Polycom VVX410 User manual

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USERGUIDE
Polycom VVX 410 Customer User Guide
Software 4.1.4 | March 2013 | 1725-49090-001 Rev A

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Phone Keys and Hardware
The following figure shows the important phone features, which are described
next.
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Phone Views
Your phone has three main views: Home, Calls, and Lines view (the default).
To change views:
For Home view, press .
From Home view, press
to display either Lines or Call view.
At the top of each view is a status bar, shown next. The status bar shows the date and time. If
your phone has information you should know about, messages will display, together with the
time.
Home View
You can display Home view (shown next) by pressing . Home view displays your phone line,
and messages, settings, and information. At the bottom of Home view is a Page Indicator that
shows how many pages of icons Home view displays.
To change the highlighted icon, press the up, down, right, or left arrow key. Press Select to
access the desired menu.
Home view displays the following icons:
New Call—Select New Call to display the Dialler so you can place a call.
Messages—Select Messages to access your voicemail.
Directories—Select Directories to access your Contact Directory, Favourites, and
Recent Calls list. You may also be able to access a Corporate Directory and Buddy
Status List if they’re set up on your phone.
Forward—Select Forward to set up forwarding options for incoming calls.

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DND—Select DND to toggle DND (Do Not Disturb) on or off. When DND is enabled, your
phone won’t ring and incoming calls will go to voice mail.
Settings—Select Settings to access phone features and settings to customize your
phone.
Additional icons may include:
Applications—Select Applications to access a menu of custom applications. See your
administrator for information about any specific applications listed in this menu.
Calendar—Select Calendar to show a calendar with your meeting details. Using the
Calendar feature, you can join meetings directly from your phone.
Lines View
Lines view (shown next) is your phone’s default display. Lines view displays your phone line(s),
your favourites, and soft keys in the soft key area.
If your phone is idle, you can press a line key to access the Dialler.
If your phone has calls, the phone line indicates the number of calls you have, and if they’re
active or held. If the phone line has an active call, the call colour is dark green, as shown next. If
the phone line has one or more held calls, the call colour is dark blue, as shown next. The
number of total calls is shown above the calls. To select a call, use the up and down arrow keys.

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Calls View
You can access Calls view (shown next) if your phone has multiple calls in progress, or you
have one held call. Use the up and down arrow keys to see all your calls. If your phone has
multiple lines, calls display under the associated line.
Call colour indicates status:
Dark green—Active call
Bright blue—Incoming call
Dark blue—Held call
Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight a call. The soft keys apply to the highlighted call.
Answering Calls
All incoming calls display in an Incoming Call window, as shown next.
To answer the call, do one of the following:
To use the handset, pick up the handset.
To use the speakerphone, press or press Answer.
To use your headset, press .

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Answering Another Call
If you have a call and an incoming call arrives on the same or a different line, a call waiting tone
beeps, and the Incoming Call window displays. To answer the call, press Answer. The call you
were in is held.
If you don’t answer the call within 10 seconds, the Incoming Call window disappears, and Calls
viewdisplays.
Managing Multiple Calls
You can easily manage multiple calls from Lines and Calls view.
Calls view displays all the calls for each phone line, as shown next. All the calls for a phone line
display under the associated phone line. Scroll up or down to see all your lines and calls. To
switch to Lines view, press More, and then Lines or press
Lines view shows you each line on your phone, and how many calls each line has, as shown
next. In the example below, line 2340 has one active call, and line 2333 has one held call.
If you press a line key that doesn’t have an active call, the most recent call on that line will
become active. The current call will be held.
To manage a call, use the up and down keys to highlight it. Then, press one of the soft keys to
hold, resume, end, or transfer the highlighted call, or set up a conference with the highlighted
call.

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Placing Calls from Favourites, Recent Calls, and Directories
In addition to the Dialler, you can place calls from the Recent Calls list, Favourites list, or
your Directory. Or, you can quickly call a favourite from Home or Lines view.
To call from the Recent Calls list:
1Access your Recent Calls list by doing one of the following:
○From Home view, select Directories, and select Recent Calls. or
○From Lines view, press the right arrow key for the Placed Calls list, the down
arrow key for the Missed Calls list, or the left arrow key for the Received Calls list.
2From the Recent Calls list, use the up and down arrow key to select the person you want to
call and press Dial.
To call from your Favourites list:
1From Home view, select Directories, and select Favourites. You can also press the up
arrow key to access the Favourite list.
2From your Favourites list, use the up and down arrow key to select the favourite you want
to call, and press Dial.
To call from your Directory:
1From Home view, select Directories, and select Contact Directory.
2From your Directory, use the up and down arrow key to select the contact you want to call.
3Place the call by doing one of the following:
○From the contact’s information screen—press Info, use the up and down arrow
key to select the contact, and press Dial.
○Use the up and down arrow key to select the contact, and press Dial.
Redialling Numbers
To dial the last number you called, press the right arrow key for the Placed Calls list. The first
number in the list is the last call you placed.
To redial a number:
From the Placed Calls list (shown next), press Dial.
Use the up and down arrow key to select the other previously placed calls.

