Poly G40-T Manual

Poly G40-T
SETUP SHEET
See the Regulatory Noces for all regulatory and safety guidance prior to conguraon.
Avant de procéder à la conguraon, veuillez consulter les Avis de réglementaon, an de prendre connaissance des recommandaons en maère de sécurité et de réglementaon.
Get Started
Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:
• Network preparaon (See Prepare your environment for Microso Teams Rooms)
• Microso Teams Room License (See your Oce 365 Admin Center and Licenses for Microso Teams Rooms)
• Account credenals (See Congure accounts for Microso Teams Rooms)
• USB keyboard and mouse
• Display HDMI cable(s)
• Phillips #1 screwdriver and athead screwdriver
• (Oponal) EDID emulator (see step 7)
Unpack the Poly Studio, Poly GC8, Conferencing PC, 10 m USB-A to USB-C cable, and mounng kit (if applicable) from their boxes.
Note: To avoid changes to the video conguraon, do not use the Poly Studio remote control.
For support, go to Poly Support.
For Warranty informaon, see the Polycom Product Warranty Guide.
support.polycom.com/mtrsetup
3725-30785-040G

1. (Oponal) Mount the Conferencing PC using the mounng kit. Refer to the
Poly G Series PC Mounng Kit Setup Sheet.
2. Remove the boom panel from the Poly GC8: loosen the screw with a
Phillips #1 screwdriver, turn the GC8 faceup, press the rubber circles on
each side, and slide the panel o.
3. Remove the cable guard from the Poly GC8 using a flathead screwdriver.
4. Using the supplied USB-A to USB-C cable, connect the Conferencing PC
(USB-A) to the Poly GC8 (USB-C). See the cabling diagram on page 3.
5. (Optional) Connect an additional PC/laptop for content sharing to the Poly
GC8 (using an HDMI/HDMI Mini cable).
6. Replace the cable guard in the Poly GC8 and replace the bottom panel and
tighten the screw.
7. Connect the Poly Studio and monitor (using an HDMI cable) to the
Conferencing PC.
NOTE: In some situations, with 4K monitors, the meeting room controls
screen may appear on the front of room monitor and not on the Poly GC8
controller. When this happens, the Poly GC8 displays a blank screen. Poly
recommends connecting a 1080P limited EDID Emulator to the HDMI out
port of the Poly Microsoft Teams Rooms conferencing PC and connecting
the HDMI cable from the emulator to your monitor. For additional
installation and configuration guidance, refer to the manufacturer’s
instructions.
8. (Oponal) Connect a second monitor to the Conferencing PC.
9. Connect the Conferencing PC to Ethernet.
10. Connect the keyboard and mouse to the Conferencing PC.
11. Plug in and power on the Poly GC8 and then plug in and power on the other
components.
The Conferencing PC may reboot more than once. Do not shut down the
Conferencing PC during this process.
12. Complete the Windows Out-of-Box Setup using your keyboard and mouse.
See Inial setup for Microso Teams Rooms.
a. Choose your region.
b. Choose your keyboard layout.
c. Add a second keyboard. Select Skip.
The Conferencing PC reboots and then loads Microso Teams Rooms.
13. Complete the Microso Teams Rooms Out-of-Box Setup.
a. Accept the Microso Soware License Terms.
b. Enter your Microso Teams Rooms account informaon. See Congure
accounts for Microso Teams Rooms.
c. Select the appropriate Supported Meeting Mode based on the preferred
default applicaon.
•Skype for Business (default) and Microso Teams
•Skype for Business and Microso Teams (default)
•Skype for Business only
d. Enable Modern Authentication.
e. Complete Exchange sign-in if your mailbox has an alternate SMTP
address.
f. Click Finish.
The system restarts.
The Conferencing PC may reboot more than once. Do not shut down the
Conferencing PC during this process. When complete, the Microso Teams
Rooms Setup screen appears on the GC8.

This product cannot be connected directly to the telecommunicaons circuits (or public wireless LANs) of any telecommunicaon carriers (e.g., mobile communicaons carriers, xed communicaons carriers,
or internet providers). In the case of connecng this product to the Internet, be sure to connect it via a router.

14. Complete your conguraon. For detailed instrucons, see Inial setup for
Microso Teams Rooms.
a. Click More > Settings.
b. Enter admin password: sfb
c. Congure addional sengs.
• Account: Correct or change the email or password, if needed.
• Device: Enable Dual monitor mode if using a second monitor.
• Peripherals:
» Change audio devices, if necessary.
»Speaker for Conferencing and Default Speaker are the same.
» When using the “magic whiteboard” funconality, content
cameras can be congured. Note that this is not the People
camera, which is set automacally by the Microso Teams
Rooms applicaon. See Content camera for Microso Teams
Rooms.
When complete, the Conferencing PC reboots one more me.
15. Aer connecng all peripherals to the system, perform a Windows
Update. When the Poly GC8 requires updates, the screen turns black
while the rmware is updang, which can take up to 5 minutes. Aer the
rmware updates, the Poly GC8 restarts and returns to regular operaon
automacally.
Accessibility Features
For informaon on soware accessibility features, see Accessibility support for
Microso Teams.
The Poly GC8 provides a 3.5 mm audio out jack so that people who are hard of
hearing can use third-party assisve technology peripherals.
Connect the optional Icron USB Extension Solution
Connect the Icron USB Extension Soluon to extend USB 3.1 devices over a
single CAT cable.
To connect the optional Icron USB Extension Solution:
1. Connect the USB-B end of the USB 3.1 cable to the Local Extender (LEX)
and connect the other end to the Conferencing PC.
2. Power on the Local Extender (LEX).
3. Connect one end of the Ethernet CAT-6a/7 cable to the Local Extender
(LEX) and connect the other end to the Remote Extender (REX).
4. Power on the Remote Extender (REX).
5. Connect the USB-A end of the USB 3.1 cable to the Remote Extender (REX)
and connect the USB-C end to the Poly GC8.
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