
DATA SHE ET
Polycom® VVX® 1500 Business
media phone
The first business media phone combining advanced
IP telephony, one-touch video, and business
applications into a seamless, life-likeexperience
The Polycom® VVX® 1500 unifies voice, video and applications capabilities into
a simple-to-use business media phone. With its unique touch screen interface,
the VVX 1500 makes video calls as simple as using a phone. Its large display and
ease of use make the VVX 1500 an ideal all-in-one productivity tool for today’s
busy executives and professionals, whether they are in oce, retail, professional
services, or healthcare environments.
Feature-rich phone with Polycom® HD Voice™
The Polycom V VX 1500 is equipped with all of the capabilities of a full featured
Polycom
Ethernet switch that supports PoE, and a host of rich telephony functions. These
features can be accessed via the buttons on the front of the phone or by simply
touching the large color display.
One-touch personal video device
The Polycom VVX 1500 includes an integrated camera and delivers businessgrade video calling with a simple touch of the screen. The phone has multiple
adjustable elements including camera tilt, base height and screen angle to suit
the environment and a user’s preferences for personalized eye-to-eye visual
communications.
Business information at-a-glance
The Polycom V VX 1500 features an open API and WebKit-based browser that
enable third-party applications developers to integrate the V VX 1500 with
business applications such as unified communications, customer relationship
management (CRM), and appointment management systems. The touch-screen
user interface of the VVX 1500 includes a menu screen on which developers can
place icons for users to touch and launch their applications.
®
SoundPoint® IP phone including: 24 lines, Polycom HD Voice, a Gigabit
Benefits
• Simple and fast one-touch
calls—Access voice, video,
applications and Web content with
a singletouch
• Quick payback—Lower travel
expenses. Empower each
employee for the cost of one
business trip
• Highly customizable—Polycom’s
API enables third-party
applications for horizontal
andvertical markets
• Enhanced productivity—Integrate
communications into business
processes delivering faster
decision making
• Reduced carbon footprint—
Require less than half the power
of similar products. Designed for
lower power consumption using
energy-saving PoE and smart
motion detection technology
The VVX 1500 comes bundled with several applications including the Polycom
Productivity Suite, which enables users to initiate and control audio conference
calls right from the touch screen of the VVX 1500 as well as record audio calls
locally using a flash drive in the phone’s USB port. The VVX 1500 also features a
Web service called Polycom My Info Portal, through which customers can select to
receive content such as local weather reports and other personalized information
on the screen when the phone is not in a voice or video call.

DATA SHEET Polycom® VVX® 1500 Specifications
Product Specifications
User interface features
• Resistive touch screen interface works
with both finger or stylus (not provided)
• 7 in TFT LCD display with adjustable
screen angle
• 16:9 wide screen aspect ratio
• Screen saver and digital picture
framemode
• On-screen virtual keyboard
• Voicemail and videomail support2
• USB port for applications
• WebKit-based Browser
• Adjustable base height
• Unicode UTF-8 character support.
Multilingual user interface including
Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English
(Canada/US/UK), French, German,
Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian,
Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian,
Spanish, and Swedish
Audio features
• Polycom HD Voice technology
delivers life-like voice quality for
each audio path-handset, the handsfree speakerphone, and the optional
headset
• Polycom Acoustic Clarity™ technology
providing full-duplex conversations,
acoustic echo cancellation and
background noise suppression
• Frequency response – 100 Hz – 20
kHz for handset, optional headset and
hands-free speakerphone modes
• Codecs: G.711 (A-law and μ-law), G.719,
G.729AB, G.722, G.722.1, G.722.1C
• Individual volume settings with visual
feedback for each audio path
• Voice activity detection
• Comfort noise generation
• DTMF tone generation (RFC 2833
andin-band)
• Low-delay audio packet transmission
• Adaptive jitter buers
• Packet loss concealment
Headset and handset compatibility
• Dedicated RJ-9 headset port
• Hearing aid compatibility
• Compliant with ADA Section 508
Subpart B 1194.23 (all)
• Hearing aid compatible (HAC) handset
for magnetic coupling to hearing aids
• Compatible with commercially-available
TTY adapter equipment
1
- Type 1 compliant (IEEE 1329 full
duplex)
Call handling features2
• 24 lines (registrations)
