Siemens GIGASET A580 User Manual
The handset at a glance
The handset at a glance
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1 Display in idle status (example)
2 Charge status of the batteries(
3 Display keys (
4 Message key (
Access to calls and message lists;
Flashes: new message or new call
5 End call key, On/Off key
End call, cancel function, go back one menu
level (press briefly), back to idle status (press
and hold), activate/deactivate handset (press
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3
4
5
6
7
and hold in idle status)
6 Hash key
Keypad lock on/off (press and hold in
idle status);
toggle between upper/lower case and digits
7 Call-by-Call list key
Open call-by-call list (
8 Microphone
9 Recall key (
- Recall (flash)
- Insert a dialling pause (press and hold)
10 Star key
Ringer tones on/off (press and hold),
With an existing connection:
Switch between dial pulsing/touch tone
dialling (press briefly)
11 Key 1 (
Dial network mailbox (press and hold)
12 Talk key
Answer a call, open last number redial list
(press briefly), start dialling (press and hold)
13 Handsfree key
Switch between earpiece and handsfree
mode;
Lights up: handsfree activated
Flashes: incoming call
14 Control key (
15 (Signal strength (
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¢page 15)
¢page 8)
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The base station at a glance
Registration/
Paging key
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Contents
Contents
The handset at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The base station at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
First steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Check the package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Setting up the base station and charging cradle (if included) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connecting the base station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connecting the charging cradle (if included) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting up the handset for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
What would you like to do next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using the phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Display keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Keys on the keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Correcting incorrect entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Menu guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Activating/deactivating the handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Activating/deactivating the keypad lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Illustration of operating steps in the user guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Menu tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Making calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Making an external call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Ending a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Answering a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Calling Line Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Handsfree talking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the directory and lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Last number redial list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Opening lists with the message key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Making cost-effective calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Automatic network provider code (preselection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Displaying the call duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the network mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configuring fast access for the network mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Viewing the network mailbox report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
ECO WDCT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting the alarm clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Using several handsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Registering handsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
De-registering handsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Locating a handset ("paging") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Making internal calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Listening in to an external call (conference) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Handset settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing the display language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Setting the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Activating/deactivating auto answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing the handsfree/earpiece volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Changing ringer tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Advisory tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Restoring the handset to the factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Base station settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Protecting against unauthorised access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Restoring the base station to the factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connecting the phone to a PABX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Dialling modes and recall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting pauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Switching temporarily to touch tone dialling (DTMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Service (Customer Care) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Questions and answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Contact with liquid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Writing and editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Mounting the base station to the wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Mounting the charging cradle to the wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Safety precautions
Safety precautions
Warning
Read the safety precautions and the user guide before use.
Explain their contents and the potential hazards associated with using the telephone to your
children.
Only use the mains adapter supplied, as indicated on the underside of the base sta-
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tion or charging cradle.
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Only use the recommended, rechargeable batteries (
conventional (non-rechargeable) battery or other battery types as this could result
in significant health risks and personal injury.
The operation of medical appliances may be affected. Be aware of the technical conditions in your particular environment, e.g. doctor's surgery.
Do not hold the rear of the handset to your ear when it is ringing or when
the handsfree function is activated. Otherwise you risk serious and permanent damage to your hearing.
The handset may cause an unpleasant humming noise in hearing aids.
Do not install the base station or charging cradle in bathrooms or shower rooms. The
base station and charging cradle are not splash proof (
Do not use your phone in environments with a potential explosion hazard (e.g. paint
shops).
If you give your Gigaset to someone else, make sure you also give them the
user guide.
Please remove faulty base stations from use or have them repaired our service, as
they could interfere with other wireless services.
¢ page 39), i.e. never use a
¢ page 39).
Please note
Not all of the functions described in this user guide are available in all countries.
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First steps
Check the package contents
First steps
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1 one Gigaset C580 base station,
2 one mains adapter,
3 one Gigaset C58H handset,
4 one phone cord,
5 two batteries,
6 one battery cover,
7 one user guide.
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2
6
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If you have purchased a
model with multiple handsets the package should
contain two batteries, a battery cover and a charging
8 with mains
cradle
adapter
tional handset.
9 for each addi-
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First steps
Setting up the base station and charging cradle (if included)
The base station and charging cradle are designed for use in enclosed dry rooms
with a temperature range of +5 °C to +45 °C.
¤ Set up the base station and charging cradles at a central location on a flat, non-
slip surface in your house or apartment.
The phone's feet do not usually leave any marks on surfaces. However, due to the
multitude of different varnishes and polishes used on today's furnishings, the
occurrence of marks on the surfaces cannot be completely ruled out.
Instructions on how to mount the base station and charging cradle to a wall, see
¢ page 41.
