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
Keys
assigning directory entry. . . . . . . . . 64
Asterisk key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 82
Control key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 30
Delete key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
delete key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Display keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 30
End Call key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 40, 41
fast access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Flash key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Internal key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
keypad lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Message key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
On/Off key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Paging key (base station) . . . . . . . . . 2
Pound key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 32
Shortcut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Speaker key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Talk key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
L
LAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Language
handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Web configurator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Last number redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
LGPL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Licenses, free software. . . . . . . . . . . 163
Line suffix
dialing with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 39
display (Web configurator) . . . . . . 107
Line type
for outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Liquid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
List
Calls List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Missed Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 60
Network Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 67
Local area code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Local communication ports . . . . . . . 128
Local IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Local network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Local SIP port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Lock (keypad lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Login password
e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
M
MAC address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
checking (handset) . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
checking (Web configurator) . . . . 140
Mailbox
defining for fast access
. . . . . . . . . . 66
Main menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Making calls
accepting a call
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
cost-effective calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
external (VoIP, fixed line network). . 38
internal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Maximum Receive Unit . . . . . . . . . . 179
Maximum Transmission Unit . . . . . . 179
Mbps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Media Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Medical appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Menu
end tone
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
phone overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
prompting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Web configurator overview . . . . . . 37
Menu bar (Web configurator) . . . . . . 99
Message key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
opening lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Messages
listening to network mailbox
. . . . . 67
Messaging
Gigaset.net
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Messenger
account
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
entering access data . . . . . . . . . . 130
priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
resource name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Million bits per second . . . . . . . . . . 178
Missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 60
MRU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
MTU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Music on hold . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 86, 179
Muting
microphone
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Muting the handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Muting the microphone. . . . . . . . . . . 45