Alba 503630, 503628, 503629 Instruction manual

Alba Feature Phone

Accessing all menus

1. From the homescreen, press the OK Key .

2. Use the Navigation Key to choose desired operation and press the OK Key to enter the selected operation.

3. You can exit a menu and return to standby mode by pressing the Right Soft Key (back) or the End Key.

Phonebook Call History Organizer

Multimedia Messages File Manager

Proﬁles Audio player Camera

Services App Zone Settings

Changing your ringtone and ringtone volume

1. From the homescreen, press the OK key.

2. Select Proﬁles.

3. Select the desired proﬁle and select Options with the Left soft key.

4. Scroll down to select Settings and press the OK key.

5. Select Ring settings to change your ringtone. Note that you need to load new ringtones to a micro SD card to use ‘more ringtones’

6. To adjust ringtone volume, call volume, power on/o ringtone volume etc., (in Proﬁles- options – settings) scroll down to Adjust volume. Select the ringtone you want to adjust and adjust volume up and down with the navigation key (5).

Device buttons

1 Receiver/Loudspeaker 8 OK key

2 Screen 9 Earphone jack 3 Left soft key 10 USB/Charging interface 4 Dial key 11 Camera 5 Navigation key 12 Flash 6 Right soft key 13 Loudspeaker

7 End/Power key

Button description

Left/Right soft key: press to perform the function currently

displayed in the bottom left/right corner of the screen. In standby mode, press left soft key to wake phone.

Dial key: answer all calls, make calls from SIM1/SIM2 card. Navigation key: within a menu, press Up, Down, Left or Right

to scroll through menu options. From the home screen up=camera, Right=calendar, down=audio player, left=Text

End/Power key: press and hold to turn on/o the device, end

a call or reject an incoming call.

OK key: press to access the main menu from home screen. Special functions of buttons

Unlock phone from keypad lock Press Left Soft Key and right soft key to unlock keypad, Torch A long press of the Zero key (in the home screen) activates the torch

Calling a recently dialled number

1. In the device’s homescreen, press .

2. Scroll left or right to a call type.

3. Scroll up or down to a number or name.

4. Press the OK key to view details of the call or to dial the number.

Adding a new contact

1. From the home screen, select the OK key to access Menu and scroll up to select Contacts.

2. Press the Left soft key to open Options, then New.

3. Select the storage location.

4. Enter the contact information and press the Left soft key to save.

Creating an SMS

1. From the home screen, press the OK key and select Messages.

2. Select Write Message and select the OK key to choose a recipient or type the phone number.

3. Press the Navigation key Down to enter text.

4. To switch between the input methods, press # and select an option.

5. Type your text.

6. Press the Left soft key to select Options, then Send.

ABC, Abc, abc modes

Press an appropriate alphanumeric key until the character you want appears on the display.

123 mode

Press an appropriate alphanumeric key to enter a number.

To use other features for text input

Icon description

Vertical bars indicate the signal strength of the GSM network signal. Five bars indicate that your current position has the best reception.

Indicates the battery charge level.

Indicates you have one or more unread messages.

Indicates there is a missed call.

Indicates that the alarm clock is on.

Indicates your phone uses the alert type of “Silent”.

Indicates your phone uses the alert type of “Earphone”.

Indicates you are using Bluetooth.

Changing the auto keypad lock time

1. Select the OK button to open Menu.

2. Inside Menu, select Settings > Display.

3. Select Auto keypad lock, then the desired duration.

4. Press the OK button to conﬁrm.

Changing the wallpaper

1. Select the OK button to open Menu.

2. Inside Menu, select Settings > Display settings > Wallpaper settings.

To move the cursor, press the Navigation key. To delete characters one by one, press Clear. To delete words quickly, press and hold Clear. To insert a space between characters, press 0.

Mobile tracker

Mobile tracker is used for getting the phone number of the new user of your stolen phone.

1. Go to App Zone and select Mobile tracker.

2. Type the password “1234” and make the status ON.

3. Set 5 receiver numbers. When a new SIM is entered into your phone, a SMS will be sent from the new SIM to the numbers set above containing the number of the new SIM.

Default password

The default password for your data protection is: 1234

Transferring ﬁles to/from your computer

1. Connect the phone to a PC using a micro-USB cable (not provided). The PC will auto detect the phone as a removable disk

2. You can access the device memory to transfer ﬁles.

To have a large capacity of storage, you need to install a microSD card (not provided).

Troubleshooting

Note that this phone will not work with a 3 UK SIM in the UK. At the time of writing (2017) 3’s UK network does not support 2G. This is a 2G phone.

