Benq M305 Users Manual

• Slide Duration

: To set the duration of each slide during playing.

For example, 30 means each slide will played for 30 seconds.

8 Each slide allows only one image and one audio file. If you try to

insert a second image or audio, an
pop up.

3. After you finish all slides for a MMS message, press (Option)

and choose from the following options:

• Send: Send the message immediately.

• Save to Draft: Store the message in Outbox.

• Preview

• Discard

: Preview the message.

: Discards the message.

Reading an MMS Message

Having successfully downloaded the MMS message, the display will

automatically switch to

Inbox, press to start playing the MMS

message page by page. Press again to stop playing. Press
(

Option) to execute the following task:

• Reply: Reply to the sender.

• Delete: Delete this message.

• Forward: Forward the message to someone else.

• Save: Save the image shown on the slide or the sender information to

your phone. After you save it, you can go to the menu:

Image to see it.

• Save all: Save the audio files and the images attached on the message

to your phone.

Using the MMS Templates

These preset MMS templates contain images and text. Scroll to

highlight the template you like and then press to customize that
template into your own MMS message.

Out of range message will

Media Center >

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Cleaning Up Messages

Go to menu: MMS > Cleanup. This option allows you to cleanup part of

or all of the messages. The options for cleanup includes All, Inbox, All
Read, Outbox, and Drafts.

Settings

Before you start to use MMS, go to menu: MMS > Settings to adjust the
following settings:

Filter

Your phone will reject all MMS messages from the senders
listed here.

Expiry

Sets the length of time your outgoing MMS message stays on
the server before it reaches the recipient successfully.

Reply Type

You can determine here whether you want to use an SMS
message or MMS message in reply to an MMS message you
have received.

Size Limit

Sets the maximum size for a message that the phone receives. If
an incoming message exceeds this size, the phone will not be
able to download that message.

Server Info

Activates the MMS server used for sending and receiving MMS
messages.

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Deferred Download

After you activate this function, the phone will only download
the information associated with the sender when it receives an
MMS message. You can then decide whether to download this
message's content after you have read the information related
to the sender.

Delivery Report

Asks the recipient to return a confirmation after receiving your
MMS message.

Read Report

Asks the recipient to return a confirmation after reading your
message.

SMS Chat

You can engage in a peer-to-peer chat session by writing short messages
to another mobile phone user. This feature allows you to have a
continuous text conversation with someone without having to enter the
number of the recipient each time you have something new to say. The
text conversation is recorded so you can review what has been said in
the chat session.

Starting a chat session

There are two ways of initiating a chat session.

1. Go to: SMS Chat
the steps below to conduct the chat:

a.Enter the nickname for the chat session, and press .
b.Enter the phone number of the person you want to chat with.

c.Write your message. When you finish, press to send the

message to invite the recipient to a chat. The chat log shows

→ Start Chat to start a new chat session. Follow

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your nickname followed by your message as “nickname>
message”.

d.When the chat message is sent, press

choose Send to enter another message. The message will
automatically be sent to the same recipient. Repeat the same
process to send more messages to the same person.

2. Alternatively, to start a chat session, you can select a message from

Inbox, press

partner from the Nickname list and then press

(Option) and then choose Chat. Select a chat

(Option) and then

. Write your

message and press to send the message to invite the recipient
to a chat.

Receiving a reply to your chat message

When your phone receives a reply from your chat partner, the chat
log will show your partner’s name and message, followed by the
previous message(s) you sent. You can now begin to chat with your
partner.

Receiving a request for a new chat

When your phone receives a chat request from another person, a
dialogue box would pop up on the display asking if you want to join
the chat. Follow the steps below to reply to the chat message:

1. Press to view the chat message.

2. Press to join the chat. Enter your nickname and message, and

press to send your message.

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Leaving a chat session

If you want to leave a chat session, press (back) or . This
will take you back to the SMS Chat menu. You phone will keep the
records of the last chat session. To resume the previous chat session,
scroll to select Previous Chat. If you want to start a new chat, go to:
SMS Chat

→ New Chat.

When you are interrupted by an incoming call during a
chat session

1. Answer the call. Upon ending the call, the display returns to the
idle mode. Then you may resume the chat session by selecting
Previous Chat from the SMS Chat menu.

2. Reject the incoming call and continue the chat by selecting

Previous Chat from the SMS Chat menu.

Vo i c e m a i l

Get Voicemail

Used to dial the voicemail number provided by your network
vendor to listen to your voicemails.

Set Number

You can save your voicemail phone number here.

8 Your network vendor will provide you with your voicemail inbox

number and a number for accessing any other voicemail services.
For detailed information about voicemail services, contact your
network operator to see if you need to save a specific phone number
to your phone in order to access your voicemail inbox.

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Cell Broadcast

Cell broadcast messages are general messages that your network
operator broadcasts to all phones within a particular area. These
messages are broadcast in numbered channels. For example, channel
030 might be for local weather, 060 for traffic reports, 080 for
information about local hospitals, taxis, pharmacies, and so forth.
You can receive cell broadcast messages that your network operator
broadcasts, and select your preferred topics and languages.

