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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Making VoIP settings on the handset
Gigaset A580 IP / US English / A31008-xxxx-xxxx-x-xxxx / settings_bs_hs_pabx.fm / 24.04.2009
Version 8, 03.09.2008
If only one provider is available, the countries and providers lists are not dis-
played. Only the name of this provider will then appear in the display. To start
the download, confirm with
§OK§.
ú If your VoIP provider is not included in the list, you need to enter or adjust the
general VoIP settings manually via your phone's Web configurator,
£
Page 107.
Automatic update for the VoIP provider settings
After the first download of the VoIP provider settings, your phone will check
daily whether a newer version of the file for your VoIP provider is available via
the Internet on the Gigaset configuration server. If this is the case, the message
New profile available is displayed when the handset is in idle status, and the Mes-
sage key fflashes.
f Press the Message key.
§Yes§ Press the Display key to confirm the prompt.
~ Enter the system PIN and press §OK§.
The new data for your VoIP provider will be downloaded and saved on the
phone.
If you respond to the prompt with
§No§, the display will not be repeated. The
message
New profile available will only be shown again if a newer version of the
VoIP settings than the one rejected is available.
Entering/changing VoIP user data
You must complete the VoIP settings with your personal data. You will receive
all necessary data from your VoIP provider.
§Menu§ ¢ Settings ¢ Base ¢ Telephony ¢ VoIP
~ Enter the system PIN and press §OK§.
Username / Authentication Name / Authentication Password
Select and press
§OK§ one after the other.
~ Enter/change the user data and press §OK§.
When making these entries, please remember the VoIP user data is
case sensitive. To enter text
£
Page 152.
Enter the caller ID for your VoIP provider account as the Username. The User-
name
is usually identical to your Internet phone number (the first part of your
SIP address
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Page 110).
For Authentication Name and Authentication Password enter the provider-depend-
ent access data that has to be transferred by the phone to the SIP service at reg-
istration.
Please note
If an error occurs during the download, an error message is displayed. You can
find possible messages and measures in the table on
Page 141.
Please note
A previously set password is not displayed.