Using The Phone; Control Key; Entering Numbers And Text; Scrolling To Display Long Numbers - Siemens Gigaset A590 Manual

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Using the phone

Control key

Handset
t
In idle mode
s
Open the calls list.
Open the phone book.
p
In menu and lists
Scroll up/down line by line.
t
In input fields
s
Move to previous character.
Move to next character.
p
During a call
Adjust the earpiece volume.
Base
t
s
Display the first entry in the calls list.
Display the last (recent) entry in the calls list.

Entering numbers and text

¤
Enter digits or letters using the keypad
You will find information on multiple line input in the
appendix to this user guide,
When entering the time and date etc.:
¤
Overwrite the highlighted (flashing) character.
Correcting incorrect entries
In editing mode the display shows
left corner.
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To correct incorrect characters when editing:
¤
Press the
key
the left of the cursor.
¤
Insert new characters at the cursor position.

Scrolling to display long numbers

The display indicates a phone number which is longer
Â
Ã
than 12 digits (handset) or 14 digits (base) by display-
ing
and
left and right to the number. To display
Ì
the additional digits:
¤
On the base press
¤
On the handset press
Activating/deactivating the keypad
lock
#
¤
Press and hold
Ø
to activate the keypad lock.
The
icon appears in the display when the keypad
lock is activated.
#
¤
Press and hold
again to reactivate the keypad.
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in the lower
A
to delete the character to
B
.
.
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The keypad lock is deactivated automatically if some-
one calls you or if paging is activated. It is reactivated
when the call is finished.
Please note
When the base keypad is locked, the following
advanced settings are not available.
,
CHANGE PIN
REGISTRATION
,
RESET BASE
AUTO PREFIX

Activating/deactivating handset

a
Precondition: handset is in idle mode.
¤
Press and hold
a
off the handset.
¤
Press and hold
set.

Reverting handset to idle mode

To revert the handset to idle mode during menu
a
operation or in lists:
¤
Press
.
Changes that you have not confirmed or saved will be
lost.
If no key is pressed for more than 60 seconds the
handset will automatically return to idle mode.

Activating/deactivating ringer tone

*
To switch the ringer off:
¤
Ú
Press and hold
The
icon appears in the display when the ringer is
*
deactivated.
¤
Press and hold
ringer.
¢
You can adjust the ringer volume for the handset
(
page 18), for the base (

Using the menu

Your phone has an extensive range of features. These
are offered in the form of menus. The menu tree is
available via the handset.
Precondition: handset is in idle mode.
¤
p
To open the menu, press the
¤
Use the
key to scroll to the function you require
During menu operation the display shows
the lower left corner and
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B
cating that the corresponding keys are activated.
{
A
: Press
to confirm your selection.
: Press
to go back to the previous level or to
exit the menu.
¤
To return to idle mode: press the
,
UNREGISTER,
,
,
FLASH TIME
DIAL MODE
for at least 5 seconds to power
again to reactivate the hand-
to turn off the ringer tone.
once again to reactivate the
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key.
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on the right corner indi-
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