<voiptalker@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On May 14, 2:20 pm, "cybuerke" <cybue...@PLMgmail.com> wrote:
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> According to the manual, the battery should go on charge for 8 hours, but
> inside the box was a Sipgate flyer forbidding me to use the phone until a
> 24
> hour charge had been applied. Not a big problem in itself, but I'm
> wondering whether the reports of the battery being rubbish might have
> something to do with this?[/color]

Maybe.
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> There is no charging cradle, just a usb lead
> that plugs into a euro mains plug (that in turn plugs into a UK mains
> plug)
> at one end, and a baby usb connector that goes into the phone itself.[/color]

The usb lead is one way to charge the phone but not recommended. See
this site: [url]http://www.ip-phone-forum.de/showthread.php?t=140439[/url] where
they say:
""Don't charge with the USB cable, or be careful not to overcharge the
battery.""

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The proverbial rock and hard place then - damned if I do and damned if I
don't.

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Oh and that link above is the page with instructions on firmware to
set up to 5 SIP profiles - which I mentioned earlier in the thread.

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Didn't mention this before, but there's a mini CD enclosed with a firmware
upgrade on it. It's not available just now, but I'll look out the version
no. later.

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> One more thing. I'm not yet ready to put in a SIM card, but I can't get
> past the WAP configuration part of the menu, so until a sim is inserted,
> it
> looks as though I won't be able to configure the voip part. I'll see if I
> can scrounge one to try.[/color]

EH? The WAP part has nowt to do with the VOIP configuration. WAP CAN
be used via the WLAN connection without a SIM. One of ours doesn't
have a SIM card in it.... That said WAP surfing is pretty dire on this
display, but not something we use, so not an issue here....

Or did you mean the WEP security settings part of a WLAN connection?

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My mistook - the battery showed up as being fully charged within an hour,
and only then was I able to enter the VOIP Settings. I've now got it
configured for Sipgate because those nice people in Dusseldorf published a
web page with the settings laid out a la Janet and John.