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During Calls
When you’re in a call, you can do the following:
Hold the call.
Transfer the call to another person.
Set up a conference call with the person you’re talking with and another person.
Holding Calls
You can place any active call on hold. A held call displays in Calls and Lines view as follows:
To hold a call:
From Lines or Calls view, press Hold. If you’re in Calls view, be sure to highlight the call
first.
To resume a held call:
 Do one of the following:
○From Lines view, press Resume. If there’s more than one held call on the
line, the last call that you held will be resumed. If you have multiple lines
and you press Resume, the last call that you held—on either line—will be
resumed.
or
○From Calls view, use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the call,
and press Resume.
Transferring Calls
When you transfer a call to another person, you have the option to talk to the person before the
transfer completes.
If your phone supports a blind transfer, you can automatically transfer a call without talking to
the other person. The call is automatically transferred after you dial the number you’re
transferring the call to.
To transfer a call:
1From Lines or Calls view, press Transfer. The active call is held.
2From the Dialler, place a call to the person you want to transfer the call to.

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3 When you hear the ring-back sound, press Transfer to complete the transfer. Or, if you
want to talk with the person before the transfer completes, connect and talk with the
person, and then press Transfer. To cancel the transfer before the call connects, tap
Cancel.
To perform a blind transfer:
1From Lines or Calls view, press Transfer. The active call is held.
2From the Dialler, press Blind, and place a call to the person you want to transfer the call
to. If you don’t see Blind, press More, and then Blind.
The call automatically transfers to the person you specified.
Setting Up and Handling Conference Calls
You can set up a conference call with two other people. Depending on your phone system, you
may be able to add more than two people to your call; ask your system administrator for the
maximum number.
Just as with other calls, you can hold and resume conference calls. In addition, you’ll have the
option to split a conference call—end the conference and place the people you were talking with
onhold.
During a conference, you may have access to the conference management feature. This feature
allows you to manage each person in the conference call so that you can mute, hold, and
remove each person. Your system administrator can enable this feature on your phone. For more
information, see Managing Conference Call Participants.
Setting Up Conference Calls
There are two ways to set up a conference: the conventional way—by calling two people and
using the Confrnc soft key—or joining two existing calls using the Join soft key.
To set up a conference call:
1Call the first person.
2From Lines or Calls view, press More and then Confrnc. The active call is held.
3Using the Dialler, call the second person.
4 When the second person answers, press More and then Confrnc to join everyone in a
conference. The Active: Conference screen displays, as shown next.

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To manage a person in a conference call:
1Set up an active conference call.
2From Active Call, Lines, or Calls view, press Manage. If you’re in Calls view, be sure to
highlight the conference first. The following example show the screens that display
when you manage a conference.
3Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the person you want to manage.
4Do one of the following:
○Press Far Mute to mute the person. The muted person can hear everyone, but
no one can hear the muted person.
○Press Hold to hold the person. The held person can’t hear anyone, and no one
can hear the held person.
○Press Remove to remove the person from the conference, end the conference
call, and create an active call between you and the person still in the call.
○Press Info to view information about the person and their call status. When you
press Info, a popup displays listing the person’s information, as shown next.
You can navigate through the popup using the up and down arrow keys.
○Press Back to exit the conference management
function.

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Using Do Not Disturb
Enabling Do Not Disturb (DND) stops your phone from ringing and sends all incoming calls
directly to voicemail. All calls you receive while DND is enabled are logged to your Recent Calls
list.
When you enable Do Not Disturb, the following happens:
The Do Not Disturb icon displays in the status bar, as shown next.
If your phone is idle, the Do Not Disturb icon, , displays next to your phone
line in
Lines view, as shown next. If you have new messages or forwarding enabled, the
messages or forwarding icon will display instead.
Listening to Voicemail
Your phone may indicate new voicemail messages by the following:
A message in the status bar, as shown next. The message indicates the number of new
messages you have. The count is a total of all messages on all lines on the phone.
A flashing Message Waiting Indicator, located at the top-right of your
phone.
An audible alert (if your phone is on-hook).
To listen to voicemail messages:
1Press , and select Message Centre. Or, from Home view, select Messages, and
select Message Centre.
2If multiple lines are configured on your phone, the Line Select screen displays. Use the up
and down arrow keys to select the line that has the message.
3From the Messages screen, press Connect and follow the prompts.

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Working with a Corporate Directory
You may have access to portions of a Corporate Directory. The Corporate Directory is non-
editable; your administrator determines which contacts you can see.
From the Corporate Directory, you can do the following:
Search for contacts.
Dialcontacts.
Add contacts to your local Contact Directory.
To view the Corporate Directory:
Select Directories from Home view, and select Corporate Directory. By default,
a blank search screen displays. To view entries, search for a person.
To search the Corporate Directory:
From the Corporate Directory, perform a quick search or an advanced search:
○To perform a quick search, enter the first few characters of the contact’s first or
last name (depending on how the directory is organized), and press Submit.
or
○To perform an advanced search, press AdvFind. From the Advanced Find
screen, enter your search criteria, and press Submit.
The screen displays a list of contacts, starting with the most successful matches. To view
information for the contact, press View. To erase all your search criteria and enter new criteria
before you submit your search, press multipletimes.
To dial a Corporate Directory contact:
1From the Corporate Directory, search for the contact you want to dial.
2From the search results, use the up and down arrow keys to select the contact, and press
Dial.
To add a contact to your local Contact Directory:
1From the Corporate Directory, search for the contact you want to add to your Contact
Directory.
2From the search results, use the up and down arrow keys to select the contact, and press
View.
3From the contact’s information screen, press Save. Only the first name, last name, and
phone number are saved. You may want to go to the Contact Directory to see if the
contact was saved correctly and to add additional contact information.

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If you need a more in-depth guide to the Polycom VVX 410,
you can:
Call us on: 0330 333 2 333
Email us at: [e-mail]
Or open up the Full 115-page User Guide via the URL:
http://support.polycom.com/global/documents/suppor
t/user/products/voice/VVX_400_410_UserGuide_UCS_
4_1_4.pdf