Adding Personal Photos As Your Background; Using The Web Configuration Utility - Polycom VVX 101 User Manual

Polycom VVX Business Media Phones User Guide
To change the background picture:
1 Navigate to Settings > Basic > Preferences > Background.
On VVX 1500 phones, navigate to Menu > Settings > Basic > Preferences > Background.
The Background screen is displayed.
Depending how your system is set up, you might have to navigate to Settings > Basic >
Preferences > Background > Select Background. The Select Background screen is displayed
instead.
2 Select a background image, if available.

Adding Personal Photos as Your Background

You can upload a personal photo to use as your background using the Web Configuration Utility or using a
USB flash drive on VVX 500, 600, and 1500 phones. When you set one of your pictures as the background
picture, the picture is displayed as Local File in the Backgrounds list.
Note: Restrictions for background images
Keep in mind the following when you use a personal photo as the background image:
Progressive or multiscan JPEG images are not supported.
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The phone screen sizes vary by phone:
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 VVX 300 and 400 phone screens are 220 x 108 pixels
 VVX 500 phone screens are 320 x 240 pixels
 VVX 600 phone screens are 480 x 272 pixels.
 VVX 1500 phone screens are 800x480 pixels.
Smaller images are centered and surrounded with black space.
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Larger images are scaled proportionally to fit the screen.
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Horizontal or vertical black bars are added to preserve the original aspect ratio.
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Using the Web Configuration Utility

In the Web Configuration Utility, you can upload pictures to your phone to save as your background.
Find Your Phone's IP Address
To access the Web Configuration Utility, you need your phone's IP address.
To find your phone's IP address:
» Navigate to Settings > Status > Platform > Phone.
On VVX 1500 phones, navigate to Menu > Status > Platform > Phone.
Note: Accessing the Web Configuration Utility Disabled by Default
On Polycom phones with UC Software 5.1.1 or later and registered with Lync Server, access to the
Web Configuration Utility is disabled by default as a security precaution. Contact your system
administrator for help enabling the Web Configuration Utility.
Add a Background Using the Web Configuration Utility
You can add one or multiple images for your phone background using the Web Configuration Utility.
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