Benq M580A User Manual

BenQ HERC3A(M580a)

Mobile Phone User’s Manual

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Disclaimer

BenQ Corporation makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, BenQ Corporation reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation of BenQ Corporation to notify any person of such revision or changes.

Safety Information

For your safety, please read the guidelines below carefully before you use your phone:

Exposure to Radio Frequency Signals

Max. SAR measurement

GSM850: 0.987 W/Kg (head); 0.734 W/Kg (body). DCS1800: 0.528 W/Kg

PCS1900:0.362 W/Kg (head); 0.430 W/Kg (body).

Your wireless handheld portable telephone is a low power transmitter and receiver. When it is ON, it receives and also sends out radio frequency (RF) signals.

European and international agencies have set standards and recommendations for the protection of public exposure to RF electromagnetic energy.

•International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) 1996

•Verband Deutscher Elektringenieure (VDE) DIN0848

•Directives of the European Community, Directorate General V in Matters of Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Energy

•National Radiological Protection Board of the United Kingdom, GS 11, 1988

•American National Standards Institute (ANSI) IEEE. C95.1- 1992

•National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP). Report 86

•Department of Health and Welfare Canada. Safety Code 6

These standards are based on extensive scientific review. For example, over 120 scientists, engineers and physicians from universities, government health agencies and industry reviewed the available body of research to develop the updated ANSI Standard.

The design of your phone complies with these standards when used normally.

Safety Information

Specific Operating Restrictions

No metallic component allowed in body-worn accessories.

Antenna Care

Use only the supplied or approved replacement antenna. Unauthorized antennas, modifications or attachments may damage the phone and violate GCF regulations.

Phone Operation

•Normal Position: Hold the phone as you would with any other telephone.

•To avoid potential RF interference, please do not wear the phone around your neck or in front your chest for long hours.

Batteries

•For safety concerns, when the temperature of the phone goes over 45°C (113F) or below 0°C (32F), charging will halt.

•Do not expose batteries to temperatures below -10°C (14F) or above 45°C (113F). Always take your phone with you when you leave your vehicle.

•Use only genuine BenQ battery to ensure the phone’s normal operation. All batteries can cause property damage, injury or burns if a conductive material such as jewelry, keys or beaded chains touches exposed terminals. The material may complete electrical circuit and become quite hot. To protect against such unwanted current drain, exercise care in handling any charged battery, particularly when placing it inside your pocket, purse or other container with metal objects. When battery is detached from the phone, your batteries are packed with a protective battery cover; please use this cover for storing your batteries when not in use.

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Driving

Check the laws and regulations on the use of wireless telephones in the areas where you drive. Always obey them. Also, if using your phone while driving, please:

•Give full attention to driving--driving safety is your first responsibility.

•Use hands-free operation, if available.

•Pull off the road and park before making or answering a call if driving conditions so require.

Electronic Devices

Most modern electronic equipment is shielded from RF signals. However, certain electronic equipment may not be shielded against the RF signals from your wireless phone.

Pacemakers

The Health Industry Manufacturers Association recommends that a minimum separation of six (6") inches be maintained between a handheld wireless phone and a pacemaker to avoid potential interference with the pacemaker. These recommendations are consistent with the independent research by and recommendations of Wireless Technology Research.

Persons with pacemakers:

•Should ALWAYS keep the phone more than six inches from their pacemaker when the phone is turned ON.

•Should not carry the phone in a breast pocket.

•Should use the ear opposite the pacemaker to minimize the potential for

interference.

If you have any reason to suspect that the interference is taking place, turn your phone OFF immediately.

Hearing Aids

Some digital wireless phones may interfere with some hearing aids. In the event of such interference you may want to consult your hearing aid manufacturer to discuss alternatives.

Safety Information

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Other Medical Devices

If you use any other personal medical device, consult the manufacturer of your device to determine if they are adequately shielded from external RF energy. Your physician may be able to assist you in obtaining this information.

