Lock Your Phone; Unlock Your Phone; Change Your User Password - Polycom VVX 101 User Manual

Polycom VVX Business Media Phones User Guide
● Enter a password to answer incoming calls.
● Unlock the phone, make an authorized call, or view the browser, if enabled.
● View messages on the status bar informing you that the phone is locked and that only authorized calls
are allowed. Any messages that displayed before the phone was locked do not display.

Lock Your Phone

You can choose how you want your phone to handle incoming calls when it is locked. When you set up your
phone to receive incoming calls when locked (the default setting), incoming calls ring on your phone, and
you can answer calls by entering your user password. See the section
more information.
When you set up your phone to ignore incoming calls, Do Not Disturb applies to all lines on your phone, and
your phone does not ring.
To lock your phone:
1 Navigate to Settings > Basic > Lock Phone.
For VVX 1500 phones, select Menu > Settings > Basic > Lock Phone.
2 From the Lock Phone screen, select Allow ringing when locked (the default setting) if you want
your phone to ring when you have an incoming call.
When you choose this option, you can answer a call by entering your password.
3 Select Lock.
Your phone is locked.
Tip: A quick way to lock your phone
You can quickly lock your phone by selecting the Lock soft key. When you do this, you cannot choose
how to handle incoming calls. Your phone uses the default setting or the last setting selected.

Unlock Your Phone

You can unlock your phone using your user password.
To unlock your phone:
1 Select Unlock.
2 Enter your user password and select Enter.
The phone unlocks.

Change Your User Password

You can change your user password at any time.
To change your user password:
1 Navigate to Settings > Advanced.
For VVX 1500 phones, navigate to Menu > Settings > Advanced.
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