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
G.711 a law / G.711 µ law
Excellent voice quality (comparable with ISDN). The necessary bandwidth is 64
kbit/s per voice connection.
G.726 Good voice quality (inferior to that with G.711 but better than with G.729).
Your phone supports G726 with a transmission rate of 32 kbit/s per voice con-
nection.
G.729 Average voice quality. The necessary bandwidth is less than or equal to 8 kbit/
s per voice connection.
Both parties involved in the telephone connection (caller/sender and recipient
side) must use the same voice codec. The voice codec is negotiated between
the sender and the recipient when establishing a connection.
You can influence the voice quality by selecting (bearing in mind the band-
width of your DSL connection) the voice codecs your phone is to use, and spec-
ifying the order in which the codecs are to be suggested when a VoIP connec-
tion is established.
Area:
Settings for Bandwidth
The settings in this area influence all VoIP connections (VoIP phone numbers).
Allow 1 VoIP call only
You can usually make two VoIP calls at the same time on your phone. If, how-
ever, your DSL connection has a narrow bandwidth, there may be problems if
two VoIP calls are made at the same time. The data is no longer transferred
properly (long voice delay, data losses, etc.).
¤ Select
Yes after Allow 1 VoIP call only to prevent any further parallel VoIP
phone connections being established.
¤ If you wish to permit two VoIP connections, select
No.
Voice Quality
Default settings for the codecs used are stored in your phone: one setting opti-
mized for narrow and one for wide bandwidths.
¤ Activate one of the options
Optimized for low bandwidth / Optimized for high
bandwidth
if you wish to accept a default setting for all VoIP connections. The
settings are shown in the Settings for Connections area and cannot be
changed.
¤ Activate the
Own Codec preference option if you wish to select and set connec-
tion-specific voice codecs yourself ( ¢ "
Area: Settings for Connections").
Please note
If only one VoIP connection is permitted, the following VoIP network services
will no longer be available:
u Call waiting is not displayed during a call via VoIP.
u External consultation call from a VoIP call
u Toggling and initiating a conference call via VoIP