Polycom
®
 SoundStation
®
 IP 5000 Phone User Guide
56
Controls
Symptom Problem Corrective Action
The dial pad doesn’t work. The dial pad on the phone 
doesn’t respond.
Try the following:
• Check for a response from other 
feature keys or from the dial pad.
• Place a call to the phone from a known 
working telephone. Check for display 
updates.
• Check if the LAN port is active. 
Press , and then select Status > 
Network > Ethernet. From the 
Ethernet screen, scroll to LAN port 
and verify that it’s Active.
• Check the termination at the switch or 
hub end of the network LAN cable. 
Ensure that the switch/hub port is 
operational (if it isn’t accessible, 
contact your system administrator).
• Restart the phone (see Overall 
Functioning on page 58). 
(Before restarting your phone, contact 
your system administrator. Your 
system administrator may want to 
troubleshoot the phone in more detail 
before restarting the phone and 
losing current status information.)