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Table Of Contents

Gigaset C300/C300A - your high-quality accessory
Overview
Understanding the display icons
Using the display keys
Main menu icons
Base overview
- Gigaset C300A base
- Gigaset C300 base
Contents
Taking the first steps
- Checking the package contents
- Setting up the base and charger (if included)
- Connecting the base
- Connecting the charger (if included)
- Setting up the handset for use
  - Inserting the battery and closing the battery cover
  - Initial charging and discharging of the batteries
- Changing the display language
- Setting the date and time
  - Display in idle status
- Setting up area codes
  - Local Area Code
  - Extra Codes
- What would you like to do next?
Using the phone
- Using the control key
- Using keys on the keypad
- Correcting incorrect entries
- Using the menus
- Activating/deactivating the handset
- Activating/deactivating keypad lock
- Understanding the operating steps
Menu overview
Making calls
- Making an external call
- Ending a call
- Accepting a call
- Using Caller ID (CID)
  - Call display with CID
  - Display with CID and location
- Notes on Caller ID (CID)
- Using handsfree mode
  - Activating/deactivating handsfree mode
- Switching to mute
Using the directory and lists
- Directory
- Using the redial list
  - Manual redial
  - Managing entries in the redial list
- Message key function
  - Opening lists
  - Disable/enable flashing of the message key
- Answering machine list (Gigaset C300A only)
- Call list
  - Setting the call list type
  - List entry
Operating the Gigaset C300A base answering machine
- Operating through the handset
- Activating/deactivating call screening
- Setting the recording parameters
  - Setting the recording time
  - Setting ring delay
- Changing the language for voice prompt and prerecorded announcement
- Resetting fast access for the answering machine using key 1
- Answering Machine Remote Operation
  - Calling the answering machine and playing messages
  - Activating the answering machine
Using the network mailbox
- Using fast access for the network mailbox
- Viewing the network mailbox message
ECO DECT
- Reducing energy consumption
- Reducing radiation
Using the handset as an alarm clock
- Activating/deactivating the alarm clock
- Setting the wake up time
- Deactivating the wake-up call/ repeating after a pause (snooze mode)
Using multiple handsets
- Registering handsets
  - Registering the Gigaset handset with the Gigaset C300/C300A
  - Registering other handsets
- Deregistering handsets
- Locating a handset (paging)
- Changing the base
- Making internal calls
  - Transferring a call to another handset/making an internal consultation call
  - Accepting a waiting call
- Listening in to an external call (conference)
  - Activating/deactivating listening in
  - Internal listening in
- Changing the name of a handset
Handset settings
- Quick access to numbers
- Changing the display language
- Setting the display/ screensaver
- Activating/deactivating auto answer
- Changing the handsfree/ earpiece volume
- Changing ringtones
- Restoring the handset default settings
Base station settings
- Changing the Gigaset C300A base ringtones
- Activating/deactivating music on hold
- Protecting against unauthorized access
  - Changing the system PIN
  - Resetting the system PIN
- Resetting the base to the default settings
Connecting the base to the PBX
- Dialing mode and Flash
  - Changing the dialing mode
  - Setting recall
- Setting pauses
  - Changing the pause after line seizure
  - Changing the pause after recall key
- Switching temporarily to tone dialing (DTMF)
Troubleshooting
Protecting our environment
Appendix
- Caring for your phone
- Contact with liquid
- Specifications
- Writing and editing text
- Industry Canada Certification
FCC / ACTA Information
- Safety precautions
Service (Customer Care)
- End-user limited warranty
Accessories
Mounting the base on the wall
Mounting the charger on the wall
Index

Index

Gigaset C300-C300A / USA-CAN EN / A31008-M2203-R301-2-3S19 / C300ASIX.fm / 11.07.2011

Version 4, 16.09.2005

Index

Accepting a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Access protection

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Accessories

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Acknowledgement tones

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Activating

answering machine

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

answering machine

(remote operation)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

auto answer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

handset

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

keypad lock

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

listening in

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

two-way recording

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Alarm clock

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Announcement (answering

machine)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Answering machine

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

activating/deactivating

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

deleting messages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

icon

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

list

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

playing back messages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

remote operation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

skipping back

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

skipping forward

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Answering machine list

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Answering machine, see also

Network mailbox

Area codes

extra codes

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

local area code

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Assigning a number key

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Asterisk key

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Automatic

auto answer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 45

Backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Base

changing

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

connecting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

connecting to PBX

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

restoring to default settings

. . . . . . . . . . 48

setting ringtone

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

setting up

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

system PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Battery

charging

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3

display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3

icon

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3

inserting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

tone

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Best base

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Call

connect participant

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

ending

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

external

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

internal

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

picking up from

answering machine

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

transferring (connecting)

. . . . . . . . . 43, 44

two-way recording

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Call duration

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Call lists

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Call screening during recording

. . . . . . . . 37

Call waiting

internal call

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Calling

external

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

internal

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Calling line display, notes

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Care of the telephone

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Changing

dialing mode

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

display language

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 44

earpiece volume

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

handsfree volume

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

name of a handset

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

pauses

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

ringer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

ringtone

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

system PIN

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Character set

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Charge status display

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3

CID

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Color scheme

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Confirmation tone

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Connecting

base to PBX

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Contrast

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Correcting incorrect entries

. . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Customer Care

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57