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Introducing Phone Components Getting Started with Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 3 Introducing Phone Components The following figure shows the phone’s primary hardware features. Feature Description 1 Handset and Cord Provides audio output for calls that use the handset. 2 Speakerphone Provides ringer and ...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 4 Polycom, Inc. Understanding the Phone Keypad The following figure shows the keys on the phone console. Key Description 1 Arrow Keys Allow you to: • Scroll through lists. • Highlight items befo...

What Displays on the Touch Screen? Getting Started with Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 5 What Displays on the Touch Screen? Your phone displays video in two windows: a small picture-in-picture (PIP) window located on the top-right of the touch screen, and a larger window centered in the middle of the touc...

What Displays on the Touch Screen? Getting Started with Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 9 Phone Icons The following table describes the icons that display on the touch screen. Call counters only display when the icon appears next to the Line Key. Icon Description Buddy Status when provisioned by a Polycom ...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 14 Polycom, Inc. Entering Data and Editing Fields You can enter data and edit fields in these two ways: • Using a “keyboard” that displays on the touch screen. • Using the dialpad keys on the ph...

Entering Data and Editing Fields Getting Started with Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 17 Using the Dialpad Keys on the Phone Console You can use the keys on your phone console to update field information. To use the dialpad keys to enter or edit data: 1 Tap a field to select it. 2 Enter the information. Do...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 18 Polycom, Inc. 3 Tap the Save soft key. Enter special characters Do one of the following: • Press the , , or key on the dialpad one or more times. (Each key provides a different set of special...

Tips for When You’re in Video Calls Getting Started with Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 19 Tips for When You’re in Video Calls Use these tips when you’re in a video call or conference: • Check the near-site video to make sure it’s clear, bright, and sharp. For information on adjusting camera settings, see...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 20 Polycom, Inc. To clean the touch screen: 1 Tap > Settings > Basic > Screen Clean . The touch screen is disabled. The message “Touch screen is disabled. Press any key to exit” display...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 22 Polycom, Inc. Calling and Answering At any time, only one active call can be in progress on your phone. The active call is the one that has audio or video associated with it. There may be mul...

Calling and Answering Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 23 To display and access the calls on another Line Key, tap that Line Key. When you tap a Line Key, the first call on hold in the inactive call group for that Line Key will automatically resume.The number of calls associated ...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 24 Polycom, Inc. This section explains the following: • “Answering When Not in Another Call” on page 24 • “Answering When in Another Call” on page 25 • “Answering on a Shared Line” on page 26 • ...

Calling and Answering Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 25 To answer a call using the handset: >> Pick up the handset. To answer a call using the speakerphone: >> With the handset on-hook, do one of the following: — Tap the incoming call window that displays in the mid...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 26 Polycom, Inc. • The status indicator on the Line Key associated with the incoming call flashes green. • The call counter for the Line Key associated with the incoming call increments by one (...

Calling and Answering Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 27 Answering Calls Automatically You can enable the phone to automatically answer a call, so you don’t have to tap a soft key, Line Key, or other key to answer the call. If you enable this feature, the call automatically dire...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 28 Polycom, Inc. Placing Calls You can place a call in various ways using your phone: • Using the handset • Using the speakerphone • Using the headset You can dial the number first, and then cho...

Calling and Answering Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 29 In the following figure, the active call to Jack Jones has lasted for 21 minutes, 19 seconds. The calls to Francois and Catherine have lasted for 8 minutes, 33 seconds and 7 minutes, 1 second respectively. This section exp...

Calling and Answering Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 31 To dial a number using the speakerphone: >> With the handset on-hook, do one of the following: — Tap the New Call soft key or the Line Key, or press to obtain a dial tone. Then, enter the phone number. or — Enter the...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 32 Polycom, Inc. To dial a number using the headset: >> With the optional headset connected, do one of the following: — Tap the New Call soft key or the Line Key to obtain a dial tone. The...

