Alcatel A205G User Manual

Alcatel A205G

Table of contents

1. Basics .................................. 3

Activating Your Phone ............................3

Powering On or Off ................................ 4

Charging Your Device .............................5

Phone Overview .....................................6

Setting Up Voicemail ...............................7

2. Getting Started ....................... 8

Status Bar Icons ....................................8

Menu Navigation .....................................9

Changing Your Shortcuts Menu ............ 10

3. Phone Calls ..........................11

Making a Call ........................................11

Answering a Call ...................................12

Ending a Call .........................................13

Adjusting Call Volume ........................... 13

Recent Calls ..........................................13

In-Call Options .....................................13

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4. Contacts ..............................14

Using the contact list ............................14

Adding New Contacts ............................ 15

Editing/Deleting Contacts ...................... 15

Making a Call from Your Contact List .....16

Speed Dial List ......................................17

Contacts Settings .................................. 17

5. Entering Text .........................18

Keypad Inputting ................................... 18

Text Input Mode ................................... 19

Changing Text Mode .............................20

6. Messages ............................20

Types of Messages ...............................20

Creating and Sending New Text

Messages ......................................................21

Creating and Sending New

Multimedia Messages ........................... 22

Reading New Messages ........................22

Using Message Options ........................ 23

Deleting Messages ................................ 24

Message Settings ..................................24

7. Browser ..............................25

Launching Browser ...............................25

Accessing a WAP Site ...........................26

Navigating with the Browser ................. 26

Settings .................................................27

8. Settings ..............................27

Accessing the Settings Menu ................ 27

Sound ................................................... 27

Phone Settings ......................................29

Call Settings .......................................... 31

Airplane mode ....................................... 32

Security .................................................32

Restore default ......................................33

9. Alarm

.................................33

10. Tools .................................34

11. My folder

............................37

Buy Ringtones and Graphics ................. 37

My audio ............................................... 37

My images ............................................37

Others ................................................... 37

Memory Status .....................................37

12. Safety and Use ......................37

13. General Information ................46

Basics1.

Activating Your Phone

Removing or Installing the Back Cover

Inserting or Removing the SIM Card

You must insert your SIM card before making and receiving calls.

1. Power off your phone and remove the battery before inserting or removing the SIM card.

2. Place the SIM card with the metal contact facing down and slide it into its housing. The cut corner should be on the bottom right.

3. To remove the card, press the bottom and slide it out.

Installing or Removing the Battery

1. Place the battery on the back of the phone so the metal contacts match up on the battery and in the battery cavity.

2. Slide the battery down into the battery cavity until it locks into place.

3. To remove, lift the battery out of the cavity from the upper right corner.

Powering On or Off

Power On Your Phone

1. Press and hold the key until the phone powers on.

2. Enter your PIN code if necessary and then press and hold the

3. The Home screen is displayed.

4. While the phone is searching for a network, Searching/Emergency will be displayed.

If you don’t know your PIN code or

if you have forgotten it, contact your service provider.

Power Off Your Phone

Press and hold the key from the Home screen.

key.

Charging Your Device

The light at the top of the phone when the phone is plugged in indicates it's charging.

1. Plug the AC Charger into a standard outlet.

2. To access the charging port on the upper right side of your phone, open the ﬂap and plug the other end of the AC charger into the charging port.

Charging may take about 10 minutes to • start if the battery is completely dead.

Be careful not to force the plug into the • socket.

Make sure the battery is correctly inserted • before connecting the charger.

Use a wall socket that is easily accessible • and in close proximity to the phone (avoid electric extension cables).

When using your phone for the ﬁrst time, • charge the battery fully (approximately 3 hours). When the battery is fully charged the

will display on the screen.

To reduce power consumption, when

the battery is fully charged, disconnect your phone from the AC Charger and the charger from the wall outlet. Switch off some applications when not in use; reduce the backlight time, etc.

Phone Overview

micro-USB connector

 





Headset connector

 Left soft key: Performs the functions



 Send key: Pick up

 1 key: Access your voicemail (press and



 



hold)

 * key: Lock/Unlock the keypad (press the

 Right soft key: Performs the functions

 End key: Power on/off (press and hold)

indicated by the screen text on the bottom left of the display

Make a call Access recent calls

key and the key to Lock/ Unlock the keypad while on the Home screen) Change input method (in edit mode)

indicated by the screen text on the bottom right of the display

End call Return to the Home screen

 # key: Change proﬁle (press and hold to

change the mode between General proﬁle and Vibrate proﬁle while on the Home screen) Enter symbol table (in edit mode)

 Navigation key:

Up: Create Message Down: Recent calls Left: Tools Right: Contacts OK: Conﬁrm an option

Prepaid (Press) Available Airtime (Press and hold)

 Volume key:

Side up key: Increase volume (press)

Side down key: Decrease volume (press)

Setting Up Voicemail

1. From the Home screen, press and hold the key.

2. When connected, you’re prompted to set up

your voicemail.

Getting Started 2.

Status Bar Icons

This list covers the symbols appearing on your phone’s display and indicator area.

Battery charge level

Meeting mode: Your phone vibrates,

but does not ring or beep with the exception of the alarm.

