Siemens Gigaset A580 User Manual page 15

First steps
Initial charging and discharging of the batteries
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Place the handset in the charging cradle and wait until the
batteries are fully charged (approx. 10 hours).
Battery charging is indicated in the top right of the display
by the flashing battery icon e.
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Then remove the handset from the charging cradle and do not replace it
until the batteries are fully discharged.
The charge status is displayed in the idle display.
= e V U (empty to full) = flashes, the batteries are almost empty.
After the first battery charge and discharge, you may place your handset in the
charging cradle after every call.
Warning
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Always repeat the charging and discharging procedure if you remove the
batteries from the handset and reinsert them.
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The batteries may warm up during charging.
This is not dangerous.
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After a while, the charge capacity of the batteries will decrease for technical
reasons.
Setting the date and time
The date and time must be set to have the correct time for incoming calls and
to use the alarm clock.
Please note
The address of a time server on the Internet is stored on your telephone. The
date and time are taken from this time server, provided that the base station
is connected to the Internet and synchronization with the time server is acti-
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vated (
Setting up manually:
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Page 139). Manual settings are overwritten in this case.
Menu
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Press the key below
display screen to open the main
menu.
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on the
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