Introduction; How The Polycom Cx5000 Works - Polycom CX5000 Setup Manual

6 Polycom CX5000 Setup Guide

Introduction

When you want to meet with people who are geographically separated, video
conferencing gives you a greater sense of immediacy than a conventional telephone
conference call. The Polycom
video conferencing system that provides a comprehensive conferencing experience
through the use of 360 degree video and active speaker detection.
This guide will help you install the Polycom CX5000 device hardware and begin using it
for your meetings.

How the Polycom CX5000 Works

The Polycom CX5000, when used with Microsoft
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Microsoft Office Communicator 2007, is a video conferencing device. Video
conferencing is a set of interactive telecommunication technologies that allow two or
more locations to interact using video and audio transmissions simultaneously. It has
also been called visual collaboration.
With the Polycom CX5000, you can do any of the following:
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Place an outgoing phone call.
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Answer an incoming phone call.
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Conduct an audio-only session.
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Conduct an audio/video conference.
The Polycom CX5000 is placed in the center of your conference table and connected to
a computer, computer network, public switched telephone network (PSTN) analog
phone line, and power data box. The Polycom CX5000 cameras capture the entire
panoramic view of your conference room, as well as the voices coming from any
location around the table, as shown in Figure 1 below.
Figure 1. A Polycom CX5000 conference in session
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CX5000 Unified Conference Station is a next generation
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Office Live Meeting 2007 or