No the phone won’t tell you as the call comes in through speech but there are ways of going through a web interface on your computer so you can find out what those numbers are in a log, you can then block them or assign different ring tones as desired.
> On 1 Aug 2015, at 7:30 pm, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > 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 > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
