Making Calls; Using The Directory And Lists; Making External Calls And Ending Calls; Accepting A Call - Gigaset A490 User Manual

Making calls

Making external calls and
ending calls
External calls are calls using the public tele-
phone network.
~
(Enter the phone number)
The phone number is dialed. (Or you can
first press and hold
and then enter the number.) During the call
you can adjust the earpiece volume using
t
and set the volume with
End the call/cancel dialing:
Press the end call key

Accepting a call

The handset indicates an incoming call by
ringing and by a display on the screen. The
base station indicates an incoming call by
ringing (A495 only).
Press the talk key
¢
When
Auto Answer
tree page 25), simply remove the hand-
set from the base station/charging cradle.
t
In idle state, use
setting the call volume and use
volume.
Caller ID
Caller ID (CID) and Caller Name ID (CNID) are
optional subscription services provided by
your telephone service provider. These fea-
tures supply incoming caller identification
information that displays on your handset.
When you get a call, the caller's number dis-
plays on your handset; the caller's name
displays if it is stored in the directory or if
CNID has been requested.
®
appears in the display if you have
not requested Caller ID,
if the caller has withheld CID, and
appears if the caller has not requested
able
CID.
¢
c
c
to hear the dial tone
u
.
a
.
c
to accept the call.
is activated (see Menu
to activate the menu for
u
to set the
appears
Withheld
Unavail-
9
Muting
You can mute your handset when making
external calls. Your caller can no longer hear
you but you can still hear them.
Press the Mute key
activate/deactivate the function.
.
Speakerphone
(A490/A495)
Activating while dialing:
Enter the number
d
key . The speaker key is illuminated red
now.
Switching between earpiece and speaker
mode:
During a call and when listening to the
answering machine (A495 only), press the
speaker key
the speakerphone.
During a call, use
for setting the speaker volume and use
to set the volume.
Using the directory and
lists
Directory
To open the directory: press
You can save up to 80 entries in the direc-
tory. Each entry can contain a maximum of
32 characters for the phone number and an
additional 14 characters for the name. For
¢
information on entering letters and charac-
ters page 16.
Saving the first number in the
directory
¢
v
¢
New Entry?
~
¢ enter number)
(
~
enter name)
(
m
during the call to
~
and press the speaker
d
to activate or deactivate
t
to activate the menu
v
¢
¢
OK
¢
OK
OK
u
.