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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Index
Gigaset A580 IP / US English / A31008-xxxx-xxxx-x-xxxx / Gigaset_A580_IPSIX.fm / 24.04.2009
Version 8, 03.09.2008
Index
A
Access code (PABX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Access protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Access to Web configurator
from other networks . . . . . . . . . 104
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Account name (e-mail). . . . . . . . . . . 132
Acknowledge tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Activating
advisory tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Annex B for G.729 . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
auto answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 32
keypad lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
network mailbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Address assignment (IP address) . . . . 103
ADSL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Advisory tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Alarm clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Alarm repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
ALG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Alternate DNS server
(Web configurator) . . . . . . . . . . 104
Anonymous calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Application Layer Gateway (ALG) . . . 172
Application signal (Flash key) . . . . . . 127
Application type (Flash key) . . . . . . . 127
Arabic characters, entering. . . . . . . . 100
Area code
dialing automatically. . . . . . . . . . . 122
entering own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Area code predialing
activating/deactivating . . . . . . . . . 122
Area codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
extra area codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
extra codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
local area code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
own area code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Assigning send number to handset . . 120
Asterisk key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 82
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line . . 172
Audio (DTMF signaling) . . . . . . . . . . 126
Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Authentication name
e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Auto answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
activating/deactivating. . . . . . . . . . 80
Automatic configuration
of a VoIP connection
. . . . . . . . . . 108
Automatic version check . . . . . . . . . 138
Available codecs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
B
Base station
activating/deactivating eco mode . . 69
changing system PIN . . . . . . . . . . . 84
checking service information . . . . 148
connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
connecting to electrical power
supply
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
connecting to fixed line network . . 19
connecting to router . . . . . . . . . . . 20
operating on PABX . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
power consumption. . . . . . . . . . . 151
reducing power consumption. . . . . 69
reducing transmission power . . . . . 69
restoring factory settings . . . . . . . . 85
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
setting default connection . . . 86, 119
setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
system PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
updating firmware. . . . . . . . . 87, 137
wall mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Base station power consumption
reducing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Battery
charge status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 14
display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 14
icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 14
inserting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
recommended batteries . . . . . . . . 150
tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Block dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Blocking your caller ID. . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Broadband connections. . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Broadband Internet access. . . . . . . . 172
Broadband voice codec . . . . . . 115, 176
Buddy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Buttons (Web configurator) . . . . . . . 101