8 For more information about available channels and a list of the

information they provide, contact your network operator.

8 When you receive a cell broadcast, the content will be displayed twice

in ticker-tape fashion.

Receive

Allows you to select whether or not to receive cell broadcast
messages.

To p i c s

Allows you to decide what information you wish to receive
from your network operator's cell broadcasts. The topics listed
in the To p i c s list represent the broadcast information that you
have selected to receive from your network operator.
If you have not previously saved any topics, you can press

(Option) and then select the Add option to enter the

channel in From and To fields.

Language

You can limit the cell broadcast information that you receive

from your network operator to a specific language. Press

to select your preferred language, and press (Save) to
save the setting.

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Memory Status

Displays the amount of remaining available memory, including
pictures, animations and ring tones stored on the phone.

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Input Modes

Changing the Text Input Mode

When the display shows the editing screen, you
will be able to see the name of the current text
input mode in the upper right corner of the

screen. Press to change the input mode.

The input mode icons (names) that may appear in the upper right
corner of the screen represent the following input modes:

Uppercase letters input mode.

Lowercase letters input mode.

iTap (predictive input mode) for uppercase letters.

iTap (predictive input mode) for lowercase letters.

Numeric input mode (123).

You can set the default input mode to the one you most frequently

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use. Go the menu Settings → Input Mode. See page 116.

The text input mode
currently in use

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Letter Input Mode (ABC)

In this mode, press the key containing the desired letter repeatedly to
scroll through the available characters in order until it is reached.

How to use the letter input mode

• You must press the key corresponding to the desired letter the correct

number of times in order to enter the letter you want. Display letters
for entry according to the order shown on each key. Pressing a key
once will display the first letter listed on the key, while pressing it twice
will display the second letter, and so on.

• When you have entered a letter and wish to enter the next letter, either

wait for two seconds until the cursor moves to the next text entry
position, or immediately press the key for the next letter.

• Press to enter a space before beginning a new word.

• While entering text, press to move the cursor left or right; press

to move the cursor up or down. Press once to delete a

character; long-press

to delete all entered content.

Numeric Input Mode (123)

The numeric input mode allows you to use the alphanumeric keys

to to enter numbers.

Predictive Input Mode (iTap)

iTap analyzes letters as they being inputted, making intelligent
predictions about the words you are attempting to enter, and speeding
up text entry.

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How to use iTap

• Press once the alphanumeric key corresponding to the first letter of

the word you wish to enter without considering where that letter falls
in the sequence of characters available through that key. Then press
the key corresponding to the second letter, and so forth. The phone
will predict which word you wish to enter based on the set of keys you
have pressed. The predicted word will be shown in the lower left
portion of the screen. This word may change as you continue to press
other keys; therefore, before you have entered a complete word, you
do not need to worry if the displayed word does not yet match the
word you intend to enter.

• After pressing keys for a complete word, if the displayed word does

not match the one you intended to enter, press to view other
candidate words and locate the desired word.

• Once the correct word is displayed on the screen, press to enter this

word. A space will automatically be inserted after the word.

• While entering text, press to move the cursor left or right; press

to move the cursor up or down. Press

once to delete a

character; long-press to delete all entered text.

Example of iTap in use

To enter "COME HOME" in the message editing screen using iTap, use
the following steps:

1. Press

2. Press

3. Press to enter "COME" as text. A space will automatically be
inserted after "COME".

4. Press

to switch to iTap for uppercase letters (ITAP).

to select C, O, M, E.

to enter "HOME".

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5. Since "GOOD" is not the word that you wish to enter, press to
display the next candidate word, "HOME".

6. Press to place "HOME" into the message.

Symbol Input Mode

When editing messages, press to open the symbols field along the

bottom of the screen. Use to move the selection box to the symbol

you wish to enter, and then press to place it in the message text.

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Direct Connection to URLs

Your phone provides handy preset URL text hotkeys, enabling you to
enter a complete URL more quickly and conveniently, and making
Internet access more efficient and enjoyable.
From the standby screen, you can rapidly key in numerical URLs. If, for
example, you wish to enter "http://123.com" you need only key in "123"

and then press . The full URL will appear on the screen.
automatically adds the necessary "http://" prefix and the ".com" domain

suffix. To actually connect to this website, simply press to confirm
and the phone's browser will be started up so that you can get online.

When entering a URL, you can also use to access the following
functions:

• After pressing once, further presses of will switch to the URL

suffixes shown in the chart:

Number of

times

• You can convert (*) into the (.) that appears in URL addresses.

For example, if you enter 123*456 in the standby screen, and then

press , the URL "http://123.456.com" will appear on the screen.

Output result

0 . com

1.com.tw

2.net
3 .net.tw

4.com.cn
5 .net.cn

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•

After you press to enter "http://" press to enter "/" and "-".

For example, if after you enter "123" and then press once-causing

"http://123.com" to appear on the screen-you press again, the

URL will change to "http://123.com/". Pressing again will
switch between "/" and "-".

• When the screen shows the desired URL, press to connect to the

Internet and access this URL address.

