User's Manual
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
- Using the phone
- Menu overview
- Making calls
- Using the directory and lists
- Operating the answering machine on the Gigaset C595 base
- Using the network mailbox
- ECO DECT
- Setting the alarm clock
- Using several handsets
- Using a handset as a room monitor
- Handset settings
- Base settings
- Connecting the base to the PABX
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix
- FCC / ACTA Information
- Service (Customer Care)
- Accessories
- Mounting the base on the wall
- Mounting the charging cradle on the wall
- Index
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First steps
Gigaset C590/C595 / USA-CAN engl / A31008-M2101-R301-1-3S19 / starting.fm / 28.07.2009
Version 4, 16.09.2005
Initial charging and discharging of the batteries
The correct charge level can only display if the batteries are first fully charged
and discharged.
¤ Place the handset in the base/charging
cradle for 10 hours.
¤ Then remove the handset
from the base/charging
cradle and do not replace it
until the batteries are fully
discharged.
10 h
Please note
u After the first battery charge and discharge you may replace your hand-
set in the base/charging cradle after every call.
u Always repeat the charging and discharging procedure if you remove the
batteries from the handset and reinsert them.
u The batteries may warm up during charging. This is not dangerous.
u After a while, the charge capacity of the batteries will decrease for tech-
nical reasons.