Verizon Polycom VVX 500 User manual

Getting Started Guide: Polycom VVX Color
Expansion Module
Overview
The Polycom® VVX® Color Expansion Module connects to Polycom® VVX® Business Media phone and adds
additional lines to VVX phones. It enables you to handle large call volumes on a daily basis and expands the
functions of your phone.
The Polycom VVX Color Expansion Module is available for all Polycom VVX business media phones running UC
software 4.1.6. You can accept, screen, dispatch, and monitor calls and reduce the number of lost customer
calls, shorten transaction times, and increase the accuracy of call routing.
VVX Color Expansion Modules has an easy-to-navigate 480x272 LCD display. Each VVX Color Expansion
Module provides you with 28 line keys and 3 display pages, supporting a total of 84 lines that you can set up
as favorites or busy lamp field contacts. You can connect up to 3 VVX Color Expansion Modules to your phone
to support a maximum of 252 line keys per phone.
Restrictions
The Virtual Communications Express solution does not support the Flexible Line Key feature and your system
administrator cannot active it. This restriction will not allow you to program registration (Shared Line
Appearance) on the Expansion Module. The Expansion Module only supports the Monitor (Busy Lamp
Field/BLF) and Favorites features.
Set Up VVX the Color Expansion Module
VVX Expansion Modules require minimal setup. VVX phones automatically configure VVX Expansion Modules
and provide it with power. Plug the expansion module into your phone and wait for it to power up
(approximately 20 seconds).

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Use the VVX Color Expansion Module
The following figures illustrate the VVX Color Expansion Module features, components, and keys. The
descriptions following the illustrations explain how to use the features, components, and keys.
Module Features
Color Display - displays line numbers, busy lamp field contacts, and favorites.
• Line Keys - press line keys to select an available line to place a call or to call to a favorite.
• LED Indicators – lights up to indicate line or busy lamp field contact’s status.
o Solid Green - indicates an active call in progress.
o Fast-Flashing Green - indicates an incoming call.
o Flashing Green - indicates the remote party placed the call on hold.
o Solid Red - indicates the phone of the busy lamp field contact you are monitoring is off-hook.
The busy lamp field contact you are monitoring is probably placing a call or on a call.

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o Flashing Red - indicates a held call.
o Flashing Green and Red - indicates an incoming call on the phone of the busy lamp field
contact you are monitoring.
• Page Keys - press these keys to navigate to a different page on the expansion module display or to
view additional lines.
• Page Keys LED Indicators – lights up to indicates page status.
o Fast-Flashing Green - indicates an incoming call on a page not currently displayed. When you
press the page key with the fast-flashing green LED indicator, the LED indicator stops flashing.
o Slow-Flashing Green - indicates a busy lamp field contact you are monitoring on a page not
currently displayed is receiving an incoming call.
o Solid Red - indicates the current page displayed.
• Base Stand Hooks into one of three slots on the back of the Expansion Modules to stand up the
display.

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The Virtual Communications
the Flexible Line Key feature and
active it. This restriction will not
allow you to program registration
Module only supports the
Monitor (Busy Lamp Field/BLF)
and Favorites features.
Assign Functions to Lines
You can assign functions to lines on your expansion module, including monitoring (Busy Lamp Field/BLF) and
favorites. System administrators can assign busy lamp field contacts to lines on your expansion module.
Expansion modules support one function per line. Registrations are assigned to the first available line
followed by busy lamp field contacts and favorites.
Function Assignments

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VVX phones with three connected VVX Color Expansion Modules support a maximum number of busy lamp
field contacts and favorites. VVX phones with three connected VVX Color Expansion Modules also support a
maximum number of unique line number registrations.
The following table lists the maximum number of supported functions on VVX phones connected to three
VVX Color Expansion Modules:
Function Type
Maximum Number
Supported
Busy Lamp Field contacts
50
Favorites
252
Assign Busy Lamp Field Contacts and Favorites
The default lines view on your phone screen displays registrations, busy lamp field contacts, and favorites.
Each function occupies a display in a space in the lines view. VVX phones support a maximum number of
display spaces. When you have reached the maximum number of display spaces your phone supports, the
next function you add is assigned to the first available line on your expansion module. Refer to the following
table for the maximum number of display spaces your phone supports.
VVX Phone Model
Maximum Display Spaces
Supported
VVX 500
12
VVX 600
16
VVX 400/410
12
VVX 300/310
6

