Making Calls With Voip And The Fixed Line Network; Making An External Call - Siemens Gigaset A580IP Manual

Making calls with VoIP and the fixed line network

Making calls with VoIP and the fixed line network

Making an external call

External calls are calls made via the public telephone network (fixed line network)
or via the Internet (VoIP). You decide which connection type you want to use for a
specific call when you dial the number. You have the following options:
Select the connection type with the Talk key c (briefly press/press and hold
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Select the connection type via the display keys by assigning VoIP or the fixed line
network to your left Display key,
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Select a special connection via your line suffix,
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You can conduct three separate external calls via your base station (using dif-
ferent handsets): two calls via VoIP and one via the fixed line network.
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You can define dialing plans for certain numbers or area codes by determining
the connection and therefore the billing method to be used (cost control
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Dialing with the Directory (
Number Redial list (
can modify or add to these numbers on a call-to-call basis.
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If you use VoIP to make a call to the fixed line network, you may also have to dial
your local area code for local calls (depending on the VoIP provider). You can
avoid having to dial your own area code by entering it into the configuration (
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calls through VoIP (
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Depending on the exchange, you may not have to dial your own area code
when making local calls via the fixed line network.
Use the Talk key to select the type of connection and make the call
By briefly pressing or pressing and holding the Talk key c, you can determine the
type of connection for the call you want to make (fixed line network or VoIP).
Prerequisite: You enter the number without a line suffix (
defined any dialing plans for this number
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A default connection is established on your phone (fixed line network or VoIP
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Briefly press the Talk key c to make a call via this default connection.
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Press and hold the Talk key c to make the call via the other connection type.
If you have assigned a number of VoIP numbers to your phone, you can define
which VoIP number (VoIP account) is used for external calls from each specific
handset (handset send number,
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