Telephone Book
Telephony / Telephone Book
How you can use the FRITZ!Box telephone book depends on the telephone used:
| Telephone | Available Functions |
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| FRITZ!Fon |
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| Cordless telephone with support for CAT-iq 2.0 |
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| Others |
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Setting Up a New Telephone Book
You can set up local telephone books and online telephone books in the FRITZ!Box.
Instructions: Setting Up a Local Telephone Book
An entire local telephone book is saved in the FRITZ!Box.
- Select "Telephony / Telephone Book" in the user interface.
- Click the "New telephone book" link.
- Enter a name for the new telephone book.
- Select the "Create as new" option.
In the default setting the new telephone book is empty. To transfer the entries from an already existing telephone book, enable the "Copy existing telephone book" setting and select a telephone book.
- Under "Telephone Assignment", select the FRITZ!Fon cordless telephones with which you would like to use the telephone book. The telephone assignment feature is only available for FRITZ!Fon cordless telephones.
- Click on "OK".
Instructions: Setting Up an Online Telephone Book
After it has been set up in the FRITZ!Box, the online telephone book is available on your FRITZ!Fon cordless telephones. The online telephone book is available in the FRITZ!Box and synchronized with your contacts in the internet at regular intervals.
Synchronizing Online Telephone Books
An online telephone book configured in the FRITZ!Box is synchronized with your telephone book in the Internet at regular intervals. You can also start synchronization at any time with a click of the mouse.
For comprehensive information, click here: Synchronizing Online Telephone Books.
Creating a Telephone Book Entry
Rules
- In the first telephone book you can configure quick-dial numbers (00 - 99) and vanity codes ("ANNA", for example) to telephone book entries. This way you can dial telephone numbers more quickly; see Telephone book entry.
Creating a Telephone Book Entry
Here is how to create a new telephone book entry:
- Select "Telephony / Telephone Book".
- If you use multiple telephone books, click "Switch Telephone Book" to select a telephone book.
- Click "New Entry".
- Set up the telephone book entry. For comprehensive information, click here: Telephone Book Entry
- Click "OK" to save it.
Saving and Restoring a Telephone Book
The local telephone books can be saved in a file (XML format). With the XML file you can restore the telephone book in the same FRITZ!Box or transfer it to another FRITZ!Box.