# Polycom VVX 300 / 310 – Basic Usage

**Category:** Legacy Pages
**URL:** https://www.simtex.com.au/support/kb/legacy-pages/polycom-vvx-310-basic-usage
**Published:** 2014-07-30

Your phone has three main views: Home, Calls, and Lines view, which is the default view.

#### Phone Keys  / Button layout

##### ![VVX300 Layout](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/VVX_300_Layout_89cde913a9.png)

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![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/VVX_300_Web_96eb2c1e5d.jpg)

| Feature or Key | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Speaker | Provides ringer and hands-free (speakerphone) audio output. |
| Dialpad | Enables you to enter numbers, letters, and special characters. You can also use the dialpad keys to select menu items that have index numbers. |
| Transfer | Press to transfer calls to desired extension or external number – calls are automatically placed on hold. |
| Messages | Press to see quantity of voicemail messages waiting, dial 1 then press connect. |
| Hold | Press to place current call on hold, press again to take off hold (or press held line key). |
| Security slot | Enables you to connect the back of your phone to a laptop cable lock so you can secure it to a desktop. |
| Message Waiting indicator | Flashes red to indicate new messages. |
| Home key | Enables you to press [home] from any screen to display Home view. From Home view, press [home] to display other phone views. |
| Screen | Shows a 2.2-inch diagonal screen with a backlight |
| Navigation keys/Select key | Scrolls through information or options displayed on the phone’s screen. Selects a field of displayed data. |
| Headset key | Enables you to place and receive calls through a headset. The key glows green when an analog headset is activated. |
| Speakerphone key | Enables you to place and receive calls using the speakerphone. The key glows green when activated. |
| Mute key | Mutes your audio during calls and conferences. The key glows red when audio is muted. |
| Volume keys | Adjusts the volume of the handset, headset, speaker, and phone’s ringer. |
| Microphone | Transmits sound from your phone to other phones. |

#### Phone Views

Your phone has three main views: Home, Calls, and Lines view, which is the default view.**
Home view displays your messages, settings, and information.

Lines view is your phone’s default phone view and displays your phone lines, your favorites, and conditional soft keys.

In Calls view, you can see all your active and held calls.

For Home view, press the [home] key to display either Lines or Call view

##### Home View

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_1_e31fe2452e.png)

To view more menu options in Home view:

» Press the down or up arrow key to navigate the pages in Home view.

To select a menu option:

» Press the right or left arrow key to choose a menu option, and press Select.

The following icons display in Home view on your phone:

New Call** Displays the Dialer so you can place a call.**
Messages** Provides you with access your voicemail.**
Directories** Enables you to access your Contact Directory, Favorites, Recent Calls list, Corporate Directory and Buddy Status List.**
Forward** Sets up forwarding options for incoming calls on your line.**
DND** Enables Do Not Disturb for your phone. When DND is enabled, your phone doesn’t ring and incoming calls go to voicemail.**
Settings** Provides you with access to phone features and settings you can use to customize your phone.

##### Lines View

Lines view is your phone’s default phone view and displays your phone lines, your favorites, and conditional soft keys, as shown next.

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_2_99ab8f31d3.png)

In Lines view, you can press a line key to access the Dialer and view the number of active or held calls on your phone, as shown below.**
If your phone line has an active call, the call color is medium gray. If your phone line has one or more held calls, the call color is light gray.

The number of total calls on your phone line is shown above the calls. To select a call, use the up and down arrow keys.

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_3_d3304d6713.png)

##### Calls View

You can access Calls view if your phone has an active and held call in progress, or you have one call on hold.

In Call view, you can use the up and down arrow keys to see all your active and held calls.

If your phone has more than on line, your calls display under the associated line, as shown next.

The following colors indicate the call statuses on your phone:

Medium gray** Active call**
Dark gray** Incoming call**
Light gray** Held call

You can use the up and down arrow keys to highlight a call. When you select a call, available soft keys**
display for the call.

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_4_6aae994699.png)

#### Phone Icons

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_5_9b7e881b7e.png) ![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_6_9ee96f47c9.png)

#### Navigating Your Phone’s Interface

Your phone has a number of keys and soft keys you can use to navigate menus and phone views on your phone. The following table shows you how to use keys and soft keys to perform tasks and navigate your phone.

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_7_6a5603bda9.png)

### Basic Phone Functions

##### Placing or Answering a Call

To place or answer a call you can either:

- Pick up the handset.

- Press the Speaker** button.

- Press the **Headset** button.

- Press a line key (to place a call) or a red flashing line button or the **Answer** softkey (to answer a call).

If you are on a call and another call comes in, choose one of the following options:

- Press the **Answer** softkey. (Press the **Reject **softkey to ignore the incoming call.)

- Press the flashing red line button.

The call in progress is put on hold and the incoming call is answered.**
To return to the first call, press the flashing red line button, or select the call on the screen using the Up Arrow** or **Down Arrow** key and press the **Resume**softkey.

