Base Station

A DECT base station is integrated in your FRITZ!Box, on which you can register and configure a total of up to 6 cordless telephones.

The "DECT / Base Station" menu presents the settings for the DECT base station.

Radio Field Strength

Reduce DECT field strength

If you enable the "Reduce DECT field strength" option, the FRITZ!Box will transmit with reduced DECT field strength.

However, this also reduces the range of the cordless DECT telephones registered on the FRITZ!Box. Enable this setting only if all cordless DECT telephones are to be used in close vicinity to the FRITZ!Box.

DECT Eco

If you enable the "DECT Eco" function, the FRITZ!Box switches off the DECT radio field as soon as all cordless DECT telephones are in standby mode.

The connection to the cordless DECT telephones is maintained, however. If a call arrives for a cordless DECT telephone, the call is signaled and can be picked up on the cordless DECT telephone.

You can enable the following settings:

  • "DECT Eco always enabled": Switches on DECT Eco mode.
  • "DECT Eco enabled only when night service is enabled ("System" menu)": Switches DECT Eco mode on only when night service is enabled.

The "DECT Eco" function can be used only if all registered cordless telephones support "DECT Eco". In addition to the AVM cordless telephones FRITZ!Fon MT-F, C3, M2 and MT-D, many other DECT cordless telephones support this function.

Security

Permit only secure connections (recommended)

When this option is enabled, FRITZ!Box only permits authenticated and encrypted DECT connections. This option is enabled upon delivery of the FRITZ!Box.

Permit non-encrypted connections

Enable this option if you would like to use a DECT repeater from another manufacturer that does not support encrypted connections.

Do not enable this option if you use a FRITZ!DECT Repeater or another FRITZ!Box as a DECT repeater. Connections with a FRITZ!DECT Repeater or another FRITZ!Box are encrypted.

Please note: You cannot use the following FRITZ!Box functions when the setting "Permit non-encrypted connections" is enabled: web radio, podcast, defining a new background image for FRITZ!Fon cordless telephones, adding photographs for the display of the telephone book on FRITZ!Fon cordless telephones.