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Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) Quick User Guide. 1725-16830-001 Rev. B  / June, 2010 Edition 

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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 (by default), 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.

Summary of Contents for 1725-16830-001

Page 1: ...are associated with the Line Key that is green Line Keys can also have a status indicator a vertical bar on the far right of the Line Key The status indicator can be Solid green Dial tone is available dialing is in progress or a call is active Flashing green Incoming call Flashing red All calls are on hold About Video Your phone displays video in two windows a small picture in picture PIP window a...

Page 2: ...alls 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 Vide...

Page 3: ... the second party answers tap the Conference soft key All parties are joined in the conference You can do the following To place the conference on hold tap the Hold soft key To resume the call tap the Resume soft key To end the conference but keep the other participants connected tap the End Call soft key To end the conference and place all participants on hold tap the Split soft key To start and ...

Page 4: ...fter the phone is idle for a certain amount of time your phone can display a screen saver of your own pictures To stop a screen saver and return to the idle screen tap the touch screen To set up a screen saver 1 Place your pictures on a USB flash drive either in the root directory or in a folder For information on supported file types and sizes for pictures see the user guide for your phone at htt...

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