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Setting a Background Image on your Cisco IP Phone

Last modified 4/3/2025

Your Cisco VoIP phone allows you to choose a background image from a number of Illinois State University images.

To set a background image for your VoIP phone’s display, do the following:

  1. On your VoIP phone, press the Settings button.
  2. With the User Preferences highlighted, press the Select button.
  3. Use the arrow pad to highlight Background Images.
  4. Press the Select button.
  5. Use the arrow pad to highlight one of the available images.
  6. With the desired image highlighted, press the Select button.
  7. To preview the background image, press the Preview button.
  8. When you are done previewing the image, press the Exit button.
  9. To save the highlighted image as your background image, press the Save button. 

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