Audiovox GPRS900 User Manual

Welcome

Congratulations on your purchase of the GPRS900 phone. The following illustration displays the features found on the front of your phone.

Strap Eyelet

Speaker

Attach phone strap to carry easily.

Screen

Up/Down Navigation Key

Left/Menu

Soft Key

Press to display

menu or select

left menu

functions.

Send/Answer

Key

Press to turn on

the power or end

a call.

Scroll through menu items.

Right Soft Key

Press to select right menu items

Power/End Key Press turn on the power, end a call, exit menu.

Keypad

Overview

The GPRS900’s features meet all of your communications needs, and its stylish design and color display make it a pleasure to carry around.

Stay in touch with wireless networking

The GPRS900 is a phone for people who want to stay in touch with the world. In addition to all the basic calling and messaging functions you would expect with a cell phone, it supports multimedia messaging, enabling you to send and receive pictures. Wireless networking capabilities enable you to check e-mail or browse web services covering news, entertainment, reservations, finance, navigation services (GPS), and more.

Manage your time with the PIM

The GPRS900 is a phone for people on the go. The Personal Information Manager (PIM) helps you sche dule appo intment s in the calendar, set alarms, or jot down important notes.

Play and create with camera, photo editing, games

The GPRS900 is also a phone for people with a sense of creativity and fun. Not only does it have a built-in camera, but it offers a variety of photo editing options. Finally, for additional fun, there are games and a music composer.

This package includes :

The following items come included in the box with your phone.

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Charger

Battery

Note: Please save the original box and packing materials in case you need to repack any items or send them for servicing.

Menu Map

Phonebook

Number

•Search

• Handset List

•Group List

• Delete All

• Copy All to Handset

•Own Number

•Memory

• Speed Dial List

• Fixed Dial List

Call Logs

Dialed Missed Calls Received Calls All Calls Call Info

• Call Costs Call Timer

Messages

SMS (text message)

•New SMS

•Options

•Send

•Save

•Insert

• Text Format

• Input Language

• Input Method

• Inbox

•Draft

• Outbox

• Template

• Setting

• Capacity MMS (multimedia message)

• New MMS

•Add text

•Add image

• Add audio

Info Message Voicemail

PIM

(Personal Information Manager)

• Calendar

• New Appointment

• View Today

• View Week

• View All Appointments

• Notes

•Alarm

•Calculator

•Voice Memo

Camera

Activate

• Capture

•Options

•Zoom

• Brightness

• Contrast

• Color Effects

• Frames

• Number of Shots

• Resolution

•Image Size

Camera

View Pictures

•View

• Effects

•Animation

• Transform

• Face Off

• Funny Theme

• Filter

• Adjustment

•Options

• Set to Wallpaper

• Set to Caller ID

• Set to Group Image

• Send from MMS

•Delete

Settings

• Number of Shots

•Image Size

• Image Resolution

Fun and Game

Album Sounds Pictures Game

•XFinity Composer

Settings

Profile Sound and Alert Handset Setting

• Language

•Display

•Clock

•Greeting

• Auto Keylock

• PLMN Display

• Scheme

• Reset Setting

WAP

Homepage Profile Setting Push Setting

This menu guide lists the frequently accessed items in the menu.

Settings

Call Setting

• Answer Mode

• Call Waiting

• Call Barring

• Hide Number

• Minute Minder Network Setting Security Setting

• PIN Codes

• Phone Lock

• Fixed Dialing Bearer Setting

• GPRS Setting

• CSD Setting STK

(Sim Application Toolkit)

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

This package includes : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Menu Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Inserting the SIM card and battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Turning the phone on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Turning the phone off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Charging the battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Making a call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Answering a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Using Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Standby mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Menu Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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Function keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Text entry: The basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Choosing text entry methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Multitap text entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

T9™ text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Calling Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Redialing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Showing or hiding personal information. . . . . . . . . . 18

Canceling an incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Call logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Returning a missed call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Dialed and received calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Answer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Silent mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Call waiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Call barring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Timing calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

International calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Emergency calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Adding contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Other options for contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Editing contact information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Searching for a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Copying contact information to a SIM card . . . . . . . 26

Deleting a contact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Using a group list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Editing a group list.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using a fixed dialing list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Speed dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Viewing your own phone number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Viewing the status of the phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Text messages (SMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Shortcut key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Multimedia Messages (MMS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Composing a new multimedia message. . . . . . . . . . 33

Add text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Add images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Add audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Sending the MMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Additional multimedia message options. . . . . . . . . . 36

Info Message Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Fun and Game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Composer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Settings in your phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Time and date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Ring style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Ring volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Wallpaper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Greeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Menu display schemes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Security Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

