Set time zone and time format

The default time zone on your phone is GMT-8:00. Set your time zone to display your local time on the phone. Your phone displays time in 12-hour format by default. You can change it to 24-hour time format, if needed.

The setting is only available on the phones registered to Webex Calling or BroadWorks.

1

Press Settings the Settings hard key

2

Select User preferences > Language and region > Time settings.

3

Select your time zone, and press Apply.

4

Select Time format, select the 24-hour or 12-hour time format, and press Apply.

1

Press Settings the Settings hard key

2

Go to the Language and region section.

3

Tap Time settings > Time zone and select your time zone.

4

Tap Time format and select the 24-hour or 12-hour time format.

Change language for your phone

You can change the language on the phone when it is not in a call or a meeting. After you change the language on the phone, you can use the alphabet of the selected language. For example, you try to search a contact in a directory.

For Cisco Desk Phone 9871, the soft keyboard doesn't support Korean, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese. When you set your phone to any of these languages, only the English keyboard is available.

Your administrator can deploy specific languages to your phone. If you can't change the language or can't find your language, contact your administrator.

Your phone supports the following languages:

  • Arabic
  • Catalan (Spain)
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English (United Kingdom)
  • English (United States)
  • Finnish
  • French (Canada)
  • French (France)
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Hungarian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Portuguese (Portugal)
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese (China)
  • Serbian
  • Slovak
  • Spanish (Colombia)
  • Spanish (Spain)
  • Swedish
  • Thai
  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian

1

Press Settings the Settings hard key

2

Select User preferences > Language and region > Language.

3

Select a language for your phone from the list, and press Apply.

4

Press Restart.

The setting takes affect after the phone restarts.
1

Press Settings the Settings hard key

2

Go to the Language and region section.

3

Tap Language, navigate through the list, and select the language for your phone.

4

Tap Restart.

The setting takes affect after the phone restarts.