Video Call Tips, Polycom VVX 600 Business Media Phone

REFERENCE GUIDE Polycom VVX 500, VVX 600 and VVX Camera Best Practices Guide

The VVX Camera is designed for the Polycom® VVX® 500 and 600 Business Media Phones Running Polycom UC Software 4.1.2 or later versions.

Video Call Tips

• Use good lighting. Experiment with a well-lit area in the background; however avoid having sunlight, a window or bright lights directly behind you. Adjust the camera settings to your setting.

• Dress for the part: Light pastels and muted colors generally provide the best contrast in front of most backgrounds and will look the best on the screen. Avoid wearing clothing with “busy” patterns such as small checks or narrow stripe as these create video break up spots.

• Audio Etiquette: The microphones are sensitive, so speak normally as if you were in the same room with the others in your video conference call.

• Make eye contact: Keep the camera angle as level as possible to make you appear natural for your viewers. Use natural hand gestures and body language when you speak.

• Consider your immediate environment. Try to have a neutral background and if possible remove anything that might distract the participants from your presentation.

Polycom® VVX® 600 Business Media Phone

The VVX® 600 phone delivers a best-in-class personal communications experience that complements the way you work. You can:

• Extend your PC ‘s desktop onto the VVX 600 phone screen and dial using the PC’s mouse and keyboard

• View your Outlook Calendar, complete with all reminders directly on the phone screen and simply tap-to-dial into your meeting

• Enjoy a hands-free environment by pairing a Bluetooth headset to the phone

To configure the Polycom Desktop Connector

Extend Your PC to Your Phone with the Polycom Desktop Connector. The Polycom Desktop Connector (PDC) extends your PC to include your phone display screen so you can use your PC mouse and keyboard to navigate and enter information to your phone. You need to download the PDC program from Polycom Voice.

Applications website: http://www.polycom.com/products/voice/ applications/index.html

• Direct method: While in the PDC Configuration Menu, set the Status field to Enabled, then navigate back to the configuration screen and press Reconnect then Save. When prompted to allow sharing, press Yes then follow the instructions for configuration.

• Indirect method: While in the PDC Configuration Menu, set the Status field to Enabled, enter your Windows login name into the Desktop User field, and enter your PC

IP address or FQDN in the Server Address field. When prompted to allow sharing, press Yes then follow the instructions for configuration.

To configure the Microsoft Exchange integration

• Install and configure the Microsoft products (see support documents at http://supportdocs.polycom.com)

• Install the Polycom Conferencing for Outlook add-in, update the phone configuration file, and define the login credentials for the phone user.

• To use the Bluetooth v2.1 Features

• You can connect up to four Bluetooth headsets to the VVX

600.To enable Bluetooth, tap Settings from the phone Home view, then tap Basic>Bluetooth Settings>Bluetooth On Off>On.

• The VVX 600 supports the Hands-Free Profile (HFP) Audio Gateway role to provide basic call control, volume control, and audio routing capability between the headset and your Bluetooth-enabled VVX 600 phone.