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User Guide for the Polycom

®

SoundStation

®

IP 5000 Phone

38

Displays

There is no audible ring tone.

Ringer volume is low, or the
Ring Type is set to Silent Ring.

Verify ringer volume and Ring Type:

To adjust the ringer volume, press

when the phone is in

the idle state.

Check that the Ring Type isn’t set to
Silent Ring. (See

Changing the Ring

Tone

on page

28

.)

Outbound or inbound calling is
unsuccessful.

Place a call to the phone under
investigation. Check that the display
indicates incoming call information.

A “hollow” phone icon,

,

displays next to the directory
number.

The phone isn’t registered to a
server.

Ask your system administrator to register
the phone to a server.

Symptom

Problem

Corrective Action

There is no display.

The display is incorrect.

The display has bad contrast.

Power isn’t correctly applied to
the phone.

Verify that power is correctly applied to the
phone:

Check that the display is illuminated.

Ensure the network cable is inserted
properly on the underside of the
phone. (Try unplugging and
re-inserting the cable.)

If your phone uses Power over
Ethernet (PoE), have your system
administrator check that the switch is
supplying power to the phone.

The contrast needs adjustment.

Adjust the screen contrast. (See

Changing

the Screen Contrast

on page

33

.)

The display is flickering.

Certain types of older fluorescent
lighting cause the display to
appear to flicker.

Try the following:

Move the phone away from the lights.

Replace the lights.

Symptom

Problem

Corrective Action

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