| Features: | Benefits: |
|---|
| Lighted Hold Key | Lights when pressed to put a call on hold and stays lit until the held call has been resumed, or flashes if one call is held while another is engaged; is dark when no calls are on hold. |
| Lighted Menu Key | Lights when pressed to access voicemail messages, call logs, network settings, user preferences, corporate directories, and XML services; stays lit while menu items are active. |
| Lighted message waiting indicator | Lights when there is new voicemail and is visible on both the phone chassis and the handset; stays lit until new voicemail has been processed by the user. |
| Graphical display | Graphical monochrome display with resolution of 192 x 64 pixels provides a scrollable 3-line intuitive access to calling features and text-based XML applications; the Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906G also supports audio-based XML applications. |
| Four soft keys buttons and a Scroll Toggle Bar | Dynamically present calling options to the user; the scroll toggle bar allows easy movement through the displayed information. |
| Network features | Cisco Discovery Protocol; IEEE 802.1 p/q tagging and switching. |
| Volume control | A volume-control toggle to provide easy decibel-level adjustments of the handset, monitor speaker, and ringer. |
| Single-position foot stand | Optimum display viewing and comfortable use of buttons and keys; the foot stand can be removed for wall mounting with mounting holes located on the base of the phone. |
| Multiple ring tones | Offers more than 24 user-selectable ring tones. |
| American Disabilities Act (ADA) features | A handset that meets Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Act requirements is available; the handset also meets HAC requirements for magnetic coupling to approved HAC hearing aids. The dial pad also is ADA compliant. |
| Signaling protocol support | Supported in Cisco Unified CallManager Versions 3.3(5)SR2, 4.1(3)SR3a, 4.2(1)SR1, and higher using Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP); supports both SCCP and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) with Cisco Unified CallManager Version 5.0(2) and higher. |
| Codec support | Provides G.711a, G.711u, G.729a, G.729b, and G.729ab audio-compression codecs. |
| Configuration options | Provisioning of network parameters through Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). |
| Voice quality | Comfort-noise generation and voice-activity-detection (VAD) programming on a system basis. |
