User's Manual

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Setting the phone with the PC
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Entering your own area code, activating/deactivating an automatic
area code for VoIP
On the base station, save the complete code (with international code) for the
area in which you are using the phone.
For VoIP calls you must generally always dial the area code – even for local calls.
You can avoid having to dial the area code for local calls by setting your phone
to prefix this code for all VoIP calls made in the same local area
(
£ option
Predial area code for local calls through VoIP).
For calls made via VoIP, the area code entered is then prefixed to all numbers
that do not begin with 0 – even when dialing numbers from the directory and
other lists.
Exceptions: Phone numbers for which you have defined dialing plans and
deactivated the
Use Area Codes (£ Page 172) option.
When making calls via the fixed line network, the area code entered is with-
held, e.g. when dialing using the Calls list (£ Page 67).
¤ Open the following Web page:
Settings ¢ Telephony ¢ Dialing Plans.
Area
Area Codes
Make the following settings here:
¤ From the Country list, select the country in which you are using your phone.
This way the country code and the prefix of the area code are automatically
set (in
International Prefix / Area Code and Local Prefix fields).
¤ In the
Local Area Code field, enter the area code for your town/city without a
prefix (maximum 8 characters 0–9, *, #, R, P, r, p), e.g. 617 (for Boston).
¤ Select
Yes next to Predial area code for local calls through VoIP to activate the
function.
Select
No to deactivate the function. You will then need to enter the area
code for local calls made via VoIP. Numbers in the directory must always con-
tain the area code when dialing via VoIP.
¤ Select
Set to save the settings.
Please note
For information on how to enter your area code via the handset, £
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Please note
u The area code will also be prefixed to VoIP calls made to emergency num-
bers if there are no defined dialing plans for these numbers.
u The numbers of your network mailbox saved in the base station are not pre-
fixed with an area code (£
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