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Access voice mail 
Received messages appear as either a message counter in 
the Home view, a Message icon on the status bar, a 
flashing Message Waiting Indicator LED on the phone or an 
audible alert (if your phone is on-hook). 
1.  Press the 
 key and press Message Center. 
2.  If using multiple lines, select the line with the message. 
•  The display indicates the number of messages and 
their importance.  
3.  Press Connect to retrieve the message and follow the 
prompts to listen to the message. 
•  Or press Clear to turn off the message indicator 
without listening to the message. 
 
Voice mail is an optional feature that requires both Interaction Administrator 
and Polycom phone configuration. Contact your system administrator. 
Hold and resume a call 
During a call, press Hold. The call is placed on hold. Press 
Resume to retrieve the call. 
Note: If multiple calls are on hold, press the phone line key and 
then press Resume to retrieve the first call on hold on that line. 
Create a conference call 
1. Call the first party using any method in Place a Call. 
2. Press More + Confrnc to place the first call on hold. 
3. Call the next party using any method in Place a Call. 
4.  When second party answers, press More + Confrnc to 
join both calls in a conference. 
5.  Repeat steps 3 and 4 to add more parties to the 
conference. 
Join a conference call 
Press More + Join to create a conference call any time 
between an active call and a held call on the same line. 
Split a conference call 
During a conference call, press Split to end the conference 
and place the calls on hold. 
Do Not Disturb 
If your phone is a Managed IP phone, your CIC 
administrator can enable DND synchronization between 
your phone setting and your CIC user status. 
1.  To enable Do Not Disturb, press the 
 key and press 
DND. 
2.  To disable Do Not Disturb, press the 
 key and press 
DND. 
 
For more information, refer to CIC client help. 
Distinctive ring 
If your phone is a Managed IP phone, your CIC 
administrator can configure distinctive ring tones for 
incoming Internal, External, and Direct Dialed calls. This 
overrides Ring Type settings you make directly on your 
phone. For detailed information on updating ringtones, see 
the appropriate Polycom
 
VVX
 
User Guide. 
Page a zone 
1.  Press  + 901 + zone number and press Dial.  
  (The phone beeps to prompt you to start talking.) 
2.  Complete page and hang up. 
Note: Zone numbers are station extensions, station group 
extensions, user extensions, or workgroup extensions
. 
Park a call 
You can park your currently active call in a specific orbit, 
placing it on hold and removing it from your station. 
1.  During a call, press More + Park. 
2.  Dial an orbit number, press Park. 
Note: You can use any single digit to 9-digit number, and 
10- digit numbers up to 4294967294. Avoid orbit numbers 
starting with 0 (zero).  If the orbit number is already in use, 
you remain connected to the caller. Repeat this procedure 
and choose another orbit number. 
Pick up a parked call 
You can pick up a parked call from any other station. 
1.  Press a phone line key. 
2.  Press 
 + 903 + orbit number. 
List parked calls 
You can hear the details of parked calls: orbit number, who 
called, and how long the call has been on hold. Do one of 
the following: 
•  For all parked calls: Press 
 + 904 + Dial.  
For one parked call: Press
  + 904 + orbit number + 
Dial. 
Pick up a group call 
You can answer a call that is ringing on any extension in 
your group by doing one of the following: 
•  If your phone is on hook, press the New Call + Pickup 
+ Group soft keys. 
•  If your phone is off hook, press the Pickup + Group 
soft keys.  
Note: If more than one call is ringing on the phones in your 
group, the oldest call (the first to ring) is picked up 
Place a call 
Use any of the following methods to make a call:  
•  Dial a number and then lift the handset or press the 
 
key. 
•  Lift the handset or press the 
 key and then dial a 
number. 
•  Press New Call, dial a number, then lift handset or press 
the 
 key. 
 
Transfer a call after consulting 
Before you transfer a call, you can consult the party to 
whom you are transferring the call (attended transfer). 
1.  During a call, press Transfer to put the call on hold. 
2.  Dial the number to which you want to transfer the call. 
3.  After consulting with the party to whom you are 
transferring the call, press Transfer to complete the 
transfer. 
•  Or press Cancel to cancel the transfer before the call 
connects. 
 
Transfer a call without consulting 
You can transfer a call without consulting the party to whom 
you are transferring the call (blind transfer). 
1.  During a call, press Transfer to put the call on hold. The 
Dialer screen opens. 
2.  Press Blind. 
3.  Dial the number to which you want to transfer the call. 
 
Transfer a call to voice mail 
You leave a message for another CIC user or transfer your 
current call directly to another CIC user's voice mail. Do one 
of the following:  
•  Press 
 after dialing a CIC user's extension number to 
leave a voice mail message.  
•  To transfer a call to another CIC user's voice mail, press 
Transfer to put the call on hold. Press Blind, dial the 
extension number, and press 
. 
Shared Lines Appearances 
Your phone can be configured to display secondary “lines” 
for other user’s extensions. † 
When not in use, a shared line appears as a shadowed white 
and gray telephone icon with a green checkmark. A private 
line appears as a non-shadowed white and gray telephone 
icon with a green checkmark. 
 
Shared Line 
 
Non-Shared Line 
If two phones share a line, an incoming call to that number 
causes both phones to ring. You can answer a call or pick up 
a call on hold on a shared line by tapping the line. A call can 
be answered on either phone but not both. Calls on shared 
lines can be transferred, put on hold, or added to a 
conference. 
For more information on Shared Line Appearances, see 
Configuration of IC Phone Features for Polycom Phones in 
the CIC Documentation Library.
 
† A shared line is an optional feature configured on the server and might not  
be supported on your particular system. Contact your system administrator. 
Two-Way Intercom Page 
Your phone can be configured to work as intercom.
‡
 
1.  Press 
 + 900 + extension number and press 
Dial. 
•  If the number dialed is not busy, the intercom call is 
connected and you can start talking. (The receiving 
phone might play a tone to alert the person called.) 
•  If the receiving phone is busy, then the call can be 
sent to voice mail, transferred, or disconnected like 
any other call. 
2.  Complete the conversation and hang up or press 
End 
Call
. 
‡ Intercom paging is an optional feature that must be configured for both the 
sending and receiving phones, users and CIC stations. It might not be 
supported on your phone. Contact your system administrator.