User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Before You Begin
- Getting Started with VVX Business Media Phones
- Logging in to and Locking Your Phone
- Audio Calls
- Placing and Answering Audio Calls
- Placing Audio Calls
- Redial a Number
- Redial a Contact when the Contact is Available
- Choosing a Protocol for Audio Calls
- Answering Audio Calls
- Switch Among the Handset, Headset, and Speakerphone
- Mute and Unmute Audio
- Holding and Resuming Calls
- Ending Calls
- Transferring Calls
- Parking and Retrieving Calls on the BroadSoft BroadWorks Server
- Managing Calls
- Managing Calls on VVX 1500 Phones
- Managing Calls Remotely
- Ignoring or Rejecting Incoming Calls
- Redirecting Incoming Calls
- Call Precedence and Preemption
- Placing and Answering Audio Calls
- Conference Calls
- Tips for Conference Calls
- Audio Conference Calls
- Alcatel-Lucent Advanced Conference Calls
- Initiate an Advanced Conference Call
- Initiate an Advanced Conference Call During a Call
- Add Contacts to an Advanced Conference Call
- Add Incoming Calls to an Advanced Conference Call
- Join Two Calls into an Advanced Conference Call
- Viewing a Roster of Conference Participants
- Managing Advanced Conference Participants
- Shared Lines
- Shared Line Limitations
- Answering Calls on Shared Lines
- Missed and Received Calls on Shared Lines
- Hold a Call Privately on a Shared Line
- Barge In on Calls for Busy Lamp Field Lines
- Access the Call Actions for BroadWorks Dynamic Busy Lamp Field (BLF)
- Ribbon Communications Multiple Appearance Directory Number - Single Call Appearance
- Alcatel-Lucent Shared Call Appearance
- BroadSoft UC-One Simultaneous Ring
- BroadSoft Executive-Assistant
- Recording Audio Calls
- Video Calls on VVX Business Media Phones
- Call Lists and Directories
- Recent Calls
- Contact Directory
- Corporate Directory
- BroadSoft Directories on VVX Business Media Phones
- Managing the Ribbon Communications Address Books
- Favorites and Contact Lists
- Accessing, Sending, and Broadcasting Messages
- Phone Applications
- VVX Business Media Phones Settings
- Password Required to Access Basic Settings
- Choose a Theme for Your Phone
- Set the Language
- Disable Call Waiting
- Time and Date Display
- Backlight Intensity and Timeout
- Changing Your Background
- Customizing Line Keys
- Screen Savers
- Use Your Phone as a Digital Picture Frame
- Power-Saving Mode
- Changing Audio Settings
- Updating Your Buddy Status
- Security Classification
- Clear Call Logs and Contacts
- Restrict Call Log and Contact Uploads
- Plantronics Headset Settings
- Using Bluetooth Devices with VVX 600 Series Phones
- Connecting to a Wireless Network
- Connecting Polycom VVX Expansion Modules to Your Phone
- VVX Expansion Module Hardware Features
- VVX Color Expansion Module Hardware Features
- Connect VVX Expansion Modules
- Connect Additional VVX Expansion Modules
- Assigning Contacts and Favorites to VVX Expansion Modules
- Generate the VVX Expansion Module Directory Card
- Navigate Expansion Module Paging
- Changing the Backlight Intensity on the Expansion Module
- Phone Accessories and Computer Applications
- Accessibility Features
- Maintaining VVX Business Media Phones
- Troubleshooting
• Navigate to New Call > Directory.
• On the VVX 1500, press the Directory key.
2. Choose a directory.
3. From your directory, select or search for a contact.
4. Select the contact's phone number.
The call is automatically placed on VVX 500/501 and 600/601 phones.
5. If the call is not placed automatically, select Dial.
Call a Contact from the Directory Search Screen
You can search for and call contacts from the Search screen in your directory on VVX business media
phones.
Procedure
1. Navigate to Directories and select a directory.
On VVX 1500 phones, press the Directory key.
2. Select Search, enter your contact's first or last name, and select Search.
3. Select your contact.
4. In the Contact Information screen, select the contact's number, and select Dial.
Place a Call from a Locked Phone
When the phone is locked, you can place outgoing calls only to emergency numbers, such as 911 and
authorized numbers that your system administrator can set up. You cannot call any other numbers from a
locked phone.
Procedure
1. Select New Call.
2. From the Place an Authorized Call screen, select a number and select Dial.
Placing Intercom Calls
The Intercom feature enables you to place a call to a contact that is answered automatically on the
contact's phone as long as the contact is not in an active call.
If the contact is in an active call, the contact can choose to answer the intercom call, or the intercom call
is answered automatically after the active call ends.
Check with your system administrator to find out if this feature is available on your phone.
Place an Intercom Call
You can place an intercom call from VVX business media phones to quickly relay a message to a contact.
Tip: Your system administrator can set up your phone to automatically call a specific contact when you
select Intercom. If your phone is set up this way, select Intercom and wait for your contact to
answer before speaking your message.
Procedure
1. Select Intercom.
2. Enter a number or select a contact.
3. Select Dial.
Audio Calls
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