Polycom VVX 1500 Business Media Phone - Manual (Page 2)

Polycom VVX 1500 Business Media Phone Quick User Guide. 1725-16844-001 Rev. B / June, 2010 Edition 2
Entering and Updating Data
To enter data:
1. Tap the field you want to edit, and then
tap (beside the screen title).
2. From the “keyboard” on the touch
screen, tap the letter, number, or
character you want. You can do the
following:
•
To toggle between lowercase,
uppercase, numerical, and titlecase
modes, tap the abc, ABC, 123, or
Abc soft keys.
• To enter special characters, tap
to display the special
characters keyboard. To return to
alphabetic mode, tap .
• To enter text in a special language,
tap the Latin, Katakana, Unicode,
Cyrillic or ASCII soft keys to toggle
between different languages.
• To delete data you entered, press
or to position the cursor to
the right of the character you want
to delete, and then tap .
3. Tap .
To enable or disable fields, or choose a
field option:
>> Tap the field name, and then tap the
field’s highlighted box. From the drop-
down list, tap the option you want.
BASIC PHONE FEATURES
Placing Calls
(If a call is not automatically placed after
you enter the phone number, tap the
Send soft key.)
Using the handset:
>> Pick up the handset, and then enter
the phone number by tapping the touch
screen or using the phone keypad.
Using the speakerphone:
>> With the handset on-hook, tap the
New Call soft key or a Line Key, and
then enter the phone number by
tapping the touch screen or using the
phone keypad.
Using the optional headset:
>> With the headset connected, press
, and then enter the phone
number by tapping the touch screen or
using the phone keypad.
Answering Calls
Using the handset:
>> Pick up the handset.
Using the speakerphone:
>> With the handset on-hook, tap the
Answer soft key or the Line Key with
the flashing green status indicator.
Using the optional headset:
>> With the headset connected, press
.
Answering Calls When You’re on
Another Call
If an incoming call arrives while you have
an active call, you’ll hear a call-waiting
beep, and the incoming call is displayed.
To answer the new call, tap the Answer
soft key. The phone places the original
call on hold.
Ending Calls
To end a call, tap the End Call soft key.
Using Video
Make sure you open the privacy shutter
(centered above the touch screen) using
the privacy shutter adjuster (centered
along the top edge, above the camera).
You can also adjust the camera barrel
(located behind the camera) up or down.
During a video call, tap the Video soft key
to do the following:
•
To start or stop transmitting video, tap
the Start Video or Stop Video
soft key.
• To display the video that appears in the
large window on the entire screen, tap
the Full Screen soft key. To return to
normal viewing mode, tap the
full screen video.
• To toggle the video to display large
far-site video with PIP near-site video,
or PIP far-site video with larger near-
site video, tap the Swap soft key.
• To exit the video options, tap the
Back soft key.
During an audio-only call, the video
soft keys are not available.
Disabling Video
You can disable your phone from
automatically transmitting video at the
start of all calls.
To disable video at the start of all calls:
1. Tap > Settings > Basic >
Video > Video Call Settings.
2. Tap the Auto Start Video Tx field’s
highlighted box. From the drop-down
list, tap Disabled. Then, tap the Save
soft key.
Muting the Microphone
During a call, press . The
key glows red.
You can hear all other parties while Mute
is enabled, but the other parties cannot
hear you.
To turn off Mute, press
again. The red LED turns off.
Holding and Resuming Calls
To place a call on hold:
>> Tap the Hold soft key.
To resume a call on hold:
>> Tap the Resume soft key.
(If you have more than one call on
hold, tap the call on hold to select it,
and then tap the Resume soft key.
If you have more than three calls on
hold on a Line Key, tap or to
select the call on hold.)
To place a call from a locked phone,
tap the New Call soft key, select the
number you want to call, and then tap
the Dial soft key. You can only dial
authorized numbers from a locked
phone.
To answer a call from a locked phone,
tap the Answer soft key, enter your
user password, and then tap the Enter
soft key. (For information about your
user password, see
Locking/Unlocking
Your Phone .)
Your phone may be set up so that you
can end active calls by tapping the
Line Key associated with the call.
If you have multiple Line Keys, you can
resume the first call on hold on another
Line Key by tapping the associated
Line Key.