OK, thanks. This is the one thing that I have never found a voip phone which can tell me about the incoming call.
Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: > 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. > > > -- 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
