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28 Siemens Gigaset C475 IP Twin VoIP Telephone reviews
33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
15
Apr
2008
VoIP Phone of the future
Mr John Elvidge
 5/5
I had this phone delivered about a week ago and I have found it to be well worth the £80 price tag. Its easy to use and in a week I know just about every function on the phone. I find the email setting really useful as it means I don't have to have the computer on to check for new emails. The sound quality is very good on both lines (VoIP & Landline). The only thing that took time was configuring my VoIP account, as it was not on the pre-sets for the phone, (it took about two hours of work to find my settings in relation to the Gigaset). However, I'm very happy in all with the phone and would highly recommend the Gigaset C475 IP DECT VoIP. I found the reception of the phone from the base station to be very good. I've used mine outside in the back garden with the base station at the front off the house and I had no problems with reception even with the EGO mode turn on, which can save you up to 60% energy usage. Battery life is also very good with about 6 days standby time and about 4 hours talk time from a full charge.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
13
Aug
2008
Good points
All-in-One landline + VoIP + Answering Machine that's well designed with good functionality and expanability. It's currently the best system on the market from a respected manufacturer.
Bad points Instructions, although comprehensive, didn't include the 'auto-setup' configuration details on line for my VoIP provider - DrayTEL UK - and Siemens technical support were of no use in assisting; merely repeating the generic advice as per the user guide. However, DrayTEL did kindly provided the necessary settings and after two days I could connect to my VoIP phone system. Other thoughts My neighbour was so impressed she bought a C475IP trio and setup an account with DrayTEL - she's totally delighted! We both purchased from liGo who are brilliant to deal with: their Internet ordering and speed of response is second to none, and their staff really helpful if you need to call them :o)
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
30
Aug
2008
Good points
really easy to setup and use. good sound quality.
Bad points poor ringtones Other thoughts These are very good phones easy to use, just press the call button briefly for default connection call and press for few secs for other connection call. I setup a voip provider not on the auto setup list and it was still easy to do, also setup call plans, the web interface is makes things really easy. The downside to these phones are the ringtones they are boring but that is it. i would highly recommend these to anyone.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
16
Apr
2008
Excellent products,Questionable Siemens Support
Anonymous
5/5
The phone is great.Simple, straight forward, excellent voice quality. There is a major bug in the Web configuration interface.the button to SAVE setting on the info services page just IS NOT THERE.It took me several emails to even get Siemens support to give me a response relating to my question.Giving them VERY specific details about the problem they bombarded me with unrelated questions.The problem is a simple HTML error that can be fixed in the next firmware.So far they have not confirmed they even understand what the problem is.So,untill they do not fix it you can not use the CLOCK screen saver on the handset as it is taken over by the info services.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
16
Apr
2008
Glyn Anslow
Glyn
5/5
Brilliant phone.Only gripe is there are not enough voip providers that siemans provides for downloading. Just a tip for anyone setting up. if you use sms discount or voip cheap put your username and password in the setup box and download from Siemans voipstunt for the voip settings and both will work ok.only they will not work if you use the provided voip settings on there site. If you use vyke. as above put your username and password in for that provider but download the settings for voip Buster from Siemans for Vyke to work. As you can see the phone needs a little tweaking but once done works really well and the quality is better than your local landline.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
01
Jul
2008
Almost perfect VoIP phone
Pete.
5/5
I've had this phone for a couple of weeks now, and I'm pretty impressed. I've been using Skype on a Mac for a couple of years now, and expected call quality to be similar, but it's much better. The calls are pretty clear (maybe slightly more muffled than the old landline phone), and there's no delay or echo. Fuffy
6th Apr 2009
Thanks Pete for your comments. You've answered 2 of the questions I had regarding using this phone on a Mac and using it with SKYPE. Can you set up one phone to use with SKYPe and the other with the landline? I am not very good with technology,so am a bit nervous. Chuckles
28th Jul 2009
This phone does not support Skype.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
19
Apr
2008
Excellent IP Phone
Mr. Edward Macfarlane Smith
5/5
I've been really pleased with this phone so far, it was quite simple to set up. I've got two different services set up on it and it's easy to select which one you want to dial out with when not using the default. Being able to just glance at it to see a weather forecast for the next couple of days is quite a nice feature.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
29
Aug
2008
Good points
great features, easy to use, like the colour screen
Bad points doesn't have a clip to hook it to your belt or trousers when walking about Other thoughts Not any so far... terry1982
30th Aug 2008
these do have a belt clip in the box just attach it.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
06
Sep
2008
Good points
Nice handset, ability to transmit address book to other Gigaset handsets, good reception.
