Philips Internet-DECT phone VOIP8411B - Manual (Page 17)

15 Skype® and Skype tools
4 Skype
®
and Skype tools
4.1 What is Skype
®
?
Skype
®
is a little piece of software that lets you
make free Internet calls to your friends all over
the world.
Warning
No Emergency Calls. Skype is not a replacement
for your ordinary telephone and cannot be used
for emergency calling.
4.2 Other Skype products
You can talk to anyone over the Internet for free
with Skype, and you will always be able to do that.
There are some other useful things you can do on
Skype that are not free (but they are pretty
cheap, actually).
4.2.1 SkypeOut™
SkypeOut is a cheap way to call out from Skype
to landlines and mobile phones. You can also use
SkypeOut when you are on the move, to forward
your Skype calls to any phone.
4.2.2 SkypeIn™ with free Skype
Voicemail™
SkypeIn is a number your friends can call you
from any phone. You answer in Skype. You can
get numbers in one or more of the places offered,
and receive calls in Skype from anywhere in the
world.
4.2.3 Skype Voicemail™
Skype Voicemail takes your calls when you are
busy or offline.
4.3 Common terminologies
These are some of the Skype terminologies used
in this user guide.
• Outgoing call: When A calls B.
• Incoming call: When A receives a call from B.
• Missed call: When A receives a call from B
but fails to answer it.
• SkypeOut: Calling regular landline or mobile
phone from Skype.
• SkypeIn: Calling a regular number which
connects the call to a Skype account.
• Skype credit: Skype credit allows you to
purchase a number of different products and
services from Skype. Skype credit can be used
to place SkypeOut calls and purchase a SkypeIn
subscription.
Tip
All information obtained from Skype content
guideline and website. For more information, visit
skype.com.
4.4 Skype Tools
This section describes the Skype tools that you
can access from this phone.
4.4.1 Sign in automatically
You can set your phone to automatically sign into
your Skype account every time the base unit
powers up.
Press .
Scroll to Settings. Press
.
Scroll to General. Press .
Scroll to Auto Sign In. Press .
Select the new setting you want.
Press .
• The new setting is saved.
!
1 Menu
2 Select
3 Select
4 Select
5
6 OK