Monitoring Buddies - Polycom VVX 500 User Manual

Polycom® VVX® 500 Business Media Phone
From the Edit Contact screen, tap Block Buddy, and enable or disable the field. The default setting
is Disabled. When enabled, the contact can't watch your status, and the contact will display in
your Blocked List. When disabled, the contact can watch your status, and the contact will display
in your Watcher List.
3 Tap Save.
Timesaver: How to Quickly Unblock a Contact
You can use your Blocked List to unblock a contact, rather than updating the Contact Directory:
Tap Settings from Home view, and tap Features > Presence > Blocked List. From the Blocked List,
tap the contact you want to unblock, and tap Unblock. The contact can now watch your phone,
and will display in your Watcher List.

Monitoring Buddies

You can monitor your buddies from your Buddy Status list. If a buddy is a favorite, you can also monitor
the buddy from Home and Lines view.
Your buddies display an icon next to their name to indicate their status. The following table shows the
icons and the status they represent.
Buddy Status Icon
Available
Busy
Away
The following table shows you how to monitor your buddies from your Buddy Status list, Home view,
and Lines view.
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Buddy Status Icon
Do Not Disturb
Offline
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