Making Calls; Making An External Call; Ending A Call; Answering A Call - Siemens Gigaset E490 User Manual

Making calls

Making an external call

External calls are calls using the public tele-
phone network.
~ c
Enter the number and press the
talk key.
Or:
c ~ Press and hold the talk key c
and then enter the number.
You can cancel the dialling operation with
the end call key a.
You are shown the duration of the call while
the call is in progress.
Please note
Dialling using the directory, the call-by-
¢
call list ( page 1/
calls and last number redial list
¢ ¢
( page 27/ page 26) saves you from
having to re-enter numbers and network
provider prefixes ("call-by-call numbers").

Ending a call

a
Press the end call key.
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page 24) or the

Answering a call

The handset indicates an incoming call in
three ways: by ringing, by a display on the
screen and by the flashing speaker key d.
You can accept the call by:
¤
Pressing the talk key c.
¤
Pressing the speaker key d.
¤
Gigaset E490: Press the display key
§Accept§
.
¤
Gigaset E495: Press the display key
Ÿ
to divert the call to the answer-
¢
ing machine ( page 40).
If the handset is in the charging cradle and
the Auto Answer function is activated
¢
( page 52), the handset will take a call
automatically when you lift it out of the cra-
dle.
To deactivate the ringer, press the
display key. You can take the call as long as it
is displayed on the screen.

Calling Line Identification

When you receive a call, the caller's number
is displayed on the screen if the following
conditions are met:
u
Your network provider supports CLIP, CLI.
– CLI (Calling Line Identification): the
caller's number is transmitted.
– CLIP (Calling Line Identification Pres-
entation): the caller's number is dis-
played.
u
You have arranged CLIP with your net-
work provider.
u
The caller has requested CLI from the net-
work provider.
Making calls
§Silence§
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