Polycom 400 User Manual

Polycom VVX 400 and 410 Business Media Phones User Guide 

Version 5.0.0

 

Polycom, Inc. 

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During a waiting period, you can press and hold Talk to speak to all the people listening on the channel. 
When you finish talking, release Talk. The broadcast enters another waiting period until someone 
broadcasts again. If no activity occurs within the waiting period, the channel closes and no more 
broadcasts can take place. 

You can end a PTT broadcast by releasing Talk, or by pressing End PTT. After you end a broadcast, the 
channel remains open so others can respond. 

If you release Talk without pressing End PTT: 

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  You can resume the broadcast by pressing and holding Talk, if the broadcast is in a wait period. 

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You can’t initiate another broadcast on another channel until the waiting period ends. 

If you press End PTT: 

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You can’t resume the broadcast by pressing and holding Talk. 

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  You can immediately initiate another broadcast on another channel. 

You can adjust the volume of PTT broadcasts by pressing one of the Volume keys, 

, to raise or 

lower the volume of the broadcast. If you adjust the volume of a non-emergency broadcast, your phone 
retains the adjusted volume for all subsequent non-emergency broadcasts. However, only system 
administrators can adjust the volume level of an Emergency broadcast. 

During a broadcast, you can switch to the handset, or press 

 or 

, and continue speaking and 

listening to a broadcast without holding Talk. You can also press 

 to mute your audio so that the 

people receiving your broadcast don’t hear any audio. 

If you press and hold Talk, your broadcast automatically transmits on the default channel, Channel 1. You 
can change the default channel for broadcasts on your phone. 

1  From Home view, select Settings > Basic > Preferences > Paging/PTT Configuration > PTT 

Push to Talk. 

2  From the PTT Channel Configuration screen, select Default Channel, and select the number of the 

channel you want to use.