Calling and Answering Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 33 Calling from Call Lists You can place calls from your missed, placed, and received call lists. To place a call from a call list: 1 Display a call list. (See “Viewing Call Lists” on page 58.) 2 From the Received Calls, Miss...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 34 Polycom, Inc. Calling by Speed Dialing You can quickly “speed dial” a contact by doing one of the following: • Tapping the contact’s Speed Dial Key.Not all contacts have a Speed Dial Key. For...

Calling and Answering Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 35 — From the idle screen, press . From the Speed Dial Information screen, scroll to the contact. Then, tap the contact, pick up the handset, or press . (During a call, you cannot access the Speed Dial Information screen by p...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 36 Polycom, Inc. Using a Headset If you use a headset, you can set up your phone so that all calls use your headset. You can also use the hookswitch button on your headset to place, answer, and ...

While Your Phone Rings Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 37 Using Electronic Hookswitch If you use a headset that supports electronic hookswitch, you can place, answer, and end calls by pressing the hookswitch button on your headset.For detailed information about how to use electr...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 38 Polycom, Inc. Rejecting Incoming Calls Reject a call to stop your phone from ringing and end the call so you can’t answer it. Calls you reject display in your Received Calls list. Rejecting c...

During Calls Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 39 Holding and Resuming Calls To place a call on hold, tap the Hold soft key or press during an active call. When you place a call on hold, the following happens: • The hold icon, , will display on the Line Key. • The Line Key status ...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 40 Polycom, Inc. Handling Multiple Calls on Hold Your phone displays all calls for a Line Key by displaying multiple windows on the screen. The phone only displays the calls for one Line Key at ...

During Calls Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 41 Transferring Calls A call can be transferred in one of three ways: • Consultative—The party to whom you want to transfer the call answers their phone before you transfer the call or hang up. — See “Performing a Consultative Transfe...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 42 Polycom, Inc. Performing a Blind Transfer When you use a blind transfer, you transfer a call without speaking to the party to whom you’re transferring the call. The call is automatically tran...

During Calls Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 43 Hosting Conference Calls You can set up a conference in one of two ways: • Using the Conference soft key or . The participant with whom you will exchange video is the participant you most recently added to the conference (if the pa...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 44 Polycom, Inc. The Conference window displays. To set up a conference call with an active call and a call on hold: >> If you have an active call and a call on hold (either on the same Li...

During Calls Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 45 To place a conference call on hold: >> During a conference call, tap the Hold soft key. The other participants in the conference call are placed on hold. The Conference window is minimized and placed in the inactive call grou...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 46 Polycom, Inc. Managing Conference Call Participants When you manage conference call participants, you can do the following: • Mute a participant. • Place a participant on hold. • Remove a par...

During Calls Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 47 To manage a conference call: 1 During a conference call, tap the window of the conference call participant you want to manage.The soft keys update so you can manage the participant.You can access the following soft keys: — Far Mute...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 48 Polycom, Inc. — To place the conference participant on hold, tap the Hold soft key. The held party cannot hear any participant, and no participant can hear the held party.To return the partic...

During Calls Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 49 To handle video during a call: 1 During a video call, tap the Video soft key or press to display the soft keys that allow you to access video features. (The Video soft key is only available when a video call is active. If you press...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 50 Polycom, Inc. — Swap —Switches the windows the sites display in. For example, the site in the PIP will display in the window in the center of the touch screen, and the site in the window in t...

Changing the Way Calls are Answered Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 51 To forward all calls to another party: 1 Do one of the following: — Tap > Features > Forward . or — From the idle screen, tap the Forward soft key. If your phone is set up with a single line, the Forwar...

Changing the Way Calls are Answered Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 53 Rejecting Calls from a Contact You can send all incoming calls from a particular contact to your voice and video mail system. (If you don’t have one set up, the call will still ring on your phone.) To send in...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 54 Polycom, Inc. Temporarily Refusing All Calls (Do Not Disturb) You can prevent your phone from ringing and displaying an incoming call window. When you enable Do Not Disturb: • The Do Not Dist...

