Nortel 1535 User manual

Nortel Multimedia Communications Server 5100
Nortel IP Phone 1535
User Guide

Revision history
3
Revision history
November 2006
Standard 01.01. This is the first issue of the document, to support
the Multimedia Communications Server 5100.

Revision history
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Contents
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Contents
Introducing the IP Phone 1535 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
IP Phone 1535 front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
IP Phone 1535 display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
IP Phone 1535 key layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
IP Phone 1535 elements and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
IP Phone 1535 information bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
IP Phone 1535 Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Images & Sounds gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Fast access to Multimedia tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Taking a picture from the fast access menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Recording an audio clip from the fast access menu . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Recording video from the fast access menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Entering text using the dialpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the Multi-tap writing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using T9 writing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Text input options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Making voice calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Placing a voice call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Making standard calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Pre-dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Redialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Dialing the last number to call your line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Dialing contacts directly from the Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Dialing from the Call History logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Receiving voice calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Answering an incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Returning a missed call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
While on an active voice call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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Accessing the Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Muting the microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adjusting audio volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Placing an active call on hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Blind transferring a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Transferring a call with consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Establishing an impromptu conference call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Viewing your telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Managing Call History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Selecting an individual call log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Viewing the details of a logged call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Adding a logged call to the Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Deleting call records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Making video calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Placing a video call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Receiving a video call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
While on an active video call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Establishing video privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Adjusting video window size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Viewing details of the active video call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adjusting video quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Accessing the Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Muting the microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Adjusting audio volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Viewing your telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Personalize your IP Phone 1535 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Choosing a ring melody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Choosing a melody for all calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Assigning a melody to an individual contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Setting the menu theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Setting the background image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
General settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Adjusting audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Configuring the ringing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting your writing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Changing the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Enabling the screen saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Managing contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adding a contact to your Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Selecting a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting contacts from the list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting contacts using the search function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Deleting a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Modifying contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Assigning images to a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Assigning melodies to a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Copying contacts to and from your SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Using your VIP contact list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Enabling the Ring Filter for VIP calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Viewing the VIP list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Adding a contact to the VIP list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Deleting a VIP contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Deleting the VIP list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Images and Sounds gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
About the Images & Sounds galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Opening your Images & Sounds galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
About the Images gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
About the Sounds gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
About the Videos gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Creating images and sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Taking pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Recording audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Recording video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

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Managing your galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Sorting images and sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Deleting images and sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Copying to and from the memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
What to do with your content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
What to do with your images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
What to do with your sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
What to do with your videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Using e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Sending a new e-mail message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Writing a new e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Entering a destination address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Sending the e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Resending e-mail from the Outbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Inserting e-mail templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Reading new e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Replying to the e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Managing e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Forwarding e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Modifying an e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Deleting old e-mails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Deleting e-mail from all folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Deleting e-mail from individual folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Sending attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Additional features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Browsing the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Accessing the Web browser from the menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Opening a URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Adding a new favorite or editing an existing favorite . . . . . . . . . 100
Calendar alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Setting the calendar alarm: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Enabling remote video monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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Granting video access to specific remote video devices . . . . . . 102
Enabling video supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Blocking outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Using voice mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Regulatory and safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Nortel IP Phone 1535 emissions statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Regulatory information and disclaimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
USA-FCC (Federal Communications Commission) statement 106
FCC interference statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Compliance statement for Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Telecom requirements for both Canada and USA . . . . . . . . 107

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Introducing the IP Phone 1535
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Introducing the IP Phone 1535
The IP Phone 1535 videophone uses Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) to
establish both voice and video calls. Connected to your local area
network (LAN) through an Ethernet connection or by wireless (WiFi)
connection, the IP Phone 1535 provides extensive telephony services,
multimedia tools, full video conversation functionality, an array of ring
melodies, and a personalized IP Phone 1535 display. You can also use
the IP Phone 1535 to check e-mail, voice mail, or browse the Web.
For contact management, use the IP Phone 1535 Phonebook to store
information about regular contacts. The IP Phone 1535 also provides an
Images & Sounds gallery, where you can create new multimedia content
or manage stored content.
The IP Phone 1535 provides slots for both a Subscriber Identity Module
(SIM) card and a Secure Digital Multimedia Card (SD/MMC). Use the SIM
card to import or export contact information, the SD/MMC card to import
or export multimedia content.
For more information about basic IP Phone 1535 components and
features, see the following sections:
• “Features” on page 12
• “IP Phone 1535 front view” on page 14
• “IP Phone 1535 display” on page 15
• “IP Phone 1535 key layout” on page 16
• “IP Phone 1535 elements and functions” on page 17
• “IP Phone 1535 information bar” on page 19
• “IP Phone 1535 Phonebook” on page 20
• “Images & Sounds gallery” on page 21
• “Fast access to Multimedia tools” on page 21
• “Entering text using the dialpad” on page 23