3. Select one wallpaper among “Static wallpaper” or select “More pictures” for more choices of wallpaper. Note : You need to insert a microSD card before using the option “More pictures”.

Setting up shortcuts

1. Select the OK button to open Menu.

2. Inside Menu, select Settings > Phone settings > Shortcut settings.

3. Deﬁne the desired shortcuts.

Setting a password

1. Select the OK button to open Menu.

2. Inside Menu, select Settings > Security settings.

3. Modify any desired password. The phone default password is 000.

Call blocking and whitelisting

1. Select the OK button to open Menu.

2. Inside Menu, select Settings > Security settings.

3. Scroll down to select Blacklist or Whitelist.

4. To each category, add the desired numbers.

Charging the battery

If the battery is completely discharged, you cannot turn on the phone, even with the charger connected. Allow a depleted battery to charge for a few minutes before you try to turn on the phone. To save energy, unplug the travel adapter when not in use.

Unable to turn on: press the power ON key for over 1

second. Check that the battery is properly connected. Remove and install it again, retry to turn on. Check if battery is charged.

Unable to connect network: weak signal.

Move to a location with strong signal and try connecting to the network again. Ensure that you are not beyond the network coverage of service providers. Ensure you have a valid SIM card and that you have credit. Please contact your network provider for further information.

Poor quality of calling: Check the sound volume

In an area with poor signal, (e.g. warehouse, supermarket, parking structure) try moving to a location with stronger signal and call again. While using the mobile phone in the peak period of communication, like commute time, you may be unable to call because of line congestion.

Launching the camera

Before starting to make pictures, insert a microSD card.

1. From the home screen, press OK, scroll to multimedia and select camera.

2. Inside the camera app, press the Left Soft key to show options and deﬁne the desired settings.

Audio player

Before starting to use the Multimedia section, insert a microSD card with mp3 ﬁles on it.

1. Select the OK button to open Menu.

2. Select Audio Player and add music or go directly to the audio ﬁles in My Files. After selecting, the music will appear in audio player automatically

Turning ON/OFF

To turn your phone on,

5. Press and hold

6. Enter your PIN and press OK if necessary.

7. When the setup wizard opens, customise your phone as desired by following the screen.

If the battery remains fully discharged or removed from the phone, the time and date will be reset.

To turn your phone o, press and hold .

Making a call

1. In the device’s homescreen, enter a phone number.

For an international call, do not forget to enter the country code.

2. Press to dial the number.

3. To end the call, press .

Answering a call

1. When a call comes in, press .

2. To end the call, press .

Adjusting the volume during a call

During a call, press the Navigation key UP to increase the volume and the Navigation key Down to decrease it.

FM radio

1. Select the OK button to open Menu.

2. Scroll down to select Multimedia, then select FM Radio.

3. Plug in your earphones to make them work as an antenna.

4. Select Options to tune the radio.

Locking your phone manually (keypad lock)

The keypad lock prevents you from dialing accidentally when the phone is in your pocket. From the home screen, press the End key. From any other menu you can also press the end key several times to exit and lock the keypad

Pairing a device by Bluetooth

1. From the home screen press Ok and select Application

2. Scroll down to Bluetooth and select

3. Check the Bluetooth box

4. Scroll down to paired device and select it

5. Click add new device

6. Now activate the device you want to pair

7. Return to your phone, the name of the new device should appear on the list. Select it to pair

8. When reconnecting, you don’t need to pair, but return to the Same menu and select the device from the list and press connect

Install the SIM & micro SD cards & battery

SIM cards: carefully slide in your standard size (25mmx15mm) SIM card into the SIM slot 1 or 2 as shown in the diagram. Micro SD: the Micro SD slot is smaller than the SIM slots. Open the micro SD slot by putting your thumb-nail into the slot and pushing gently up until it clicks, then hinge open the metal gate by putting your thumb nail under the bottom of the gate and lifting it open. Place your micro SD card in the molded slot, you

will see that it can only ﬁt the correct way up. Then close the gate onto the card, put your thumb-nail in the slot again and pull it gently down until it clicks.

1. Remove the bottom casing 2. Remove the battery pack

SIM

MicroSD

4. Put back the battery pack3. Insert the SIM cards and TF card

SIM

Argos declares that this device is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 2014/53/EU. A copy of the declaration of conformity can be obtained from: Argos Ltd. 489-499 Avebury Boulevard Milton Keynes, MK9 2NW, UK

SAR value : Head Max:0.978W/Kg; Body Max:1.008W/Kg

Alba Phones Helpline For detailed advice on this or any other issue concerning your Alba phone you can consult with the technical support helpline – 020 8068 1044

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