POLYCOM VVX500

1. POLYCOM VVX 500 IP Phone
2. Documentation
3. Hard Reset for the Polycom VVX500
4. VOIP Services for Amateur Radio
5. References

1. Hamshack Hotline (HH)
2. Hams Over IP (HoIP)

POLYCOM VVX 500 IP Phone

Designed for a broad range of environments from small and medium businesses to large enterprises, the Polycom VVX 500 performance business media phone improves productivity, by complementing the workplace applications on the user’s computer. Users benefit from such capabilities as viewing and managing their exchange calendars and contacts on the phone and receive meeting reminders while still having access to their corporate directory and all while waiting for their PCs to boot. Users can also extend their PC desktop to include the VVX 500 phone’s screen, enabling simplified interactions and dialling using their PC’s mouse and keyboard.

Training and multipoint communication applications are complemented by the VVX 500 video playback capability for streaming content. Polycom VVX 500 multimedia IP phone is a 12 SIP line IP phone with HD Voice that is Open Source to work with most SIP PBX’s and 3rd party UC platforms.

The VVX 500 has Dual USB 2.0 ports for media and storage applications which allow you to use the display on the phone for multiple uses such as built-in web applications, digital photo frame, news, sports, weather, or even as an extension of your PC desktop.

• Call timer and call waiting
• Call transfer, hold, divert (forward), pickup
• Local Voice Call Recording on USB flash drive
• Screensaver and digital picture frame mode
• There’s also a virtual keyboard on the screen
• Voicemail and video mail support
• Local three-way audio conferencing
• Remote missed call notification

• 3.5” (9-cm) TFT (320 x 240)
• Up to 12 line appearances
• Immersive capacitive touch UI
• Streaming media video playback
• Video conferencing via external USB cam (coming post FCS)
• Full Browser (Webkit)
• HD Voice up to 14KHz on all audio paths (Speaker, Handset, Headset)
• 2 x Ethernet 10/100/1000
• 2 x USB 2.0 host
• “Green” – low power
• Hard Keys: 12-key keypad, home, speaker, mute, volume, headset

Documentation

Hard Reset for the Polycom VVX500

To factory reset the phone, reboot the phone and wait for the starting application:

1. Power cycle the phone
2. While the phone is starting wait for the "CANCEL" button to appear and press it.
3. Before the 7 seconds count down expires, press and hold the 1,3,5 key combination .
4. The password page will appear. Enter the device's MAC ID as the password.

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