Deactivating Your Handset's Microphone; Making Cost-Effective Calls - Siemens Gigaset A580 IP User Manual

Deactivating your handset's microphone

You can deactivate your handset's microphone during an external call (includ-
ing during a conference or when toggling). The other party cannot hear you,
but you can still hear them.
§Mute§
§On§
Please note the following:
The microphone is automatically switched on again in the following scenar-
ios:
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If, during an external call (you have switched the microphone off), you
establish a second connection, either by accepting a waiting call or by suc-
cessfully connecting to an external/internal consultation call, the micro-
phone is turned on. If you go back to the first party, the microphone
remains switched on.
(If you reject a waiting call or are unable to connect to a consultation call,
the microphone remains switched off.)
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If you have switched off the microphone during toggling, it is switched on
again for both connections as soon as you swap to the other party.
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If you have switched off the microphone during a conference call, the
microphone is switched on again when you end the conference call by
pressing

Making cost-effective calls

You can use your phone's cost control function for calls to fixed line or mobile
phone networks. Open accounts with various VoIP providers who offer favour-
able rates for calls to other networks. In the phone configuration, define the
cheapest VoIP connections (account), e.g. for specific regional, national and
mobile network prefixes, to be used when calls are made
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number (
If you are using your fixed line network to make a call, choose a network pro-
vider that offers particularly favourable rates (call-by-call).
Displaying the call duration
The duration of each call appears in the display for calls made via a fixed line
network and VoIP
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during the conversation,
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until about three seconds after the call has ended if you do not replace the
handset in the charging cradle.
Please note
The actual duration of the call can vary from that shown by a few seconds.
Press the display key to mute the handset.
Your handset's microphone is deactivated.
off" is shown in the display.
Press the display key to switch the microphone back on.
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End Conference
§Menu§
136). Or define the VoIP connection to be used when dialling the
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Dialling with line suffix,
Making calls with VoIP and the fixed line network
(toggle).
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"Microphone is switched
(Dialling Plans,
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