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Identify Line Key Assignments
You can identify what registrations, busy lamp field contacts, and favorites are assigned to each line key on
your expansion module from your VVX phone.
1. Press to display the home view.
2. Select Settings > Status > Line Key Information.
3. Press a line key. The assignment and line number for the line key you pressed displays on your phone
screen.
4. Press the line key twice to return to the previous menu, or select Back.
Place a Call
You can place a call from your VVX Color Expansion Module. Line Keys activate available lines.
Press a line key corresponding to an available line and dial the number.
-OR-
Press the line key of the favorite you want to call.
Answer a Call
You can answer a call from your VVX Color Expansion Module or VVX phone.
Press the expansion module line key with the flashing green LED indicator.
-OR-
Select Answer on your phone.
Activate a Held Call
You can activate a held call on your VVX Color Expansion Module.
Press the line key corresponding to line with the held call you want to activate.

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Assign Favorites
You can assign favorites to line keys on the VVX Color Expansion Module so that when you press a line key
you automatically call a contact. Create favorites from the contact directory on your VVX phone. To make a
contact a favorite, assign a contact a favorite index number from the contact directory. Favorites display
consecutively according to their index number, with the contact with the lowest number displaying first.
However, expansion modules automatically assign favorites to the next available line key regardless of their
index number. You can reorder your favorites once they are created by changing the value of their index
number.
Assign a Favorite on a VVX 500/600 Phone
Select a contact from your contact directory. Select Add to Favorites on the contact’s information screen.
-OR-
Select to a call record from your recent calls list. Select Add to Favorites on the call details screen.
A displays next to the contact’s name in the Contact Directory. The favorite displays in Lines View on your
phone or on your expansion module.
TIP: Manually assign a favorite index number when you make a favorite After you select Add to Favorites ,
a pop-up appears asking if you want to automatically accept the next available index number or manually
enter your own. Select Yes to automatically accept an index number, or Edit Index to enter a unique index
number. You can enter a number up to 9999.
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1. Select a contact from your contact directory and select Info > Edit.
2. Enter a unique index number in the Favorite Index field (up to 9999) and select Save.
A or displays next to the contact’s name in the contact directory. The favorite displays in the lines
Vview on your phone or expansion module.
TIMESAVER: Press and hold an available expansion module line key to assign a favorite You can press and
hold an available line key on your expansion module to quickly assign a favorite. The Add Contact screen
displays on your phone. Enter the contact’s information, including a unique favorite index number up to 9999
in the Favorite Index field and select Save . On a VVX 500/600 phone, you can leave the favorite index number
your phone automatically assigns. The favorite is assigned to the next available line on your expansion
module, not necessarily the line corresponding to line key you pressed to assign the favorite.

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Change Backlight Intensity
The VVX Color Expansion Module display connected to your phone automatically changes to match the new
settings when you change the backlight intensity settings on your VVX phone.
NOTE: You cannot change backlight intensity settings for VVX Color Expansion Modules You cannot change
the backlight intensity settings for VVX Expansion Modules since the display is a directory card.
You can change the backlight intensity and the brightness of your screen display to a comfortable viewing
level. Backlight intensity has three settings:
• Backlight On - the brightness of the screen when there is phone activity.
• Backlight Idle - the brightness of the screen when there is no phone activity.
• Maximum Intensity - the brightness scale that applies to both Backlight On and Backlight Idle
intensity levels.
You can change the Backlight On intensity and the Backlight Idle intensity separately. You can choose a high,
medium, or low intensity, or turn off the backlight entirely.
When you change the maximum intensity, you modify the entire backlight intensity scale. For example, if you
decrease the maximum intensity, the low, medium, and high levels for both Backlight On and Backlight Idle
intensities decrease.
1. Press to display the home view.
2. Select Settings > Basic > Backlight Intensity .
3. Select one of the following options:
• Backlight On Intensity - select High , Medium , or Low intensity. The default setting is High . The
backlight intensity of your screen display immediately changes.
• Backlight Idle Intensity - select High , Medium , or Low . The default setting is Low . The backlight
intensity of your screen display changes the next time your phone is idle.
• Maximum Intensity - select Up or Down to increase or decrease the maximum intensity the
screen displays. When you have a VVX 500/600 phone, you can also drag your finger along the
slider to increase or decrease the maximum intensity the screen displays.
4. Press to navigate back to the home view. On a VVX 500/600 phone, press again to navigate
back to the lines view. On a VVX 400/410/300/310 phone, press two times to navigate back to
the lines view. You can also select Back to navigate back through previous phone menus.

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Version 1.16 July 2016