User manual SIEMENS GIGASET E455

[. . . ] s Issued by Gigaset Communications GmbH Schlavenhorst 66, D-46395 Bocholt Gigaset Communications GmbH is a trademark licensee of Siemens AG Gigaset Communications GmbH 2008 All rights reserved. www. gigaset. com Gigaset E455 Handset at a glance 1 16 INT 1 10. 05. 05 INT 09:45 SMS V 2 3 15 14 13 12 4 5 11 10 9 6 7 8 Base station at a glance 1 Display in idle status 2 Battery pack charge status = e V U (flat to full) = flashes: battery pack almost flat e V U flashes: battery pack charging 3 Display keys (page 13) 4 Message key Access to calls and message lists; Flashes: new message or new call. 5 End call key, On/Off key End call, cancel function, go back one menu level (press briefly), back to idle status (press and hold), activate/deactivate handset (press and hold in idle status) 6 Hash key Key lock on/off (press and hold in idle status), Toggle between upper/lower case and digits 7 Call-by-call list key Open call-by-call list 8 Connection socket for headset 9 Microphone 10 Recall key - Confer (Flash) - Insert a dialling pause (press and hold) 11 Star key Ringtones on/off (press and hold), Open table of special characters 12 Key 1 Select answering machine/network mailbox (press and hold) 13 Talk key Answer a call, open last number redial list (press briefly), start dialling (press and hold) 14 Handsfree key Switch between earpiece and handsfree mode; Lights up: handsfree activated; Flashes: incoming call 15 Control key (page 13) 16 Signal strength i (high to low) | flashes: no reception Registration/Paging key (page 37/page 37) 1 Contents Contents Safety precautions . 37 37 37 37 38 39 39 39 40 41 41 42 42 42 43 43 44 44 45 45 Operating the handset . [. . . ] No number or an invalid number is entered for the SMS centre activated as the send centre. Enter the number (page 28). You receive a message whose text is incomplete. Tell your SMS contacts your new ID or undo the change (page 27). 2. Call diversion is activated with When: All Calls or the call diversion All Calls is activated for the network mailbox. Change your call diversion. 29 Operating the answering machine Operating the answering machine You can operate the answering machine that is integrated in the base station via the handset or via remote operation (other phone/mobile phone). You can also listen to messages via remote operation using voice commands (page 35). Announcement mode You can use the answering machine in two different modes. & Record mode, the caller hears the announcement and can then leave a message. u In Announce Only mode, the caller hears your announcement but cannot leave a message. v Voice Mail Announcements Record Announce / Record Anc Only OK Press the display key to start the recording. You can rerecord the announcement with New. Recording a personal announcement/ announce only Please note: u Recording ends automatically if the Operation via the handset The handset loudspeaker activates automatically if you receive an acoustic prompt or message while operating. You can switch it off with the handsfree key d. Switching answering machine on/off v maximum recording time of 170 seconds is exceeded or there is a break in speech for more than 2 seconds. u If you cancel the recording, the prerecorded announcement is then used. Delete old messages and repeat recording if required. Voice Mail Ans Machine ( = on) After switching on, the remaining memory time is announced. If the time has not yet been set (page 8), an appropriate announcement is then made. The phone is supplied with a pre-recorded announcement for the answer and record mode or announce only mode. If a personal announcement has not been recorded, the corresponding pre-recorded announcement is used. Playing back announcements v Voice Mail Announcements Play Announce / Play Anc Only If no personal announcement has been recorded, the corresponding pre-recorded announcement is played. Record a new announcement while playing back announcement: New Press the display key. Delete old messages and repeat recording if required. 30 Operating the answering machine Deleting announcements v Yes Press the display key to confirm the prompt. After deletion, the corresponding prerecorded announcement is then used. Voice Mail Announcements Del Announce / Del Anc Only Change multiple line input: Selecting announcement mode You can choose between Ans. The selected mode is saved even after the answering machine is deactivated. & Record mode the memory for messages is full the selection is interrupted and you will receive an instruction to delete old messages. The answering machine automatically switches back to the set mode once deletion is complete or else you can reselect the required recording mode. From: Enter hours/minutes for the start of the period in 4-digit format. Until: Enter hours/minutes for the end of the period in 4-digit format. [. . . ] This is illustrated below using the example of "Setting the date and time". You will see the following display (example): Date/Time Date: [10. 06. 05] Time: 11:11 Writing and editing a text message The following rules apply when writing a text message: u Control the cursor with u v t s. u The first letter of the name of directory entries is automatically capitalised, followed by lower case letters. Entering special characters You can call up the table of special characters when writing an SMS using the * key. Select the required character and insert it with Insert. Save Date: Enter day, month and year in 6-digit format. [. . . ]