Making Calls (Handset); Making An External Call; Accepting A Call; Ending A Call - Gigaset A590 Manual Del Usario

Making calls (handset)

Making an external call

External calls are calls using the public telephone net-
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work.
(enter number in idle mode)
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or
(activate talk mode)
The phone number is dialled.
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To cancel the dialling press
The call duration is shown on the display in seconds.
Please note
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Dialling using phone book (
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list ( page 14), calls list (
dialling ( page 11) saves you from having to re-
enter numbers and network provider prefixes.

Accepting a call

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An incoming call is indicated by ringing and by flash-
ing of the and the
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To accept an incoming call press
If the handset is in the charging cradle and the
function is activated (
ANSWER
handset will take a call automatically when you lift it
from the cradle.
You can adjust the ringer volume, (
completely deactivate the ringer (
Call duration is shown on the display in the format:
HH--MM--SS.

Ending a call

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Press or replace the handset into the charging
cradle.
The call duration is shown on the display in the
format: HH--MM--SS.

Adjusting talking volume

There are 3 levels of earpiece volume (default:
). You can adjust the earpiece volume during a call. p
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Press to increase/decrease the volume.
The current setting is shown on the display.

Muting

You can mute your phone when making external
calls. The microphone is deactivated so that your con-
versational partner can no longer hear you.
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To deactivate the microphone press
appears on the display when the micro-
MUTE ON
phone is deactivated.
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(enter number)
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.
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page 14), redial
page 14) or speed
icon on the display. c
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AUTO
page 18), the
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page 18) or
page 9).
LEVEL
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Call waiting

A second incoming call arriving during another call is
indicated by an acoustic signal. CLI information is dis-
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played if available. The call is stored in the calls list,
page 13.
Answering a waiting call (country dependent)
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Press to release the active call and to
answer the waiting call. The waiting call becomes
the active call. Z2
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Press to put the first active call on hold
and answer the waiting call. Z2
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Press again, to toggle between the 2 call-
ers.
Ignoring the waiting call
The waiting call is automatically refused after 40 sec-
onds.

Using shortcut keys for speed dialling

You can use key
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Precondition: The keys must be set up for speed dial-
ling, page 15.
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Press and hold key
The number stored on the related key for speed dial-
ling is dialled immediately.

Call-by-call dialling

You can use a call-by-call number stored in the phone
book to economically make international calls.
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Precondition: The call-by-call number is stored in the
phone book, page 15.
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In idle mode:
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press and hold
Your Gigaset A590 will automatically pick the line and
add the call-by-call number stored in the phone book
as a prefix to the IDD phone number.
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In talk mode:
(activate talk mode)
The service provider is called. You will hear an
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announcement of your provider. ¢
Enter the IDD number.
You can also use the
call number from phone book, calls list, or redial list.
The prefix function (
using Call-by-call dialling.
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and as shortcut keys.
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or key .
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.
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press and hold
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key for dialling the call-by-
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page 19) is disabled when
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