Changing the Way Calls are Answered Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 55 The following figure shows the Do Not Disturb icon on the status bar and Line Key, and the “Do Not Disturb” message that scrolls under the time. To enable Do Not Disturb: >> Press . To disable Do Not Di...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 56 Polycom, Inc. To enable Do Not Disturb for a particular line: 1 Press . 2 From the Line Select screen, tap the line for which you want to apply Do Not Disturb. 3 From the Do Not Disturb scree...

Working with Call Lists Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 57 To disable Do Not Disturb for a particular line: 1 Tap or press . 2 From the Line Select screen, tap the line for which you want to disable Do Not Disturb. 3 From the Do Not Disturb screen, tap the Disable soft key. Work...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 58 Polycom, Inc. Viewing Call Lists You can access any call list from the Call Lists menu, or you can quickly access missed calls from the idle screen. To view a call list: >> Do one of th...

Working with Call Lists Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 59 Managing Call Lists You can clear all the records in a call list, or just one record. You can also choose a record in a list and return the call, store the call details in your local Contact Directory, or view detailed i...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 60 Polycom, Inc. Working with Contact Director y You can store a large number of contacts in your phone’s local Contact Directory. Contact your system administrator for the exact number.With Con...

Working with Contact Directory Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 61 Adding Contacts to Your Local Contact Director y You can add contacts to your local Contact Directory in the following ways: • Manually (if you have permission to update your local Contact Directory). See “Adding ...

Working with Contact Directory Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 63 — (Optional.) Tap the Divert Contact field, and then enter the phone number of the third party to which you want this contact’s calls sent. You can enter a maximum of 32 characters. — (Optional.) Tap the Auto Reje...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 64 Polycom, Inc. Updating Your Local Contact Director y You can update information for contacts in your local Contact Directory. To update a contact: 1 Tap > Features > Contact Directory ....

Working with Corporate Directory Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 65 From Corporate Directory, you can do the following: • Dial contacts. See “Calling from Directories” on page 33. • Search for contacts. See “Searching Corporate Directory” on page 65. • Add contacts to your local...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 66 Polycom, Inc. Do one of the following: — To perform a quick search, in the Search box, enter the first few characters of the contact’s first or last name (depending on how the directory is or...

Controlling What is Heard Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 67 Saving Corporate Director y Search Results You can enable your phone to save Corporate Directory search results, and to remember the last person you viewed in the directory. Whenever you re-display Corporate Directory,...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 68 Polycom, Inc. Changing the Ring Tone You can select from many different ring types to distinguish lines or to distinguish your phone from your neighbor’s phone. You can also set distinctive r...

Controlling What is Heard Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 69 Changing the Speaker Volume You can change the volume of what you hear during a call. To adjust the speaker volume: >> During a call, press either or to lower or raise the speaker volume. Changing the Ringer Volu...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 70 Polycom, Inc. Choosing Where You Hear Sound Effects You can choose whether you hear sound effects (all phone sounds except call audio) from the handset, headset, or speaker. For example, you ...

Managing Speed Dials Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 71 The following figure shows a phone with two Line Keys (2076 and 1948), and four Speed Dial Keys (assigned to Lauren Gates, Jack Jones, Milton Stone, and Teresa Swift). When a new entry is added to the Contact Directory, it ...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 72 Polycom, Inc. 3 Add contact information for the new contact (see “Adding Contacts to Your Local Contact Directory” on page 61). The speed dial index can be any unused value between the next a...

Accessing Voice and Video Mail Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 73 Accessing Voice and Video Mail To access voice or video messages: >> Press , and then follow the prompts to access your message(s). Working with Multiple and Shared Lines Your system administrator can custom...

