Poly Trio 8300 Instruction manual

This guide covers the basic features and operaon of the
Trio 8300 Conference telephone. For more informaon
including a video tutorial, please visit the Star2Star
Knowledge Base at knowledge.star2star.com
Introducon:
The Poly Trio 8300 is a full-featured conference phone,
suitable for use in smaller conference rooms. Despite its
small size, the Trio 8300 delivers a full suite of conference
phone features, including built-in conference calling,
room-lling sound, and connecvity for mobile devices.
The 8300 includes Poly’s NoiseBlock feature, which
automacally eliminates background noise for clearer,
more producve conference calls.
Trio 8300 Conference Telephone
Quick User Guide
Geng to Know Your Phone:
The Trio 8300 has a large, full-range speaker at the
center of its triangular shape, with a microphone in each
of the three arms of the phone. The front of the phone
contains a large LCD display with a set of control keys,
a numeric keypad, and other related controls alongside
the keypad.
Three triangular LEDs at the top of the phone glow green
when a conversaon is in progress, and red when the
phone is muted.
This diagram shows the main components of your Trio
8300 telephone.
Navigang the Menu System
The Trio 8300 features a large monochrome LCD display
screen with four exible “so keys’ at the boom of the
screen.
The funcon of the so keys changes depending on
the operaon being performed. Immediately below
the screen is a 4-way keypad with a center Enter key.
Dedicated buons on either side of the keypad return to
the previous item or to the home menu screen.
Navigaon Key Shortcuts:
The four arrow keys (up, down, le, and right) on the
4-way keypad provide quick access to your call history as
well as your favorite numbers.
• Up – Favorites list
• Right – Placed calls list
• Down – Missed calls list
• Le – Incoming calls list
Placing Outgoing Calls:
To place a call, do one of the following:
• Enter the phone number on the keypad and press
the Dial key .
• Press the Contacts sokey, select a directory, select
a contact, and press Dial.
• Press the Recent Calls sokey, select a contact, and
press Dial.
• Press the up-navigaon key on the home screen to
access Favorites, select a Favorite, and press Dial
Answering Incoming Calls:
Press the Green Dial key while the phone is ringing.
① Speaker & microphone
② USB Device Connector
③ Sokeys
④ USB Host Port
⑤ Home Key
⑥ Volume +/- Keys
⑦ Mute Key & Indicator
⑧ Dial Keypad
⑨ Hang Up Buon
⑩ Answer / Dial Buon
⑪ Back key
⑫ 4-way Keypad
⑬ Display Screen

Ending a Call:
Tap the End Call buon to the le of the keypad.
Holding and Resuming Calls:
You can place an acve call on hold and resume the call
when you’re ready.
• To hold a call, press the Hold sokey.
• To resume a held call, press the Resume sokey.
Adjusng the Volume:
The Plus and Minus (+ and -) keys to the right of the
numeric keypad adjust the speaker volume and the
ringer volume. To adjust the speaker volume, press +or
-while engaged in a call. To adjust the ringer volume,
press +or - while the phone is idle.
Do Not Disturb
To prevent your phone from ringing, press the DND
sokey. When Do Not Disturb is enabled, the DND icon
displays in the status bar. Press DND a second me to
disable DND.
Conference Calling:
You can iniate a conference call with up to four
parcipants. To Begin a conference call:
1. Call a contact.
2. Do one of the following:
• Press Add and enter your contact’s number.
• Select a contact from Contacts or Recent Calls.
Repeat for up to two addional parcipants.
Creang an ad-hoc conference call:
You can join two or more exisng calls into a
conference call.
To join two calls:
1. On the In-Call screen, press Merge.
2. The two acve calls are merged into a conference
call.
To Mute conference parcipants:
Do one of the following:
• To mute all parcipants, select the conference name
and press Mute All.
• To mute an individual, select the parcipant and
press Mute.
To Remove a Conference Parcipant:
Select a parcipant, press Remove, and conrm that you
want to remove the parcipant from the conference.
Mung the Microphone
During a call, you can disable the phone’s microphone so
that other pares cannot hear you. Press the red Mute
buon to the right of the keypad. The mute lights on the
top of the phone will change from green to red.
To disable mung, press the mute buon again.
Transferring calls:
From Calls View, press Transfer or to use the default
transfer type, and call the other party. (Press and hold
Transfer to select a transfer type). When you hear the
ring back tone or aer you talk with the other party,
press Transfer or . If transfer type set to Blind, the call is
transferred immediately.
Forwarding calls:
To enable call forwarding, press Forward from Home or
Lines view. Select the forwarding type to enable, type a
forwarding number, and press Enable.
To disable call forwarding, press Forward from Home or
Lines view. Select the forwarding type to disable, and
press Disable.
To enable per-call forwarding:
As your phone rings, press Forward, enter the forwarding
number, and press Forward a second me.
Using a Bluetooth Device:
If you have a Bluetooth-enabled mobile device, you can
pair and connect it to the Poly Trio 8300 system.
To Pair a Bluetooth device:
1. On your device, go to your Bluetooth sengs and
search for new devices.
2. Select the Poly Trio 8300 system’s name from the list
of available devices.
3. Conrm the pairing request on your device and the
Poly Trio system.
To Connect a paired Bluetooth device:
On your device, go to your Bluetooth sengs and select
the Poly Trio 8300 system’s name from the list of paired
devices.
Using Bluetooth:
If your device is connected to the Poly Trio 8300 system
using Bluetooth, you can place a call on your mobile
phone and use the system as the speakerphone for the
call.
To Place a call over Bluetooth:
• On your device, place a call.
• The Trio 8300 acts as a speakerphone.
Using Find-Me / Follow-Me:
Star2Star’s powerful Find-Me / Follow-Me feature allows
calls to reach you, no maer where you are.Find-Me /
Follow-Me has three modes of operaon:
1. Immediate - Calls are immediately forwarded to
another number without ringing your extension.
2. Sequenal - Calls ring your extension, and then rings
up to four addional numbers in a sequenal order.
3. All - Calls ring your extension and up to four
addional numbers at the same me.
To set up Find-Me / Follow-Me on your phone, contact
your Star2Star system administrator, or visit knowledge.
star2star.com and search for “How do I forward my
phone”.
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