Siemens Gigaset C340 - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Gigaset C340 / Im-eng / A31008-M1621-R101-1-7619 / C340_laender_IVZ.fm / 23.11.04
Contents
Handset at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Gigaset C340– More than just a te-
lephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Preparing to use the phone . . . . . 5
Installing the base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Connecting the base station . . . . . . . . 5
Setting up the handset for use . . . . . . . 6
Activating/deactivating the handset . . 7
Activating/deactivating
the keypad lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . 7
Handset operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Control key on the handset . . . . . . . . . 8
Return to idle status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Menu management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Correcting wrong inputs . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Operating information . . . . . . . . . 9
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Step-by-step instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Making calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Making an external call . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Ending a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Answering a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Handsfree talking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the directory and lists . . . 12
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Last number redial list . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Opening lists with
the message key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Making cost-effective calls . . . . 16
Automatic network provider
preselection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SMS (Text Messages) . . . . . . . . . 17
Writing/sending text messages . . . . . 17
Receiving text messages . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using data in message
attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Setting up an SMS centre . . . . . . . . . . 21
SMS and PABX's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Activating/deactivating the
SMS function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SMS Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the network mailbox . . . . 23
Specifying the network mailbox
for fast access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Viewing a message from
the network mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using several handsets . . . . . . . 24
Registering handsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
De-registering handsets . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Looking for a handset ("paging") . . . . 25
Making internal calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Barging-in to an external call . . . . . . . 26
Changing the name of a handset . . . . 26
Changing a handset's
internal number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using a handset as a room monitor . . 26
Handset settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Changing the display language . . . . . 28
Setting/changing the screen picture . 28
Activating/deactivating Auto talk . . . . 28
Adjusting the loudspeaker volume . . . 28
Changing ringer tones . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Activating/deactivating the
suppression of the first ring tone . . . . 29
Activating/deactivating
advisory tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Restoring the handset
default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Base station settings . . . . . . . . . 30
Access control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Repeater support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Restoring the base default settings . . 31
Connecting the base unit
to a PABX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Dialling mode and recall (flash) . . . . . 32
Setting pauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switching temporarily to
tone dialling (DTMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32