Answering Another Call | Polycom 500 guide

Chapter 2: Using Basic Features

If you don’t answer the call within 10 seconds, the Incoming Call window disappears, and either

Home or Calls view displays (depending if your phone last displayed Home or Lines view), as shown next.

To answer the call, pick up the handset, press , or press . Or, from Calls view, tap Answer to use the speakerphone. If you want to use the handset or headset, pick up the handset or press .

Note: Incoming Call Alert

Your system administrator can enable your touchscreen to flash bright orange when you have an incoming call. The touchscreen will continue to flash until the incoming call displays in Home or Calls view. For more information about this feature, see your system administrator.

Note: Answering Calls When Your Phone is Locked

If your phone is locked, see Calling and Answering from a Locked Phone for more information.

Answering Another Call

If you have a call and an incoming call arrives on the same or a different line, a call waiting tone beeps, and the Incoming Call window displays, as shown next. To answer the call, tap Answer.

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Polycom VVX Business Media Phone Patent Information Trademark InformationDisclaimer Limitation of Liability Contents Using Buddy Lists Setting Up and Managing Conference CallsResponding to Incoming Calls During Calls Receiving PTT Broadcasts When You’re Not in an Active Call Logging into Phones Polycom Limited Warranty and Limitation LiabilityPlacing Calls from Phones that are in the Logged-Out State Locking the Phone End-User License Agreement for Polycom Software 103 Page Who Should Read this Guide How to Use this Guide Conventions Used in this Guide Disabled Related Documents Web Info Accessing Phone Guides Phone Keys and Hardware Getting Started Web Info Additional Phone Hardware Phone Views Home View Troubleshooting Why Can’t I Access a Certain View? User Tip Displaying Home View Icons Lines View Calls View Active Call ViewDark green Active call User Tip Navigating Back to Calls View Icon Description Understanding Phone Icons and Status Indicators If you want to… Do this… Navigating Your Phone Interface Encoding Options Entering Data and Updating Fields To use the onscreen keyboard Using the Onscreen Keyboard Using the Dialpad Keys on the Phone Console To clean the touchscreen Cleaning the Touchscreen Registering the Phone Configuring Your Phone Using the Web Configuration UtilityWeb Info How to Register Your Phone Web Info Using the Utility To access the Web Configuration Utility for your phone About Your Phone’s Call-Handling Capabilities Using Basic Features Answering Calls Troubleshooting Why Doesn’t the Speakerphone Work?User Tip Making the Headset the Default Call Path Answering Another Call Answering Calls Automatically Answering on a Shared Line Managing Multiple Calls Calling from the Dialer Placing Calls Placing Calls from Favorites, Lists, and Directories User Tip Choosing URLs or Numbers Mode from the DialerTo call from the Dialer To call from the Recent Calls list To call from your Favorites list Redialing NumbersTo call from your Directory To redial a number Web Info More Information About Headsets Using HeadsetsTroubleshooting Why Doesn’t My Headset Work with My Phone? Ending Calls Responding to Incoming Calls Enabling Headset Memory ModeIgnoring Incoming Calls To ignore or silence a call Rejecting Incoming Calls During CallsForwarding Incoming Calls to Another Party To reject an incoming call Transferring Calls Holding CallsTo hold a call To resume a held call To set up a conference call Setting Up and Managing Conference CallsUser Tip How to Quickly Set Up a Conference To perform a blind transfer Splitting Conference Calls into Two Held Calls Holding and Resuming Conference CallsEnding Conference Calls To manage a conference call participant Changing the Way Calls are AnsweredManaging Conference Call Participants Forwarding All Calls to Another Party To disable call forwardingTo forward all calls to another party User Tip Call Forwarding on a Call-by-Call Basis Tap Auto Divert, and tap Enabled Using Do Not DisturbRejecting Calls from a Contact Diverting Calls from a Contact to Another Party Using Do Not Disturb with Multiple Lines To listen to voicemail messages Listening to Voicemail To view Recent Calls Timesaver Quickly Accessing Recent CallsRecent Calls To clear certain calls from the list To manage a call recordTo customize the list To view your Contact Directory Working with Your Contact Directory To search for a contact To view contact informationTo dial a contact To add a contact To update a contact’s information To delete a contact Working with a Corporate DirectoryTo view the Corporate Directory