• Shared call/bridged line appearance
• Busy Lamp Field (BLF)
• Flexible line appearance (one or more
line keys can be assigned for each
lineextension)
• Distinctive incoming call treatment/
callwaiting
• Call timer and call waiting
• Call transfer, hold, divert (forward),
pickup
• Called, calling, connected
part yinformation
• Local three-way audio conferencing
• One-touch speed dial, redial
• Remote missed call notification
• Do not disturb function
• Electronic hook switch capable
Video standards and protocols
• H.261, H.263, H.263+ (1998), and H.264
• CIF(352x288) or SIF(352x240)
resolution transmit and receive video
up to 30 fps
Camera
• 2 mega pixel camera
• 30 cm to infinity fixed focus
• Privacy Shutter
• Picture in Picture for near end camera
• Full screen or window for far end
camera
Open application platform
• WebKit enabled full browser that
suppor ts HTML, CSS, SSL security,
andJavaScript
• Supports Polycom Apps SDK and
API for third-party business and
personalapplications
• Bundled with Polycom Productivity
Suite:
- Corporate Directory Access
usingLDAP
- Local Voice Call Recording on USB
flash drive
- Visual Conference Management
Network and provisioning
• SIP Protocol Support
• SDP
• IETF SIP (RFC 3261 and companion
RFCs)
• ITU H.323 suppor t can be enabled
via an H.323 Permanent Individual
Phone License for the VVX 1500
(P/N5150-16826-001)
• Two-port Gigabit Ethernet switch
- 10/100/1000Base-TX across L AN and
PCports
- Conforms to IEEE802.3-2005 (Clause
40) for Physical Media Attachment
- Conforms to IEEE802.3-2002 (Clause
28) for Link Partner Auto-Negotiation
• Manual or dynamic host configuration
protocol (DHCP) network setup
• Time and date synchronization
usingSNTP
• FTP/TFTP/HTTP/HTTPS
4
serverbased central provisioning for
massdeployments
• Provisioning and call server
redundancysupported
2
• QoS Support – IEEE 802.1p/Q tagging
(VLAN), Layer 3 TOS, and DSCP
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
– suppor t for static configuration and
“Keep-Alive” SIP signaling
• RTCP and RTP support
• Event logging
• Syslog
• Local configurable digit map/dial plan
• Hardware diagnostics
• Status and statistics reporting
• IPv4
• TCP
• UDP
• DNS-SRV
Bandwidth
• CIF video up to 768 kbps plus
networkoverhead
• Customizable video call bit rates
Security
• Media encryption via SRTP
• Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Encrypted configuration files
3
3
• Digest authentication
• Password login
• Support for URL syntax with password
for boot server address
• HTTPS secure provisioning
• Support for signed software
executables
3
3
3
Power
• Built-in auto sensing IEEE 802.3af
Power over Ethernet (Class 0)
• Energy-saving smart motion detector
enables the screen to go into powersave mode when no one is in the oce.
• Power ecient; consumes less than
11W when fully active, 8W average, and
6W when in power save mode with the
LCDo
• External Universal AC Adaptor
(optional, 48V 380mA DC)

DATA SHEET Polycom® VVX® 1500 Specifications
Approvals
• FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class B
• ICES-003 Class B
• EN55022 Class B
• CISPR22 Class B
• AS/NZS CISPR 22 Class B
• VCCI Class B
• EN55024
• EN61000-3-2; EN61000-3-3
• NZ Telepermit
• Korea KCC
• China CCC
• ROHS compliant
Safety
• UL 60950-1
• CE Mark
• CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1-03
• EN 60950-1
• IEC 60950-1
• AS/NZS 60950-1
Operating conditions
• Temperature: 0 to 40°C (+32 to 104°F )
• Relative Humidity: 5% to 95%,
noncondensing
Storage temperature
-40 to +70°C (-40 to +160°F)
Polycom VVX 1500 comes with:
• VVX 1500 console
• Handset with handset cord
• Network (LAN) cable
• Quick Start Guide
• Product registration card
Size
10 x 15 x 8.3 in (25 x 38 x 21 cm) (W x H x D)
Part numbers
2200-18061-025 – WW PoE
Weight
Unit weight: 5.4 lbs (2.5 kg)
Unit box dimensions / weight
• 14 x 16 x 6 in
• 8.0 lbs (3.7 kg)
Master carton quantity
Two
Country of origin
Thailand
Warranty
1 year
1. To enjoy all the benefit s of Polycom HD Voice
when using the phone in the headset mode, you
must use a wideband headset.
2. Most software-enabled features and capabilities
must be supported by the server. Please
contact your IP PBX /Sof tswitch vendor or
service provider for a list of supported features.
3. Requires SIP version 3.2.2 or higher.
About Polycom
Polycom helps organizations unleash the power of human collaboration. More than 400,000 companies and institutions
worldwide defy distance with video, voice and content solutions from Polycom. Polycom and its global partner ecosystem provide
flexible collaboration solutions for any environment that deliver the best user experience and unmatched investment protection.
Polycom, Inc.
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www.polycom.com
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