User's Guide

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Table Of Contents

Contents
Overview
- Handset
- Base without answer machine
- Base with answer machine
- Symbols used in the user guide
Safety precautions
Getting started
- Package contents
- Base
  - Connecting the base to power supply and telephone network
  - Connecting the base to the router
- Handset
Using the phone
- Switch the handset on and off
- Lock/unlock the keypad
- Control key
- Display
  - Display keys
  - Status bar
- Menu navigation
Making calls
- Making a call
- Accepting a call
- Handsfree mode
- Changing the receiver/speaker volume
- Muting
- Making internal calls
- Calling Line Identification
  - Caller display for incoming calls
- Automatic network provider selection (preselection)
Call/message lists
- Call list
  - Setting the list type
  - Opening the call list
- Message list
Directory
- Creating a directory entry
- Marking an entry as VIP
- Selecting/editing the directory entry
- Assigning quick-dial keys
- Deleting a directory (entry)
- Transferring a directory (entry) to another handset
Local answer machine (if available)
- Setting up the answer machine
- Operation using the handset
- Operation when on the move (remote operation)
  - Enabling the answer machine
  - Checking an answer machine
Network mailbox
- Entering a number
- Playing messages
- Assigning key 1
Additional functions
- Alarm clock
- Baby monitor (Room monitoring)
- ECO DECT
  - Reducing radiation by up to 80%
  - Disabling radiation in idle mode
- Protection from undesired calls
  - Black list
Extending the functionality of the phone
- Multiple handsets
- Repeater support
- Operating the base on a router/PABX
  - Operation with a router
  - Operation with a PABX
Phone settings
- Date and time
- Country and language (if available)
  - Country
  - Display language
- Display
- Tones and signals
- System
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FCC / ACTA Information
Safety precautions
Service (Customer Care)
- End-user limited warranty
- Questions and answers
Manufacturer‘s advice
- Data protection
- Environment
  - Environmental management system
  - Disposal
- Care
- Contact with liquid
- Technical data
- Character set tables
Menu tree
Index

Template Module, Version 2.1, 11.08.2020 / Template Basiseinstellungen: Version 3.1 - 07.07.2020

Manufacturer‘s advice

Gigaset A690-A690A / LUG-Kombi US en / A31008-M2816-R341-1-3S19 / appendix.fm / 9/13/21

Questions and answers

If you have any questions about the use of your telephone, please go to www.gigaset.com/service where help

is available at any time. The table below contains a list of common problems and possible solutions.

Manufacturer‘s advice

Data protection

We at Gigaset take the protection of our customers’ data very seriously. It is precisely for this reason that we

are ensuring all our products feature "Privacy by Design" as standard. All information we collect is used to

make our products as good as possible. In the process, we ensure your details are protected and only used for

the purposes of making available to you a product or service. We know which path your data takes through

the company and ensure this happens in line with data protection specifications in a secure and protected

manner.

The full text of the privacy policy is available from: www.gigaset.com/privacy-policy

Problem Nothing on the display.

Cause The handset is not switched on.

The batteries are flat.

Solution Press the End call key for about 5 seconds or place the handset into the base.

Charge or replace the batteries.

Problem No radio connection to the base.

Cause The handset is outside the range of the base.

Handset is not yet registered.

The base is not switched on.

Solution

¥ Move the handset closer to the base.

¥ Register the handset.

¥ Check the power plug on the base.

Problem You cannot hear a ring or dial tone from the fixed line network.

Cause The phone cable supplied has not been used or it has been replaced by a new cable with the

wrong pin connections.

Solution

Please always use the telephone cable supplied or ensure that the pin connections are

correct when purchasing from a retailer.

Problem Error tone sounds after system PIN prompt.

PIN forgotten.

Cause You have entered the wrong system PIN.

Solution

¥ Reset the system PIN to the default 0000.

All the handsets are de-registered. All settings are reset. All lists are deleted.