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How to change the language of the Cisco SPA504G

This tutorial shows how to change the language of your VOIP phone Cisco SPA 504G.

1. Download and install TFTPD32

2. Download SPA Phone Localization XML dictionaries (download both: english and your language)

3. Extract the language ZIP or copy the (extracted) XML files to the TFTPD folder

4. Run TFTPD32, press [Show dir] to verify that your XML files are available as a tftp download

5. Log into the web interface of your phone (http://ip.of.your.phone/)

6. Switch over to Admin login: advanced (top right)

7. Insert your dictionary script (as one line) into Voice -> Regional -> Dictionary Server Script (at the bottom of the page), e.g.:

Dictionary_Server_Script ua="na" serv=tftp://192.168.0.2/;
d0=English;x0=spa50x_30x_en_v747.xml;
d1=German;x1=spa50x_30x_de_v746.xml; / Dictionary_Server_Script

Replace 192.168.0.2 with the IP of your PC, d1=German and x1=spa50x_30x_de_v746.xml with your language and your language file.

8. Insert your language as used above (e.g. German) into the Change Language Selection-field below

9. [Submit All Changes], your phone should now reboot

10. You should notice the download of the XML files in the tftp Log viewer and your phone should talk in your language then

How to change the background image

1. Place a 128 x 48 pixel bitmap (b/w, 2 bits, .BMP format) in the tftp folder

2. In the web interface set your bitmap URI at Voice -> Phone -> BMP Picture Download URL to your bitmap path, e.g.:

tftp://192.168.0.2/background.bmp

Replace 192.168.0.2 with the IP of your PC and background.bmp with the name of your bitmap.

3. [Submit All Changes], your phone should now change the background image

How to add ringtones

Use the ringtone utility from the Cisco Support Forums.

Need further informations?

For further informations read the Cisco SPA 500 admin guide, visit the Cisco Support Forums or Cisco Community Central.

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