Planet Technology SKG-300 User Manual

Personal VoIP Gateway

SKG-300

User Manual

Copyright (C) 2005 PLANET Technology Corp. All rights reserved. The products and programs described in this User’s Manual are licensed products of PLANET Technology, This User’s Manual contains proprietary information protected by copyright, and this User’s Manual and all accompanying hardware, software, and documentation are copyrighted. No part of this User’s Manual may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form by any means by electronic or mechanical. Including photocopying, recordin g, or information storage and retrieval systems, for any purpose other than the purchaser's personal use, and without the prior ex press written permission of PLANET Technology.

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Revision

User’s Manual for PLANET Personal VoIP Gateway Model: SKG-300 Rev: 1.0 (November 2005) Part No.

2080-D10150-000

Index

Chapter 1 Introduction....................................................................................................................4

SKG-300 Features............................................................................................................4

Package contents..............................................................................................................4

System requirements........................................................................................................5

Chapter 2 SKG-300 Setup...............................................................................................................6

2.1 Hardware Details ...............................................................................................................6

LED Display......................................................................................................................6

Port Connection................................................................................................................6

2.2 SKG-300 utility setup.........................................................................................................7

Chapter 3 SKG-300 Configuration..........................................................................................15

3.1 Enable SKG-300...............................................................................................................15

3.2 Testing SKG-300...............................................................................................................17

3.3 Making and Receiving Calls............................................................................................19

3.4 Setting Up Skype Speed Dial...........................................................................................20

3.5 Switching Between VoIP and Regular Calls..................................................................21

3.6 Conference Call Between VoIP and Regular Calls........................................................22

3.7 Three-W ay Calling...........................................................................................................22

3.8 Forwarding Calls..............................................................................................................22

3.9 Toll Bypass........................................................................................................................26

3.10 Call Recorder..................................................................................................................29

3.11 Skype Voicemail..............................................................................................................30

3.12 Changing the Default Settings ......................................................................................31

3.13 Disabling SKG-300.........................................................................................................32

3.14 Uninstall..........................................................................................................................32

3.15 Troubleshooting..............................................................................................................33

Chapter 1 Introduction

Thank you for purchasing SKG-300 Personal VoIP Gateway. PLANET provides several types of Skype solution to meet various demands. As illustrated, customers can use any home phone for both Internet-based and standard telephony, without the need for special phone, headsets or microphones. Following the wizard to install software, customers can easily dial up or receive Skype or PSTN calls from one handset; through a simple setting of Call forward feature, customers can receive any incoming call wherever even away home.

SKG-300 Features

• Auto detection and switching of incoming PSTN or Skype calls

• RJ-11 phone port to POTS phone, RJ-11 line port to PSTN

• One handset for both PSTN and Internet calls

• No need for microphone and speaker to make Skype call

• Three-Way conference calling between PSTN and Skype calls

• Supports to forward incoming PSTN call to Skype, and forward incoming Skype call to PSTN

• Call waiting

• Voice recording by manually or automatically

• Full-duplex and echo-free sound quality

Package contents

¾ SKG-300 Base x 1 ¾ USB cable x 1 ¾ Telephone line (RJ-11) x 1

¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ CD-ROM with User’s Manual, Driver and Utility

System requirements

Minimum System Requirements：

¾ Microsoft Windows 2000/XP ¾ Pentium 400MHz CPU or equivalent ¾ 128MB RAM ¾ 10MB free Disk Space ¾ CD-ROM drive ¾ Internet connection (any broadband: ADSL or Cable ) ¾ Standard telephone landline subscription (PSTN) ¾ Skype™ version 1.3 or higher must be installed

2.1 Hardware Details

LED Display

Chapter 2 SKG-300 Setup

LED Indicators Descriptions

LINK

PSTN

VoIP

Steady on indicates SKG-300 has correctly connected to the USB port of your PC Steady on indicates SKG-300 is communicating with PSTN line, or wait for calling at standby mode Steady on indicates SKG-3 00 is communicating with VoIP line

Port Connection

Port Descriptions

Line Phone USB

For connecting to PSTN line For connecting to a phone set For connecting to a computer or laptop

2.2 SKG-300 utility setup

"Note:

The following instructions will guide you to through the process of installing the PLANET Personal VoIP Gateway SKG-300.

The installation procedure is to:

• Install Skype™ (step 1 below)

• Start the SKG-300 SW installation (step 2 below)

• Plug in the SKG-300 adapter WHEN INSTRUCTED TO DO SO (step 2 below)

• Verify the installation is OK (step 3 below)

Do not connect the SKG-300 adapter to your computer until instructed to do so by the installation wizard.

• Connect a telephone handset to the SKG-300 adapter (step 4 below)

• Connect the SKG-300 adapter to the wall jack (step 5 below). Note that this is optional and only

required for the forwarding and conferencing features.

• Use your SKG-300 adapter to make and receive Skype™ calls

The detailed instructions follow:

STEP 1: If Skype™ is not already installed on your computer, visit http://www.skype.com and follow the

instructions there to install Skype™. Verify that Skype™ is working before installing the SKG-300 adapter.

STEP 2: Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your PC CD-ROM drive. The installation should start

automatically . If not, open the inst allation folder on the CD-ROM and double cli ck on the setup.exe program. You will see the following popup. Press Yes to proceed or No to cancel.

Then you will see the End User License Agreement. Click the “I have read …” checkbox and press the I Agree button as shown below.

Wait until you see the following popup and pres s the OK button.

Connect the USB cable to the SKG-300 adapter USB port as shown below:

The other end of the USB cable must be connected to a USB port on your computer as shown below, or to an AC Powered USB hub.

"Note: The SKG-300 Adapter MUST not be connected to a bus powered USB hub.

You will see the following Windows New Hardware Found Wizard.

Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and press the Next button, input the installation program location and press Next button. The installation will continue and you will see the following screen.

When you see the following screen, press the Finish button.

Then you will see the following Windows New Hardware Found Wizard scree n.

When you see the following screen, press the Continue Anyway button.

When you will see the following screen, select the option, “allow this program to use Skype” and press the OK button.

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