No speaking functions whatever and I don’t think any of the Gigaset range have that sort of thing and I didn’t buy the handset for talking this and that, I wanted a reliable VOIP phone which was easy to use and was configurable to allow me to take full advantage of all the services and functionality that VOIP has to offer and - thus far - the Gigaset C610 has performed far above my expectations.
There are even ways to edit the built-in phone directory and import numbers from an online phone directory through services such as the Yellow Pages but all in good time as they say. You can define numbers to key combinations so - whilst the phone doesn’t talk - its a good start. To give you an idea of what I’m dealing with here, a printed manual isn’t supplied, I’m using the electronic PDF manual and that’s 250+ long so - if a printed manual were indeed supplied - it would be of a rather large nature. > On 1 Aug 2015, at 7:20 pm, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Does it speak the caller id number or name? > > Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: > >> Yep I’ll give a description once I get my head around everything, still some >> things to explore. >> >> I can tell you now that one of the things I like about the Kigaset is that >> the buttons are a hard plastic and require a firm press, I don’t like those >> rubber buttons and in any case, I find they don’t last too long. >> >> The buttons trigger a very short identifiable beep when pressed, the volume >> of this beep can be controlled, the beep sound is nice and short thus its >> not annoying as is the case with so many phones these days for the home >> market. >> >> Shortcuts are a plenty with this device, holding down the hash key locks the >> phone for example, that function is a toggle and holding down the number one >> key calls the voice mail service if you have one, you can define the number >> called. >> >> there are 2 soft keys at the top which can be defined to perform different >> tasks, open a list of the various VOIP providers for example so you can >> scroll down to the one you want to dial out with. >> >> Of course you have the regular features that can be set up such as dialling >> plans and rules, these are set up from the built in Web Configurator. >> >> >>> On 1 Aug 2015, at 4:27 pm, brianolesen <br...@blindkom.dk> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Dane, >>> This sounds like an interesting phone. >>> >>> Could you eventually give a description of the physical properties of the >>> phone? How about bottons and markings for accessibility and so on? >>> >>> Best regards >>> Brian >>> >>> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >>> Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Dane >>> Trethowan >>> Sendt: 1. august 2015 02:03 >>> Til: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Emne: Gigaset C610 IP VOIP Phone >>> >>> The phone arrived sooner than I expected, ordered it yesterday and it >>> was at my door around an hour ago. >>> >>> I’ve just configured the phone and the task took less time than I >>> thought it may, everything was clearly laid out in the support guide >>> provided by Internode though this phone certainly supports other VOIP >>> providers which either can be configured manually or are already there >>> in the firmware of the Gigaset, all the user need do then is to type in >>> the appropriate user information particular to the user. >>> >>> so a brief description of the phone would seem in order. >>> >>> If you’re a user of Siemen’s cordless phone systems then the design will >>> look perfectly familiar to you, a simple base box with a “Paging” button >>> on the front and a number of handsets depending on how many you >>> purchased with the base, in my case I have one handset though I may buy >>> more in the future. >>> >>> The system can handle both VOIP and PSTN calls, a maximum of 6 different >>> VOIP accounts from different VOIP providers can be installed and >>> configured, these can be used simultaneously along with the PSTN line, >>> the Gigaset can handle 3 parallel calls at any one time. >>> >>> Users of Gigaset VOIP phone systems can set up separate Gigaset VOIP >>> accounts, this way all Gigaset users throughout the world an communicate >>> via the Gigaset network for free, handy if you know a whole bunch of >>> people with Gigaset phones, as for now I’m using the Nodephone VOIP >>> system though I do plan to configure Mynetfone, I also have my PSTN line >>> connected. >>> >>> Still a fair bit to do, I have to configure the answering machine - the >>> gigabit can support 6 answering machines - and I have to do some >>> tweaking but I do know at this point that I can make and receive calls >>> and that’s the important thing. >>> >>> Such a system as described would be incredibly useful for those who >>> didn’t want to muck about with a separate VOIP adapter, who just wanted >>> the phone. >>> >>> If you buy the Gigaset from Internet then it will come pre configured, >>> all the user need do is to connect the phone to their rooter. >>> >>> >>> ********** >>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of >>> the halfwits in this world behind. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> ********** >> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the >> halfwits in this world behind. >> >> >> > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > cov...@ccs.covici.com > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
