Polycom VVX 400 Installation guide

Polycom VVX 400 Series Training
Fuze Training Department
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Training Objectives
After attending this training, users should have a basic understanding of:
•Overview, layout, and available views of the Polycom VVX400 Series
•Call features, including placing, receiving, and managing calls
•Setting up and accessing voicemail
•Searching and editing within the contact directory
•Additional features and capabilities
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Phone Overview
Overview
The Polycom VVX 400 Series phones have a
color, graphical LCD screen. This desk phone
supports twelve line appearances and high-
definition (HD) voice on all audio paths (speaker,
handset, headset). The device also has user-
friendly navigation options and a number of
specific function keys.
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•Message Waiting Indicator: Flashes red to indicate new messages
•Line keys: Gives access to phone lines, parking lots, and favorites in Lines view
•Home key: Press the key from any screen to display the Home view (from Home
view, press once more to display other phone views)
•Soft keys: Four keys below the screen used to select a function (available functions
are context-sensitive)
•Navigation keys: Scrolls through information or options displayed on the phone’s
screen
•Select key: Selects a field of displayed data
•Headset key: Enables the placing and receiving of calls through a headset (glows
green when an analog headset is activated)
•Speakerphone key: Enables the placing and receiving calls using the speakerphone
(glows green when activated)
•Mute key: Mutes audio during calls and conferences (glows red when audio is
muted)
•Volume keys: Adjusts the volume of the handset, headset, speaker, and phone’s
ringer
•In standby mode the key will adjust the ringer volume
•During an active call the key will adjust the speaker volume (handset,
headset and speakerphone)
•Microphone: Transmits sound from the phone to other phones
•Hold key: Press the key to place active call on hold
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•Messages key: Press key to access the message center
•Transfer key: Press key to initiate call transfer
•Speaker: Provides ringer and hands-free (speakerphone) audio output
•Dial pad: Enables the entering of numbers, letters, and special characters
•Security slot: Enables the connection at the back of the phone to a laptop cable
lock so it can be secured it to a desktop
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•In Lines view, a line key can be pressed to access the Dialer and view the number
of active or held calls on the phone, as shown in the graphic above
•In Lines view, the order of appearance on the display would be, line appearance,
parking lots, buddy lists and speed dial
•If the phone line has an active call, the call color is green
•If the phone line has more than one held call, the call color is dark blue
•The number of total calls on the phone line is shown above the calls
•To select a call, use the up and down navigation keys
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Calls View
•Default view while a call is active or on hold
•Call status is indicated by color
‐Dark green = Active call
‐Gray = Incoming call
‐Bright blue = Held call
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Held Call
Active Call
Calls view can be accessed if the phone has an active and held call in progress, or if
one call is on hold. In Calls view, use the up and down navigation keys to see all the
active and held calls. If the phone has more than one line, calls will display under the
associated line, as shown. Use the up and down navigation keys to highlight a call.
When a call is selected, available soft keys display for the call. If there’s more than
one call on a line, the held call will be a dark blue.
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Training Objectives
After attending this training, users should have a basic understanding of:
•Overview, layout and available views of the Polycom VVX400 series
•Call features, including placing, receiving, and managing calls
•Setting up and accessing voicemail
•Searching and editing within the contact directory
•Additional features and capabilities
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Placing Calls
From either the Home view or Lines view, dial
the number to call, followed by:
•Picking up the handset
•Pressing the Headset key
•Pressing the Speakerphone key
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Calls can be placed in these ways:
•Manually from the Dialer
•Automatically by pressing favorite button in Lines view
•Automatically from the Favorites list, Recent Calls list, or Contact Directory
To make calls within the US dial the 10 digit number including the area code and local
number. It is not necessary to dial 1 or 9 prior to the number.
* For international calls (from the US), dial 011, the country code, the Area code, and
the number.
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