Polycom VVX Business Media Phones User Guide
Monitor Contacts on Your Buddy List
You can monitor your buddies from your Buddy list. If a buddy is a favorite, you can also monitor the
buddy from the Home and Lines screen.
Your buddies display an icon next to their name to indicate their status. The following table shows the
icons and the status they represent.
Buddy Status and Icons
Buddy Status
Icon
Available
Busy
Away
Do Not Disturb
Offline
To monitor your buddies from the Buddy list:
» Select Buddies or select Settings > Features > Presence > Buddy Status.
On VVX 1500 phones, select Menu > Features > Presence > Buddy Status.
Your Buddy list is displayed.
To monitor your buddies from the Lines screen:
» From the Home screen, press
The buddies who are favorites display their status.
Block Contacts from Viewing Your Status
You can prevent someone from monitoring you by blocking the contact in your Contact Directory. If you
unblock the contact, the contact can add you to their Buddy list and monitor you.
To block a contact from viewing your status:
1 From your Contact Directory, select a contact.
2 From the Contact Information screen, select Edit or tap
3 From the Edit Contact screen, select Block Buddy, and Enabled.
The default setting is Disabled. When enabled, the contact cannot watch your status, and the
contact is displayed in your Blocked List. When disabled, the contact can watch your status, and
the contact is displayed in your Watcher List.
4 Select Save.
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