VoIP – making calls via the Internet

With VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), your calls are not made via a fixed connection as in the telephone network, but rather they are transmitted via the Inter- net in the form of data packets.

You can take advantage of all the benefits of VoIP with your phone:

uYou can make cost-effective calls at high voice quality with subscribers on the Internet, the fixed network or the mobile phone network.

uYour VoIP provider will give you per- sonal numbers, with which you can be reached from the Internet, the fixed network and any mobile phone net- work.

To be able to use VoIP, you need the fol- lowing:

uA broadband Internet connection (e.g. DSL) with flat rate (recom- mended) or volume-based price

uInternet access, i.e. you need a router that will connect your phone to the Internet. You will find a list of recom- mended routers on the Gigaset S450 IP product page at:

http://www.siemens.com/gigaset

uAccess to the services of a VoIP pro- vider. Open up to six accounts with different VoIP providers.

VoIP – making calls via the Internet

First steps

Pack contents

The pack contains:

uone Gigaset S450 IP base station u one Gigaset S45 handset

u one mains adapter for the base station u one charging cradle incl. mains adapter u one phone cord

u one Ethernet cable (LAN cable) u two batteries

u one battery cover u one belt clip

u one quick guide

Setting up the handset for use

The display is protected by a plastic film. Please remove the protective film!

Inserting the batteries

Warning:

Use only the rechargeable batteries recommended by Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices GmbH & Co.KG on page 99! This means on no account should you use conventional (non-rechargeable) batteries or other battery types, otherwise serious damage to health and property cannot be ruled out, e.g. the outer casing of the batteries could be destroyed or the batteries could explode. The phone could also malfunction or be damaged as a result of using batteries that are not of the recommended type.

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