Bad points Limited ringtones. A little complicated to get to grips with (but not very). Other thoughts Had the handset for 2 weeks, and seems to do the job very well.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
16
Apr
2008
Great VOIP phone, very clear
Anonymous
 4/5
Easy to set up on VOIP calls, very clear for both fixed line and VOIP calls, good array of features. Very happy with the purchase. The only minor negative is the lack of choice for decent phone ring tones, although not a big issue.
5 of 9 people found the following review helpful
08
Aug
2008
Good points
Great sound quality, easy to setup
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
25
Jan
2009
Good points
If you know how to use a mobile phone, you'll have little trouble using this. SMS on a landline is useful too. Ability to make up to 3 calls simultaneously means waiting for the line is a thing of the past in our household.
Bad points Manual (on CD-ROM) quite patchy. Unfamiliar technical terms; if your VoiP provider is on the list, great! If not, you have to do some searching around on the internet, but once set up, it works. Other thoughts Haven't got the Messenger service to work yet; needs (for me)advanced computing skills to get going.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
03
Dec
2008
Good points
good service
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
19
Sep
2008
Good points
Very easy to setup, works a dream on both VOIP and landline with simple selection of either service. One of the things on which I based my purchasing decision was the fact that range was clearly stated and it lives up to the promise.
Bad points Would like to set the weather forecast to read my location all the time but cannot find the necessary info on the CD. Gareth
11th Jan 2009
All you need to do is open a web browser to the IP address of your unit and under info services there is a link to take you to the gigaset website where you can customise the standby screen.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
08
Feb
2009
Good points
Packs a lot of features into a small space, and easy to use for the 'normal' telephone functions.
Once set-up, making calls using a VOIP line is relatively straightforward. Bad points As many others have noted: The selection of ringtones is decidedly poor! The set-up for VOIP providers not already recognised by Gigaset could be explained better in the instructions. Other thoughts It would be nice to have a hard copy of the extensive user guide. The power supply for the base unit died within a few hours of connecting up. Ligo's returns procedure worked slickly and I was back in action within a few days.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
14
Oct
2008
Good points
Easy to set up
Easy to use Does everything it says
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
07
Apr
2009
Good points
I haven't yet used the full potential of the phone however, so far, I have only used it as a bog standard landline phone (full potential for future) it does exactly what is says on the 'tin'. I like the fact it has an ECO setting. It is very easy to transfer phonebook entries form one handset to another. I eanted a phone and got a..phone - can't complain so far.
Bad points I noticed a lot of other customers had commented upon this - poor choice of ringtones - I agree but really there is more to life and one of the ringtones does sound like a phone ringing rather than something out of a futuristic intelligence gathering unit - a phone that can sound like a phone - in real terms this probably isn't a bad point.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
03
Jun
2008
Convenience at the press of a button
Anonymous
5/5
The Gigaset C475 IP is a great product. It is really easy to set up and use and it has incredible capacity for making telephony simple and enjoyable. I would highly recommend the package with a second phone. Life just got easier
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
06
Feb
2009
Good points
Great sound quality and setting up can be done through the handset. Wish I had bought one ages ago. Once up and running there are so many things you can do I dont know where to start!
Bad points Not all VOIP providers have their settings pre-configured into the handset (mine doesnt). Configuration is then a manual process, which is complicated by the screen names being inconsistent with the User Manual.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
19
Jun
2009
Good points
Good ergonomic design, sound quality + performance.
Bad points Web server used to setup box is a bit slow and quirky but needs very infrequent access so isnt a problem. Other thoughts Would be nice to use custom ring tones on handsets but i believe the higher end S series does this and i cant argue at the price
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