Polycom CX5000 Reference guide

System components and making phone calls
Touch screen display Buttons and LED indicators
Dialing and answering phone calls External dial pad and satellite microphones
Volume buttons
Adjust device
volume up or down.
Mute button
Toggle audio and
video on/off.
Use your finger tip to dial the
phone number on the touch screen.
Phone button
Make a call, answer a
call, or to go off hook.
Flash button
3 way calling or call
Waiting.
Info button
Device tutorial, software
version, diagnostics, and
speed dialing
Use the backspace to erase
digits when using on-hook dialing.
Indicator Description
Indicates whether external dial pad
is connected or not.
Indicates whether the
Polycom CX5000 is plugged into a
computer.
Indicates whether a phone line is
connected to the Polycom CX5000.
Indicates whether Ethernet is con-
nected to the Polycom CX5000.
Status indicators
Polycom® CX5000™ Quick Reference Card
Blinking Green —A
call is incoming.
Blinking Red —The
call is muted and
video is paused.
Green —A call is in
progress and/or an
audio/video conference is
in progress via a
connected computer.
On-hook dialing
Dial the number using the touch screen dial pad and press
the phone button to make the call.
Off-hook dialing
Press the phone button to go off-hook and hear a dial tone,
and then dial the number using the touch screen dial pad.
Answering a call
When the phone rings, press the phone
button to answer an incoming call.
Flash button
Use the flash button to answer a second call while the first
one is in progress or to add a 3-party into an active call.
Check with your telephone service provider or administrator
if call waiting or 3-way calling services are enabled on your
phone line.
External dial pad
Use the external dial pad to make or
answer a phone call from where you are
sitting. It functions like the touch screen
dial pad.
Satellite microphones
In large conference rooms, the satellite
microphones can be placed in front of
participants who are not sitting near the
Polycom CX5000.
LED Indicators

Joining an Audio/Video Conference
Computer connections Using the Polycom CX5000 with instant messaging applications
Using Microsoft®Office Live Meeting 2007 Recording a Live Meeting session
Connections to computer:
Make the following connections to the
computer used for the conference:
Plug the Polycom CX5000 USB
cable into the computer.
To maximize CPU speed, run
the computer off of AC power
(not battery power).
To maximize network band-
width, use a wired Ethernet
connection (not wireless) into
the computer.
Computer system requirements
Operating system: 32 bit Windows XP™ SP2
or 32/64 bit Windows Vista™
CPU Speed: 2.0 GHz or faster
RAM: 2 GB or more
Video Card RAM: 128 MB or more
Wired Ethernet connection
AC power plugged into the computer
The Polycom CX5000 works with instant messaging applications such as Microsoft®
Office Communicator 2007 or the latest version of Windows Live™Messenger.
Connect the Polycom CX5000 USB cable to the computer being used for the instant
messaging session. The Polycom CX5000 will pick up the audio and video from the
room and make it available to the instant messaging application for transmission to all
participants.
To schedule a Live Meeting,
please refer to
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?
LinkID=87802
Install Microsoft®Office Live
Meeting 2007client.
Connect the Polycom CX5000
USB cable to the PC being used
for the Live Meeting session.
Click on the meeting URL link in
the email invitation for Live
Meeting session.
The Live Meeting client will
launch.
Click on the icons to send audio
and video.
It is possible to record meetings using the Live Meeting client and
Polycom CX5000. Archived meetings can then be reviewed at a later time to see
and hear the people in the meeting along with an index of all data presented.
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