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Using Video With Cisco Unified Personal Communicator

About Video Conversations

Before You Use Video

Viewing Video

Working With Video Conversations In Progress

Using Video With Cisco Unified Personal Communicator

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•About Video Conversations

•Before You Use Video

•Viewing Video

•Working With Video Conversations In Progress

About Video Conversations

The following information applies to video conversations:

•To view incoming video, you do not need a camera.

•If you use video, people who do not have a video camera may see your image, even though you cannot see them.

•Caller and callee can each decide whether to use video, or to use audio only.

•Requirements apply. See Before You Use Video.

You can view video images in conversations with any of the following users:

•People who use Cisco Unified Personal Communicator and are set up to use video

•People who use Cisco Unified Video Advantage 2.0

•People who use Cisco Unified IP Phone model 7985

•People who use video endpoints connected with Cisco IPVC or Cisco Unified Videoconferencing products.

•Other participants in Cisco Unified MeetingPlace or MeetingPlace Express video conferences.

Before You Use Video

In order to transmit your video image:

•You must be set up to use video.

•Specify your video camera in Cisco Unified Personal Communicator Preferences.

•For best video quality, use a wired connection, not a wireless connection.

•Cisco Unified Video Advantage or Cisco VT Advantage must not be running.

•Phone Mode must be set to soft phone.

•You should verify that your video camera is operating correctly.

Related Topics

•About Video Conversations

•Installing and Setting Up Your Cisco Video Camera, page 1-3

•Specifying Your Audio and Video Devices, page 1-8

•Choosing the Phone to Control, page 1-9

•Viewing Video

Viewing Video

To...	Do This
View your video image	Choose View > Show Local Video from the menu bar at the top of the console.
Start a video conversation	1. Make sure you are ready to use video. 2. Click a name or entry in the console, then click . If the other person does not answer the call with video, the call is connected as an audio-only call.
Add video to an audio conversation	1. Make sure you are ready to use video. 2. Click in the active conversation window. If you do not see the video image of the other person, that person may not have a camera, may have chosen not to accept video, or may have chosen to receive video only. If you are on a conference call, each person who wants to add video must perform this action.

Related Topics

•About Video Conversations

•Before You Use Video.

•Working With Video Conversations In Progress

•Problems with Your Camera or Video, page 10-15

•Problems Starting Calls, page 10-9

Working With Video Conversations In Progress

To...	Do This
Freeze (pause) or unfreeze the video image of you that other participants see	Click in the active conversation window. Your view of yourself does not freeze.
•Mute your audio so others cannot hear you •Change the volume you hear •Change your volume so other participants can hear you more easily	See Changing the Volume of a Call, page 3-10.
Remove video from the conversation and continue with audio only. This action affects all participants in the conversation.	Click in the conversation window.

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Note If you use video while attending a Cisco Unified MeetingPlace or Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express meeting, see the documentation for that product for information about in-meeting functionality.

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Related Topics

•How To Work With Conversations in Progress, page 3-8