Working with Multiple and Shared Lines Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 75 Supporting Multiple Line Keys Per Line Your system administrator can assign each phone line to a single Line Key, or to multiple Line Keys.Incoming and outgoing calls for a phone line will be distributed e...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 76 Polycom, Inc. Locking and Unlocking the Phone Lock your phone to do the following: • Prevent unauthorized outgoing calls. • Allow only authorized people to answer calls. • Prevent people from...

Locking and Unlocking the Phone Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 77 To change your user password: 1 Tap > Settings > Advanced . 2 From the Password screen, enter the administrator password, and then tap the Enter soft key. 3 From the Advanced screen, select Change User Pass...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 78 Polycom, Inc. To unlock your phone: 1 From the idle screen, tap the Unlock soft key. 2 From the Unlock the Phone screen, enter your password, and then tap the Enter soft key. (For information...

Locking and Unlocking the Phone Using the Basic Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 79 or — Place a call to an authorized number by using the handset, headset, or speakerphone. For information on using the handset, headset, or speakerphone to place a call, see “Placing Calls” on page 28. If you try...

Polycom, Inc. 81 3 Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone This chapter shows you how to use the advanced features of your Polycom ® VVX ® 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco ® Unified Communications Manager (SIP). The topics include: • “Placing Calls Using the H.323 Protocol” on page 81 • “Work...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 82 Polycom, Inc. Your system administrator can set up your phone so that it can handle calls that use either the SIP or H.323 protocol, or both protocols. Your phone may be set up so that a line...

Working with a Polycom CMA System Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 83 When you place calls from call lists or directories, your phone will automatically choose the protocol to use based on the information in the call list or directory. When you set up a contact in your Local C...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 84 Polycom, Inc. — To perform a quick search, start typing a name, and then tap the Submit soft key. The screen displays a list of people, starting with any successful matches.If your search ret...

Working with a Polycom CMA System Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 85 This section explains the following: • “Inviting People in the CMA Directory to Your Buddy Status List” on page 85 • “Removing Buddies from Your Buddy Status List” on page 87 • “Seeing Who’s Available” on pa...

Working with a Polycom CMA System Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 87 If the person already exists in your local Contact Directory, “Contact already exists” displays. (If your local Contact Directory is read-only, you can’t add the contact, and the message “Local contact direc...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 88 Polycom, Inc. The following table shows the icons that indicate a buddy’s status. Viewing Buddies from the Idle Screen Your phone automatically assigns a buddy to a Speed Dial Key (if one is ...

Working with a Polycom CMA System Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 89 The following figure shows a phone that is monitoring five buddies from their Speed Dial Keys. The buddies have the following status: • Catherine is on the phone, but can accept another call. • Jack Jones is...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 90 Polycom, Inc. The following figure shows a Buddy Status list. Choosing How You Accept Invitations Each time a person adds you to their status list, your phone receives an invitation. You can ...

Working with a Polycom CMA System Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 91 To choose a method to accept invitations: 1 Tap > Settings > Basic > Preferences > Presence . 2 From the Presence screen, select one of the following options: — Prompt —Choose this option if you ...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 92 Polycom, Inc. In the following figure, two people, Cath Gates and Milton Stone, have invited you to join their status lists. 2 Press or to select the person whose invitation you want to accep...

Working with a Polycom CMA System Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 93 When you select a status setting (other than online), the setting scrolls under the time display on the status bar.The following table shows the status you can set, what the status means, and what displays o...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 94 Polycom, Inc. The status you selected scrolls under the time display on the status bar (unless you selected Online).The following figure shows what the touch screen looks like when you select...

Working with a Polycom CMA System Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 95 To dial from a Speed Dial Key: >> From the idle screen, tap the buddy’s Speed Dial Key. The call is placed. About Your Login Credentials If your phone is provisioned by a CMA system, your system admini...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 96 Polycom, Inc. Recording Calls and Conferences If the Call Recording and Playback feature is available, and you connect a USB flash drive to the USB port on your phone, you can record active c...

