Polycom VVX 300 and 310 Business Media Phones User’s Guide

Version 5.0.0

Priority By default, broadcasts sent to Group/Channel 24 are considered Priority broadcasts. A Priority broadcast interrupts Normal broadcasts or active calls. All phones receive Priority broadcasts unless Do Not Disturb is enabled. Phones play Priority broadcasts at the phone’s current audio level.

Emergency By default, broadcasts sent to Group/Channel 25 are considered Emergency broadcasts. An Emergency broadcast interrupts Normal broadcasts, Priority broadcasts, and active calls. Phones play Emergency broadcasts at near maximum volume even if Do Not Disturb is turned on.

Push-to-Talk Mode

Your system administrator can enable your phone to operate in a broadcast mode called Push-to-Talk (PTT). In order to send and receive PTT broadcasts, you have to subscribe to PTT channels.

PTT broadcasts are collaborative, which means you can transmit messages and listen to replies.

By default, you’re subscribed to Channels 1, 24, and 25. This means that you can send and receive PTT broadcasts on Channels 1, 24, and 25.

When you end a PTT broadcast, the channel remains open and enters a waiting period. This waiting period gives people who received the broadcast a chance to respond. If no one responds within the waiting period, the channel closes.

Sending PTT Broadcasts

Before you can send a PTT broadcast, you need to choose a channel to broadcast on. Or, you can hold the Talk soft key to immediately begin broadcasting on Channel 1, the default channel.

You can change your default channel to any channel you want, which is described in Updating the Default Channel. When you change the default channel, you’re automatically subscribed to that channel.

Timesaver: Automatically Sending a PTT Broadcast

To automatically send a PTT broadcast on the default channel, press Talk, and begin speaking.

To send a PTT broadcast:

1From Lines view, press Talk.

2From the PTT Channels List screen, select the channel to send the broadcast on.

The list displays the default channel, the most recent channel you use to send a broadcast, and other channels you can broadcast on.

3To start the broadcast, press and hold Talk.

A transmitting beep plays and the phone displays the channel’s information such as the channel label.

4Begin speaking. Make sure to hold Talk throughout the broadcast.

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Polycom 300 and 310 manual Push-to-Talk Mode, Sending PTT Broadcasts, To send a PTT broadcast