User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Gigaset S790/S795 - more than just a telephone
- The handset at a glance
- Display symbols
- The base at a glance
- Contents
- Safety precautions
- First steps
- Using the phone
- Menu overview
- Making calls
- Using the directory and lists
- Operating the Gigaset S795 base answering machine
- Using the network mailbox
- ECO DECT
- Setting an appointment (calendar)
- Setting the alarm clock
- Using multiple handsets
- Using a handset as a room monitor
- Handset settings
- Quick access to numbers and functions
- Changing the display language
- Setting the display
- Activating/deactivating auto answer
- Changing the speaker/earpiece volume
- Changing ringtones
- Resource Directory
- Activating/deactivating advisory tones
- Setting long-distance and area codes
- Restoring the handset default settings
- Setting the base
- Connecting the base to the PABX
- Accessories
- Mounting the base on the wall (Gigaset S790 only)
- Mounting the charger on the wall
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix
- Additional functions via the PC interface
- FCC / ACTA Information
- Service (Customer Care)
- Index
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Operating the Gigaset S795 base answering machine
Gigaset S790/S795 / USA-CAN EN / A31008-M2121-R301-1-3S19 / answering_m.fm / 28.07.2009
Version 4, 16.09.2005
An external call is signaled on the handset:
Ô Select display key.
The answering machine starts immedi-
ately in
Answer & Record mode and records
the call. The set time for ring delay
(
¢ page 40) is ignored.
Activating/deactivating two-way
record
You can record an external call with the
answering machine.
¤ Inform the caller that the call is being
recorded.
§Options§ Open menu.
Two-way Record
Select and press
§OK§.
Two-way record is indicated on the display
by an advisory text and is added to the
answering machine list as a new message.
§End§ Press the display key to stop
two-way record.
The maximum recording time depends on
the memory available on the
answering
machine
. If the memory is full, you will
hear an end tone, the recording is
aborted, and the call recorded up to that
point is listed in the
answering machine
list as a new message.
Activating/deactivating call
screening
While a message is recording, you can
screen calls via the base loudspeaker and
registered handsets.
Permanently activating/deactivating call
screening
v
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Ì
¢ Call Screening
¢ Handset / Base (³=on)
§Change§ Select display key to activate/
deactivate the function.
Call screening can be simultaneously acti-
vated on the base and handset.
Deactivating call screening for the current
recording
You can deactivate the function for your
own handset during the recording.
§Silence§ Press the display key.
Setting the recording
parameters
The
answering machine has already been
preset at the factory. Individual settings
can be adjusted using the handset.
v
¢
Ì
¢ Recordings
¤ You can enter data in the following
fields:
Length:
Select maximum recording time 1 min.,
2 min., 3 min. or Maximum.
Quality:
Select Long Play or High recording qual-
ity. If the quality is higher, the maxi-
mum recording time is reduced.
Ring Delay:
Select when the answering machine
should accept a call:
Immediately, after 10 sec., 18 sec., 30 sec.
or
Auto.
§Save§ Press the display key.
Information about ring delay
In Auto mode, the following applies for
ring delay:
u If there are no new messages, the
answering machine answers a call after
18 seconds.
u If there are new messages, the
answer-
ing machine
answers a call after 10 sec-
onds.
When operating remotely (
¢ page 41),
you can tell after approx. 15 seconds that
there are no new messages (otherwise the
answering machine would have already
accepted your call). There are no call
charges if you hang up now.
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