
Phoning
Mitel 6873 SIP
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eud-1744/1.4 – R5.0 HF2 – 10.2017
Dialling from the phone book (directory lookup)
You want to make a call by entering a name.
With directory lookup, you can search for a contact in your private phone
book, system phone book or a connected external phone book. The
response time may vary depending on the size and the number of phone
books connected. The following search options are available:
Tips for
search
input:
• Ask your system administrator whether you should start with the sur-
name or the first name.
• The search function is not affected by upper/lower case and special
characters.
• More information on the phone books can be found in chapter "Phone
Menu
Description
Quickdial
With Quickdial you only need to press the digit keys for
each letter once, even though each key is assigned sev-
eral letters. An efficient algorithm provides quick search
results.
Dial by name
Enter the corresponding letter for dialling by name.
Advanced search
If you select
Advanced search
, you can search directly in
the connected external phone books. This function is not
available if no external phone book is connected.
Directory search (dial by name):
Press the function key for
Phone book
.
➔
Dial by name is opened.
➔
Press the key on the bottom right of the screen (hide keypad) >
Quickdial
to
be able to use directory search with quickdial.
In the
Dial by name
field, enter the first few letters of the name you are looking
for.
1. Press the Enter key.
➔
Names list and presence status of the contact (or
List empty
, if the phone
is unable to find a matching user) is displayed.
2. Select the desired user.
Pick up the handset or press the
Dial
softkey.
➔
The phone number displayed is dialled.