SIM card lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Phone lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Keypad lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Network information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Reset settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Using the Camera and Managing Photos. . . . . . . . . . . 51

Taking a photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Self-portrait. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Managing your photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Adding effects to your photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

WAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Setting up WAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Setting a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Homepage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

WAP push. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

WAP setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Personal Information Manager (PIM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Adding a new appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Viewing and editing appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Deleting appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Setting the calendar as wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Adding Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Viewing and editing notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Deleting notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Sending notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Voice Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Creating voice memos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Listening to voice memos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Viewing information about voice memos . . . . . . . . . 76

Renaming voice memos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Setting voice memos to a ringtone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Deleting voice memos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

SIM Application Toolkit (STK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

FCC Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

European Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

RF Exposure Information (SAR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Safety Information for Wireless

Handheld Phones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Antenna Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Driving Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Electronic Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Other Safety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Battery Handling Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

DOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

DON'Ts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

12 MONTH LIMITED WARRANTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Getting Started

Inserting the SIM card and battery

When you register with a service provider, you receive a SIM card (Subscriber Identity Module card). Your phone must have a SIM card in order to make calls. The SIM card is a computer chip that contains your phone number, phonebook information, and service provider information. Handle it with care and do not bend it or expose it to static electricity or dirt. Be sure the power to your phone is off before you insert your SIM card.

1. Press the notch on the back cover then slide to remove.

2. Remove the

battery. The battery has side tabs to make it easier to grasp and remove.

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3. Place the new SIM

card in the lower right corner. The gold plate on the SIM card should face downward.

4. Slide the SIM card

into position, then secure it under the metal clips.

Metal Clips

5. Replace the

battery cover. Place the back cover against the phone case, then slide it upwards to lock into place.

Turning the phone on

1. Press and hold the power/end key until the screen lights up.

2. If needed, enter your SIM card PIN code then press OK.

Turning the phone off

Press and hold the power/end key until the phone shuts down.

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Charging the battery

1. Connect the charger plug to an outlet.

2. Connect the

charger to the socket at the bottom of the phone. The connector can only be inserted one way.

When the battery is charging, a battery icon appears in the display screen.

When battery charging is complete, a charging complete icon appears.

Note: For best battery performance, allow the battery to charge and discharge completely the first few times you use it. Do not charge the battery using the USB cable.

Low Battery Indicator

The battery indicator in the upper right corner of the screen indicates how much charge remains in the battery. As additional reminders, when the battery is low, the phone emits a double beep. The message “battery low” also appears on the screen.

Note: If the battery has been deeply discharged, it may take several minutes before the battery level indicator is displayed.

Note: Be sure to read the battery safety information in the Safety and Maintenance section of this manual.

Getting Started

Making a call

1. Enter the number you wish to dial. If you make a mistake, press the right soft key below Clear to delete the number. To delete the entire number, press and hold the

key.

2. Press the send/answer key to connect.

3. Press the power/end key t o disco nn e ct.

Answering a call

1. Press the send/answer key to answer a call.

2. Press the power/end key to end the call.

Adjusting the volume

To adjust the volume during a call, press the up navigation key to increase volume and the down navigation key to decrease volume.

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Standby mode

When your phone is on, but not in use, it is in standby mode. During standby mode, the upper part of the display screen shows various icons.

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Menu Camera

The date and time is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Beneath the date and time are Menu in the left corner and Camera in the right corner. Press the left menu/soft key to view the menu, and the right soft key to use the camera.

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The Standby screen icons are as follows:

Bars indicate the strength of the network signal. Five bars means your current position has the best reception.

Alarm is set.

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A text message has been received.

A multimedia message has been received.

The SMS memory is full.

Musical notes indicate sound-on mode. Notes with a line through them indicate silent mode. See Silent mode on page 21.

Roaming icon indicates that your phone accesses for available local service providers when outside of your service provider range.

Function keys

The following table lists the phone keys and their functions.

Power/end key

• Press and hold to turn the phone on or off.

• Press to reject an incoming call or cancel a call you are dialing.

• Press to exit a menu or sub-menu.

Send/answer key

• Press and hold to send or answer calls.

• Hold to redial the last number called.

Left/menu soft key

• Press to perform the function currently displayed in the lower left screen.

• Press to select game mode when playing games.

Right soft key

• Press to perform the function currently displayed in the lower right screen.

• Press to exit when playing games.

Up and down navigation key

• Press to scroll through menu items.

• Press to move up and down when playing games.

• Press to adjust volume during a call.

Using Your Phone

Text entry

When you add names to your Phonebook, send a text message , or use your WAP browser, you need to enter text. Your cell phone has two text entry methods. You can enter letters individually or with predictive text entry, which helps you complete words as you enter them.

