Polycom ACC-1144 PUG Quick Reference Manual

Brand: Polycom

Model: ACC-1144 PUG

Category: IP phones

Type: Quick Reference Manual

Polycom Conference Phone

Quick Reference Guide

ACC-1144 PUG

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO YOUR POLYCOM CONFERENCE PHONE ............................................................... 2

WELCOME .................................................................................................................................................... 2

CONFERENCE PHONE .................................................................................................................................... 2

HOW TO USE YOUR POLYCOM CONFERENCE PHONE .......................................................................... 3

Answering and making calls ................................................................................................................... 3

Answering a Second Call ........................................................................................................................ 3

Placing a second call .............................................................................................................................. 4

Call Transfer ............................................................................................................................................ 4

At this point, the call is connected to the number to which you are transferring them. ........................... 4

Alternate Method for Transferring Calls- ................................................................................................. 5

Conferencing Calls .................................................................................................................................. 5

Call Park .................................................................................................................................................. 6

Paging (Intercom) .................................................................................................................................... 6

Forwarding All Incoming Calls ................................................................................................................ 7

Do Not Disturb ......................................................................................................................................... 8

Voicemail ................................................................................................................................................. 8

Introduction to your Polycom Conference Phone

Welcome

The AccessLine Hosted PBX phone system and service is a very

powerful communication system that provides a comprehensive solution

for your small business communications needs. This guide highlights

some of the most commonly used features of the Polycom Conference

Phone. For a complete list of features and capabilities, please refer to

the Polycom Conference Phone Owner’s Manual.

Phones may be plugged into your existing network or connected

wirelessly if your system includes the optional Base Unit.

Conference Phone

Numeric Keys

Volume

Mute

Call/Hang Up

Softkeys

Redial

Navigation

How to use your Polycom Conference Phone

Answering and making calls

To answer a call:

Press or the Answer soft key.

The three LEDs flash green when the phone rings.

To Place a Call Off-hook

1. To obtain a dial tone, press or the New Call soft key.

2. Enter the phone number or extension number of the party you want to call.

3. Press the Send soft key.

To place a call on-hook (to dial a phone number):

1. Enter the phone number or extension number of the party you want to call

2. Press the Dial soft key

Redialing a call

The Redial function places a call to the last number dialed. To use the Redial

function:

1. Press the Redial key

Answering a Second Call

If you are on a call and another call comes in to your phone you will hear a tone

from the phone and see the caller ID of the person calling on the top line of the

display.

There are two ways to answer the second call:

Method 1

1. Press the Hold soft key to place the original call on hold.

2. Press the down arrow to access the new call.

3. Soft key labels are updated on the display showing Ignore, Answer, and

Reject.

4. Press the Answer soft key to answer the incoming call.

Method 2

1. Press the down arrow

2. Press the Answer Soft Key

The first call is put on hold and the second call is answered.

Placing a second call

While on a call, you may place that call on hold and make a second call. To place

a second call:

1. Press the Hold soft key to place the original call on hold.

2. Press the New Call soft key

3. Dial the phone number or extension

Call Transfer

You can transfer calls from your Desk Phone to another Desk Phone in your office

or to any other phone number outside your office. You may perform both Blind

and Consultative Call Transfer.

To use Consultative Call Transfer

Note: The following instructions assume you are on a call and that your

phone only has one call active.

1. During a call press the Trnsfer soft key. The active call will be placed on hold

2. Enter the number to which you want to transfer the call.

3. As soon as you hear the ring-back sound or after the party answers (and you

speak to the party), press the Trnsfer soft key.

You can talk privately to the party to which you are transferring the call

before the transfer is completed.

You can cancel the transfer before the call connects by pressing the Cancel

soft key.

To Blind Transfer a Call-

Note: The following instructions assume you are on a call and that your

phone only has one call active.

1. During a call press the Trnsfer soft key. The active call will be placed on hold

2. Press the Blind softkey

3. Enter the phone number or extension you wish to transfer to

At this point, the call is connected to the number to which you are transferring

them.

