Multipoint Video Calls; Place A Multipoint Call By Adding Participants; Place A Multipoint Call From Contacts - Polycom RealPresence Group 300 User Manual

Multipoint Video Calls

Multipoint video calls, or conferences, involve at least three different endpoints.
During a multipoint call, multiple sites can see and hear each other. You can also share content in a
multipoint call, just as you can in a point-to-point call.
All systems can participate in multipoint calls. To host multipoint calls, your administrator must install the
multipoint video option key. You can host multipoint calls using a video conferencing system with multipoint
capabilities, or you can use a bridge, such as the RealPresence
Note: Multipoint limitation
You cannot host multipoint video calls on RealPresence Group 300 and 310 systems.
How you place a multipoint call depends on whether you're using a RealPresence Group system or bridge
with multipoint capabilities. The number of sites allowed in the call is determined by the capabilities of the
system or bridge hosting the call.

Place a Multipoint Call by Adding Participants

To start a new multipoint call, you need to start with the first participant or site and then add others.
To place a multipoint call by adding participants to a call:
1 Call the first site.
2 After the call connects, press
3 Place a call to the next site.
4 Repeat the above steps until all sites are connected.

Place a Multipoint Call from Contacts

If the sites you want to call are part of your contacts list, you can place a multipoint call from the Contacts
screen.
To place a multipoint call using Contacts:
1 Using your remote control, select
2 Highlight an entry in the Contacts list.
3 On your remote control, press
Your system attempts to call the site using a pre-defined list of call types, if it is configured to do so. For more
information, contact your system administrator.
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on the remote control to open the dialing keypad.
and navigate to
, or press Select, and navigate to Call on your system screen.
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