Below is the most common help needed on your ESI phone system. If additional assistance is needed please call .

Update the date and time

  • At any ESI phone:
  • Press ‘PROG/HELP’
  • Press ‘HOLD’
  • Enter the admin password (your admin password#)
  • Press ‘1’ (for the system programming)
  • Press ‘4’ (to set the clock and calendar)
  • Press ‘1’ (to set the date and time manually)
  • enter the time in 12 hour format
  • Press ‘#’ to save
  • Continue to follow the given directions to update the calendar if needed
  • Hang up

Main greeting

  • At any ESI phone:
  • Press ‘PROG/HELP’
  • Press ‘HOLD’
  • Enter the admin password (your admin password#)
  • Press ‘6’ (for recording of prompts)
  • Press ‘1’ (for the system prompts)
  • Press ‘1#’ (for the Branch ID you want to record)
  • Press ‘1’ to start and ‘1’ to stop the recording.
  • Press ‘#’ to save
  • Hang up

Directory names

  • At any ESI phone:
  • Press ‘PROG/HELP’
  • Press ‘HOLD’
  • Enter the admin password (your admin password#)
  • Press ‘6’ (for recording of prompts)
  • Press ‘2’ (for the directory names, these are the names played from the main menu)
  • Enter the extension number you wish to record.
  • Press ‘1’ to start and ‘1’ to stop the recording. Recite the first and last name.
  • Press ‘#’ to save
  • Hang up

For immediate after hours assistance choose menu option 6 and leave a call back number. A technician will be paged and return your call immediately.

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