Polycom VSX™ 5000

Entry-level compact video conferencing solution for small meeting spaces

• Excellent price performance
• Premium video and audio performance, with essential functions
• Easily share data with all conference participants

Introducing the Polycom VSX 5000, a compact and economical solution for small to medium-sized conference rooms.

Ideal for smaller conference spaces, the new entry-level Polycom VSX 5000 set-top system brings market leading video and audio quality within an affordable price. A real space-saver, it sits conveniently on top of TVs, high-resolution plasma screens, or LCD displays. You can easily add a peripheral (document camera, or VCR/DVD), dual monitors, and audio-only callers through ISDN or the SoundStation VTX 1000. In fact, the VSX 5000 gives you multiple ways of dialing conference attendees and employing various types of content (for example, pictures, presentations, movies, audio files). Connection options encompass IP, ISDN, and SIP dialing, so you can utilize the VSX 5000 in a variety of conference environments.

Video conferencing system offering excellent price performance and flexibility

The VSX 5000 is also well-suited for educational resource rooms where smaller groups of students meet with a remote educational specialist, and remote medical clinics that deliver specialist care to patients hundreds of kilometers from home.

The VSX 5000 includes features and benefits such as a user interface in 13 languages, multiple ways to add content, and dual monitor emulation for single display solutions. Choose either a VGA display or a TV as your main display, whichever suits your conferencing environment. The ISDN option enables you to add ISDN conferencing capability as well, and the dual monitor option allows you to show people on one display and shared content on the other display.

When you're ready to upgrade your meeting room environment even further, you can take advantage of Polycom's SoundStation VTX 1000 integration, giving users the ability to dial a video conference from their conference phone. This also saves space on the conference table, since the SoundStation VTX 1000 also acts as the stereo microphone as well as a standalone conference phone. Plus, dedicated stereo audio outputs enable easy implementation of Polycom's StereoSurround technology, for sound that is as natural as being there.

The Polycom VSX line is your single platform choice for conference management and scheduling to access the power of Polycom's unified collaborative communications solutions.

With the greatest breadth and depth of integrated video, voice, and Web solutions, only Polycom delivers the ultimate communications experience. Polycom's market-leading conferencing and collaboration technologies, supported by world-class service, enable people and organizations to maximize their effectiveness and productivity. Add to that the most experience and proven best-practices in the industry, and it's clear why Polycom has become the smart choice for organizations seeking a strategic advantage in a real-time world.

Polycom VSX 5000 Audio Features and Benefits

Siren 14 Wideband Audio

• 14 kHz crystal clear audio
• Eliminates fatigue associated with straining to hear every word
• CD-quality sound for dynamic audio performance
• Superb clarity to hear the subtleties of every word
• Included on every system

Polycom StereoSurround

• 2 channels of 14 kHz crystal clear audo
• Wideband audio projected in stereo, from left and right speakers
• Superb clarity to hear the subtleties of every word
• Easily decipher multiple, simultaneous conversations
• Distinguish which side of the room people are talking from, just like in a real meeting
• Enable easily in the user interface and by attaching speakers to the VSX 5000

SoundStation VTX 1000 Integration

• Use the SoundStation VTX 1000 as the microphone for the video system and eliminate the VSX 7000s microphones
• Add audio calls to a video conference with the SoundStation VTX 1000
• Maximize the value of audio and video equipment investments when used together
• Remarkable voice pickup range with the SoundStation VTX 1000 microphones
• Video dial, mute, call hangup and call redial from the SoundStation VTX 1000 keypad

Enhanced Microphone Array

• 360° audio pickup
• Flotation feet filter out table-top noise
• Sensitive enough to pick up whispers, smart enough to eliminate unwanted background noise
• Versatile and attractive design for table top, wall or ceiling mount
• Single array for Polycom StereoSurround
• Gated enhanced stereo pickup

Audio Error Concealment

• Reduced audio drop-out on busy IP networks
• Smooth, consistent verbal communications without interruptions
• Corrects audio from any system seamlessly
• Activates automatically, only when needed

Polycom VSX 5000 Video Features and Benefits

Single Monitor XGA Support

• Use a XGA display, or a TV for main display
• No need for a dual monitor system to clearly see content
• Flexibility in configuration, allowing users to use the display of their choice
• Supports up to 1024 x 768 resolution

H.264 video up to 768Kbps

• Use less bandwidth to conduct video calls
• Unparalleled video quality for lower line rate applications
• More bandwidth is available for other business
• Cost savings to any organization!

Video Error Concealment

• Reduced video drop-out on busy IP networks
• Smooth, continuous video without interruptions
• Maintain active face-to-face contact
• Accomplish meeting objectives without worrying about the video integrity
• Activates automatically, only when needed

Polycom VSX 5000 Content Sharing Features and Benefits

People+Content IP

• Expand the way you communicate!
• An excellent option for wireless laptop users who are participating in a video conference
• See the presentation and the speaker at the same time
• No need to connect wires to the system—just type the system's IP address into the People+Content IP application and start sharing!
• Unlimited possibilities from the PC—Microsoft PowerPoint, movie files, audio files, pictures or any other Windows application

Multiple Content Sources

• Doc camera and VCR images can be seen as content, along with people
• Doc camera and VCR images do NOT displace the person talking, but show up next to them
• Supplement video conference with multiple types of content including pictures, movies, audio files, PowerPoint presentations
• Flexible bandwidth settings for adjusting people and content