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Contents
Gigaset SL550 / IM MEA Englisch / A31008-M1710-A601-1-7619 / SL550IVZ.fm / 10.11.05
Contents
Handset at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Base station at a glance . . . . . . . 2
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Gigaset SL550 –
more than just a telephone . . . . . 6
First Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Pack contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the base station
and charging cradle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Setting up the handset for use . . . . . . . 7
Menu tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Making calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Making an external call . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Ending a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Answering a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Calling Line Identification . . . . . . . . . 12
Handsfree operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Operating the handset . . . . . . . . 13
Control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Display keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Returning to idle status . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Menu guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Correcting incorrect entries . . . . . . . . 15
Network services . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Setting functions for the next call . . . 16
Using the directory and lists . . . 17
Directory/call-by-call list . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Last number redial list . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Opening lists with the message key . 21
Making cost-effective calls . . . . 22
Linking call-by-call numbers
with one number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Automatic network provider
code (preselection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SMS (text messages) . . . . . . . . . 24
Writing/sending an SMS . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Receiving an SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Notification by SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SMS mailboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Setting SMS centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SMS to a PABX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Activating/deactivating the
SMS function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SMS troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using the network mailbox . . . . 32
Using several handsets . . . . . . . 33
Registering handsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
De-registering handsets . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Locating a handset ("paging") . . . . . . 33
Changing the base station . . . . . . . . . 33
Making internal calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Listening to an external call . . . . . . . . 35
Changing the name of a handset . . . . 35
Changing a handset's internal
number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Handset settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Shortcuts for functions and numbers . 36
Setting emergency numbers . . . . . . . 37
Changing the display language . . . . . 37
Setting the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting the screensaver . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting display illumination . . . . . . . . 38
Activating/deactivating auto answer . 38
Adjusting the loudspeaker volume . . . 38
Changing ringtones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Activating/deactivating first
ring muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
My stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Activating/deactivating
advisory tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting the alarm clock . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting an appointment (Calendar) . . 41
Displaying missed
appointments, anniversaries . . . . . . . 42
Restoring the handset default
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43