Polycom 1725-16844-001 Entering and Updating Data, Placing Calls, Answering Calls, Ending Calls

Entering and Updating Data

To enter data:

1.Tap the field you want to edit, and then

tap (beside the screen title).

2.From the “keyboard” on the touch screen, tap the letter, number, or character you want. You can do the following:

•To toggle between lowercase, uppercase, numerical, and titlecase modes, tap the abc, ABC, 123, or Abc soft keys.

•To enter special characters, tap

to display the special characters keyboard. To return to

alphabetic mode, tap .

•To enter text in a special language, tap the Latin, Katakana, Unicode, Cyrillic or ASCII soft keys to toggle between different languages.

•To delete data you entered, press

or to position the cursor to the right of the character you want

to delete, and then tap .

3.Tap .

To enable or disable fields, or choose a field option:

>>Tap the field name, and then tap the field’s highlighted box. From the drop- down list, tap the option you want.

BASIC PHONE FEATURES

Placing Calls

(If a call is not automatically placed after you enter the phone number, tap the Send soft key.)

Using the handset:

>>Pick up the handset, and then enter the phone number by tapping the touch screen or using the phone keypad.

Using the speakerphone:

>>With the handset on-hook, tap the New Call soft key or a Line Key, and then enter the phone number by tapping the touch screen or using the phone keypad.

Using the optional headset:

>>With the headset connected, press

, and then enter the phone

number by tapping the touch screen or using the phone keypad.

To place a call from a locked phone, tap the New Call soft key, select the number you want to call, and then tap the Dial soft key. You can only dial authorized numbers from a locked phone.

Answering Calls

Using the handset:

>>Pick up the handset.

Using the speakerphone:

>>With the handset on-hook, tap the Answer soft key or the Line Key with the flashing green status indicator.

Using the optional headset:

>>With the headset connected, press

.

To answer a call from a locked phone, tap the Answer soft key, enter your user password, and then tap the Enter soft key. (For information about your user password, see Locking/Unlocking Your Phone.)

Answering Calls When You’re on Another Call

If an incoming call arrives while you have an active call, you’ll hear a call-waiting beep, and the incoming call is displayed. To answer the new call, tap the Answer soft key. The phone places the original call on hold.

Ending Calls

To end a call, tap the End Call soft key.

Your phone may be set up so that you can end active calls by tapping the Line Key associated with the call.

Using Video

Make sure you open the privacy shutter (centered above the touch screen) using the privacy shutter adjuster (centered along the top edge, above the camera). You can also adjust the camera barrel (located behind the camera) up or down.

During a video call, tap the Video soft key to do the following:

•To start or stop transmitting video, tap the Start Video or Stop Video

soft key.

•To display the video that appears in the large window on the entire screen, tap the Full Screen soft key. To return to normal viewing mode, tap the

full screen video.

•To toggle the video to display large far-site video with PIP near-site video, or PIP far-site video with larger near- site video, tap the Swap soft key.

•To exit the video options, tap the Back soft key.

During an audio-only call, the video soft keys are not available.

Disabling Video

You can disable your phone from automatically transmitting video at the start of all calls.

To disable video at the start of all calls:

1.Tap > Settings > Basic > Video > Video Call Settings.

2.Tap the Auto Start Video Tx field’s highlighted box. From the drop-down list, tap Disabled. Then, tap the Save soft key.

Muting the Microphone

During a call, press . The key glows red.

You can hear all other parties while Mute is enabled, but the other parties cannot hear you.

To turn off Mute, press again. The red LED turns off.

Holding and Resuming Calls

To place a call on hold:

>>Tap the Hold soft key.

To resume a call on hold:

>>Tap the Resume soft key.

(If you have more than one call on hold, tap the call on hold to select it, and then tap the Resume soft key. If you have more than three calls on

hold on a Line Key, tap or to select the call on hold.)

If you have multiple Line Keys, you can resume the first call on hold on another Line Key by tapping the associated Line Key.

Polycom VVX 1500 Business Media Phone Quick User Guide. 1725-16844-001 Rev. B / June, 2010 Edition 2