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LifeSize Room User Manual

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  • Page 1 LifeSize Room ™ User Guide...
  • Page 2 2006 LifeSize Communications Inc, and its licensors. All rights reserved. LifeSize Communications has made every effort to ensure that the information contained in this document is accurate and reliable, but assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Companies, names, and data used in examples herein are fictitious unless noted.

  • Page 3: Welcome To Lifesize Room

    Note: Refer to the LifeSize Room quick reference card included with your system for a visual depiction of the proper setup. 2. Open the battery compartment on the back side of the remote control, hold the straps open and insert the three AAA batteries included with your system starting with the outer batteries first.
  • Page 4 90 seconds. Do not disturb or disconnect the devices during this time as you may damage the system. 12. The LifeSize Room system boots, and you are prompted to configure it the first time. You can change preferences such as the display language, administrator password (for accessing advanced preferences), locale data, dialing options, and network settings.
  • Page 5 Analog phone line in For PSTN connectivity. You can lock the codec device in your LifeSize Room system with a secure loop to prevent physical removal of the devices. For assistance, contact your LifeSize Channel Partner or LifeSize Customer Support.
  • Page 6 Before using LifeSize Room, familiarize yourself with its components. Remote Control The LifeSize remote control provides wireless control of all system functions. If the system is idle for a specified time (identified in User Preferences : Appearance : Screen Saver Timeout), the screen saver is activated.
  • Page 7 Controls the camera zoom. Also behaves as page up and page down in a multiple page list. Near and Far Changes the camera control to the near end location or the far end location. Also displays input selection screens. Keypad Numeric/alphabetic keypad for character entry. LifeSize Room User Guide...
  • Page 8 Beneath this information, the on-screen buttons display, indicating the functionality available from that screen. These buttons correspond to buttons on the LifeSize remote control. • The center of the screen contains the Redial list and Voice and Video buttons that enable you to easily place calls.

  • Page 9: Placing And Answering Calls

    Placing and Answering Calls The LifeSize Phone high definition audio conferencing speakerphone is fully integrated with LifeSize Room and doubles as the microphone for a video system. You can make both video and voice calls using LifeSize Room. Answering, Ignoring, or Rejecting a Call Incoming calls connect automatically if Auto Answer is set to Enabled.
  • Page 10 Enter a new number from the display. To enter a new video number from the LifeSize Room display, follow these steps: 1. Using the remote control, select the Video button on your LifeSize Room display and press OK. 2. Enter the number you wish to call. The last manually entered number appears by default.
  • Page 11 • Enter a new number from the display. To enter a new voice number from the LifeSize Room display, follow these steps: 1. Select the Voice button and press OK. 2. Enter the number you wish to call. The last manually entered number appears in this field by default.
  • Page 12 Including Multiple Sites in Calls You can add participants to an existing call at any time. LifeSize Room supports 4-way video calls (an original caller and three other sites) for easy addition of participants during a call. You can add a second caller while the first call is connecting; you do not need to wait for the first call to connect.

  • Page 13: Using The Redial List

    • Support for the following audio standards: AAC-LC, G.722, G.722.1, G.729, G.711 When the LifeSize Phone is connected to a LifeSize Room system, you are unable to configure it as a standalone speakerphone. Configure your system using the LifeSize Room interface.
  • Page 14 Managing Video The LifeSize high definition pan/tilt/zoom camera includes: • Wide angle zoom lens with a 70 degree field of view •...
  • Page 15 “Configuring Video Behaviors” on page 28). Managing Video Call Quality LifeSize Room systems are based on the latest H.264 standard and provide support for H.263 for interoperability with all standards-based video communications systems. The system automatically selects the best video algorithm based on the video source and capabilities of the remote system.

  • Page 16: Managing The Display

    Rear projector A/V room configurations If you connect your system to an unsupported display, an error message appears. Ensure your monitor or projector meets display resolution requirements. Refer to the LifeSize Room Release Notes for specific resolutions supported. Your display shows the far-end and near-end video conferencing sites in addition to the menus and video from connected video sources.
  • Page 17 LifeSize Room system using two displays, connect your secondary display as you did for your primary display as described in “Installing LifeSize Room” on page 3. Insert the video display cable into the port on the rear of your display and the opposite end into the display 2 port on the back panel of the codec.
  • Page 18 “Selecting Input” on page 16. Presentations LifeSize Room includes H.239 support for sharing presentations or data on a PC while simultaneously displaying the main video. This enables you to view a live presenter and the content at the same time. LifeSize recommends using a dual display configuration as described in “Dual Display Configurations”...

  • Page 19: Using The Directory

    Press OK to select a field and enter a value. Note: If necessary, press the button to change the text entry mode for text fields. b. After entering a value, press OK to exit an individual field. LifeSize Room User Guide...
  • Page 20 If necessary, press the button to change the text entry mode for text fields. b. After completing your changes, press OK to exit the field. 4. Using the arrow keys, navigate to the Save Changes button and press OK. LifeSize Room User Guide...

