Contents
Handset at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Gigaset M56 – More than just a
telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Preparing to use the phone . . . . . 5
Installing the base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Connecting the base station . . . . . . . . 5
Setting up the handset for use . . . . . . . 6
Activating/deactivating the handset . . 7
Activating/deactivating
the keypad lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . 7
Handset operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Control key on the handset . . . . . . . . . 8
Return to idle status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Menu management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Correcting wrong inputs . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Operating information . . . . . . . . . 9
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Step-by-step instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Making calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Making an external call . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Ending a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Accepting a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Handsfree talking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the directory and lists . . . 12
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Last number redial list . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Opening caller lists with
the message key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using several handsets . . . . . . . 17
Registering handsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
De-registering handsets . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Looking for a handset ("paging") . . . . 18
Making internal calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Barging-in to an external call . . . . . . . 19
Changing the name of a handset . . . . 19
Changing a handset's
internal number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using a handset as a room monitor . . 19
Handset settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Changing the display language . . . . . 21
Setting/changing the screen picture . 21
Activating/deactivating Auto talk . . . . 21
Adjusting the loudspeaker volume . . . 21
Changing ringer tones . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Activating/deactivating the
suppression of the first ring tone . . . . 22
Activating/deactivating
advisory tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Restoring the handset
default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Base station settings . . . . . . . . . 23
Access control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Repeater support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Restoring the base default settings . . 24
Connecting the base unit
to a PABX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Dialling mode and recall (flash) . . . . . 25
Setting pauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Switching temporarily to
tone dialling (DTMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Contact with liquid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Questions and answers . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27