
Polycom VVX 500 Business Media Phone User Guide 
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Using a Mouse and Keyboard with Your Phone ............................................................................. 72 
Using Your Computer’s Mouse and Keyboard with Your Phone ........................................................ 72 
Starting and Stopping Polycom Desktop Connector ....................................................................... 73 
How to Use Your Computer’s Mouse and Keyboard with Your Phone ............................................ 73 
Using a USB Keyboard with Your Phone ............................................................................................. 75 
Logging into Phones ..................................................................................................................... 76 
Logging In and Out of a Phone ............................................................................................................ 76 
Placing Calls from Phones that are in the Logged-Out State .............................................................. 77 
Changing Your Password..................................................................................................................... 78 
Locking the Phone ........................................................................................................................ 78 
About Your User Password ................................................................................................................. 79 
Locking and Unlocking Your Phone ..................................................................................................... 79 
Calling and Answering from a Locked Phone ...................................................................................... 80 
Accessing Features with Your Login Credentials ............................................................................. 80 
Chapter 4: Customizing Your Phone ..................................................................................... 83 
Changing the Language on Your Phone ......................................................................................... 83 
Changing the Time and Date Display ............................................................................................. 83 
Changing the Backlight ................................................................................................................. 84 
Changing the Background Picture ................................................................................................. 85 
Using One of Your Own Pictures as the Background Picture.............................................................. 86 
Displaying Screen Savers .............................................................................................................. 87 
Setting Up Screen Savers .................................................................................................................... 87 
Interrupting and Disabling Screen Savers ........................................................................................... 88 
Using the Phone as a Picture Frame .............................................................................................. 89 
Using Power-Saving Mode ............................................................................................................ 90 
Changing Your Office Hours ................................................................................................................ 91 
Changing Timeouts ............................................................................................................................. 91 
Chapter 5: Administrative Tasks .......................................................................................... 93 
Investigating Phone Warnings....................................................................................................... 93 
Restarting the Phone .................................................................................................................... 94 
Updating Phone Configuration ...................................................................................................... 94 
Testing Phone Hardware .............................................................................................................. 95 
Safety Notices ..................................................................................................................... 97 
Service Agreements ............................................................................................................................ 97 
Governing Law .................................................................................................................................... 97 
Limitations of Liability ......................................................................................................................... 97 
Polycom Limited Warranty and Limitation Liability ............................................................................ 97