##### Adjusting Call Volume and Muting

To adjust the volume while you are on a call, press **+** on the **Volume** button to increase the volume, or press **–** to decrease the volume. Press **Set**.**
Pressing the Volume** button while not on a call adjusts the volume of the phone ringer.

To mute the phone microphone, speaker, or headset microphone, press **Mute**. The button lights red. Press **Mute** again to unmute.

##### Putting a Call on Hold

To put a call on hold, press the **Hold** button or **Hold** softkey.

##### Resuming a Call

To resume a call, press the **Resume** softkey or the flashing red line button for the call or the **Hold** hardkey.**
If you have multiple calls, all calls are put on hold except the active call.

##### Ending a Call

To end a call you can do one of the following:

- If you are using the handset, hang up or press the End Call** softkey.

- If you are using the speakerphone, press **Speaker**.

- If you are using the headset, either press the **Headset** button (wired) or replace the receiver (wireless).

- Transferring Calls

You can perform types of transfers:

- Attended—Call the person to whom you are transferring the call and speak to them before transferring the call.

- Blind—Transfer the call without speaking to the other party to whom you are transferring the call.

##### Attended Transfer

1. During an active call or with a call on hold, press **Transfer**.

2. Do one of the following:

- Enter the number to where you want to transfer the call; or

- Press the desired speed-dial key.

3. The call is placed on hold and a new line is opened to dial the number.
4. Do one of the following:

- To transfer the call without waiting for the other person to answer, press **Transfer **after the call begins to ring and hang up. If you hang up before the**
second call rings, the transfer fails and the first call is disconnected. If you misdial, press the second line button again to receive a dial tone.

- To transfer after speaking privately to the other person, press Transfer **at any time during the conversation.

###### Blind Transfer

1. During an active call press **Transfer**.**
2. Press Blind

**3. Enter the **number** to where you want to transfer the call.  The call is transferred with no further action required

#### Navigation Shortcuts

Using your handsets circular Navigation keys whilst in Lines view, you can quickly go to the following features.

##### Redial (Placed Calls List)

Press the *right arrow* key, select the number and press the *Dial* softkey.

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_8_2220b7fbab.png)

##### Missed Calls

Press the *downwards arrow* key, select the number and press the *Dial* softkey.

##### Received Calls

Press the *left arrow* key, select the number and press the *Dial* softkey.

#### Phone Keys  / Button layout

##### [![VVX300 Layout](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/VVX_300_Layout_e19b2f4cc2.png)](/uploads/VVX_300_Layout_e19b2f4cc2.png)

| Feature or Key | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Speaker | Provides ringer and hands-free (speakerphone) audio output. |
| Dialpad | Enables you to enter numbers, letters, and special characters. You can also use the dialpad keys to select menu items that have index numbers. |
| Transfer | Press to transfer calls to desired extension or external number – calls are automatically placed on hold. |
| Messages | Press to see quantity of voicemail messages waiting, dial 1 then press connect. |
| Hold | Press to place current call on hold, press again to take off hold (or press held line key). |
| Security slot | Enables you to connect the back of your phone to a laptop cable lock so you can secure it to a desktop. |
| Message Waiting indicator | Flashes red to indicate new messages. |
| Home key | Enables you to press [home] from any screen to display Home view. From Home view, press [home] to display other phone views. |
| Screen | Shows a 2.2-inch diagonal screen with a backlight |
| Navigation keys/Select key | Scrolls through information or options displayed on the phone’s screen. Selects a field of displayed data. |
| Headset key | Enables you to place and receive calls through a headset. The key glows green when an analog headset is activated. |
| Speakerphone key | Enables you to place and receive calls using the speakerphone. The key glows green when activated. |
| Mute key | Mutes your audio during calls and conferences. The key glows red when audio is muted. |
| Volume keys | Adjusts the volume of the handset, headset, speaker, and phone’s ringer. |
| Microphone | Transmits sound from your phone to other phones. |

#### Phone Views

Your phone has three main views: Home, Calls, and Lines view, which is the default view.**
Home view displays your messages, settings, and information.

Lines view is your phone’s default phone view and displays your phone lines, your favorites, and conditional soft keys.

In Calls view, you can see all your active and held calls.

For Home view, press the [home] key to display either Lines or Call view

##### Home View

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_1_e31fe2452e.png)

To view more menu options in Home view:

» Press the down or up arrow key to navigate the pages in Home view.

To select a menu option:

» Press the right or left arrow key to choose a menu option, and press Select.

The following icons display in Home view on your phone:

New Call** Displays the Dialer so you can place a call.**
Messages** Provides you with access your voicemail.**
Directories** Enables you to access your Contact Directory, Favorites, Recent Calls list, Corporate Directory and Buddy Status List.**
Forward** Sets up forwarding options for incoming calls on your line.**
DND** Enables Do Not Disturb for your phone. When DND is enabled, your phone doesn’t ring and incoming calls go to voicemail.**
Settings** Provides you with access to phone features and settings you can use to customize your phone.

