User's Manual

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Table Of Contents

The handset at a glance
Display symbols
The base at a glance
Contents
Safety precautions
Gigaset C590/C595 - more than just a telephone
First steps
- Checking the package contents
- Setting up the base and charging cradle (if included)
- Connecting the base
- Connecting the charging cradle (if included)
- Setting up the handset
- Setting the date and time
- Setting up area codes
- Connecting a headset
- What would you like to do next?
Using the phone
- Control key
- Display keys
- Keys on the keypad
- Correcting incorrect entries
- Menu guidance
- Activating/deactivating the handset
- Activating/deactivating the keypad lock
- Using this guide
Menu overview
Making calls
- Making an external call
- Ending a call
- Accepting a call
- Using Caller ID
- Using the speaker mode
- Switching to mute
Using the directory and lists
- Directory
- Redial list
- Answering machine list (Gigaset C595 only)
- Call lists
- Opening lists with the message key
- List of missed appointments
Operating the answering machine on the Gigaset C595 base
- Operation via the handset
- Activating/deactivating call screening
- Setting the recording parameters
- Resetting fast access for the answering machine using key 1
- Operating when on the move (remote operation)
Using the network mailbox
- Configuring fast access for the network mailbox
- Viewing the network mailbox message
ECO DECT
Setting the alarm clock
Using several handsets
- Registering handsets
- De-registering handsets
- Locating a handset ("Paging")
- Changing the base
- Making internal calls
- Listening in to an external call
- Changing the name of a handset
- Changing a handset's internal number
Using a handset as a room monitor
Handset settings
- Quick access to numbers and functions
- Changing the display language
- Setting the display
- Activating/deactivating auto answer
- Changing the speaker/earpiece volume
- Changing ringtones
- Activating/deactivating advisory tones
- Restoring the handset default settings
Base settings
- Changing the base ringtones
- Activating/deactivating music on hold
- Protecting against unauthorized access
- Restoring the base to the factory settings
Connecting the base to the PABX
- Dialing modes and recall
- Setting pauses
- Temporarily switching to tone dialing (DTMF)
Troubleshooting
Appendix
- Care
- Contact with liquid
- Specifications
- Writing and editing text
- Industry Canada Certification
FCC / ACTA Information
- Safety precautions
Service (Customer Care)
- End-user limited warranty
Accessories
Mounting the base on the wall
Mounting the charging cradle on the wall
Index

Index

Gigaset C590/C595 / USA-CAN engl / A31008-M2101-R301-1-3S19 / C595SIX.fm / 28.07.2009

Version 4, 16.09.2005

Index

Access protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Acknowledge tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Activating

advisory tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

answering machine . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

answering machine (remote

operation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

keypad lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

listening in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

ring delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

room monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

two-way record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Advisory tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Alarm clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Alert tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Anniversary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

missed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

saving in directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Announcement (answering

machine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Announcement mode

(answering machine). . . . . . . . . . 35

Answering machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

activating/deactivating . . . . . . . . . . 35

deleting messages . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 34

playing back messages . . . . . . . . . . 36

recording announcement/announce

only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

remote operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

scrolling back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

scrolling forward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Answering machine, see also

Network mailbox

Area codes

extra codes

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

local area code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Assigning a number key . . . . . . . . . . .46

Auto answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 48

Base

changing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

connecting to PABX . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

restoring to factory settings . . . . . . 51

set ringtone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

system PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Battery

charging

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2, 14

display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2

icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2

inserting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Best base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Birthday, see Anniversary

Button

On/Off button

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Call

accepting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

connect participant . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

diverting (connecting) . . . . . . . . . . 43

ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

external. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

internal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

picking up from answering

machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

transferring (connecting) . . . . . . . . 44

two-way record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Call duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Call lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Call screening during recording . . . . . 38

Call waiting

internal call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Caller ID (CID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Calling

external. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

internal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Care of the telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Changing

dialing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

display language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

earpiece volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

internal number of a handset . . . . . 45

name of a handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

pauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

ringtone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 51