Alternate Method for Transferring Calls-

This call transfer method is used when you want to transfer a call without tying up

two lines on your phone system. It uses the AccessLine network to transfer the

call instead of the phone system.

1. Receive a call on your Desk Phone

2. Touch #5 to start the transfer (this will place your caller on hold)

3. At the dial tone, enter the extension or phone number you want to transfer

the caller to

4. When the transfer party picks up the phone, touch #5 again.

5. All three of you will be connected.

6. Hang up and the two parties are connected (without tying up any of your

lines)

Note- If the transfer party does not pick up the phone, touch #6 to return back to

the original caller.

Call Transfer to Voicemail

You may transfer any caller to a specific voicemail box belonging to any other user

on the system.

1. Receive or place a call on your Desk Phone

2. Press the TRANSFER soft Key

3. Press the Blind soft key

4. Dial *99 followed by the extension number of the desired person. DO NOT

HANG UP

5. Once the call has transferred to the desired voicemail box, your line will

hang up. Do not hang up the phone until the line has disconnected.

Conferencing Calls

You may join two calls already on your phone or add an additional party to an

existing call.

Joining Calls (allowed only when you have two calls on your phone)

1. When you are on an active call with one call on hold press the More soft

key twice

2. Press the Join soft key.

3. A conference is created with the active call, the call on hold and yourself.

To Setup a Conference Call (with two other parties)

1. Call the first party.

2. Press Conf soft key to create a new call.

3. The active call is placed on hold.

4. You will receive a dial tone. Dial the second party.

5. All parties are joined

Placing a Call on Hold

During a call, press the Hold soft key. The caller will hear the standard hold music or

your custom hold music/message.

Retrieving a Call on Hold

Press the Resume soft key to retrieve the call

Call Park

To Park a call

Parking a call is very similar to putting a call on hold. The key difference is, when

you put a call on hold you can only retrieve the held call from the phone that put

the call on hold. With Call Park, you can put a call on hold and pick it up from

ANY phone within the same Call Park Group. Through the Admin Portal, Call

Park Groups can be creates so specific groups of phones can park calls for each

other. If you do not create specific Call Park Groups, all phones are automatically

assigned to the Standard Call Park Group.

1. While on a call, press the More soft key

2. Press the Park soft key

3. The phone will respond with a voice prompt such as “Call Parked on

9001”. The caller will hear hold music.

4. To pick up the parked call, anyone on any phone may dial the park number

(9001 in this example) to be connected with the caller.

Paging (Intercom)

To page to all phones

Paging allows you to speak to a group or all phones at the same time through the

speaker phone. Paging is used to make announcements such as “Jim, you have a

visitor in the lobby” or to let people know about a parked call such as “Susan, you

have a call waiting on park 2”. Paging will only notify phones not in use or not set

to DND. The Admin Portal is used to create Paging Groups so only specific

phones can hear a page.

1. Dial the paging group number or 9100 to page all phones

2. WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE TONE

3. Make your announcement which will be heard on all phones in the paging

group (except phones set to DND or phones in use)

4. Hang up the phone when finished

Answering a Page

1. Press the “Answer” soft key on the phone display

2. Talk directly back to the person who initiated the page

Rejecting a Page

1. To ignore a page, press the “Reject” button

Forwarding All Incoming Calls

You can configure your phone so that all incoming calls are forwarded to another

party (known as static forwarding). You can choose to:

• Forward all calls

• Forward calls when your phone is busy

• Forward call when you do not answer your phone

Note: both forwarding on no answer and busy are set to forward to your voicemail

box.

To enable call forwarding to another party:

1. Press the Forward soft key

2. Using select the forwarding type you want to change and then press

. The options are:

• Always—For all incoming calls

• No Answer—Once all options to accept calls have been taken

• Busy—When you are already in a call

3. Depending on your selection:

a. If you select Always, enter a number to forward all future incoming

calls to.

b. If you select No Answer, enter a number to forward all unanswered

incoming calls to and how many rings to wait before forwarding (one

ring is approximately six seconds). A value of 4 is recommended.

c. If you select Busy, enter a number to forward all future incoming calls

to when you are already in another call.

