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Super USB Internet Phone and InCall Phone
Center FAQs
1) What are the PC requirements to use
the USB Internet phone and InCall
Phone Center application?
Hardware
200MHz (or faster) Pentium compatible
CPU
64MB of RAM
USB port
Internet connection (DSL,
Cable, etc.)
Software
Windows XP, 2000, ME, 98SE
2) Is the InCall Phone Center
application easy to install?
Yes, very easy, put in the CD, install
the application, plug in the USB cable
from your USB Internet phone - no
tools required. Full details, please
go to
Installation page.
3) Can I use the USB Internet phone
with other Internet Telephony
services?
Yes, you can use your USB Internet
phone with all of the popular services
including Dialpad, Net2Phone,
MediaRing etc. For help with placing a
web call please go to
Web Call page.
4) What is IPC?
IPC stands for InCall Phone Center,
InCall Phone Center is your "one stop"
application for placing the full range
of Internet Telephony calls.
Click
here for more information.
5) How do I place a call from my PC to
another PC?
For help with placing a PC to PC call,
please go to
PC to PC Call page.
6) How do I place a call from my PC to
a regular phone number?
You can place a call to a regular
phone number using a Personal Phone
Gateway (PPG). For help with placing a
call through a PPG to a regular phone
number, please go to
PPG Call page.
7) How can I tell if my friend is
on-line and I can place a call to
her/him.
When your friend is on-line and ready
to receive a call the light bulb next
to their name glows yellow, if their
bulb is red they are already in a
call. When they are off-line their
light bulb is gray.
8) Can I use my USB Internet phone to
place free calls to US and Hong Kong
phone numbers?
Yes, we have demonstration Personal
Phone Gateways installed in the US and
Hong Kong that you can place free
calls through to regular Hong Kong and
US phone numbers. As these are
demonstration systems your call time
is limited. With your own PPG you can
enjoy unlimited calls to any number
anywhere in the world.
9) Can I use the InCall Phone Center
application with other sound hardware?
In order to ensure the very best call
quality the InCall Phone Center only
supports the CuPhone USB Internet
phones. The CuPhone USB Internet
phones have been carefully designed
and optimized to provide the very best
user experience, when combined with
the InCall Phone Center application,
you are assured of the World's leading
solution for placing and receiving
Internet phone calls.
10) Can I use the InCall Phone Center
application to place calls through
VoIP gateways?
Yes, a call to a VoIP gateway is
called a static gateway call. for more
information, please
click here.
11) My PC is behind a Router and a
Firewall, can I still place outbound
calls using my USB Internet Phone and
the InCall Phone Center application?
Yes, the InCall Phone Center
application implements advanced
techniques that enables calls to be
placed out through all of the popular
Routers and Firewalls.
12) My PC is behind a Router and a
Firewall, can I still receive calls
using my USB Internet phone and the
InCall Phone Center application?
Yes, if you configure your router to
forward port 6667 (also known as IRC
server) to the PC with InCall Phone
Center installed.
13) I have multiple PCs on a local
network (LAN) behind a Router and a
Firewall, can all of my PCs receive
and place calls simultaneously?
Yes, if you have a Personal Phone
Gateway (PPG) installed on your local
network, all of your PCs can
simultaneously place and receive calls
through your Router and Firewall. For
more information on how to configure
your router to support the Personal
Phone Gateway (PPG),
click here.
14) Can I use Internet access through
a dial-up modem to place and receive
calls?
Yes, we have developed a special mode
that enables call quality when using a
dial-up Internet connection to be
indistinguishable from a broad band
connection. For information on setting
the InCall Phone Center for a dial-up
Internet connection,
click here.
15)My friend is not listed in my Buddy
List, how do I add him/her?
For help on adding your friend to your
Buddy List, please
click here.
16) How do I know what version of
InCall Phone Center is installed?
Right click on the InCall Phone Center
icon in your tray and select about.
17) Why does the icon for InCall Phone
Center in the tray change color?
The icon color for InCall Phone Center
will change depending on it's status;
Yellow - ready to place and receive
calls.
Green - you are in a call.
Red - your USB Internet phone is not
plugged in.
18) My PC is unable to detect my USB
Internet phone, what do I need to do?
Try un-plugging your USB Internet
phone, counting to 10 and plugging it
back in.
Check the PCs USB socket with another
USB device.
19) Why is my InCall Phone Center
unable to contact the server?
Check you have Internet access by
opening your browser.
The Buddy server is occasionally taken
off-line for maintenance.
20) During installation I am asked for
my email address - why?
Your friends will be able to add you
to their Buddy Lists by entering your
email address.
You can use any email address that you
want provided that no other InCall
Phone Center or PPG user is already
using the email address that you
entered.
21) How do I place a call through a
gatekeeper?
To set up an entry in your Buddy List
so you can place calls through a
gatekeeper please visit the
static
gateway/gatekeeper page.
22) How come every time when I enter a
number on my Super USB keypad, it
prints double digits (2 numbers)?
To solve this problem, please try to
make a call (use the keyboard instead
of the phone keypad to enter the
numbers). During the call, please
reduce your volume controller of the
microphone and speakers.
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