Polycom VVX 500 IP Phone User Manual


 
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To change your user password:
1 Tap Settings from Home view, and tap Advanced.
2 From the Password screen, enter your user password, and tap Enter.
3 From the Advanced screen, tap Change User Password.
4 From the Change User Password screen, enter your password information, and tap Enter.
Locking and Unlocking Your Phone
You can choose how you want your phone to handle incoming calls when it is locked. When you set up
your phone to receive incoming calls when it is locked (the default setting), incoming calls ring on your
phone, and you can answer calls by entering your user password. When you set up your phone to ignore
incoming calls, Do Not Disturb applies to all lines on your phone, and your phone does not ring.
To lock your phone:
1 Tap Settings from Home view, and tap Basic > Lock Phone.
2 From the Lock Phone screen, select how you want incoming calls handled when your phone is
locked. The default setting is Allow ringing when locked.
Allow ringing when locked Select this option if you want your phone to ring when you have
an incoming call. When you choose this option, you can answer a call by entering your
password.
3 Tap Lock.
Your phone is locked.
Timesaver: A Quick Way to Lock Your Phone
Your phone is set up so that you can quickly lock it by tapping Lock from Lines view. When you do
this, you cannot choose how to handle incoming calls. Your phone uses the default setting, Allow
ringing when locked, or the last setting you selected.
To unlock your phone:
1 Tap Unlock.
2 Enter your user password, and tap Enter.
The phone unlocks.
Calling and Answering from a Locked Phone
From a locked phone, anyone can dial the standard emergency number, such as 911, and up to five other
authorized numbers that your administrator can set up. You cannot call any other numbers from a locked
phone. When you set up your phone so you can answer incoming calls when your phone is locked, you
can answer calls by entering your user password.