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Features
The IP Phone 1535 supports the following features:
• two soft keys with context-determined onscreen display
• six fixed call processing keys:
—Send
—Release
—VideoStart
—VideoStop
—VideoMode
— Messages
• a fixed Record key for access to multimedia tools
• a fixed Favorites key for access to Web browsing options
• a fixed navigation cluster using direction arrows for Web and menu
navigation, Left Click key for confirmation of Web selection, and Right
click key for access to Web browsing options
• alphanumeric dialpad
• color display
• digital video/still camera
• speakerphone
• T9 and multitap text input modes
• IP Phone 1535 Phonebook for contact management
• Transfer, Hold, Consultation Transfer, and Conference telephony
options
• Audio Mute and Video Privacy
• variable video screen size (remote and local)
• network time capability
• pre-loaded ring melodies and videophone images
• e-mail services

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• voice mail services
• Call History logs
• Images & Sounds multimedia content gallery
• call blocking
• calendar alarm
• remote video monitoring
• Web browsing
• single LAN connection over Ethernet or WiFi (IEEE 802.11 b/g)
• remote firmware download
• personal identification number (PIN) for access control
• available languages: English, Spanish, and French

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IP Phone 1535 front view
Figure 1 shows the basic layout of your IP Phone 1535.
Figure 1: IP Phone 1535 front view

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IP Phone 1535 display
Figure 2 shows the IP Phone 1535 in idle mode and at the main menu.
Figure 2: Idle screen display and main menu display
Main menu
Idle screen

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IP Phone 1535 key layout
Figure 3 shows a more detailed layout of the various buttons and keys.
For more information about the functionality of these buttons and keys,
see “IP Phone 1535 elements and functions” on page 17.
Figure 3: IP Phone 1535 key layout

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IP Phone 1535 elements and functions
Table 1 describes the elements and functions of the IP Phone 1535.
Table 1: IP Phone 1535 elements and functions
Element Function
Soft key Press to access variable soft key features—
onscreen labels display the currently defined
feature. For example, on the idle screen the left soft
key appears as MENU, the right as PHONEBOOK.
Send key Press the Send key to
• send the call after dialing digits
• activate the speakerphone and open the Dial
window
Release key Press the Release key to
• terminate your call
• return to the previous screen when navigating
menus or browsing the Web
Navigation keys Press the Left click key to confirm a selection when
Web browsing.
Press the Right click key while Web browsing to
access Web browsing options.
From idle, press the Up arrow to access a list of
dialed calls. Press the Down arrow to search for a
contact.
When on an active call, use the up and down arrows
to increase or decrease volume.
On incoming calls, use the up and down arrows to
increase or decrease the ringing volume.
Use the four arrow keys to move between menu
elements, or to move the cursor when writing text.

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Video start Press to start or accept a video conversation.
Video stop During a video conversation, press to stop sending
video (video privacy). Press again to restart sending
video.
Video mode During a video call, press to change the size and
layout of your video windows.
Record From idle, press to access the audio recorder, video
recorder, or photo camera.
During a video call, press to capture the remote
image.
Messages Press to access your voice mailbox.
Favorites Press to access your list of favorite Web sites.
Table 1: IP Phone 1535 elements and functions
Element Function

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IP Phone 1535 information bar
To let you know the status of your IP Phone 1535, various icons appear in
the top bar of the idle display screen.
Figure 4 shows the layout of the Information bar, with connection status
on the left and message icon in the middle.
Figure 4: Information bar
Table 2 describes the various connection status icons.
Table 2: Connection status
Icon Description
LAN cable disconnected
LAN connected but user not registered
LAN connected and user registered
WiFi not connected
WiFi connected but user not registered
WiFi connected and user registered

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Table 3 describes the various message icons.
IP Phone 1535 Phonebook
With the IP Phone 1535 Phonebook, you can store entries for up to 300
contacts. For each contact you can enter the following information:
•Name
• Telephone number (primary)
• Mobile number (secondary)
• Fax number
• E-mail address
Each contact name and number can accommodate up to 50 characters.
You can assign an image or melody to any contact in your Phonebook—
the image or melody displays whenever a call comes in from that contact.
You can also add contacts to your Very Important Person (VIP) list, for
special VIP features.
You can make voice and video calls directly from your IP Phone 1535
Phonebook. For more information, see “Dialing contacts directly from the
Table 3: Message icons
Icon Description
Appears after you miss a call.
Appears when you have a voice message waiting.
Appears when the ringer is set to mute.
Appears when the VIP filter is on. The IP Phone 1535
only rings for contacts in your VIP list.
Appears when you enable remote video monitoring.
Incoming calls from configured numbers can access
your video camera to monitor the area.