Polycom VVX Business Media Phones User Guide
During a video call, including a conference call, a Video soft key is displayed. You can select this soft key
to access video functions that can stop video transmission, display video in full screen, and swap the
windows in which the video is displayed.
Stop Sending Video
You can stop transmitting video at any time during a call. For information on how to prevent video from
transmitting for all calls, see the section
To stop sending video during a call:
» Do one of the following:
Press the Stop Video or Video Mute soft key.
On VVX 500 and 600 phones with a VVX Camera, the LED light is amber when video is not
transmitting.
Close the Privacy Shutter.
On VVX 500 and 600 phones with a VVX Camera, no LED light shows when the shutter is closed.
The No Video icon
Stopping video or closing the camera shutter does not create an audio-only call. Even if you stop video,
video information is still transmitted to the far side as a still picture, and the call is still a video call. To dial
an audio-only call, see
Note: How can I stop far-side video?
You can't start and stop far-side video. If your phone is set up to receive far-side video, the far-side
video always displays.
No Video from the Far Side
If the far side cannot send video, or stops sending video, a No Video icon is displayed on your phone, as
shown in the next figure. If the far side is unable to send video, a thunderbolt icon is displayed next to the
No Video icon, as shown next.
Call window with No Video icon
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Stop Video for All
is displayed next to your PIP video and the far-side cannot see you.
Place Audio-Only
Calls.
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