The Polycom 560 Phone includes the following features:

Local feature-rich GUI; Time and date display
Customizable call progress tones
Unicode UTF-8 character support
Multilingual user interface (Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English (Canada / US / UK), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish)
Time and date synchronization using SNTP
Web portal for individual unit configuration
RTCP support (RFC 1889)
Event logging
Digest authentication
Password login
HTTPS secure provisioning
Approvals: FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class B, ICES-003 Class B, EN55022 Class, CISPR22 Class B, AS/NZS CISPR 22 Class B, VCCI Class B, EN55024, EN61000-3-2; EN61000-3-3, ROHS compliant, Anatel
Dimensions: 26.5 cm x 15 cm x 19 cm x 6.5 cm)
Weight: Phone weight: 1.1 kg (2.4 lb.)

The Polycom 560 is a multiline SIP based phone that can support up to four different lines simultaneously and can receive up to 8 calls at any given time. The Polycom 560 has Backlit 320 x 160-pixel graphical gray scale LCD for easy navigation through the menu

Along with great standard features, the Polycom 560 phone provides advanced features like Busy lamp field (BLF); XHTML micro-browser for productivity-boosting Web applications; Gigabit Ethernet support Ease of Provisioning and Upgrade; Integrated IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) support

For convenience of the user, the keypad has the following keys:

4 context-sensitive “soft” keys
26 dedicated “hard” keys
4 line keys with bi-color (red/green) LED
8 feature keys
6 display/menu navigation keys
2 volume control keys
Illuminated mute key
Illuminated headset key
Illuminated hands-free speakerphone key
Dedicated hold key

The Polycom 560 supports a Dual-port Gigabit Ethernet switch which reduces cable expenses and provides flexible deployment options. Like several other Polycom Handsets, the Polycom 560 is also certified to support various features of a broad range of SIP-based IP PBX and Softswitch platforms

The Polycom 560 features Polycom’s HD technology which brings life like quality to all your phone calls. The noise-cancellation and echo-cancellation features ensure smooth communication and convenient hearing

The Polycom 560 is powered by the Gigabit Ethernet IP telephony technology which brings easy integration with the PC. It is the perfect choice especially for the organisations that have existing GigE deployment. If your organisation has plans to move to GigE, then the Polycom 560 will be a great investment for the future of your organisation

The Polycom 560 offers unobstructed real time communication, which is very necessary for the growth of an organisation in the Internet oriented world of today

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For the Polycom Soundpoint 560 user manual click here