Polycom® SoundStation® IP 5000 Phone User Guide
Troubleshooting
The following tables contain general troubleshooting information to help you solve any problems you might encounter when you use the SoundStation IP 5000 conference phone. The tables list possible trouble symptoms, the likely causes of these problems, and recommended corrective actions to take. Problems are grouped as follows:
•Power and Startup on page 55
•Controls on page 56
•Access to Screens and Systems on page 57
•Calling on page 57
•Displays on page 58
•Audio on page 58
•Overall Functioning on page 58
To obtain more detailed troubleshooting information, you can access certain menus on your phone that test your phone hardware (see Testing Phone Hardware on page 59).
If your phone is unable to perform certain tasks, a warning icon, , will display in the status bar. You can view details about phone issues from the Warnings screen. For more information, see Investigating Phone Warnings on page 59.
Power and Startup
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The display shows Network Link | The network cable isn’t properly | Try the following: | |
is Down. | connected. | • Check the cable termination at the | |
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| switch or hub (furthest end of the | |
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| cable from the phone). | |
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| • Check that the switch or hub is | |
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| operational (flashing link/status | |
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| lights). |
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| • Verify that the LAN port is active. | |
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| Press | , and then select Status > |
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| Network > Ethernet. From the | |
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| Ethernet screen, scroll to LAN port | |
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| and verify that it’s Active. | |
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