To search the Corporate Directory Updating the Incoming Call Ringtone Controlling What is HeardTo dial a Corporate Directory contact To add a contact to your local Contact Directory Changing the Ringer Volume Changing the Speaker VolumeChoosing Where You Hear Sound Effects Updating a Contact’s Ringtone Managing Favorites To see your Favorites from Home or Lines view To see your Favorites listTo make a contact a Favorite Add to Favorites To delete a Favorite Working with Shared LinesTo reorder your Favorites Using Basic Features Page Using Buddy Lists Using Advanced Features To update your presence setting Updating Your Presence SettingManaging Buddies Updating Your Buddy List User Tip How to Access Your Blocked and Watcher Lists To update your Buddy listBlocking Contacts from Viewing Your Status To block or unblock a contact from viewing your status Monitoring Buddies Timesaver How to Quickly Unblock a Contact To monitor buddies from… Do this… Integrating with Microsoft Lync Server To delete a buddy from your Buddies list Adding Buddies to Your Buddy ListTo add a buddy to your Buddies list Web Info How Do I Attach a USB Flash Drive to My Phone? Recording Calls Polycom VVX 500 Business Media Phone User Guide Web Info Supported USB Flash Drives To record a call To pause and resume a recording To record a conference Playing Recorded Calls Using the Browser Entering Information in the Main Browser Navigating the Main Browser Sending and Receiving PTT Broadcasts Broadcasting Messages Using Push-to-Talk and Group PagingPush-to-Talk Mode Timesaver Automatically Sending a PTT Broadcast To send a PTT broadcastTap End PTT Receiving PTT Broadcasts Replying to PTT Broadcasts Changing Where Broadcasts are Played Adjusting the Volume of PTT BroadcastsUpdating the Default Channel Ending PTT Broadcasts Sending and Receiving Pages Group Paging ModeAllowing PTT Broadcasts to Play During Active Calls Timesaver Automatically Sending a To send a Updating the Default Paging Group Adjusting the Volume of PagesChanging Where Pages are Played Allowing Pages to Play During Active Calls Using the CalendarUpdating Paging Group Subscriptions Opening and Closing the Calendar Troubleshooting Why Doesn’t the Calendar Display Anymore? Navigating Day View Troubleshooting Why Doesn’t the Calendar Display?Navigating Month View Working with Meeting Reminders Navigating Meeting View To join a meeting from a meeting reminder Troubleshooting Why Don’t My Meeting Reminders Display?Joining Meetings from the Calendar Using Your Computer’s Mouse and Keyboard with Your Phone Using a Mouse and Keyboard with Your PhoneWeb Info Where is the USB Port on My Phone? To join a meeting from Meeting view To quit Polycom Desktop Connector Starting and Stopping Polycom Desktop Connector Press this on your keyboard… To do this on your phone… Using a USB Keyboard with Your Phone Logging In and Out of a Phone Logging into Phones To log out of a phone Placing Calls from Phones that are in the Logged-Out StateTo log in to a phone Locking the Phone Changing Your PasswordTo change your user password Locking and Unlocking Your Phone About Your User PasswordTo lock your phone Timesaver a Quick Way to Lock Your Phone Calling and Answering from a Locked Phone Accessing Features with Your Login Credentials Troubleshooting What Happens if I Can’t Access Features? Page Changing the Time and Date Display Changing the Language on Your Phone Changing the Backlight Web Info Adding a Web Page as the Background on Your Phone Changing the Background Picture To change the background picture Using One of Your Own Pictures as the Background Picture To set up a screen saver of your pictures Setting Up Screen SaversUser Tip Using Your Phone as a Digital Picture Frame Displaying Screen Savers Interrupting and Disabling Screen Savers Tap Screen Saver, and tap Enabled Using the Phone as a Picture Frame Using Power-Saving Mode Changing Your Office Hours Changing TimeoutsUser Tip Determining Which Idle Timeout Applies Polycom VVX 500 Business Media Phone User Guide Investigating Phone Warnings Administrative Tasks To update your phone’s configuration Updating Phone ConfigurationRestarting the Phone To restart the phone Testing Phone Hardware Page Polycom Limited Warranty and Limitation Liability Service AgreementsGoverning Law Limitations of Liability Exclusions Warranty Exclusive Installation Instructions Safety and CompliancePart 15 FCC Rules Class B Digital Device or Peripheral CE and Vcci Mark CE Mark R & TTE Directive EU only Plugs Acts as Disconnect DeviceIndustry Canada IC 101 Echo Cancellation Recommended Operating Ambient TemperaturesRussian Compliance New Zealand Telepermit End-User License Agreement for Polycom Software Support Services Upgrades Limitation of Liability USA