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Telecommunications Services: Video Conferencing -- Using the PolyCom Unit      
Written by fuying   
January 29, 2008 10:00

Getting Started

  1. Turn on the TV. You may use the TV remote control to do this (the TV may be on 'stand-by').
 
  1. Turn on the PolyCom Video Conferencing unit. The on/off switch is located on the rear of the PolyCom unit (on the left side as you face the camera).
 
 

Using the PolyCom remote control

  1. Use the PolyCom remote control to initiate, conduct, and terminate your video conference.
 
  1. Press the menu button to  back?or withdraw from one screen to the previous screen.
 
  1. Use the arrow keys to navigate around the menus, highlighting different choices. Press the button in the center of the arrow keys to select a highlighted choice.
 
 

Making and receiving calls

  1. The Address Book (looks like a notebook on the main menu) contains previously dialed IP and ISDN numbers.
 
  • You can make and receive IP calls from any PolyCom unit.
 
  • You can receive ISDN calls, but you cannot make an ISDN call.
 
  1. To enter the digits in a dialing string, press the numbered buttons on the PolyCom remote control. Use the right-arrow key to insert dots between the octets of an IP address. "141.161.14.23" would be entered by pressing: 141 right arrow 161 right arrow 14 right arrow 23
 
 

Conducting your conference

  • During a call, you can steer the local camera using the up, down, left, and right arrows. If you press the ar?button, and if the far-end camera is configured to permit you to do so, you can steer and zoom the far-end camera.
 
  • When you pick up the PolyCom remote control during a call, on-screen icons and picture-in-picture will appear in the lower right corner. When you put down the remote, the icons and picture-in-picture will disappear.
 
 

Ending your conference

1.To disconnect a call, or hang up, press the hang-up button once, select the call you want to hang up, and press the button again.

 

2.Remember to turn off both the TV and the PolyCom unit.