Intelligent home communication: Siemens Gigaset HC450 intercom offers seamless integration with the Gigaset cordless telephones

Intelligent home communication: Siemens Gigaset HC450 intercom offers seamless integration with the Gigaset cordless telephones

The new Gigaset HC450 intercom from Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices provides an intelligent and simple way of controlling an entrance intercom using a Gigaset cordless phone. Visitors are not only announced by the sound of the doorbell, but also via audio-visual alerts on every Gigaset handset in the house. At the touch of a button, users can speak to visitors standing at the front door, open the door and even switch on the light. Call forwarding also allows users to control these functions from a mobile phone. The intercom needs no special wiring and can replace the existing door bell using existing cabling. Registering the intercom with the Gigaset’s base station is as simple as registering an additional handset.

With the Gigaset HC450, rushing to greet visitors to your home becomes a thing of the past. The intercom enables individual residents to use their cordless phones to welcome visitors remotely. The door can even be opened with the Gigaset handset. With call forwarding these functions can be operated remotely from any mobile or external fixed line phone to, for example, ask a postman to leave a package with a neighbor or even grant access to the home in the resident’s absence.

The intercom is easy to install as it does not require any re-wiring. The Gigaset HC450 is connected to an existing power line (two-core). Automatic door openers can also be connected to the system. The user then registers the intercom with the telephone base in the same way that they would an additional Gigaset handset. Use of the DECT wireless standard ensure the same type of secure and stable connection between the base and the intercom that is enjoyed by all cordless phones in the home.

When the door bell rings, the Gigaset cordless phone indicates this with a specific tone that is different to the sound heard before normal phone calls and shows “Doorbell” on the display. Intercom users can speak with or open the door to callers at the touch of a button. If no one is home, the call can be forwarded to a mobile or fixed line phone. A spoken message then indicates that the call is from a visitor standing at the front door. The user can decide if they want to answer the front door by pressing a button. This means users have the choice of whether or not to speak to visitors at the door.

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