7960

Reboot phone

To reboot Cisco 7940/7960 IP phone hold down the following keys :

* and 6 and Settings

Unlock phone

Press Settings→ scroll down the screen to option 9 Unlock Config
Deault password is <fc #ff0000>cisco</fc>

Reset the 7940 and 7960 IP Phones to the Factory Default

In order to perform a factory reset of a phone if the password is set, complete these steps:

  1. Unplug the power cable from the phone, and then plug in the cable again.

The phone begins its power up cycle.

  1. Immediately press and hold <fc #ff0000>#</fc> and while the <fc #00ff00>Headset</fc>, <fc #ff0000>Mute</fc>, and <fc #00ff00>Speaker</fc> buttons begin to flash in sequence, release #.
  2. The Headset, Mute, and Speaker buttons flash in sequence in order to indicate that the phone waits for you to enter the key sequence for the reset.
  3. Press <fc #ff0000>123456789*0#</fc> within 60 seconds after the <fc #00ff00>Headset</fc>, <fc #ff0000>Mute</fc>, and <fc #00ff00>Speaker</fc> buttons begin to flash.
  1. If you enter this key sequence correctly, the phone displays this prompt:

Keep network cfg? 1 = yes 2 = no