Turn your phone OFF in health care facilities when any regulations posted in these areas instruct you to do so. Hospitals or health care facilities may be using equipment that could be sensitive to external RF energy.

Vehicles

RF signals may affect improperly installed or inadequately shielded electronic systems in motor vehicles. Check with the manufacturer or its representative regarding your vehicle. You should also consult the manufacturer of any equipment that has been added to your vehicle.

Posted Facilities

Turn your phone OFF in any facility where posted notice so requires.

Aircraft

FCC regulations prohibit using your phone while in the air. Switch OFF your phone before boarding an aircraft.

Blasting Areas

To avoid interfering with blasting operations, turn your phone OFF when in a “blasting area” or in area posted “TURN OFF TWO-WAY RADIO.” Obey all signs and instructions.

Potentially Explosive Atmospheres

Turn your phone OFF and do not remove the battery when in any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere and obey all signs and instructions. Sparks, from your battery, in such areas could cause an explosion or fire resulting in bodily injury or even death.

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Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are often, but not always clearly marked. They include fueling areas such as gasoline stations; below deck on boats; fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities; vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas (such as propane or butane); areas where the air contains chemicals or particles, such as grain, dust, or metal powders; and any other area where you would normally be advised to turn off your vehicle engine.

For Vehicles Equipped with an Air Bag

An air bag inflates with great force. DO NOT place objects, including both installed or portable wireless equipment, in the area over the air bag or in the air bag deployment area. If in-vehicle wireless equipment is improperly installed and the air bag inflates, serious injury could result.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1.this device may not cause harmful interference, and

2.this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

Safety Information

European Union Directives Conformance Statement

This device complies with the OJ-Directive as below:

Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (89/336/EEC), Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC)

And R&TTE Directive (99/05/EEC).

And also complies with the standard:

3GPP TS 51.010-1 EN 301 511

EN 50360/ EN 50361

ETSI EN 301 489-1/-7 EN 60950

ETSI EN 300 328 & ETSI EN 301 489-17 (Bluetooth)

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Table of Contents
Safety Information ...........................................................	i
1. Preparing Your Phone For Use...................................	1
Inserting a SIM Card ............................................................	1
Installing the Battery ............................................................	2
Installing the Back Cover .....................................................	2
Charging the Phone..............................................................	3
Turning the Phone On .........................................................	4
2. Getting to Know Your Phone .....................................	5
Your Phone at a Glance........................................................	5
Sub Display ...........................................................................	7
Idle Screen ............................................................................	7
Using the Keys in Idle Mode..............................................	10
Menu Navigation................................................................	12
3. Using Your Phone .....................................................	13
Call Functions.....................................................................	13
Making a Phone Call ..............................................................	13
Ending a Phone Call...............................................................	13
Answering a Phone Call .........................................................	13
Rejecting an Incoming Call....................................................	13
Muting the Incoming Call .....................................................	13
Adjusting the Volume ............................................................	14
Making an International Call ................................................	14
Making an Emergency Call....................................................	14
Dialing an Extension Number...............................................	14
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Listening to Voicemails..........................................................	15
Operations During a Call.......................................................	15
Phone Book.........................................................................	20
Adding Contacts to the Phone Book.....................................	20
Finding Contacts in the Phone Book ....................................	22
Last Missed, Dialed, and Received Calls............................	23
Using the Silent Profile.......................................................	24
Camera ................................................................................	25
Taking Pictures.......................................................................	25
Camera Setup .........................................................................	26
LCD Icons on the Camera Viewfinder..................................	27
Managing Your Pictures ........................................................	28
Shortcuts .............................................................................	29
Setting Shortcuts ....................................................................	29
Using Shortcuts ......................................................................	30
Messages..............................................................................	30
SMS .........................................................................................	30
MMS........................................................................................	34
Voicemail ................................................................................	39
Cell Broadcast.........................................................................	40
Memory Status .......................................................................	40
Input Methods....................................................................	41
Shifting between Upper and Lower Case Letters..................	41
Multitap Text Input ...............................................................	41
T9 Text Input..........................................................................	42
Numeric Input........................................................................	44
Entering Symbols ...................................................................	44