Recording Calls and Conferences Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 97 The Record soft key controls recording and is available: • When there are one or more calls connected to your phone • During an active call • When calls are on hold • During a consultative transfer or conferen...

Recording Calls and Conferences Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 99 Recording Calls To record a call: 1 During a call, tap the Record soft key. The Start soft key displays. 2 To start recording, tap the Start soft key. Polycom recommends that you don’t remove the USB flash dri...

Recording Calls and Conferences Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 101 Recording Conferences You can record conference calls in the same way as other calls with the following exceptions: • All conference call participants are recorded. If one of the conference participants press...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 102 Polycom, Inc. To resume a recording: >> Tap the Resume soft key. The Recording icon displays on the status bar when you restart recording. Playing Back Recorded Calls If the Call Recor...

Playing Back Recorded Calls Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 103 Playback stops if you tap the Stop soft key, or press , , , or . If the handset is off-hook when you tap the Play soft key, you will hear audio through the handset. If the handset is on-hook when you tap the Play...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 104 Polycom, Inc. 2 From the Browse Recordings screen, tap the recording you want to rename, delete, or play back.You can rename, delete, or play back the selected .wav file by tapping the Renam...

Playing Back Recorded Calls Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 105 Answering a Call While Playing Back Recorded Calls If you’re playing back a file and an incoming call arrives, playback pauses and the phone rings. If you don’t answer your phone, playback remains paused, and you...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 106 Polycom, Inc. Using the Browser Your phone can display a Web page on the idle screen. You may be able to tap hyperlinks on this Web page to view additional Web pages in the main Web Browser....

Using the Browser Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 107 Using Navigation Soft Keys Navigation soft keys allow you to view previous Web pages, refresh the current page, return to the home page, or go back to the idle screen. Tap this soft key ... To do this ... Go back to the pr...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 108 Polycom, Inc. Using Editing Soft Keys Editing soft keys allow you to enter information in text boxes. To display the editing soft keys, tap a text box in the main Web Browser. Tap this soft ...

Updating Your Phone’s Configuration Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone Polycom, Inc. 109 Updating Your Phone’s Configuration You can update your phone’s configuration without restarting the phone. To update your phone’s configuration: 1 Tap > Settings > Basic > Update Configuration ....

Polycom, Inc. 111 4 Customizing the Phone Display This chapter shows you how to customize your Polycom ® VVX ® 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco ® Unified Communications Manager (SIP) display by adjusting certain settings, such as the time and date display, the brightness of the touch screen, an...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 112 Polycom, Inc. Changing the Time and Date Display The time and date appear on the phone’s touch screen. If the phone cannot obtain a time and date, the display will flash. Contact your system...

Changing the Brightness of the Touch Screen Customizing the Phone Display Polycom, Inc. 113 To enable or disable the time and date display: 1 Tap > Settings > Basic > Preferences > Time & Date . 2 From the Time & Date screen, do one of the following: — To disable the time and dat...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 114 Polycom, Inc. To modify the backlight intensity: 1 Tap > Settings > Basic > Backlight Intensity . 2 Tap Backlight On Intensity . 3 From the Backlight On Intensity screen, tap the in...

Changing the Background Picture Customizing the Phone Display Polycom, Inc. 115 To change the background picture: 1 Tap > Settings > Basic > Preferences > Background . The Background screen displays. The following figure shows a sample Background screen. (Your screen will have the Defaul...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 116 Polycom, Inc. Using One of Your Own Pictures as the Background Picture You can use a picture that is stored on your USB flash drive as the background picture on your phone. When you set one ...

Displaying Screen Savers Customizing the Phone Display Polycom, Inc. 117 Displaying Screen Savers You can set up a screen saver to display the pictures stored on a USB flash drive. The screen saver will automatically start each time your phone is idle a certain amount of time. You can stop the scree...

