20 Most Recent Nortel Meridian M7208 Corded Phone - Page 4 Questions & Answers

This usually means the PBX unit is booting up.

Try power cycling the PBX unit. If that does not work, there is some hardware failure on the PBX.

Reset admin password -Norstar Meridian.

So is the display not working or are you trying to set up caller ID?

M7208 phones were delivered with the very first Nortel systems and if you have one of those, you're not getting CID. The CICS cabinet or higher requries a CID trunk card and IIRC 5.0 or higher software. If all of those are in place, as a minimum you can press FEATURE 811 to display CID info.

Carl

Press FEATURE button then dial #85.

To transfer a call on a m 7208 while talking to the caller press feature 70 then the number of the extension you want to transfer the call to. You can wait to speak to the co worker to tell them who's being transfered to them or just hang up. Either way when you hang up the call is transfered.

Do a button inquiry to find your prime line(intercom number). Press feature *0 then the button you want to identify. Your prime line will be either the bottom programmable button or the next one up.
The button defintion will appear in the LCD screen for each button inquiry you do.

try another M7208 phone using the same connection including the same line cord, if that phone works then the first phone is bad, if not then look for trouble at the outlet or line cord

Changing the time on a Norstar system must be done using a display phone. Using a M7310, M7324, or T7316. The 4 top line/feature keys are now used for programming.
the right 2 buttons under the display are "NEXT" and "SHOW" respectively.

1.- To enter programming mode press "FEATURE" and "* * 2 6 6 3 4 4"
2.- Enter password (default = 266344) - display should read "Terminals & Sets"
3.- Press "NEXT"(bottom right arrow) 5 times - display should read "Time and Date"
4.- Press "SHOW" (top right arrow)- display should read "Hour:___"
5.- Press softkey "CHANGE"
6.- Enter hour - display should read "AM OK or Change"
7.- Select AM or PM
8.- Press "NEXT"(bottom right arrow) - display should read "Minutes:___"
9.- Press softkey "CHANGE"
10.- Enter minutes
11.- Press "NEXT"(bottom right arrow) - display should read "Year:___"
12.- Press softkey "CHANGE"
13.- Enter year
14.- Press "NEXT"(bottom right arrow) - display should read "Month:___"
15.- Press softkey "CHANGE"
16.- Enter month
17.- Press "NEXT" (bottom right arrow)- display should read "Day:___"
18.- Press softkey "CHANGE"
19.- Enter day
20.- Press "NEXT" (bottom right arrow)
21.- Press the Rls key

Hung lines can be cleared from the admin menu using option 9. Clear lines. This will let you see whitch lines are currently in use and how long they have been active. You can then choose if you want to disconnect each line individually.

The message was probably left by a co-worker. To turn off the message light enter in feature #65.

You can use the do not disturb function on your set. When used it will stop all ringing on your set(both line ring and intercom ring). To turn on DND, press feature 85, to turn the DND back off press feature #85.

The feature to change the ring patern on a set is feature *6.

Sounds like you have something in your call log.To view the call log press feature 812.

check the manual of the phone, you will get the password inside the manual

Hi,
To reset your voice mail password,on press feature 983 the screen should say log:
enter 1020000 (default password) if you have a 3 digit intercom number, 120000 if you have a 2 digit intercom number
the display should say mbox, AA, and other above the three soft keys
press the mbox soft key
the screen should say add, del, and chng above the soft keys
press the chng soft key
enter in the mailbox number you wish to reset the password on
press ok
the screen should say reset and next above the soft keys
press the reset soft key
press the Release key
your password should be reset to 0000

Take care

Programming is done on 7310, 7324 and 7316 type sets.
Enter programming by pressing the feature key followed by **266344.When prompted to enter the password enter 266344.
The screen should say TERMINALS&SETS. The 4 top line/feature keys are now used for programming.
At the terminals&sets prompt, press the show key (top right arrow).
The display should now ask for an extension number. Enter extension number you want to change the line appearance on.
Press the show key (top right arrow)
The display should say Line Access.
Press the show key (top right arrow)
The display should say Line Assignment
Press the show key (top right arrow)
The display should ask for a line number
Depending on the version of system the line numbers can be lines 001-004, 025-028, 049-052 or 001-004, 031-034, 061-064.
The easier thing for you to do is to press the list soft key then the next key (bottom right arrow).
this will tell the line order and if the line is assigned to appear & ring or not.
Press the change key to change the status of the line on your set from unassigned to appear& ring on lines 001,002,003,004,and either 005,025 or 031 for line 5.
press the Rls key when finished

To reset your voice mail password,on press feature 983 the screen should say log:
enter 1020000 (default password) if you have a 3 digit intercom number, 120000 if you have a 2 digit intercom number
the display should say mbox, AA, and othr above the three soft keys
press the mbox soft key
the screen should say add, del, and chng above the soft keys
press the chng soft key
enter in the mailbox number you wish to reset the password on
press ok
the screen should say reset and next above the soft keys
press the reset soft key
press the Rls key
your password should be reset to 0000

I guess it's time to solve this because it has appeared at the top of my list now for far too long.

When a system loses programming, it's probably because the backup battery did not work. I'm guessing a 616 or lower cabinet with DR-1 or DR-2 software in a cartridge with battery backup in the cartridge.

A service call to replace the DR and reprogram is probably going to cost about $200. You can buy a battery backup and reprogram the system yourself if you have the installer password, knowing that if the BBU fails, you will have to reprogram it yourself, or you can check with your local Nortel supplier or eBay and get a new cartridge, system, or whatever.

The cartridge is about $60, the sysem about $300 used, and you pick whatever.

Carl