Polycom 550 manual About Your User Password, Locking and Unlocking Your Phone, Settings Advanced

Using the Basic Features of Your Phone

When your phone is locked, the messages “This phone is locked” and “Authorized calls only” scroll on the status bar. Messages that were displayed before the phone was locked do not display.

About Your User Password

You are assigned a user password so you can answer calls from your locked phone and unlock the phone.

Changing Your User Password

By default, your user password is 123. Change your user password so it is unique to your phone.

To change your user password:
1.	Press	> Settings > Advanced.
2.	From the Password screen, enter your current user password and press

	the Enter soft key.
Note
	Your user password will let you see certain items in the Advanced Settings menu.
	To see the full Advanced Settings menu, you need to enter the administrator
	password.

3. From the Advanced screen, select Change User Password.

4. From the Change User Password screen, enter your password information and press the Enter key.

Locking and Unlocking Your Phone

You can choose how you want your phone to handle incoming calls when it is locked. You can configure your phone to either allow incoming calls, or activate Do Not Disturb when it locks.

To Lock your Phone:

1. Press > Settings > Basic > Lock Phone.

2.From the Lock Phone screen, select how you want incoming calls handled when your phone is locked.

—Allow ringing when locked (default)- Your phone will ring if you have an incoming call. You can answer the call after entering your user password.

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