Do not use your phone in environments with a You are helping to protect the environment with potential explosion hazard, e.g. paint shops. your Gigaset A380. Reduced energy consumption ƒ If you give your Gigaset to someone else, make sure you also give them the user guide.
First steps Check the pack contents ◆ One Gigaset A380 base station, ◆ one mains adapter, ◆ one Gigaset A38H handset, ◆ one phone cord, ◆ two batteries, ◆ one battery cover, ◆ one user guide. If you have purchased a model with multiple handsets, the package should contain two bat- teries, a battery cover and a charging cradle with mains adapter for each additional handset.
Connecting the charging cradle (if included) ¤ Connect the flat plug from the power supply 1. ¤ Plug the mains adapter into the plug socket 2. If you need to disconnect the plug from the charging cradle, press the release button and disconnect the plug 2.
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Placing the handset in the base station and registering Before you can use the phone, you must first register the handset to the base station. Put into base MENU ¤ Place the handset with the display facing up in the base station. The handset registers automatically.
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Please note ◆ After the first battery charge and discharge you may replace your handset in the base station or charging cradle after every call. ◆ Always repeat the charging and discharging procedure if you remove the batteries from the handset and reinsert them. ◆...
Making calls Handsfree Making external calls and ending Activating while dialling: calls Enter the number and press the handsfree key Switching between earpiece and handsfree mode: External calls are calls using the public telephone net- During a call and press the handsfree key to acti- work.
The following functions can be selected with Calls list/network mailbox list New Entry Save new phone number. An advisory tone sounds and the message key Show Number Display the phone number. flashes as soon as a new entry appears in the calls list/answer machine list.
Listening in to an external call ¢ For automatic registration of handsets to Gigaset A380, see page 5. You are conducting an external call. An internal par- Manual registration of handsets to ticipant can listen in on this call and take part in the Gigaset A380 conversation (conference).
Setting the alarm clock Software reset ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ MENU Settings Base Activating/deactivating the alarm clock Base Reset ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ MENU Alarm Clock Activation Hardware reset ‰ OK ( = on) ¢ Disconnect the power cord from the base station. Hold down the registration/paging key ( page 1) When activated:...
Appendix Questions and answers Entering letters/characters If you have any queries about the use of your tele- phone, visit our website at www.gigaset.com/de/service Press the relevant key the number of times indicated. for 24-hour support. The table below contains a list of Briefly press the hash key to switch from "Abc"...
Menu tree Your phone has an extensive range of features. These To return to idle status: press and hold the key. are offered in the form of menus. As an alternative to selecting functions using the To select a function while the phone is in idle status, buttons, you can also enter the digit combi- press MENU...
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Settings 4-1 Date/Time Enter date (DDMMYY format), then time (HHMM format) ¢ 4-2 Handset 4-2-1 Language Set the display language page 10 ¢ 4-2-2 Auto Answer Automatically activate/deactivate auto answer page 7 ¢ 4-2-3 Register HS Manually register the handset page 9 ¢...
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