VMG8825-B Series User’s Guide
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Voice
23.1 Overview
Use this chapter to:
• Connect an analog phone to the VMG.
• Configure settings such as speed dial.
• Configure network settings to optimize the voice quality of your phone calls.
23.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
These screens allow you to configure your VMG to make phone calls over the Internet and your regular
phone line, and to set up the phones you connect to the VMG.
• Use the
SIP Account
screen (
) to set up information about your SIP account,
control which SIP accounts the phones connected to the VMG use and configure audio settings such
as volume levels for the phones connected to the VMG.
• Use the
SIP Service Provider
) to configure the SIP server information,
QoS for VoIP calls, the numbers for certain phone functions, and dialing plan.
• Use the
Phone Device
screen (
) to view detailed information of the phone
devices.
• Use the
Region
) to change settings that depend on the country you
are in.
• Use the
Call Rule
screen (
) to set up shortcuts for dialing frequently-used
(VoIP) phone numbers.
• Use the
Call History
screen (
) to view detailed information for each outgoing
call you made or each incoming call from someone calling you.
• Use the
Call Summary
screen (
) to view the summary list of received, dialed
and missed calls.
You don’t necessarily need to use all these screens to set up your account. In fact, if your service
provider did not supply information on a particular field in a screen, it is usually best to leave it at its
default setting.
23.1.2 What You Need to Know About VoIP
VoIP
VoIP stands for Voice over IP. IP is the Internet Protocol, which is the message-carrying standard the
Internet runs on. So, Voice over IP is the sending of voice signals (speech) over the Internet (or another
network that uses the Internet Protocol).