Making Calls With Voip And The Fixed Line Network; Making An External Call - Siemens GIGASET A580 User 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 net-
work) or via the Internet (VoIP). You generally decide which connection type
you want to use for a specific call when you dial the number. You have the fol-
lowing options:
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Select the connection type by briefly pressing/pressing and holding the talk
key
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Select the connection type via the display key, by assigning VoIP or the fixed
line network to your left display key
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Select the connection via your line suffix
Please note
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You can conduct three separate external calls via your base station (using
different handsets): two calls via VoIP and one via the fixed line network.
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You can define dialling plans for certain numbers or area codes by deter-
mining the connection and therefore the billing method to be used (cost
control
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Dialling with the directory (
number redial list (
You 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 the 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 config-
uration (
you make local calls.
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).
Precondition: You enter the number without a line suffix (
have not defined any dialling 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 if you want to make a call via this default con-
nection.
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Press and hold the talk key c if you want to make the call via the other
connection type.
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