Polycom VVX 300 Adjusting the Volume of PTT Broadcasts, Changing Where Broadcasts are Played

Polycom® VVX® 300 and 310 Business Media Phones User Guide

Adjusting the Volume of PTT Broadcasts

You can adjust the volume of PTT broadcasts while they play. During a broadcast, press one of

the Volume keys, , to raise or lower the volume of the broadcast.

If you adjust the volume of a non-emergency broadcast, your phone retains the adjusted volume for all subsequent non-emergency broadcasts. However, only system administrators can adjust the volume level of an Emergency broadcast.

Changing Where Broadcasts are Played

While you send a broadcast, you can pick up the handset, or press or , and continue speaking. You can also press to mute your audio so that the people receiving your broadcast won’t hear anything. This behavior is similar to a phone call.

When you listen to a broadcast, you can pick up the handset, or press or , and continue listening to the broadcast.

Updating the Default Channel

If you press and hold Talk, your broadcast will automatically transmit on the default channel, Channel 1. If you want, you can change the default channel.

To update the default channel:

1Select Settings from Home view, and select Basic > Preferences > Paging/PTT Configuration > PTT Push to Talk.

2From the PTT Channel Configuration screen, select Default Channel, and select the number of the channel you want to use.

Updating Channel Subscriptions

You can subscribe to any channel that has been enabled by your administrator and appears in your channels list. When you subscribe to a channel, you can send and receive PTT broadcasts on that channel.

To subscribe to additional PTT channels:

1Select Settings from Home view, and select Basic > Preferences > Paging/PTT Configuration > PTT Push to Talk.

2From the PTT Channel Configuration screen, select Channel Subscriptions.

From the Channel Subscriptions screen, select the channel you want to subscribe to, and press Yes. By default, you’re subscribed to Channels 1, 24, and 25.

Allowing PTT Broadcasts to Play During Active Calls

The Accept While Busy option determines what happens when you’re in a call and receive a PTT broadcast. If you enable the option, a PTT broadcast will interrupt telephone calls and you’ll hear the audio of both the telephone call and the broadcast. If you disable the option, the

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