Polycom Visual Concert VSX, VSX 7000 Quick Tips

To connect your laptop to the network:

1. Make sure that Visual Concert is connected
to the network.

2. Make sure your laptop is ready to connect to
the network:

• Configure the laptop for use with your LAN.

• Obtain a valid network account.

3. Connect the laptop to the Visual Concert.

4. Log in to your network.

Accessing the Network

You can use the Visual Concert to connect to the
network so you can access files, navigate the
internet, or read email, just as you can with the
connection in your office. Up to three users can
connect laptops to the device at one time.

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About Visual Concert Quick Tips

These tips will help you use your laptop with
the Visual Concert™ VSX™ and the VSX 7000
system. The Visual Concert lets you easily:

• Share content with other sites in a
videoconference

• Give a presentation in a local meeting

• Access the LAN, in or out of a call

Setting Up Visual Concert VSX

Note: Your system administrator may have

already set up the Visual Concert for you.

Connect the Visual Concert to the VSX 7000
system and to the network. Then, set it on the
conference table so you can quickly connect
laptops, microphones, and a projector. Or,
mount it in a podium or on a wall for use in a
classroom or in an auditorium. See the Visual
Concert VSX QuickStart for more information.

How to Get Help

If you need help using the VSX 7000 system or
the Visual Concert VSX, go to
www.polycom.com/videodocumentation to
access other documents (such as the VSX
Series Getting Started Guide), or contact your
system administrator.

Visual Concert VSX Quick Tips

3. Check the picture.
Make sure your laptop is set to a supported
resolution and refresh rate, such as 1024 x
768 at 75Hz.

Sharing Documents from the Laptop

When you share content in a videoconference,
everyone sees the content at the same time, just
as they would in a face-to-face meeting.

A conference can have only one active content
source at a time. When you send content, it
replaces any content previously sent by other
sites.

To send the laptop content to the far site(s) and
to the projector (if one is connected):

• Press on the Visual Concert.

The content is sent to the other sites in the
conference, as well as to the projector, if one
is connected to the Visual Concert.

To stop sending content:

•Press on the Visual Concert.

• Press Camera and choose another
content source.

Visual Concert Tips

• Once your laptop is configured for use with
the Visual Concert, just connect and the
content is shared immediately.

• Muting the VSX system’s microphone does
not stop sending sound from your laptop or
other content sources.

Visual Concert VSX Quick Tips

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Showing Documents

You can use your Polycom VSX system to
meet with people at different sites all over the
world. But that’s not all: you can also use the
Visual Concert VSX to connect a laptop and
share documents, high resolution images, and
sound, both in and out of calls.

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Connecting Your Laptop

You may want to set up your laptop before the
meeting. However, you can also connect after the
call starts.

To set up your laptop:

1. Connect the laptop to Visual Concert.

2. Send the video to the Visual Concert.
Laptops do not usually start sending the video
signal automatically. Often, you do this by
pressing F7 on the keyboard. If that doesn’t
work, see your laptop documentation.