##### Lines View

Lines view is your phone’s default phone view and displays your phone lines, your favorites, and conditional soft keys, as shown next.

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_2_99ab8f31d3.png)

In Lines view, you can press a line key to access the Dialer and view the number of active or held calls on your phone, as shown below.**
If your phone line has an active call, the call color is medium gray. If your phone line has one or more held calls, the call color is light gray.

The number of total calls on your phone line is shown above the calls. To select a call, use the up and down arrow keys.

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_3_d3304d6713.png)

##### Calls View

You can access Calls view if your phone has an active and held call in progress, or you have one call on hold.

In Call view, you can use the up and down arrow keys to see all your active and held calls.

If your phone has more than on line, your calls display under the associated line, as shown next.

The following colors indicate the call statuses on your phone:

Medium gray** Active call**
Dark gray** Incoming call**
Light gray** Held call

You can use the up and down arrow keys to highlight a call. When you select a call, available soft keys**
display for the call.

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_4_6aae994699.png)

#### Phone Icons

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_5_9b7e881b7e.png) ![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_6_9ee96f47c9.png)

#### Navigating Your Phone’s Interface

Your phone has a number of keys and soft keys you can use to navigate menus and phone views on your phone. The following table shows you how to use keys and soft keys to perform tasks and navigate your phone.

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_7_6a5603bda9.png)

### Basic Phone Functions

##### Placing or Answering a Call

To place or answer a call you can either:

- Pick up the handset.

- Press the Speaker** button.

- Press the **Headset** button.

- Press a line key (to place a call) or a red flashing line button or the **Answer** softkey (to answer a call).

If you are on a call and another call comes in, choose one of the following options:

- Press the **Answer** softkey. (Press the **Reject **softkey to ignore the incoming call.)

- Press the flashing red line button.

The call in progress is put on hold and the incoming call is answered.**
To return to the first call, press the flashing red line button, or select the call on the screen using the Up Arrow** or **Down Arrow** key and press the **Resume**softkey.

##### Adjusting Call Volume and Muting

To adjust the volume while you are on a call, press **+** on the **Volume** button to increase the volume, or press **–** to decrease the volume. Press **Set**.**
Pressing the Volume** button while not on a call adjusts the volume of the phone ringer.

To mute the phone microphone, speaker, or headset microphone, press **Mute**. The button lights red. Press **Mute** again to unmute.

##### Putting a Call on Hold

To put a call on hold, press the **Hold** button or **Hold** softkey.

##### Resuming a Call

To resume a call, press the **Resume** softkey or the flashing red line button for the call or the **Hold** hardkey.**
If you have multiple calls, all calls are put on hold except the active call.

##### Ending a Call

To end a call you can do one of the following:

- If you are using the handset, hang up or press the End Call** softkey.

- If you are using the speakerphone, press **Speaker**.

- If you are using the headset, either press the **Headset** button (wired) or replace the receiver (wireless).

- Transferring Calls

You can perform types of transfers:

- Attended—Call the person to whom you are transferring the call and speak to them before transferring the call.

- Blind—Transfer the call without speaking to the other party to whom you are transferring the call.

##### Attended Transfer

1. During an active call or with a call on hold, press **Transfer**.

2. Do one of the following:

- Enter the number to where you want to transfer the call; or

- Press the desired speed-dial key.

3. The call is placed on hold and a new line is opened to dial the number.
4. Do one of the following:

- To transfer the call without waiting for the other person to answer, press **Transfer **after the call begins to ring and hang up. If you hang up before the**
second call rings, the transfer fails and the first call is disconnected. If you misdial, press the second line button again to receive a dial tone.

- To transfer after speaking privately to the other person, press Transfer **at any time during the conversation.

###### Blind Transfer

1. During an active call press **Transfer**.**
2. Press Blind

**3. Enter the **number** to where you want to transfer the call.  The call is transferred with no further action required

#### Navigation Shortcuts

Using your handsets circular Navigation keys whilst in Lines view, you can quickly go to the following features.

##### Redial (Placed Calls List)

Press the *right arrow* key, select the number and press the *Dial* softkey.

![](https://www.simtex.com.au/uploads/Simtex_Polycom_VVX_300_Series_8_2220b7fbab.png)

##### Missed Calls

Press the *downwards arrow* key, select the number and press the *Dial* softkey.

##### Received Calls

Press the *left arrow* key, select the number and press the *Dial* softkey.

## Related

- Article: https://www.simtex.com.au/support/kb/legacy-pages/polycom-vvx-310-basic-usage
- Category: https://www.simtex.com.au/support/kb/legacy-pages
- Knowledge Base: https://www.simtex.com.au/support/kb
- Full AI reference: https://www.simtex.com.au/llms-full.txt