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Menus

The phone's menus provide various features. The main menu consists
of 9 icons. Each icon represents a particular menu item, which is used to
access related sub-menus.

For information about navigating menus, see page 15, "Menu
Navigation".

Phone Book

This menu provides various functions for managing the Phone Book,
including the ability to add, locate, and copy contact data; add contacts
to a caller group; and so forth.

Find

Used to locate a contact in the Phone Book. You can enter the full name
of the desired contact, or if you are not sure about the spelling of the

contact's name, simply enter the first letter, and then press . The
phone will locate all contacts whose names begin with this letter, and
you can scroll to the field containing the contact you want. For details
on what to do after locating the desired contact, see page 29, "SIM Card
Phone Book".

Add

Used to add a new contact to the Phone Book. You will be prompted to
select from To S I M or To Ph one . Select To S IM the contact will be saved
on your SIM memory, and select To P ho ne the contact will be saved on
the phone. You can follow the procedure described on page 26, "Adding
Contacts to the Phone Book".

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Edit

After selecting a particular contact, you can follow the procedure
described on page 26 for editing the data for this contact.

Copy

If you are using the phone book stored in the phone's memory, you can
copy contact data to the SIM card's phone book, and vice versa. You can
select a contact to copy from one phone book to the other, and copy all
contacts in one phone book to the other by choosing the option All
Phone to SIM (All SIM to Phone).

Delete

Deletes a contact from the Phone Book. You can delete one contact at a
time, or delete all contacts at once.

Caller Group

Caller groups are combinations of phone settings used to identify a
particular group of contacts, such as work colleagues, family members,
or friends. For example, you can associate a ring tone and animation
with one group, and when a member of that group calls, the phone will
use the group's ring tone and display its animation.
The phone provides 5 caller groups: Colleagues, Family, Friends, VIP,
Others.
After you scroll the caller group that you wish to configure, you can
perform the following tasks:

• Press (Option): Used to select the ring tone or image ID

that will help you identify the caller group to which a particular
caller belongs, or to rename the caller group.

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Press : Allows you to view a list of all contacts that belong to

•

the caller group. Press to highlight the desired contact, and

then press (Option) to access the following options:

 Add: Add a contact to the caller group. Press to select a

contact to add, and when finished press .

 Delete: Deletes the selected contact from the contact group.

Business Card

You can use this option to enter your own business card information.
The data fields are as follows:

Your name.

Your mobile phone number.

Your e-mail address.

Your company's address.

Your job title.

Press to scroll to the data field you wish to edit, and then press
to begin entering the text. After you are finished entering the data, press

to return to the previous screen. Press (Option) and select
Save to save all the business card data, or select Send vCard to send this
business card as an attachment in a short message.

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My Number

This option allows you to save your SIM card number and name to your
SIM card's memory.

Press (Option) and select Add to enter your name and number.

When you are finished, press (Option) and then select Save to
save your data. If you wish to edit the current name and number, press

(Option) and select Edit to edit the currently selected data.

Memory Status

Shows you the entries that have been stored and the maximum entries
that can be stored, on the SIM and on the phone.

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Call Records

8 Your network operator must support this feature in order for you to be

able to use it.

This menu includes a list of your missed calls, dialed calls, and received
calls. Call costs and time are also recorded.

Missed Calls

Shows your most recent missed calls.

Press to scroll to the missed call that you wish to select. You can
now choose to view, edit, or delete the number for the missed call. The
procedure is the same as that described on page 32, "Last Missed,

Dialed, and Received Calls".

Received Calls

Shows your most recent received calls.
The procedure for using this feature is the same as that described on
page 32, "Last Missed, Dialed, and Received Calls".

Dialed Calls

Shows your most recent dialed calls.
The procedure for using this feature is the same as that described on
page 32, "Last Missed, Dialed, and Received Calls".

Cleanup All

Deletes all call records.

Call Duration

8 This feature is only accessible if supported by your network operator.

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Last Call Time

Shows the duration of the last call.

All Calls Time

Shows the total time for all calls.

Received Calls Time

Shows the total time for all received calls.

Dialed Calls Time

Shows the total time for all dialed calls.

Reset

Clears all call time records.

8 You must enter your PIN2 code in order to zero call times.

What is a PIN2 code?

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• The PIN2 is the second PIN code. Its main use is in controlling

restricted services-for example, call time limits and restricted phone
numbers.

• If the PIN2 code is incorrectly entered three times consecutively, the

PIN2 code will be locked. To unlock the PIN2 code, you will need to
enter the PUK2 code, which you obtain from your network operator.

Call Cost

Last Call Cost

Shows the cost of your last call.

8 Requires the support of the network operator.

All Calls Cost

Shows the total cost of all calls.

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8 Requires the support of the network operator.

Reset

Clears all call cost records.

8 Requires entry of the PIN2 code.

Call Cost Limit

Shows the current limit set for total call costs.

Set Call Cost

Allows you to first enter the unit price and a currency for
calculating call costs.

8 Requires entry of the PIN2 code.

Messages

For a description of the features available in the messages menu, see
page 46, "Messages Menu".

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