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Contents
Gigaset C355 / GBR / A31008-M1632-L161-1-7619 / C355_laender_IVZ.fm / 19.1.05
Contents
Handset at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Connecting the base station . . . . . . . . 2
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Gigaset C355 –
More than just a telephone . . . . . 6
Preparing to use the phone . . . . . 6
Installing the base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Setting up the handset for use . . . . . . . 6
Activating/deactivating the handset . . 8
Activating/deactivating
the keypad lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . 8
Handset operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Control key on the handset . . . . . . . . . 8
Return to idle status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Menu management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Correcting wrong inputs . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Step-by-step instructions . . . . . . . . . . 10
Making calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Making an external call . . . . . . . . . . . 11
End call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Answering a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Handsfree talking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Network services . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the directory and lists . . . 14
Directory/call-by-call list . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Last number redial list . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Making cost-effective calls . . . . 19
Automatic network provider
preselection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SMS (Text Messages) . . . . . . . . . 20
Writing/sending text messages . . . . . 20
Receiving text messages . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using data in message attachments . 23
Setting up an SMS centre . . . . . . . . . . 23
SMS and PABX's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Activating/deactivating the
SMS function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SMS Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Answering machine operation . 26
Operating the answering
machine with the handset . . . . . . . . . 26
Activating/deactivating
call screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting up the answering machine . . 28
Resetting fast access on the
answering machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Operating the answering
machine while away from home
(remote operation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the network mailbox . . . . 30
Using several handsets . . . . . . . 31
Registering handsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
De-registering handsets . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Looking for a handset ("paging") . . . . 32
Making internal calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Barging-in to an external call . . . . . . . 33
Changing the name of a handset . . . . 33
Changing a handset's
internal number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using a handset as a room monitor . . 34
Handset settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Changing the display language . . . . . 36
Setting/changing the screen picture . 36
Activating/deactivating Auto talk . . . . 36
Adjusting the loudspeaker volume . . . 36
Changing ringer tones . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Activating/deactivating
suppression of the first ring tone . . . . 37
Activating/deactivating
advisory tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Restoring the handset
default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38