Text entry: The basics

• Use the Clear function, in the lower right of the screen, to

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clear a letter if you make a mistake.

• Use the key to enter spaces between words.

• Press and hold the key to select different case entry modes.

Choosing text entry methods

From any text entry screen, such as a message window, select Options>Input Method. Press and hold to switch between MultiTap and T9 and input methods. Select Multitap for entering letters one at a time or T9™ to let the phone predict the letters you are typing.

Multitap text entry

Multitap text entry enables you to enter individual letters. This is ideal for adding a phonebook entry or entering a WAP address.

When you press a key, the assigned characters appear in the upper right of the screen. Press the key repeatedly to scroll through these characters. Pause, and the selected letter appears on the screen.

Here is a table showing Roman alphabet characters and their assigned keys.

Key Assigned Characters

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 0

. , - ? ! ‘ @ : ; / ( ) 1 A B C 2 D E F 3

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G H I J K L 5

M N O 6 P Q R S 7 T U V 8 W X Y Z 9 0

Tip: A symbol table for you to enter special symbols will appear if you press and hold "0".

For practice, try entering text into a text message (SMS). From the menu, go to Messages

“hello,” first make sure that the entry method is set to multitap. Press Options, then select Input Method. Select Multitap. To enter the words “my phone” into the text entry area, follow these steps:

1. Press the key to select m.

New SMS. To enter the word,

2. Press the key three times to select y.

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3. Press to enter a space.

4. Press to enter p, then press two times to enter

h. Continue until the word “phone” is entered.

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T9™ text entry

T9™ text entry is a predictive text entry method. It uses a built-in dictionary to predict the word you are typing. You can choose the correct word from the suggestions on the bottom of the screen. By reducing the number of keystrokes, the T9™ text entry method helps some users to type messages more quickly.

Whenever you press a key, a list of possible characters or character combinations appears on the screen. To enter text, use the up and down navigation key to find the character combination you want. Press Select and the characters appea r in your message text. If you make a mistake, press Clear.

Here is an example of how to enter a word using T9™ To write the word “baby” :

text entry .

1. First press the key. The choices a, c, b appear on

the screen.

2. Scroll to b, then press Select.

3. Press the key again. The first choice of characters is

2 cc. The screen also changes to cc. Do not worry that your first choice has been deleted.

4. Scroll to the pair ba then press Select. The letters ba now appear on the screen.

5. Press the key once again for the third letter b. cab is

2 the first character combination that appears on the screen, Scroll to bab and select it. The letters bab now appear on the screen.

6. Press the key . The T9™

system predicts that baby is the probably the only word in English beginning with bab, and this word only appears on the screen.

7. Select to enter. Note: For T9™ text entry to work properly, ensure the language

settings in your phone match the language you want to type in. See Language on page 48.

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Calling Features

Redialing a number

1. Press the send/answer key. A list of dialed numbers appears, with the last number dialed at the end of the list.

2. Select the number you wish to dial then press the send/answer key.

Dialed numbers can also be accessed from Call Logs>Dialed.

Caller ID

If you have entered a contact’s name and phone number into the phonebook, when the contact calls you, the name appears on the screen.

Showing or hiding personal information

When you make calls to other people, your phone number

Calling Features

appears on their phone display. If your name and number are in your contact’s phonebook, your name appears alongside the number. There is, however, an option for calling without allowing your phone number to appear on your contact’s telephone. You may choose to hide your number for the next call, or for all calls made.

To hide or show your phone number, go to Settings<Call

Settings<Hide Number.

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Audiovox GPRS900 User Manual

Welcome

Overview

This package includes :

Menu Map

Contents

Getting Started

Inserting the SIM card and battery

1. Press the notch on the back cover then slide to remove.

Turning the phone on

1. Press and hold the power/end key until the screen lights up.

2. If needed, enter your SIM card PIN code then press OK.

Turning the phone off

Charging the battery

1. Connect the charger plug to an outlet.

Making a call

2. Press the send/answer key to connect.

3. Press the power/end key t o disco nn e ct.

Answering a call

1. Press the send/answer key to answer a call.

2. Press the power/end key to end the call.

Adjusting the volume

Using Your Phone

Standby mode

Menu

1. Use the up and down navigation key to scroll to Call Logs.

2. Press the right soft key to select.

Function keys

Text entry

1. Press the key to select m.

2. Press the key three times to select y.

3. Press to enter a space.

2. Scroll to b, then press Select.

4. Scroll to the pair ba then press Select. The letters ba now appear on the screen.

7. Select to enter. Note: For T9™ text entry to work properly, ensure the language

Calling Features

Redialing a number

1. Press the send/answer key. A list of dialed numbers appears, with the last number dialed at the end of the list.

2. Select the number you wish to dial then press the send/answer key.

Caller ID