User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- The handset at a glance
- Overview of display icons
- The base station at a glance
- Contents
- Safety precautions
- Gigaset A580 IP - more than just making calls
- VoIP - making calls via the Internet
- Gigaset HDSP - telephony with brilliant sound quality
- First steps
- Operating the handset
- Menu trees
- Making calls with VoIP and the fixed line network
- VoIP telephony via Gigaset.net
- Network services
- Using lists
- Using the directory
- Saving the first number in the directory
- Storing a number in the directory
- Order of directory entries
- Selecting a directory entry
- Dialing with the directory
- Managing directory entries
- Using Shortcut keys
- Transferring the directory to another handset
- Copying a displayed number to the directory
- Copying a number from the directory
- Using the network mailbox
- ECO DECT: Conserving energy
- Setting the alarm clock
- Using multiples handsets
- Handset settings
- Changing the date and time
- Changing the display language
- Activating/deactivating the screensaver
- Quickly accessing functions
- Activating/deactivating auto answer
- Changing the handsfree/earpiece volume
- Setting ringers
- Activating/deactivating advisory tones
- Setting the battery low tone
- Restoring the handset default settings
- Setting the base station via the handset
- Making VoIP settings on the handset
- Operating the base station on the PABX
- Setting the phone with the PC
- Connecting the PC with the telephone's Web configurator
- Logging in, setting the Web configurator language
- Logging off
- Using the Web pages
- Menu bar
- Navigation area
- Working area
- Buttons
- Opening Web pages
- Setting the phone with the Web configurator
- Configuring the IP
- Configuring telephone connections
- Optimizing voice quality for VoIP connections
- Setting the telephone's default connection
- Activating the fixed line network connection as an alternate connection
- Assigning send and receive numbers to handsets
- Activating Call Forwarding for VoIP connections
- Entering your own area code, activating/deactivating an automatic area code for VoIP
- Activating/deactivating network mailbox, entering numbers
- Setting DTMF signaling for VoIP
- Defining Flash key functions for VoIP (hook flash)
- Configuring call forwarding via VoIP
- Defining local communication ports for VoIP
- Messaging
- Configuring info services/activating idle display
- Changing internal handset numbers and names
- Transferring handset directories to/from the PC
- Activating VoIP status message display
- Starting a firmware update
- Activating/deactivating the automatic version check
- Copying the date/time from time server
- Querying the phone status
- Getting help with your phone
- Protecting our environment
- Appendix
- FCC / ACTA Information
- Gigaset A580 IP - free software
- Accessories
- Glossary
- Index
- Mounting the charging cradle to the wall
- Mounting the base station to the wall
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Setting the phone with the PC
Gigaset A580 IP / US English / A31008-xxxx-xxxx-x-xxxx / web_server.fm / 24.04.2009
Version 8, 03.09.2008
u Personal Provider Data (£ Page 110).
The areas
u
General Provider Data (£ Page 111) and
u
Network (£ Page 111)
can be shown and hidden by selecting the Show Advanced Settings and Hide
Advanced Settings
buttons.
You must enter the VoIP provider's general access data in these areas. You can
download this data for many VoIP providers from the Internet (
£ "
Area: Auto
Configuration
", Page 108).
¤ Make the settings on the Web page.
¤ Save them in the phone £
Page 113.
¤ Activate the connection if necessary £
Page 114.
Area:
IP Connection
Connection Name or Number
Enter a name for the VoIP connection or the VoIP phone number (maximum
16 characters). This name is used to display the connection on the handset and
the Web configurator interface, e.g. during allocation of send and receive num-
bers (
£
Page 120), for the call display (£ Page 42).
Area:
Auto Configuration
The entire configuration process or a large part of the configuration for a VoIP
connection is automated for many VoIP providers. You can download the nec-
essary VoIP access data to your phone from the Internet.
You have the following options:
u Fully automated configuration
Prerequisites:
– You have received an auto configuration code from your VoIP provider.
– The general access data for your VoIP provider is available for download-
ing.
You can download all the data required for VoIP access from the Internet:
¤ Enter the auto configuration code you received from your VoIP provider
in the
Auto Configuration area in the Auto Configuration Code field (maxi-
mum 32 characters).
¤ Select the
Start Auto Configuration button.
The telephone establishes a connection to the Internet and downloads all
data required for the VoIP connection, i.e. the general provider information
and your personal provider data (account data) are saved to your base sta-
tion.
If you have already entered details on the Web page, this is deleted as soon
as
Start Auto Configuration is selected. The fields in the Personal Provider Data
and
General Provider Data areas and the server addresses in the Network area
are overwritten by the downloaded data.