Locking/Unlocking Your Phone

(This feature may not be enabled on your phone.)

Lock your phone to allow only authorized calling and answering. To unlock your phone or answer a call from a locked phone, you need to enter your user password. By default, your user password is 123.

If you update your password and forget it, contact your system administrator.

To change your password:

1.Tap > Settings > Advanced.

2.Enter your user password, and then tap the Enter soft key.

3.From the Advanced screen, select

Change User Password.

4.Enter your password information, and then tap the Enter soft key.

To lock your phone:

1.Tap > Settings > Basic > Lock Phone.

2.Select how you want incoming calls handled when your phone is locked, and then tap the Lock soft key.

To unlock your phone:

1.From the idle screen, tap the Unlock soft key.

2.Enter your user password, and then tap the Enter soft key.

CUSTOMIZING YOUR PHONE

Updating Contact Directory

To add or edit a contact:

1.Tap > Features > Contact Directory.

2.Tap the Add or Edit soft key.

3.Tap a field, add or edit the information, and then tap the Save soft key.

To search for a contact:

1.Tap > Features > Contact Directory.

2.Tap the More soft key, and then tap the Search soft key.

3.Enter the first few characters of the contact’s first or last name, and then tap the Search soft key.

Adjusting Volume

To change the handset, speakerphone, or headset volume:

>>During a call, press or .

To change the ringer volume:

>>When the phone is idle, press

or .

Updating Ring Tones

(Your company’s settings may not allow this feature.)

To change the incoming ring tone:

1.Tap > Settings > Basic > Ring Type.

2.If your phone has multiple lines, tap the line for which to update the ring tone.

3.Tap the ring type you want, and then tap the Select soft key.

To set a ring tone for a contact:

1.Tap > Features > Contact Directory.

2.Search for the contact (see Updating Contact Directory).

3.Tap the Edit soft key.

4.Scroll to and select Ring Type, select a ring type for the contact, and then tap the Save soft key.

Setting Up a Screen Saver

(This feature may not be enabled on your phone.)

After the phone is idle for a certain amount of time, your phone can display a screen saver of your own pictures.

To stop a screen saver and return to the idle screen, tap the touch screen.

To set up a screen saver:

1.Place your pictures on a USB flash drive, either in the root directory or in a folder.

(For information on supported file types and sizes for pictures, see the User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 Business Media Phone at www.polycom.com/ voicedocumentation.)

2.Attach the USB flash drive to the USB port on the right side of your phone. (It’s behind a door you flip down.)

3.Tap > Settings > Basic > Preferences > Picture Frame.

4.From the Picture Frame screen:

•In the Folder field, enter the name of the folder in which you placed your pictures on the USB flash drive.

(If your pictures are in the root directory, leave the field blank.)

•In the Time Per Image field, enter the number of seconds you want each picture to display.

•Tap the Save soft key.

5.Scroll to and select Screen Saver.

6.From the Screen Saver screen:

•For the Screen Saver field, select Enabled.

•In the Wait Time field, enter the number of minutes the phone should wait after no activity before displaying the screen saver.

•Tap the Save soft key.

To disable a screen saver:

1.Tap > Settings > Basic > Preferences > Screen Saver.

2.From the Screen Saver screen, select Disabled for the Screen Saver field, and then tap the Save soft key.

Updating the Background Picture

(This feature may not be enabled on your phone.)

You can change the background picture on your phone. You can choose a picture already on your phone, or a picture on your USB flash drive.

To update the background picture:

1.Tap > Settings > Basic > Preferences > Backgrounds.

2.From the Backgrounds screen, tap the background picture you want, and then tap the Select soft key.

To set your own picture as the background picture:

1.Ensure that the picture is on the USB flash drive, the device is attached to your phone, and you have specified the folder the picture is in. For more information, see Setting Up a Screen Saver.

2.Tap > Picture Frame.

3.Tap or one or more times to display the picture you want as the

background picture, and then tap .

The new background picture displays. The picture will display on the Backgrounds screen as “Local File.”

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

1725-16844-001 specifications

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