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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Using the directory
Gigaset A580 IP / US English / A31008-xxxx-xxxx-x-xxxx / directories_charges.fm / 24.04.2009
Version 8, 03.09.2008
Storing a number in the directory
s
¢ §Menu§ ¢ New Entry
~ Enter the number and press §OK§.
~ Enter the name and press §OK§.
Order of directory entries
The directory entries are usually sorted in alphabetical order. Spaces and digits
take first priority. The sort order is as follows:
§§1§§ Space
§§2§§ Digits (0–9)
§§3§§ Letters (alphabetical)
§§4§§ Other characters
To work round the alphabetical order of the entries, insert a space or a digit in
front of the name. These entries will then move to the beginning of the direc-
tory. Names that you have prefixed with an asterisk will move to the end of the
directory.
Selecting a directory entry
s Open the directory.
You have the following options:
u Use s to scroll through the entries until the required name is selected.
u Enter the first character of the name and scroll to the entry using s if
required.
Dialing with the directory
s ¢ s(Select entry).
c Briefly press/press and hold the Talk key. The number is dialed using
the selected connection type (£
Page 38).
Please note
u For information on entering IP addresses, £
Page 40.
u To dial a number using a certain line connection each time, you can add the
relevant line suffix to the number in question (
Page 38).
u You can use the Web configurator to save the directory to a file on your PC,
where it can be edited and then sent back to the handset (£
Page 134).
Or you can transfer Outlook contacts from the PC to the handset's directory.
Please note
You can only dial IP addresses via VoIP.