Base Station Settings; Protecting Against Unauthorised Access; Repeater Support; Restoring The Base Station To The Factory Settings - Siemens Gigaset A580 User Manual

Base station settings

Base station settings
The base station settings are carried out
using a registered Gigaset A58H handset.
Protecting against unauthorised
access
Protect the system settings of the base sta-
tion with a PIN known only to yourself.
You may have to enter the system PIN into
the base station when manually register-
ing a handset.
Changing the system PIN
You can change the base station's 4-digit
default system PIN ("0000") to a 4-digit
PIN known only to yourself.
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Settings
§Menu§
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Enter the old system PIN and
press
§OK§
is shown as four stars ( **** ).
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Enter your new system PIN
and press
a
Press and hold (idle status).
Resetting the system PIN
If you have forgotten the system PIN, you
can reset it to the original code 0000 by
resetting the base station to its default set-
tings. This will also reset every other
setting, see "Restoring the base station to
the factory settings"

Repeater support

With a repeater you can increase the range
and reception strength of your base sta-
tion. You will need to activate repeater
mode. This will terminate any calls that
are in progress at the time.
Precondition: A repeater is registered.
The Eco Mode / Eco Mode+ mode is deac-
tivated.
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Base System PIN
. For security, the PIN
.
§OK§
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page 38.
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Settings
§Menu§
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Additional Features
Press the display key.
§Yes§
When repeater mode is active, the menu
item is marked with
Please note
Repeater support and Eco Mode / Eco
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Mode+ ( page 32) cancel each
other out, i.e. both functions cannot
be used at the same time.
Restoring the base station to the
factory settings
When restoring factory settings:
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Handsets are de-registered
– When resetting via the menu:
all Gigaset handsets
– When resetting using the key on
the base station: also all handsets
of other GAP capable devices
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Individual settings are reset
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All lists are deleted
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The system PIN is reset to the original
code 0000
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Eco Mode+ is deactivated
Only the date and time are retained.
Resetting the base station via the
menu
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Settings
§Menu§
Press the display key to
§OK§
confirm.
Resetting the base station using a key
on the base station
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Disconnect the power cord from the
base station.
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Hold down the registration/paging key
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( page 1) on the base station while
reconnecting the power cable to the
base station. Release the key after
approximately 5 seconds.
The base station has now been reset.
Base
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Repeater Mode
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Base Base Reset