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Using the phone
Gigaset E490/E495 / GBR / A31008-M2105-L101-2-7619 / starting.fm / 04.01.2011
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rsion 4, 16.0
9
.2005
Menu guidance
Your telephone's functions are accessed using a menu that has a number of levels.
Main menu (first menu level)
¤
Press
v
with the handset in idle status to open the main menu.
The main menu functions are shown in the display as a list with colour icons and
names.
To access a function, i.e. to open the corresponding submenu (next menu level):
¤
Navigate to the function using the control key
q
. Press the display key
§OK§
.
Submenus
The functions in the submenus are displayed as lists.
To access a function:
¤
Scroll to the function with the control key
q
and press
§OK§
.
Or:
¤
Enter the corresponding digit combination (
¢
page 20).
Briefly
press the end call key
a
once to return to the previous menu level/cancel
the operation.
Reverting to idle status
You can revert to idle status from anywhere in the menu as follows:
¤
Press and
hold
the end call key
a
.
Or:
¤
Do not press any key: after 2 minutes the display will
automatically
revert to idle
status.
Changes that you have not confirmed or saved by pressing
§OK§
,
§Yes§
,
§Save§
,
§Send§
or
Save Entry
§OK§
will be lost.
An example of the display in idle status is shown on page 14.
Activating/deactivating the handset
a
With the phone in idle status, press and
hold
the end call key (confir-
mation tone) to switch off the handset.
Press and
hold
the end call key again to switch the handset on.
Activating/deactivating the keypad lock
The keypad lock prevents any inadvertent use of the phone.
#
Press and
hold
the hash key in idle status to activate or deactivate the
keypad lock. You will hear the confirmation tone.
When the keypad lock is activated you will see the
Ø
icon on the display and a
message when you press a key.
The keypad lock is deactivated automatically if someone calls you. It is reactivated
when the call is finished.
