Polycom CX8000 Quick Tips

Quick Tips for the Polycom
Polycom ® CX8000 for Microsoft ®
a room video collaboration solution
specifically designed for Microsoft Lync
environments. The CX8000 solution
offers an intuitive user interface on a table
console that includes rich collaboration
features, such as allowing local and
remote participants to join Lync meetings.
Table console
Polycom CX5100
When the CX8000 solution is
used with the Polycom ®
CX5100, the system offers a
360-degree panoramic view of
the meeting room. The
CX5100 also provides an
active speaker view and
excellent audio quality.
Start a Meeting
1 Tap Meet Now on the table console.
2 Enter each participant's name into the
search box.
3 Tap the names to add people to the list,
and tap Start Meeting.
CX8000 for Microsoft
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Lync ® is
Schedule a Meeting
You can schedule Lync meetings in Microsoft Outlook
on your computer.
1 In Outlook, click New Lync Meeting.
2 Add a conference room that includes
the Polycom CX8000 as a participant.
3 Add participants as required.
4 Click Send.
Join a Scheduled Meeting
To join a meeting:
» Do one of the following:
 Local participants: Tap the desired
 Remote participants: Click the Join Lync
Lync
® ®
meeting block on the table console or on the
touch screen monitor, and tap Join on the
meeting block.
Meeting link in an Outlook meeting
invitation.
Upload a PowerPoint Presentation
Before or during a meeting, you can upload a
® ®
Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to share.
1 On your computer, open the meeting
invitation and click Join Lync Meeting.
2 In the Lync client, click
PowerPoint.
3 Select your file and click Open. Your file is
uploaded and listed as presentable content
in Lync.
After you upload the file, you can share the
presentation as content from the CX8000 system.
Select Content
You can select content from multiple whiteboards
and presentations and share those at the meeting.
1 From the table console or touch screen
monitor, tap Content.
2 Select your content and tap Start
Presenting.
Present Content from a Laptop
Computer
You can also present content from a laptop
computer connected to the CX8000.
1 Connect a laptop video output to the CX8000
video input by using either an HDMI-HDMI or
HDMI-VGA cable.
The CX8000 table console provides a
prompts you to start presenting.
2 Tap Yes to start presenting the desktop
screen.
Note: Annotation is not available on a shared
desktop screen.
and click