Change Time on NEC Phone Systems

How to change the time and date on NEC Electra phones and IPK and SV8100.

Here are the steps to change the time and date on the NEC Electra phone system and the date and time on the NEC IPK and SV8100. You can find the NEC Manuals here.

Changing the time on a Electra Elite & Professional system must be done from the main phone, usually extension #100.

From extension 100:
  • First Press Feature and then Dial 9#.
  • Next enter the hour and the minute and then Press Recall to change the AM/PM setting.
  • Next Press Hold to change the date.
  • Then Press Recall to change the day of week.
  • Next Dial # to move the cursor to the day of month field and enter the correct day.
  • Press Recall again to select month and then dial # to move the cursor to the year field where you will enter last 2 digits of current year.
  • Press Feature to exit.

Changing the time on a NEC IPK II and SV8100

  • First Press Speaker then Press 728. Then follow the steps starting with the year. *Note: Extension users can dial Service Code 728 to change the time only if allowed by an extension Class of Service. If not then it must be done through system programming (see below*).
  • *By using System Programming: From any display phone Press Speaker then #*#* and enter password.
  • Enter 1 0 0 1
    then 0 1 to start with the year.
    Enter the 2 digit year. Press Transfer then Enter the 2 digit Month. Press Transfer then Enter the 2 digit Day. Press Transfer then Enter 1 digit for the day of the week: 1 for Sunday, 7 for Saturday.
  • Enter the time in Military fashion.
  • Finish by Pressing Transfer and Exit.