Polycom VVX 500 and VVX 600 Business Media Phones and Polycom VVX Camera User’s Guide 
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Caution: Restarting Your Phone 
Before you restart your phone, contact your system administrator. If your phone is malfunctioning, 
you may be able to restore normal operation without restarting the phone. In addition, your 
administrator may want to troubleshoot your phone before you restart it. 
If you need to update your phone’s configuration, don’t restart your phone. To update the phone’s 
configuration, see Updating Phone Configuration. 
 
To restart the phone: 
1  Tap Settings from Home view, and tap Basic > Restart Phone. 
The message Are you sure? displays. 
2  If you still want to restart the phone, tap Yes. 
The restart process begins. The process ends when the default Home screen displays. 
Updating Phone Configuration 
Your system administrator may ask you to update your phone configuration. You may be able to do this 
without restarting your phone. 
To update your phone’s configuration: 
1  Tap Settings from Home view, and tap Basic > Update Configuration. 
The message Are you sure? displays. 
2  To update the configuration, tap Yes. 
The configuration is updated. Your phone may restart, depending on the phone settings that have 
changed. 
Testing Phone Hardware 
Your system administrator might ask you to access a diagnostics menu on your phone to test your phone 
hardware. You can test your phone’s microphones, speaker, handset, third-party headset (if present), 
keypad mappings, touchscreen, and LEDs . See your system administrator for instructions on how to 
perform these tests. 
To test your phone hardware: 
1  Tap Settings from Home view, and tap Status > Diagnostics > Test Hardware. 
2  From the Test Hardware screen, tap one of the following: 
  Audio Diagnostics 
  Keypad Diagnostics 
  Display Diagnostics 
  Touch Screen Diagnostics 
  Brightness Diagnostics