  • Page 21: User Preferences

    Select a background image to present on Display 2. Screen Saver LifeSize Select 'LifeSize' to display the LifeSize logo or 'Window' to display a portion of the background as the screen saver. Select 'None' to display the main screen. Screen Saver Timeout...
  • Page 22 Select the lower frequencies in the sound range for the audio line output. Ring Tone Volume Select the volume level of the ring and busy tones. DTMF Tone Volume Select the volume level of the DTMF and key click tones. LifeSize Room User Guide...
  • Page 23 Some functions and preferences available from the user interface are accessible only to administrative users with a password. Changing the Administrator Password LifeSize recommends that you protect the administrator preferences with a secure password to prevent occasional users from changing them. To change the administrator password, follow these steps: 1.

  • Page 24: Configuring Dialing Options

    When dialing on hook (using the remote control or using the Video button on the phone), you can dial either phone numbers or IP addresses. This enables systems inside a corporate network without access to a gateway to call other LifeSize Phones in the network using system IP addresses.
  • Page 25 If the system is registered to a gatekeeper, the system displays its status. If you wish LifeSize Room to automatically discover an H.323 gatekeeper set the Gatekeeper Mode preferences to Auto. You can also set the gatekeeper to Manual to manually choose a gatekeeper.

  • Page 26: Configuring Call Preferences

    IP address and identify UDP and TCP port numbers to allow communications with devices outside of your private network. This configuration also requires changes on your router to forward the selected ports to the private IP address of the LifeSize device. Configuring Call Preferences Users can set preferences for calls such as network bandwidth and auto answer options.

  • Page 27: Configuring Audio Behaviors

    To configure behaviors of the LifeSize Phone when it is connected to a LifeSize Room system, you must change the audio preferences in LifeSize Room. Configuration of the LifeSize Phone from the phone interface is unavailable when it is used in a room configuration.

  • Page 28: Configuring Video Behaviors

    To define the pan direction of the camera relative to the physical arrangement of the camera in your LifeSize Room system, select Perceived for the camera to pan left or right from the user’s perspective, when facing the camera. Select Reversed for the camera to pan to the camera’s actual left or right.
  • Page 29 LifeSize Room system as described in the following sections. Configuring Display Output from LifeSize Room If your LifeSize Room system displays the initial configuration screen or the display is not showing an image, you must configure the display from the LifeSize Phone. Refer to "Configuring Display Output from LifeSize Phone"...
  • Page 30 Configuring Display Output from LifeSize Phone If you have not completed the initial configuration for LifeSize Room, or the attached display is blank, you must configure your display from the administrator interface on the LifeSize Phone.

  • Page 31: Configuring Quality Of Service

    You can also configure your LifeSize Room system from a web browser by entering the IP address of your LifeSize Room system (which is displayed at the top of the main screen) in a web browser. On the login screen, choose the language in which to display the interface, enter the administrator password, and click Submit.
  • Page 32 LifeSize Room User Guide...

  • Page 33: System Management

    5. Wait for approximately one minute after restarting the system before attempting to place a call. To reset the system to its default state, refer to "Administering LifeSize Room" on page 23. Note: If the user interface is not responding and you are unable to restart the system by following these instructions, you can restart the system by pressing the reset button on the back panel of the codec as described in "Restoring Default Settings"...

  • Page 34: Troubleshooting

    5. Set the hour, minute, and second for the time. 6. Select the Set Date and Time button and press OK to save your changes. To set the time zone for your LifeSize Room system, refer to "Locale and Time Settings" on page 27.

  • Page 35: Camera Issues

    If no video displays from the camera, ensure the camera is connected to LifeSize room with a camera cable to the camera 1 input as described in "Installing LifeSize Room" on page 3. Also ensure that the primary input is set to the high definition camera as described in "Selecting Input"...

  • Page 36: Display Issues

    To achieve optimal resolution LifeSize recommends using the HD-15 to Component RCA cables included with your system. If the video and LifeSize Room display appear washed out or too bright, check the input settings of your HDTV to make sure the HDTV is displaying the appropriate resolution.
  • Page 37 Check your network connection. Poor Quality Display If you have poor quality or unreadable data on the LifeSize Phone display, adjust the User Preferences : LCD Contrast setting. The default setting (6) is recommended. If the colors on the display appear incorrect verify that the RGB cable is properly connected to the display.

  • Page 38: Audio Issues

    For best results, ensure the far end caller is using a LifeSize Phone. Audio quality from your LifeSize Room system will vary when calling a non- LifeSize audio or video unit. LifeSize Room will use the audio codec that the non-LifeSize system supports.

  • Page 39: Power And Connectivity Issues

    If you are experiencing performance issues, unplug the display and plug it back in. If an error message displays, indicating you are using an unsupported monitor, connect to a different display with a supported resolution. Refer to the LifeSize Room Release Notes for a list of supported displays with this release.

  • Page 40: Restoring Default Settings

    • If you press the button for more than 15 seconds, the LED flashes and the system starts and stops in diagnostic mode. Contact Customer Support for assistance with diagnostics. LifeSize Room User Guide...

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