User Guide for the Polycom SoundStation IP 5000 Phone

Locking the Phone
About Your User Password
To change your login password:
1. Log in to any phone on your network.
User Guide for the Polycom ® SoundStation ® IP 5000 Phone
2. From the idle screen, press
Change User Login Password.
, and then select Features > User Login >
3. From the Change User Login Password screen, enter your old password,
enter a new password and confirm it, and then press the Enter soft key.
Your password is changed. The next time you log in to a phone, you’ll need to
enter this password.
Lock your phone to do the following:
• Prevent unauthorized outgoing calls.
• Allow only authorized people to answer calls.
• Prevent people from viewing or modifying phone information, such as
your directory or call lists.
When your phone is locked:
• You can only make an outgoing call to a number from a list of authorized
numbers.
• You must enter a password to answer incoming calls.
• All keys and screen items are disabled, except those that allow you to
unlock the phone or make an authorized call.
• The messages The phone is locked and Authorized calls only scroll on the
status bar. Messages that displayed before the phone was locked don’t
display.
You can unlock the phone by entering your user password. If your phone
restarts for any reason while it’s locked, it will be locked when the phone
restarts unless your phone is configured to start up unlocked.
You are assigned a user password so you can answer calls from your locked
phone and unlock the phone. By default, your user password is 123. You can
change your user password at any time.
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