Avaya B149 User Manual

Avaya B149 Conference Phone

User Guide
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March 2011

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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 background noise, wideband voice transmission provides a 7 kHz frequency
range during VoIP calls, and an equalizer allows you to adjust the sound to suit the room’s
acoustics.

Warning!

Do not expose the Avaya B149 to water or moisture.

Warning!

Do not open the casing of the Avaya B149.

Warning!

Only use the power adapter provided to connect the unit to the mains.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Description 2

General .................................................. 2

Maintenance .......................................... 2

keypad................................................... 4

Navigation and selection in menus ........... 5

Connections 6

Unpacking ............................................. 6

Connecting and installing ........................ 6

Select region and language ...................... 6

Answering and making calls 7

Answering calls....................................... 7

Ending calls ........................................... 7

Making calls ........................................... 7

Making three-way calls ............................ 8

During a call 9

Adjusting the speaker volume ................... 9

Placing calls on temporary hold ................ 9

Ending calls ........................................... 9

Conference guide 10

Creating conference groups.....................10

Making conference group calls ................10

Making multi-party calls .........................11

Displaying conference group participants .11

Editing conference groups ......................11

Deleting conference groups .....................12

Delete all conference groups ...................12

Conference guide settings ......................12

Displaying conference guide status ..........12

Phonebook 13

Searching for contacts ...........................13

Adding contacts ....................................13

Editing contacts ....................................13

Deleting contacts ...................................14

Deleting all conference groups ................14

Displaying phonebook status ...................14

Recording 15

Starting a recording ...............................15

Mute function ........................................15

Hold .....................................................15

Ending a recording .................................15

Listening to a recording ..........................16

Managing recordings ..............................17

Adjusting the recording indicator .............17

Displaying recording feature status ..........17

Settings 18

Selecting languages ...............................18

Select region .........................................18

Deactivating keypad tones ......................18

Adjusting date and time .........................18

Adjusting ring level volume .....................19

Adjusting the ash/R pulse duration .......19

Selecting Caller ID standard ...................19

Adjusting sound (equalizer) .................... 20

Changing text on the display screen ........ 20

Adjusting LCD contrast .......................... 20

Resetting ............................................. 20

Checking status .................................... 20

Technical specications 21

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DESCRIPTION

GENERAL

The Avaya B149 conference phone offers a host of innovative features:

• OmniSound® audio technology.

• Conference guide for easy set-up of multiparty calls.

• Record your meetings with an SD memory card so that you can listen to them later

on.

• Expansion microphones can be added to increase the voice pickup range.

(Optional.)

MAINTENANCE

Clean the equipment with a soft, dry cloth. Never use liquids.

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DESCRIPTION

Display screenSpeaker Microphone Keypad LEDs

SD memory card
port

LEDs

Flashing blue Incoming call

Steady blue light Call in progres s

Flashing red Hold, microphone and

Steady red light Mute, microphone turne d off

speaker turned off

Expansion microphone

Power supply port

port

Analog line connection

Expansion
microphone port

Security lock port

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DESCRIPTION

KEYPAD

Navigation in menus

Display of call list

No/end/back

Start/stop recording

Increase volume

Decrease volume

Mute

HOLD

UP ARROW

C

MENU,

Settings menu

Alphanumerical buttons

DOWN ARROW

Navigation in menus

Display of call list

OK
Yes/conrm choice

Answer/connect calls and
Flash

During a call: Press to call
a new person

Hang up/end call

CONFERENCE
Automatic dialling of
conference groups

One press of this button
will always connect all
parties to a conference call

Phonebook

Writing text

Each button contains letters and characters – more than those shown on the button
(see illustration below). Press the same button repeatedly to change to another charac­ter. If there are two letters under the same button that you want to enter one after the
other, you need to pause slightly before entering the second letter.

Press the C button to delete the last character you entered.

(space) . - 1

G H I 4

P Q R S 7

A B C Å Ä Á À 2

J K L 5

T U V Ü Ú 8

0

D E F É È 3

M N O Ö Ø Ñ 6

W X Y Z 9