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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Glossary
Gigaset A580 IP / US English / A31008-xxxx-xxxx-x-xxxx / glossary.fm / 24.04.2009
Version 8, 03.09.2008
Full duplex Data transmission is a mode in which data can be sent and received at the same
time.
G
G.711 a law, G.711 µ law
Standard for a Codec.
G.711 delivers a very good voice quality that corresponds to that in the ISDN
fixed line. As there is little compression, the necessary bandwidth is around 64
kbit/s per voice connection, but the delay caused by coding/decoding is only
0.125 ms.
"a law" describes the European standard and "µ law" describes the North Amer-
ican/Japanese equivalent.
G.722 Standard for a Codec.
G.722 is a broadband language codec with a bandwidth of 50 Hz to 7 kHz, a
net transmission rate of 64 kbit/s per language connection and integrated
speech pause recognition and comfort noise generation (silence suppression).
G.722 delivers very good voice quality. A higher sampling rate provides clearer
and better voice quality than other codecs and enables a speech tone in High
Definition Sound Performance (HDSP).
G.726 Standard for a Codec.
G.726 delivers a good voice quality. It is inferior to the quality with codec G.711
but better than with G.729.
G.729A/B Standard for a Codec.
The voice quality is more likely to be lower with G.729A/B. As a result of the
high level of compression, the necessary bandwidth is only around 8 kbit/s per
voice connection, but the delay is around 15 ms.
Gateway Connects two different Networks, e.g. a router as an Internet gateway.
For phone calls from VoIP to the telephone network, a gateway has to be con-
nected to the IP network and the telephone network (gateway/VoIP provider).
It forwards calls from VoIP to the telephone network as required.
Gateway provider
£
SIP provider.
Global IP address
£ IP address.
GSM Global System for Mobile Communication
Originally, a European standard for mobile networks. GSM can now be
described as a worldwide standard. In the USA and Japan national standards
are now more frequently supported than in the past.