Optionally, the phone supports up to three button modules,
and each button module supports displaying 24 buttons of the 96 buttons.
Avaya J169 IP Phone has a grayscale display, and Avaya J179 IP Phone has a color display.
Physical specifications
• 8 buttons with red and green dual LEDs
• 320 x 240 pixel display
• Dual-position stand, optional wall mount stand
• Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) line interface
• Second Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) interface
• PoE Class 1, supports 802.3az, optional AC to 5V adapter
• Four soft keys
• Hard buttons for phone:
- Messages
- Contacts
- Recents
- Navigation cluster
- Headset
- Speaker
- Volume
- Mute
- Main menu
- Phone key
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• LED buttons for phone:
- Messages
- Recents
- Headset
- Speaker
- Mute
Related links
Understanding Avaya J179 IP Phone
Configuring the Avaya J100 Expansion Module
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Physical layout of a J169/179 IP Phone
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No. Name Description
1 Beacon LED Provides visual alerts for the following:
• Incoming call
• Voice mail
2 Phone display Displays two areas:
• Top Bar: It is always visible, displays communication status,
time, date, and device status.
• Application area displays the following:
- Application header: It displays the context specific application
title, and one or more subtitles. Depending on the
appearance type and the call state, the header displays
details of the call.
- Application content area: It displays menus, lists, pop-up
windows, images, or other application content.
- Soft key labels area: It displays labels with information about
the state of soft key buttons.
3 Line keys Used to select the corresponding line or feature. Each line key
has a combination of red and green LEDs that provide call or
feature specific visual alert.
The default action depends on the application and the context.
4 Soft keys Used to select the corresponding label of context-specific
actions.
With the Help soft key, you can view a short description of the
features available on your phone.
5, 7 Navigation cluster Used to navigate on the Phone screen and other menus.
•Up and Down Arrow keys: To scroll up and down.
•Right Arrow and Left Arrow keys: To move cursor in the text
input field, and to toggle values in the selection fields.
•OK button: The center button of the navigation cluster. Used to
select the action assigned to the first soft key.
11 Voicemail Used to dial the configured voice mail number to receive a voice
message.
12 Headset Used to turn on headset, and also to toggle an ongoing call from
the speaker to the headset.
13 Speaker Used to turn on the speaker.
14 Volume Used to adjust volume of a handset, a speaker, or a ringtone.
• (+): To increase the volume.
• (-): To decrease the volume.
15 Mute button Used to mute or unmute the outgoing audio.
16 Handset Used to receive or make calls.
Physical layout of a J169/179 IP Phone
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Application keys provide direct access to the corresponding applications.
No. Application keys Description
6 Phone key Displays the Phone screen.
8 Main menu Displays a list of options, such as Features, Applications,
Settings, Network information, Administration, and About.
9 Contacts Displays the entries in your Contacts list.
10 Recents Displays the list of all calls.
Connection jacks for J169/179 IP Phone
The following image illustrates the connection jacks that are present on the back panel of Avaya
J169/J179 IP Phone.
The image schematically describes which device to connect to which jack.
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Connection jacks for J169/179 IP Phone
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No. Name Description
1 5V DC Jack To connect the power supply.
2 Network port To connect the Ethernet cable.
3 PC port To connect the computer.
Note:
PC port is disabled when a Wi-Fi
network is used.
4 Headset Jack To connect the headset.
5 Handset Jack To connect the handset.
6 WLAN Module Panel To integrate the wireless module for Wi-Fi/
Bluetooth support.
Note:
WLAN Module Panel is not provided in
the Avaya J169 IP Phone.
Optional components
You can use the following components to your phone. These components are not a part of your
phone package and needs to ordered separately. You might need assistance of your system
administrator to install few of these items:
• PSAC12R–050 – 5V DC Power adapter
• Avaya J100 Expansion Module
• PoE power supply
• Avaya J100 Wireless Module (Wi-Fi Module)
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