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
Place a Call on Behalf of an Executive
As an assistant, you can make calls on behalf of any of your assigned executives.
When a call is made on behalf of an executive, a solid red bar displays on the executive’s line key, if the
executive’s line is a shared line.
Procedure
1. On the Home screen of the assistant’s phone, select Assistant.
2. On the Overview Executive screen, select Executives then choose an executive.
3. Select On behalf and enter the contact’s number or choose a contact from Recent Calls or the
directory.
4. Select Dial .
The executive's caller information displays on the third-party's phone.
Push a Call to the Executives Phone
As an assistant, after you answer an executive call, you can push the call to the executive's phone.
You can only push a call to an executive you are assigned to. You cannot push executive calls to other
assistants or contacts.
Procedure
» During an executive call, select Push.
The call is sent to the executive's phone, which rings to alert the executive of the pushed call. If
the executive is unavailable to answer the call, the call is returned to the assistant's phone.
Opt In or Opt Out of being an Assistant for an Executive
As an assistant, you can choose to opt in or opt out of being an assistant and monitoring calls for an
executive.
When you opt in to being an assistant, you can monitor and manage all filter calls to the executive. When
you opt out, you no longer receive filtered executive calls and cannot manage or monitor executive calls.
Procedure
1. On the Home screen of the assistant’s phone, select Assistant.
2. Select Executives then choose an executive.
3. Select Status then do one of the following:
• Select On to opt in to being an assistant for an executive.
• Select Off to opt out of being an assistant for an executive.
Divert Filtered Executive Calls
As an assistant, you can choose to divert filtered calls for all assigned executives to another assistant,
contact, or phone.
Procedure
1. On the Home screen of the assistant’s phone, select Assistant.
2. Select Call Diversion then select On.
3. Enter the number where you want to divert executive calls.
Shared Lines
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