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
DTMF signaling for VoIP . . . . . . . . . . 126
Dynamic DNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Dynamic IP address . . . . . . . . . 103, 175
DynDNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
E
Earpiece mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Earpiece volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Echo service
Gigaset.net
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
ECO DECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Eco mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
E-mail
account name
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
authentication name/password . . . 132
entering access data . . . . . . . . . . . 132
incoming e-mail server . . . . . . . . . 132
settings (Web config.). . . . . . . . . . 132
Emergency numbers
dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
dialing plans for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
End Call key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 40, 41
Ending, call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Entering
access data (e-mail) . . . . . . . . . . . 132
flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
user data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Entering Cyrillic/Arabic
characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Entry
selecting from directory . . . . . . . . . 63
Error tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Ethernet network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Explicit Call Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
External consultation call
fixed line network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
VoIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
External line prefix (PABX) . . . . . . . . . 94
Extra area codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Extra codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
F
Factory settings
base station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Fast access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
automatic update . . . . . . . . . 88, 138
checking version . . . . . . . . . 140, 148
starting update (handset). . . . . . . . 87
starting update (Web conf.) . . . . . 137
updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fixed line network
conference call
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
connection name. . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
external consultation call . . . . . . . . 53
settings for calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fixed line network connection
line suffix
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Flash key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
function for VoIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Flat rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Fragmentation of data packets. . . . . 175
Free software, licenses . . . . . . . . . . 163
Full duplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
G
G.711 µ law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
G.711 a law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
G.722. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 115
G.722 Broadband language codec . . 115
G.726. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
G.729. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Gateway provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Getting help with your phone . . . . . 141
Gigaset config. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 97
Gigaset HDSP, see HDSP
Gigaset.net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
(de)activating connection . . . . . . 114
call forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 121
calling participant . . . . . . . . . . 49, 51
changing/deleting own name. . . . . 50
directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Echo service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
entering name. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 50
Jabber server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
messaging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
searching for subscriber . . . . . . . . . 48
Gigaset.net directory
open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
specifying/editing own name . . . . . 50
Global IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Global System for
Mobile Communication. . . . . . . 176
GNU Lesser General Public License. . 163