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Category: Business Voice & UCaaS

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Polycom SoundStation 6000 – Connect Network and Power
There are two ways to connect your Polycom SoundStation IP 6000 conference pod to your network and a power source.

Your System Administrator can tell you which of the following methods best suits your teleconferencing needs:
- Power over Ethernet (PoE)
- AC Power
Connect Polycom SoundStation IP 6000 using PoE source
- Connect one end of the 25-foot Network Cable to the LAN jack on the phone.
- Connect the other end of the 25-foot Network Cable.
Connect Polycom SoundStation IP 6000 using AC power

Make sure you have the optional AC Power Kit from Polycom available. The AC Power Kit contains a Power Adapter, Regional Power Cord, and a Power Insertion Cable.
- Plug in one end of the 25-foot Network Cable to the LAN jack on the phone.
- Plug in the other end of the 25-foot Network Cable to the Power Insertion Cable.
- Connect the Power Insertion Cable to an available LAN port on the wall or hub/switch device port.
- Connect the Power Adapter to the Power Insertion Cable.
- Connect the Power Adapter (with the attached Regional Power Cord) to the wall outlet.
Polycom SoundStation IP 6000 Features Overview Video

If you’re considering the Polycom 6000 as your next conferencing phone or hardware, here’s a great video from voipon.co.uk. The video provides an overview of the Polycom 6000 features and gives a rating out of 10 based on performance and price.

Need reliable internet service to support your IP phones?

Fastmetrics provides a range of managed, reliable internet service connections to support and power your Polycom SoundStation IP 6000 or IP phones.
- Our team has more than two decades experience providing managed phone services to businesses of all sizes.
- All Fastmetrics phone lines are provisioned over our private cloud voice network, for superior levels of Quality of Service (QoS).
- Wide range of advanced business features included. No extra costs. Plus, seamless mobile presence via the free Fastmetrics Cloud Phone app.
- Your choice of the latest Polycom VVX 310 or Yealink T42G handsets for FREE, for every phone user at your company.
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Set Up Bria iPhone Edition
Set Up Bria For iPhone In 7 Easy Steps

The Bria iPhone Edition app allows you to mirror your desk phone to your iPhone, without having to eat up minutes associated with simultaneous ring or call forwarding. Calls made from Bria iPhone Edition will go out with the caller-ID and name your office phone would. This allows you to protect your privacy and control who can see your mobile number. With office WiFi, the Bria app for iPhone becomes an affordable way to see and answer your incoming calls while away from your desk at any time.

Prerequisites For Bria iPhone Edition
- Have your authorized administrator contact Fastmetrics support at 415-778-5103 or via support@fastmetrics.com to obtain a username and password.
- Purchase and install Bria iPhone Edition from the iTunes App Store.
How To Setup Bria iPhone Edition

Step 1: Under User-defined Accounts select SIP – Making Calls.

Step 2:

Enter your account information:
- Account Name: Fastmetrics
- Display as: Your Name or Company Name
- Username: Your Fastmetrics Provided Username
- Password: Your Fastmetrics Provided Password
- Domain: typically the same domain as your email
- VM Number: 5001
Step 3: Select Account Advanced.

Step 4:

Make the following changes on the Account Advanced screen:
- Out. Proxy: nms.vofm.us
- Global IP Mobile: Off
- Refresh Interval: 60
Press Done in the upper right corner. Go back to the top and press New SIP Account.

Step 5: Enable the account by toggling the Enabled switch.

If successful, you will see ‘Registered’ at the top of the screen. You are now able to make and receive calls via a WiFi connection. If you wish to use Bria while on your mobile carrier’s data network, continue to the next step.

Step 6: Bria can be setup to use your mobile carrier’s data plan to make and receive phone calls. The quality of these calls is dependent on your signal and the carrier’s network. Go to Preferences by pressing Accounts, then Settings, then Preferences.

Step 7: Under the Mobile Data Network section toggle the Use When Available switch to On. Another switch appears called Allow VoIP Calls, toggle this to On.

Setup of Bria app on iPhone is now complete, enabling you make / receive calls via WiFi using no data, or via your mobile carrier network, which will use a data allowance, if applicable.
June 16, 2014