4. Select the Enable soft key to confirm call forwarding.

5. Select the Exit soft key to cancel any changes.

6. The idle display returns with a moving arrow as the line label to confirm

call forwarding is enabled.

Disable Call Forwarding

1. Press the Forward softkey

2. Using select the forwarding type you want to change and then press the

Select soft key.

3. Press the Disable soft key to turn off call forwarding.

Do Not Disturb

A Desk Phone can be set to Do Not Disturb (DND). When a phone is set to DND,

any internal or external call will immediately route to that phone’s voicemail box

without ringing the phone.

Set DND

1. Press

2. Features will be highlighted

3. Press Select

4. Use the down arrow to scroll to Do Not Disturb

5. Press Select

You will not receive a confirmation on the screen but a flashing icon, , displays

at the top left of the screen

Calls received while Do Not Disturb is enabled are logged in the Missed Calls list..

Cancel DND

1. Press

2. Features will be highlighted

3. Press Select

4. Use the down arrow to scroll to Do Not Disturb

5. Press Select

You will not receive a confirmation on the screen but the Do Not Disturb icon will

be removed from the upper left of the display

Voicemail

Each phone has a built-in voicemail box. If a call to your phone is not answered or

your phone is busy, the voicemail box will take a message and alert you through

the message-waiting lamp at the top of the phone and optionally via email to your

cell phone or computer. Messages may be retrieved through your Desk Phone,

your Personal Portal or from any phone.

Retrieving Messages from Your Desk Phone

1. Press the Menu button.

2. Features will be highlighted. Press the Select key

3. Use the down arrow and scroll to Messages. Press the Select key

4. Press the Connect soft key

5. The system will prompt you to enter your PIN

6. The system will then say, “You have x new and y old voicemail messages”

7. The following options are available through the keypad

Retrieving messages from any phone

1. Dial your Desk Phone number

2. Allow the phone to ring then forward to your voicemail box

3. Enter your PIN over the greeting

Retrieving messages via the Web

1. Go to www.accessline.com/login

2. Enter your Desk Phone number

3. Enter your PIN

4. Click LOG IN

5. You will be presented with a list of new and listened to voicemail messages

6. Click the play button associated with the desired message and it will play

through your computer speakers

Change Your Voicemail PIN via the Phone

1. Press the Menu button.

2. Features will be highlighted. Press the Select key

3. Use the down arrow and scroll to Messages. Press the Select key

4. Press the Connect soft key

5. Enter your password when prompted (0000 by default)

6. Touch 8 for User Options

7. Touch 3 to enter a new PIN

8. Enter your new PIN and follow the directions to confirm and save your

new PIN

Enter/Change an Unavailable Greeting via the Phone

1. Press the Menu button.

2. Features will be highlighted. Press the Select key

3. Use the down arrow and scroll to Messages. Press the Select key

4. Press the Connect soft key

5. Enter your password when prompted (it is 0000 by default) or over your

current greeting if you have called from another phone.

6. Touch 8 for User Options

7. Touch 1 to record your new Unavailable Greeting

Change the Amount of Time Before Voicemail Picks Up via the Phone

1. From the idle screen, press the Forward soft key.

2. The Forwarding Type Select screen displays.

3. Scroll to the No Answer Forwarding.

4. Press .

5. Press the Next soft key to go to the Forward After Rings field.

6. Use the << soft key to remove the existing number of rings

7. Enter how many rings to wait before forwarding the call (one ring is

approximately 4 seconds).

8. Press the Disable softkey

9. Repeat steps 1 through 3

10. Press the Enable soft key

Polycom ACC-1144 PUG Quick Reference Manual

Brand: Polycom

Model: ACC-1144 PUG

Category: IP phones

Type: Quick Reference Manual

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