Polycom 550 manual Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone, Customizing Your Phone

User Guide for the SoundPoint IP 550/560 Phone

Calling and Answering from a Locked Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–26 Logging Into Phones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–27 Logging In and Out of a Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–28 Placing Calls from Phones that are in the Logged Out State . . . . . . 2–30

3 Using the Advanced Features of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

Using Multiple Call Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1 Using Text Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3 Using Buddy Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5 Updating Your Presence Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5 Managing Buddies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6 Integrating With Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005 . . . . 3–7 Integrating With Microsoft Lync Server 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8 Broadcasting Messages Using Push-to-Talk and Group Paging . . . . . . . 3–9Push-to-Talk Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10 Group Paging Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16 Accessing Features with Your Login Credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–20 Updating Your Phone’s Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–21 Restarting Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–21

4 Customizing Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1

Configuring Basic Settings	. 4–1
Changing the Appearance of the Time and Date	. 4–1
Changing the Display Contrast	. 4–2
Changing the Backlight Intensity	. 4–3
Changing the Backlight Timeout	. 4–5
Enabling Headset Memory Mode	. 4–5
Selecting the Correct Headset for Electronic Hookswitch	. 4–7
Selecting the Ring Type	. 4–7
Changing the Audible Ringer	. 4–8
Changing the Language	. 4–9
Changing the Background	4–10
Changing the Soft Key Label Color	4–11
Muting the Microphone	4–12
Adjusting the Volume	4–12
Managing Call Lists	4–13
Managing Contacts	4–14
Adding Contacts	4–14
Editing Contacts	4–17
Deleting Contacts	4–18

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