Using Your Phone as a Picture Frame Customizing the Phone Display Polycom, Inc. 119 Stopping and Disabling Screen Savers You can stop a screen saver at any time, and display the idle screen, by tapping the touch screen. After your phone is idle for the specified period of time, the screen saver will...

Changing When and How Video Displays Customizing the Phone Display Polycom, Inc. 121 — To pause and display the current picture only, tap . To display the pictures one-by-one again, tap . — To stop displaying the pictures and return to the idle screen, tap . The pictures will not display again until...

Changing When and How Video Displays Customizing the Phone Display Polycom, Inc. 123 Starting and Stopping Near-Site Video During a Call During a call, you can choose to start and stop the transmission of near-site video at any time. To start or stop near-site video during a call: 1 During a video c...

Changing When and How Video Displays Customizing the Phone Display Polycom, Inc. 125 Changing the Clarity of Near-Site Video You can change the clarity of near-site video, including the brightness, contrast, and sharpness levels of the video image. These settings affect how near-site video displays ...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 126 Polycom, Inc. — Contrast Level —sets the difference in brightness between the light and dark areas of near-site video.Press and drag the slider, or tap the Up or Down soft keys, to set the l...

Changing When and How Video Displays Customizing the Phone Display Polycom, Inc. 127 Displaying Incoming Video Calls in a Large Window You can enable your phone to display far-site video on the full screen, rather than in a smaller window in the center of the screen (the default setting). To display...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 128 Polycom, Inc. Changing How Non-PIP Video Displays You can adjust the appearance of video images so that the video that displays in the window in the center of the touch screen, and on the fu...

Changing When and How Video Displays Customizing the Phone Display Polycom, Inc. 129 Full —The video image is stretched to fill the touch screen. Crop —Black bars don’t appear, and the video image is re-sized to maintain the correct aspect ratio. Any parts of the image that don’t fit within the touc...

Changing When and How Video Displays Customizing the Phone Display Polycom, Inc. 131 To change the way the PIP displays: 1 Tap > Settings > Basic > Video > Local Camera View . 2 From the Local Camera View screen, tap, and then adjust the following settings: — Local Camera View (Full Scre...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 132 Polycom, Inc. Setting the Call Rate for Video Calls You can set the maximum bandwidth to use for a video call. The call rate you select applies to your next video call. To set the maximum ba...

Changing Power Saving Settings Customizing the Phone Display Polycom, Inc. 133 If a screen saver is enabled on your phone, power-saving mode will still occur. For example, if a screen saver is set up to display after the phone is idle for five minutes, and power-saving mode is set up to turn off the...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) 134 Polycom, Inc. Changing Timeouts You can update the period of time the phone will be idle before the touch screen turns off (if the camera doesn’t detect motion). You can specify different ti...

Changing Power Saving Settings Customizing the Phone Display Polycom, Inc. 135 Changing User Detection Settings You can specify how sensitive the camera should be at detecting motion. If the camera detects motion (for example, if you’re near the phone), your phone will not initiate power-saving mode...

Polycom, Inc. Safety Notices - 137 Safety Notices Service Agreements Please contact your Polycom Authorized Reseller for information about service agreements applicable to your product. Governing Law This Limited Warranty and Limitation of Liability shall be governed by the laws of the State of Cali...

User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) Safety Notices - 140 Polycom, Inc. Safety and Compliance (continued) WARNING Electrical Safety To avoid electric shock, do not connect safety extra low voltage (SELV) circuits to teleconference ...

Polycom, Inc. Appendix - 143 Appendix: Menu System 1 Features Forward If enabled Always No Answer Busy Contact Directory Corporate Directory If enabled and license available CMA Directory If enabled and license available Call Lists Missed Calls Received Calls Placed Calls Clear Missed Calls Received...

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