Netgear SPH101: Make and receive Skype calls with ease! This wireless phone connects to Skype via your broadband internet connection. Enjoy free Skype-to-Skype calls, and with SkypeOut, call landlines and mobiles at low rates. Access your Skype contacts, manage your status, and utilize voicemail features. The SPH101 offers convenience and flexibility for all your Skype communication needs.
Netgear SPH101: Make and receive Skype calls with ease! This wireless phone connects to Skype via your broadband internet connection. Enjoy free Skype-to-Skype calls, and with SkypeOut, call landlines and mobiles at low rates. Access your Skype contacts, manage your status, and utilize voicemail features. The SPH101 offers convenience and flexibility for all your Skype communication needs.
NETGEAR, Inc.
4500 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
Skype™ WiFi Phone
Model SPH101 Use
Manual
© 2006 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved.
Customer Support
NETGEAR, Inc. Support Information
Phone: 1-888-NETGEAR, for US & Canada only. For other countries, see your
support information card.
E-mail: support@netgear.com
North American NETGEAR website: netgear.com
Translated Versions of This Manual
Foreign language support: documentation.netgear.com/sph101/index.htm
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Contents
Getting Started
What Is in the Box ......................................................................... 2
Charge the Battery ........................................................................ 2
Join a Wireless Network ............................................................... 4
Sign In to Skype ............................................................................ 6
Try Your WiFi Phone ..................................................................... 7
Using the WiFi phone
Controls ....................................................................................... 10
On/Off Button Menu .....................................................................11
Change Your Status .................................................................... 12
SkypeOut, SkypeIn, and Skype Voicemail .................................. 13
Get Your Skype Contacts ............................................................ 13
Contacts ...................................................................................... 14
Advanced Options ....................................................................... 17
Authorization ............................................................................... 21
History ......................................................................................... 23
Missed Calls ................................................................................ 23
Voicemail ..................................................................................... 24
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Settings and Wireless Networks
Settings Menu ............................................................................. 26
Network ....................................................................................... 28
General ....................................................................................... 29
Advanced .................................................................................... 30
Preferred Networks ..................................................................... 31
Connect to a Network ................................................................. 32
Troubleshooting
Find the Problem ......................................................................... 35
Wireless Networks ...................................................................... 36
Wireless Default Settings and Technical Specifications
Related Documents
Regulatory Compliance
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Getting Started
The WiFi phone connects wirelessly to Skype through your
broadband Internet connection. You can use the WiFi phone to
make and receive calls and to manage Skype. To set up and use
your WiFi phone:
1. Check the package contents.
2. Charge the battery.
3. Connect to a wireless network.
4. Sign in to Skype.
5. Use your WiFi phone.
Warning: This WiFi phone will not work during a power failure,
broadband Internet outage, or without a wireless
connection.
2 Getting Started
What Is in the Box
The Skype™ WiFi Phone package includes the following items:
• WiFi phone
• Battery
• Battery charger
• Skype™ WiFi Phone Model SPH101 Use Manual
• NETGEAR CD
• Warranty card
Charge the Battery
For information about radio frequency (RF) exposure, FCC
notices and regulatory information, see “Regulatory Compliance”
on page 43.
The first time that you use the WiFi phone, follow these steps.
1. Remove the clear plastic cover from the display.
2. Open the back panel, put the battery inside the WiFi phone, and
replace the back panel.
Getting Started 3
3. Connect the power cord, and plug it into an outlet.
The battery charges, which can take up to 12 hours.
4. Push the On/Off button to turn on the WiFi phone.
5. Use the soft key to accept the No Emergency Calls message.
The WiFi phone tries to connect to a network. See “Join a
Wireless Network” on page 4. Then it prompts you to sign in to
Skype. See “Sign In to Skype” on page 6.
Power
cord
connection
Back panel
On/Off button
4 Getting Started
Join a Wireless Network
The WiFi phone scans for wireless networks in your area. It joins
the first open network without wireless security that it finds. Then
the display shows:
• Sign in to Skype
• Create new account
Secure Networks
If you want to join a particular network, or a network with wireless
security, select Cancel with the soft key. Select Exit, and then
select Connect. The WiFi phone shows a list of available
networks.
Use the *a/A button
to change to lower-
case, uppercase,
or numeric entry.
Getting Started 5
The first time that you join a wireless network with security, you
must know the password or WEP keys. When entering letters, tap
the button to change from a, to b, and so on. After you have joined
the network, the WiFi phone remembers the network settings and
saves them in Preferred Networks. See “Preferred Networks” on
page 31.
If you do not see the network that you want, make sure that it is up
and running. Select Cancel and you will see these options:
• Connect
• Network properties
• Refresh list
• Preferred networks
Select Refresh list to find the network. For more help with wireless
networks, see “Settings and Wireless Networks” on page 25.
6 Getting Started
Sign In to Skype
After you join a network, you are prompted to sign in to Skype, or
to create a new Skype account. Enter your Skype Name and
Skype password.
Select Yes to save your name and password for automatic sign in.
If you have many contacts, you may need to wait five minutes or
more to get them onto the WiFi phone the first time you sign in.
You can use the soft keys to select Menu or Contacts.
Use the *a/A button
to change to lower-
case, uppercase,
or numeric entry.
