User's Manual

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Setting the phone with the PC
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Defining dialing plans – cost control
You can define dialing plans to reduce costs:
u You can define the connection (one of your VoIP accounts, the fixed line
network) through which calls to specific numbers should be made and paid
for.
If you enter just a few digits (e.g. local area, national or cellular network
code) any call to a number beginning with these digits will be made via the
elected connection.
u You can block specific numbers, i.e. your phone will not establish a connec-
tion to these numbers (e.g. 1900 numbers).
These dialing plans apply to all registered handsets. The settings for the default
connection (briefly press/press and hold c) and the send numbers of hand-
sets do not apply to numbers governed by a dialing plan.
Tips:
u Compare the rates for long-distance calls (especially for international calls)
offered by your fixed line network and VoIP providers, and determine which
connection should be used specifically for these countries/locations, e.g. a
dialing plan for the
Phone Number "01133" would apply to every call made to
France.
u Use dialing plans to define that numbers starting with a call-by-call number
are always made via your fixed line network connection. To do so, enter the
call-by-call number in the
Phone Number field.
Defining dialing plans
¤ Open the following Web page:
Settings ¢ Telephony ¢ Dialling Plans.
Area
Dialling Plans
Specify dialing plans for your phone. Specify the following:
Phone Number
Enter the number or the first digits of the phone number (e.g. an area code) to
which the dialing plan should apply (maximum 15 digits).
Use Area Codes
Activate this option if the area code is to be added automatically for all calls via
VoIP for the phone number in Phone Number or all phone numbers that begin
with the digits in Phone Number (
£
Page 122).
Please note
You can override dialing plans, with the exception of blocks, as follows:
u Dial the number with a line suffix (e.g. 123456789#3, £
Page 38).
u Before entering the number, define another connection type by pressing
the
§Phone§ or §IP§ Display key (£ Page 79).
If, for example, you press
§Phone§, the number will be dialed via the fixed line
network, even if the dialing plan states that a VoIP connection should be
used.