User Guide for the Polycom VVX 1500 Business Media Phone | Using Buddy Status Lists |
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Blocking and Unblocking Contacts from Viewing Your Status
Block a contact in your Contact Directory if you don’t want the contact to view your status. If you unblock a contact, the contact can add you to their Buddy Status list and view your status.
To view a list of contacts that can and cannot monitor your status, do the following:
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To block or unblock a contact from viewing your status:
1Tap 
> Features > Contact Directory.
2From the Directory screen, tap the contact you want to block or unblock.
3From the Edit Contact screen, tap Block Buddy, and then tap the field’s highlighted grey box. From the
When Block Buddy is enabled, the contact cannot watch your status. The contact will display in your Blocked List.
When Block Buddy is disabled, the contact can watch your status. The contact will display in your Watcher List.
The default for Block Buddy is Disabled.
4Tap the Save soft key.
5Tap 
to return to the idle screen.
You can use your Blocked List to unblock a contact, rather than updating the
Contact Directory. Tap 
> Features > Presence > Blocked List. From
the Blocked List screen, tap the contact you want to unblock, and then tap the Unblock soft key. The contact can now watch your phone, and will display in your Watcher List.
Monitoring Buddies
You can monitor the status of all the contacts in your Buddy Status list from the idle screen (if your buddy has a Speed Dial Key), or from the Buddy Status list.
Monitoring Buddies from the Idle Screen
Your phone automatically assigns a buddy to a Speed Dial Key (if one is available). The Speed Dial Key displays an icon and status indicator (a vertical bar on the
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