Getting Started 7
Try Your WiFi Phone
Your WiFi phone is now ready to use. Hold the phone as you
would any other telephone with the antenna pointed up and over
your shoulder.
To make a call:
1. Enter the phone number.
If you are making a SkypeOut call, press and hold down the
zero (0) button to dial a plus sign (+) before entering the
number.
2. Press the Call button.
The Call button has a green phone icon on it, and is on the left
side of the WiFi phone.
For information about getting your Skype contacts and using the
WiFi phone, see “Using the WiFi phone” on page 9.
Tip: Purchase Skype credit from the Skype
website in order to make SkypeOut calls.
8 Getting Started
9
Using the WiFi phone
After you set up the WiFi phone, you can use it to make and
receive calls. The WiFi phone controls are shown below.
Hang up
USB connector for
supplied battery
Speaker
phone control
Select or
Call
*a/A button
Headphone
connector
Scroll
On/Off
Volume
control
Options
Back or
Cancel
Special
characters
charger
10 Using the WiFi phone
Controls
The controls on the WiFi phone are described in this section.
• Volume control. Change the volume for the WiFi phone.
• Speaker phone control. Turn the speaker phone on or off.
• Select or Options. This soft key works with the display as
Select, or Options.
• Back or Cancel. This soft key works with the display as “Back”
or “Cancel.”
• Call. Make a call.
• Hang up. End a call.
• Scroll. Scroll up or down through menu displays. You can use
the edges to move left or right.
• a/A * button. Use this together with the keypad buttons to enter
lowercase letters, uppercase letters, or numbers.
• Special characters. Use this to enter special characters such
as punctuation marks.
Using the WiFi phone 11
On/Off Button Menu
The On/Off button is located at the top of the WiFi phone. After the
WiFi phone starts up, you can use this button to display a menu.
The menu offers these options:
• Switch off. Switch off the WiFi phone.
• Silent. Turn off the ring tone for the WiFi phone.
• Change status. Change your Skype status. See“Change Your
Status” on page 12.
• My profile. View your profile.
• Sign out. Sign out from Skype.
• Network details. View details about the wireless network that
you are using.
• View networks. View wireless networks in your area. See “Join
a Wireless Network” on page 4 and “Connect to a Network” on
page 32.
Warning: Sign out removes the contacts and history
from the phone. Make sure that you want
to sign in with a different name before
using this feature.
12 Using the WiFi phone
Change Your Status
Normally, the WiFi phone is Online. To view or change the status:
1. Push the On/Off button located at the top of the WiFi phone.
2. Select Change status.
The WiFi phone shows the following options:
• Offline. Exit Skype, but stay connected to your wireless
network.
• Online. The WiFi phone is ready to make and receive Skype
calls.
• Skype me. Invite messages from Skype users.
• Do not disturb. The WiFi phone will not receive calls.
• Invisible. The WiFi phone is online, but appears to be Offline
to other Skype users.
For more information about these features, see the Skype website
at skype.com.
Using the WiFi phone 13
SkypeOut, SkypeIn, and Skype Voicemail
The WiFi phone is optimized for Skype. With Skype you can make
free calls to anyone else using Skype. If you have already signed
up for the following you can also use them immediately on your
WiFi phone:
• SkypeOut. Make calls to people without Skype.
• SkypeIn. People without Skype can call you at an assigned
regular phone number.
• Skype Voicemail. Send and receive voicemail from other
Skype users.
For more information about Skype, see the Skype website at
skype.com.
Get Your Skype Contacts
The first time that you use your WiFi phone, or after it has been
reset, your contacts are automatically loaded onto your WiFi
phone. This can take five minutes or more. The contacts remain
on the WiFi phone unless it is reset or you sign in with a different
Skype Name.
14 Using the WiFi phone
Contacts
Select Contacts. Then scroll and select a contact.
You can use these options:
• Call. Call a contact.
• Send voicemail. Send voicemail to a contact.
• View Profile. View details about a contact.
• Advanced. Display the Advanced Options menu.
Either select the
contacts icon,
or choose Contacts
with the soft key.
History
Using the WiFi phone 15
Call a Contact
To call a contact:
1. Select a contact.
You can press a letter key on the phone to go to contacts whose
names begin with that letter.
2. Select Options with the soft key. Then select call.
3. During the call, you can use the soft keys to select Options or
End Call.
Select Options to use
Hold, Mute/Unmute,
Switch calls, or view
participants.
16 Using the WiFi phone
Options During a Call
Choosing Options lets you manage your call and work with
contacts.
• Hold. Put the person you are calling on hold. The phone puts a
call on hold if there is another incoming call.
• Mute microphone/Unmute. Turn off the sound and turn it back
on again.
• Switch calls. Switch between calls.
• View call participants. See which contacts are participating in
the call.
When you receive a call, the WiFi phone shows an incoming call
message. You can answer the call, send a busy signal, or reject
the call. To answer the call, use the soft key to select Answer, or
press the Call button.
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Netgear SPH101: Make and receive Skype calls with ease! This wireless phone connects to Skype via your broadband internet connection. Enjoy free Skype-to-Skype calls, and with SkypeOut, call landlines and mobiles at low rates. Access your Skype contacts, manage your status, and utilize voicemail features. The SPH101 offers convenience and flexibility for all your Skype communication needs.
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