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Polycom
®
CX5500 Unified
Conference Station
The IT department’s challenge is to make video meetings in conference rooms more
eective, reduce video support calls and eliminate the need for “in room” video
support services to get video meetings started. Are your video conference room
users finding it hard to pan the camera to focus attention on the active speaker? Are
they frustrated by trying to learn another user interface? Do they need to make audio-
only conference calls without having IT deploy a second conference phone? Solve
these challenges for your Microsoft
®
Lync
®
users and conference room usage goes
up. More room use translates to fully realizing the benefits of video collaboration and
achieving your expected return on investment (ROI). For Microsoft Lync users, the
Polycom CX5500 unified conference station answers these challenges with a truly
unique around-the-table video collaboration solution.
More productive Lync video collaboration
Optimized for use with Microsoft Lync, the Polycom CX5500 unified conference station
brings the powerful collaboration capabilities of Microsoft Lync voice, video and
content together through a unique 360-degree panoramic view of the entire room.
A second HD video view of the active speaker is also sent at 1080p video resolution
using advanced technology that automatically focuses on the current speaker and
tracks the flow of conversation to enable richer, more interactive communication. No
more reaching for a video control device. It’s a “hands-free” experience that allows you
forget about the technology and simply focus on your meeting.
Easy to deploy and use
An intuitive design with full plug-and-play functionality makes it easy to deploy and
use the Polycom CX5500. With little or no training, anyone with a laptop that has
Microsoft Lync can walk into the room and simply plug the CX5500 unified conference
station into their PC’s USB port and start sharing voice and 360-degree panorama
video. Control, invitations, and content sharing are through the familiar Microsoft Lync
user interface your users already know and use every day. Removing the challenge of
learning a remote control device means fewer support calls and no need for “in room”
support from the IT department to get video conference calls started.
Audio quality matters
The Polycom
®
CX5500 unified conference station features Polycom’s legendary
audio bringing the industry’s best voice quality to your Lync meeting with a dynamic
range of 160Hz to 22,000Hz. Polycom
®
HD Voice
™
and a microphone range of 20 feet
(6 m) means everyone in the room can be clearly heard, even at the end of the table.
Optional microphones extend the range even further, if needed. Customers can also
make voice-only calls from a CX5500 when it is registered as a SIP phone to either
a Lync server or an IP PBX, eliminating the need to for IT to install a separate audio
conference station in the room.
Benefits
• Enable richer communications
by automatically focusing on the
active speaker in true HD while
tracking the conversation flow
• Fully engage all participants by
providing a 360° panoramic view
of the conference room
• Reduce training costs with simple
USB plug-and-play functionality
that requires little or no training
• Dual use—make audio-only calls
when registered as SIP phone
to either a Lync server or your
existing IP PBX
Key features
• 360° 1080p USB camera with
active speaker detection
• Active speaker and panoramic
video stream output
• 20 foot (6 m) microphone
pickup range
• 160 Hz–22kHz audio processing
• Optimized for use with
Microsoft Lync 2013