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
Correcting incorrect entries . . . . . . . . 31
Cost control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 45
defining dialing plans . . . . . . . . . . 123
Customer Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . 141, 159
Customer Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
CW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Cyrillic characters, entering . . . . . . . 100
D
Data packets, fragmentation. . . . . . . 175
Data server for firmware update . . . . 137
Date
set manually
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
transferring from time server . . . . 139
Daylight saving time
changing automatically
. . . . . . . . . 139
Deactivating
advisory tones
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
auto answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 32
keypad lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
network mailbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Default gateway
entering (handset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
entering (Web configurator) . . . . . 103
Default settings
handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Delete key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Deleting characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Demilitarized Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
De-registering
from Web configurator . . . . . . . . . . 98
handset from base station. . . . . . . . 72
DHCP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174, 175
Dialing
canceling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
using shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Dialing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Dialing plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 45, 123
activating/deactivating . . . . . . . . . 124
defining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
for emergency numbers . . . . . . . . 125
Differentiated Service Code Point . . . 174
Digit key
changing assignment . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Digital clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Digital Subscriber Line. . . . . . . . . . . 174
Digital Subscriber Line
Access Multiplexer
. . . . . . . . . . 174
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
copying number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
copying number from text . . . . . . . 65
deleting (Web configurator) . . . . . 136
editing via PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Gigaset.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
loading from PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
managing entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
order of entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
saving entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
saving the first number . . . . . . . . . 62
sending entry/list to handset . . . . . 65
transferring to/from PC. . . . . . . . . 134
Directory file
content (vCard format) . . . . . . . . 136
Display
appointment/alarm activated . . . . . . 2
call duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
call duration/costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
caller’s number (CID) . . . . . . . . . . . 42
changing display language. . . . . . . 77
charge status of the batteries . . . . . . 2
in idle status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 32
incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
keypad lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
name (CID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
ringer melody deactivated . . . . . . . . 2
screensaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Display keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 30
assigning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
changing assignment. . . . . . . . . . . 79
Displayed name (VoIP). . . . . . . 110, 174
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
DMZ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
DNS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
alternate (Web configurator) . . . . 104
preferred (handset) . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
preferred (Web configurator) . . . . 104
Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Domain name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Domain Name System. . . . . . . . . . . 174
DSCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
DSL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
DSLAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
DTMF (tone dialing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95