Headset connected

Call forwarding activated: Your calls

are forwarded.

Alarm or appointments programmed

Level of network reception

Voicemail message arrived

Voice service only

(1)

The icons and illustrations in this guide are

provided for informational purposes only.

(1)

Missed calls

Call in progress

Mute incoming call

Roaming

SIM card unavailable

3G connecting

3G connection status (Activated)

GPRS connection status (Activated)

GPRS connecting

EDGE connecting

EDGE connection status (Activated)

Silence mode: Your phone does not

ring, beep or vibrate with the exception of the alarm.

Message unread

Message list is full: Your phone

cannot accept any new messages. You must access the message list and delete at least one message on your SIM card.

Flight mode

Menu Navigation

Accessing Menus

You can access menus and submenus by scrolling the Navigation keys or by using the shortcut keys.

Accessing a Menu Function by Scrolling

1. From the Home screen, press the key to

access the main menu.

2. Access submenus included in the menu by

scrolling to and highlighting the option and pressing the menu contains further options, repeat this step.

3. Press the Up or Down Navigation key

to scroll through the menus. Make your selection by pressing the key.

key or the key. If the

key or the

4. Return to the previous menu level by pressing the key.

5. Press the without changing any settings.

key to directly exit the menu

Changing Your Shortcuts Menu

Using Numbered Menu Shortcuts

Numbered menu items, such as menus, submenus, and options can be quickly accessed by using their shortcut numbers. From the Home screen, you can also press and hold the number keys (2 to 9) to access any function/ URL/contact to which you have previously assigned a shortcut.

1. From the Home screen, press the access the main menu.

2. From the main menu, select Settings > Phone settings > Keypad > Numeric keys.

3. Set the contacts shortcut.

key to

Navigation Keys

The Navigation keys come preset, however you are able to change them to suit your needs.

1. From the Home screen, press the access the main menu.

2. From the main menu, select Settings >

Phone Settings > Keypad > Navigation keys.

3. Change the Up, Down, Left and Right menu options by highlighting the option and pressing the

4. Use the Up or Down Navigation keys to your new shortcut choice.

5. Press the

/ key.

/ key to save the change.

key to

Phone Calls3.

Making a Call

1. From the Home screen, enter the area code and phone number.

2. If you press an incorrect key, press the key to delete the incorrect digits.

3. Press the

Making an Emergency Call

Dial emergency number and press the • key.

You do not need a SIM card or unlock

key to make the call.

your phone to make an emergency call.

Making an International Call

1. Press and hold the key until the + character appears.

2. Enter the country code, area code and phone number.

3. Press the

Calling Your Voicemail

key to make the call.

(1)

Voicemail allows callers to leave voice messages in your voice mailbox. You can review, play, and delete your voice messages any time you are in your carrier's network coverage area.

From the Home screen, press and hold the

key.

(1)

Contact your service provider to check

service availability.

Answering a Call

Press the / key to answer an incoming call.

Muting the Ringtone

To mute ringtone of current incoming call

Press the volume key down.•

Rejecting a Call

Press the • key once to reject the call.

Handling Two Calls

1. To add a second party during a call, dial the number directly.

2. After answering a second call, you can press Navigation left key/Navigation soft key to change connection status.

Conference Calls

(1)

Your phone allows you to talk to several people at the same time.

1. If you are on a double call, press the

Options soft key and select Conference Call.

2. If a third call comes in, answer it by pressing the

key and speak with your

new caller.

3. This caller becomes a member of the conference if you press Options and select Conference call.

4. To end the conference call, press Options and select End > End conference.

(1)

Contact your service provider to check

service availability.

Ending a Call

When you want to end your call, brieﬂy press the key.

Adjusting Call Volume

You can adjust the sound level during a call using the Volume key.

Recent Calls

You can access the function using the following options:

Select • Menu from Home screen, then select Recent Calls.

Press the •

key from Home screen.

Select • Recent Calls from main menu.

Once enter this menu, following lists will be displayed:

Missed calls Dialed calls (Redial) Answered calls/Rejected calls

Select a number from the call memory and press Options, to Send message, Edit before call, etc.

In-Call Options

(1)

During a call, press the Options soft key to access the following:

(1)

Connect your service provider to check

service availability

Mute/Unmute:• Mutes/Unmutes the conversation from your end.

Hold:• Hold the current call. End:• End the current call. New Call:• Hold the current call and dial

another number. Contacts:• Add a contact or access

preloaded contacts. Messaging:• Send an SMS/MMS to the

caller. DTMF off/on:• Allows you to send (Dual

Tone Multi-Frequency) tones to the contacts you have selected.

Calendar:• Enter Calendar. Sound recorder:• Record your current call.

Contacts 4.

Using the contact list

1. From the main menu, select Contacts.

2. Press the Right Navigation key to access the contact list.

Available Options

When you highlight a speciﬁc contact, press the Options soft key to access the following:

Add: • Add a contact (name, numbers, address, e-mail, etc.).

View:• Review the information you’ve stored for a contact.

Send message:• Send an SMS/MMS to a contact you’ve selected.

Edit:• Modify the contents of a ﬁle: name, number, ringtone, etc.

Edit before call:• Edit the phone number before placing a call.

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