User manual SIEMENS GIGASET A68H

[. . . ] Be aware of the technical conditions in your particular environment, e. g. Do not hold the rear of the handset to your ear when it is ringing. Otherwise you risk serious and permanent damage to your hearing. The handset may cause an unpleasant humming noise in hearing aids. [. . . ] The polarity is indicated in/on the battery compartment. a b ¤ First insert the battery cover at the top a. ¤ Then press the cover b until it clicks into place. If you need to open the battery cover, for instance to replace the batteries, place your fingertip in the cavity on the casing and pull the battery cover upwards. 5 Registering the handset to the base station Before you can use the phone, you must first register the handset to the base station. The actual registration procedure will depend on the type of base station. Automatically register the A68H handset to the Gigaset A680/A685 base station V Register HS MENU ¤ Place the handset with the display facing up in the base station. V Registering The handset registers automatically. Do not remove the handset from the base station during this time. Manually registering the A68H handset You must activate manual registration of the handset on both the handset and the base station. On the handset: MENU Settings OK Handset OK Register HS ¢ ¢¢ ¢¢ ¢ Enter the base station system PIN (default setting: 0000) ¢ OK. V Registering The registration screen is displayed. 2. of entering the system PIN, press and hold the registration/paging key (min. See also the user guide belonging to the base station. After successful automatic or manual registration, the idle display is shown: V INT MENU Charge status of the batteries: ­ = e V U (flat to full) ­ = flashes: batteries almost flat ­ e V U flashes: charging The handset is assigned the lowest unassigned internal number (1­4). If more than one handset is registered to the base station, the internal handset number appears in the top left of the display, e. g. If the internal numbers 1­4 are already assigned to other devices, the number 4 will be overwritten. Please note Only place the handset in the base station or charging cradle that is intended for it. 6 Initial charging and discharging of the batteries The correct charge level can only be displayed if the batteries are first fully charged and discharged. 8h ¤ Place the handset in the base station or charging cradle for eight hours. ¤ Then remove the handset from the base station or charging cradle and do not replace it until the batteries are completely discharged. Please note After the first battery charge and discharge you may replace your handset in its base station or charging cradle after every call. Always repeat the charging and discharging procedure if you remove the batteries from the handset and reinsert them. The batteries may warm up during charging. After a while, the charge capacity of the batteries will decrease for technical reasons. Setting the date and time Set the date and time so that the correct date and time can be assigned to incoming calls, and so that the alarm can be used. MENU Settings OK Date/Time OK Date: ~ (enter the day, month and year in 6-digit format) OK Time: ~ (enter hours and minutes in 4-digit format) OK (display message: Saved) a (press and hold to return to idle status) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ Please note When entering the time and date, you can move the position of an entry to the left or right by pressing the control button up or down. Display in idle status Once the phone is registered and the time set, the idle display is shown as in this example. V 09. 02. 01 11:56 INT MENU Activating/deactivating the handset Press and hold the a key to activate or deactivate the handset. If you place a deactivated handset in the base station or charging cradle, it will automatically activate. Your phone is now ready for use!If you have any questions about using your phone, please read the tips on troubleshooting ("Questions and answers" page 9) or contact our Customer Care team page 9. ¢ 7 Making calls Making external calls and ending calls External calls are calls using the public telephone network. ~ (Enter the phone number) The phone number is dialled. (Or you can first press and hold c [dial tone] and then enter the number. ) During the call you can adjust the earpiece volume using t and set the volume with u. End the call/cancel dialling: Press the end call key a. Using the directory and lists Directory To open the directory: press h. You can save up to 120 phone numbers (max. 32 digits) with corresponding names (max. Enter letters/characters page 9. ¢c. ¢ Saving the first number in the directory h ¢ New Entry?¢ OK ¢ ~ (enter number) ¢ OK ¢ ~ (enter number) ¢ OK Storing a number in the directory h ¢ MENU ¢ New Entry ¢ OK ¢ ~ (enter number) ¢ OK ¢ ~ (enter number) ¢ OK Selecting a directory entry Open the directory with h. You have the following Accepting a call The handset indicates an incoming call by ringing and by a display on the screen. [. . . ] tion, Base The handset is flashes in the not registered. Check the mains plug on the base station. ¢ 10 Menu tree Your phone has an extensive range of features. To select a function while the phone is in idle status, press MENU (open menu), use the t and v keys to scroll to the function you require and press OK to confirm. 1 Alarm Clock Activating/deactivating the alarm clock Input format: HHMM To return to idle status: press and hold the a key. As an alternative to selecting functions using the t and v buttons, you can also enter the digit combination that is in front of the function in the menu tree. [. . . ]