Polycom VVX 1500 C Business Media Phone for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (SIP) - Manual (Page 55)

Customizing Your Phone
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You can choose to mute the phone’s microphone (so the caller cannot hear
you), as well as mute video (so the caller cannot see you), when your phone
automatically answers calls. To unmute the call, press . To
transmit video, see Handling Video Calls on page 3-3 .
If you enable auto answer and an incoming calls arrives (indicated by a
flashing green status indicator on the Line Key) while you are already in a call,
the incoming call will be automatically answered if you end the current call or
place it on hold.
To enable your phone to automatically answer calls:
1. Tap > Settings > Basic > Preferences > Auto Answer.
The Auto Answer screen displays.
2. Do the following:
— To enable your phone to automatically answer SIP calls, tap
Auto Answer SIP Calls, and then tap the field’s highlighted grey box.
From the drop-down list, tap Yes. (The default setting is No.)
— To enable your phone to automatically answer all H.323 calls, tap
Auto Answer H.323 Calls, and then tap the field’s highlighted grey
box. From the drop-down list, tap Yes. (The default setting is No.)
(This field only displays if your phone supports the H.323 protocol.
For more information, see Placing Calls Using the H.323 Protocol on
page 4-2 .)