Please note:
u Never expose the telephone to the influence of heat sources, direct sunlight or
other electrical devices.
u Protect your Gigaset from moisture, dust, corrosive liquids and vapours.
Connecting the base station
¤ First connect the
mains adapter 1.
¤ Then connect the tel-
ephone jack 2 and
insert the cables into
the cableducts.
2
1
1
1
1
2
Please note:
u The mains adapter
must always be connected, as the phone
will not operate without mains connection.
u Only use the mains adapter and phone cord supplied. Pin connections on tele-
phone cables can vary (pin connections
¢ page 40).
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Connecting the charging cradle (if included)
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¤ Connect the flat plug of the mains
adapter 1.
¤ Plug the mains adapter into the plug
socket 2.
If you need to disconnect the plug from the
charging cradle, press the release button 1
and disconnect the plug 2.
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Setting up the handset for use
The display is protected by a plastic film. Please remove the protective film!
Inserting the batteries and closing the battery cover
Warning
Use only the rechargeable batteries recommended by
Gigaset Communications GmbH (
rechargeable) battery or other battery types as this could result in significant
health risks and personal injury. For example, the batteries could explode. The
phone could also malfunction or be damaged as a result of using batteries that
are not of the recommended type.
Placing the handset in the base station and registering
¤ Insert the batteries the right
way round.
The polarity is indicated in/on
the battery compartment.
¢ page 39). Never use a conventional (non-
a
¤ First insert the battery cover
b
at the top a.
¤ Then press the cover b
until it clicks into place.
If you need to open the battery cover,
or instance to replace the batteries,
place your fingertip in the cavity on
he casing and pull the battery cover
upwards.
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Place handset
into base
Menu
Handset is
registering
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First steps
Before you can use the phone, you must first
register the handset to the base station.
¤ Place the handset with the display facing
up in the base station.
The handset registers automatically.
Registration can take up to 5 minutes.
Do not remove the handset from the
base station during this time.
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If you have purchased a model with multiple handsets, repeat the registration
process for each handset. Handsets are assigned the lowest available internal
number (1-4). If more than one handset is registered to the base station the internal
handset number appears on the display, e.g. INT 2. If the internal numbers 1–4 are
already assigned to other devices, the number 4 will be overwritten.
The following is displayed after successful registration:
u the strength of the reception signal
between base station and handset:
– good to poor: ÐiÑÒ
–no reception: | flashes
u battery charge status:
– = e V U (flat to full)
– = flashes: batteries almost flat
– e V U flashes: charging proce-
dure
Please note
u Each key press interrupts the automatic registration.
u If automatic registration does not work, the handset will have to be
registered manually (
To charge the batteries, leave the handset in the charging cradle.
¢ page 30).
Please note
Only place the handset in the base station or charging cradle that is intended
for it.
Should you have any questions and problems
¢ page 37.
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First steps
Initial charging and discharging of batteries
The correct charge level can only be displayed if the batteries are first fully charged
and discharged.
¤ Place the handset in the base station or charg-
ing cradle for ten hours.
¤ Then remove the handset
10 h
Please note
u After the first battery charge and discharge you may replace your handset in
its base station or charging cradle after every call.
u Always repeat the charging and discharging procedure if you remove the
batteries from the handset and reinsert them.
u The batteries may warm up during charging. This is not dangerous.
u After a while, the charge capacity of the batteries will decrease for technical
reasons.
from the base station or
charging cradle and do not
replace it until the batteries
are completely discharged.
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First steps
Setting the date and time
Set the date and time so that the correct date and time can be assigned to incoming
calls, and so that the alarm can be used.
INT Menu
¤ Press the key below §Menu§ on the
display screen to open the main
menu.
¤ Press the bottom of the control key
...
Ç
Ç
Settings
U OK
Date/Time
U OK
... until the Settings menu item
appears.
¤ Press the key below §OK§ on the dis-
play screen to confirm your selection.
The Date/Time menu item appears
on the display.
¤ Press the key below §OK§ on the dis-
play screen to open the input field.
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First steps
Enter Date:
[2008.10.01]
Ç
T OK
Ç
T OK
Enter Time:
[07:15]
Ç
T OK
¤ The active line is marked [...].
Enter day, month and year as an 8-digit
number via the handset, e.g.
2QQNQQfor
08/10/01.
If you want to correct an entry, press
the top or bottom of the control key to
toggle between fields.
¤ Press the key below §OK§ on the display
screen to confirm your selection.
¤ Enter the hours and minutes as four digit
numbers via the handset
e.g. QM5for 7:15 hours.
If necessary, use the control key to
toggle between fields.
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Saved
¤ Press the key below §OK§ on the display
screen to confirm your selection.
The display shows Saved. You will
hear a confirmation tone.
¤ Press and hold the end call key a to
return to the idle status.
Display in idle status
Once the phone is registered and the time set,
the idle display is shown as in this example
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