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Using Bluetooth..................................................................	44
Turning Bluetooth On ...........................................................	44
Adding a Bluetooth Device to Your Phone...........................	45
Establishing Connection with Your Bluetooth Headset ......	46
Sending an Item Using Bluetooth .........................................	46
Organizing Your Bluetooth Devices......................................	46
4. Menus.........................................................................	47
Phone Book.........................................................................	47
Find .........................................................................................	47
Add..........................................................................................	47
Edit ..........................................................................................	47
Copy ........................................................................................	47
Delete ......................................................................................	48
Caller Group ...........................................................................	48
Privacy Manager.....................................................................	48
Business Card .........................................................................	48
My Number ............................................................................	49
Memory Status .......................................................................	49
Messages..............................................................................	49
Calls .....................................................................................	50
Missed .....................................................................................	50
Received ..................................................................................	50
Dialed ......................................................................................	50
Cleanup All .............................................................................	50
Duration..................................................................................	50
Cost .........................................................................................	51
Games..................................................................................	52

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JavaURL ..................................................................................	52
All Games................................................................................	52
Settings....................................................................................	52
Camera ................................................................................	52
Media Center ......................................................................	53
Images .....................................................................................	53
Music.......................................................................................	54
Others......................................................................................	55
Cleanup All .............................................................................	55
Memory Status .......................................................................	55
Tools....................................................................................	56
Alarm ......................................................................................	56
Bluetooth ................................................................................	57
World Clocks..........................................................................	57
Calendar..................................................................................	57
To Do List ...............................................................................	58
Note.........................................................................................	59
Shortcuts .................................................................................	59
Calculator................................................................................	59
Currency Converter ...............................................................	59
Stopwatch ...............................................................................	60
Countdown Timer .................................................................	60
Services................................................................................	61
WapURL .................................................................................	61
ClubBenQ ...............................................................................	61
WAP Service ...........................................................................	61
NAP Settings...........................................................................	63

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Service Number ......................................................................	63
STK Menu...............................................................................	63
Settings ................................................................................	64
Date & Time ...........................................................................	64
Auto Power On/Off................................................................	64
Profile......................................................................................	65
Display ....................................................................................	67
Audio.......................................................................................	68
Call Settings ............................................................................	69
Network ..................................................................................	73
Security ...................................................................................	75
Power Saving Mode................................................................	76
Language .................................................................................	76
Input........................................................................................	76
Restore ....................................................................................	76
5. Care and Maintenance ..............................................	77
6. Troubleshooting........................................................	78
7. Appendix: Accessories...............................................	82

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Preparing Your Phone For Use

Inserting a SIM Card

1. Slide the SIM card into the SIM card slot, with the SIM card's metal contacts facing downwards and the cut corner at the top right.

SIM card

A SIM card can be easily damaged if its metal contacts become scratched. Therefore, take special care when holding or inserting it.

To remove the SIM card, you must first press down the stay, then push the SIM card out of the slot.

SIM card

Stay

Preparing Your Phone For Use

Installing the Battery

With the battery's metal contacts facing downwards, align the protruding tabs on the end with the holes in the battery bay. Then push the battery toward the end of the bay to insert the battery's tabs into the holes. Press down to click the battery into place.

Do not remove the battery when the phone is on. Doing so could cause you to lose personal settings or data stored either on your SIM card or in the phone's memory.

Installing the Back Cover

Place the back cover onto the back of your phone and slide forward until the latch catches the cover.

2 Preparing Your Phone For Use

Charging the Phone

1.Insert the charger connector deep into the charger socket at the bottom of your phone. Ensure that the connector is plugged in the right direction with the side showing arrow icon or "up" facing upwards.

2. Plug the charger into a power outlet.

Do not remove the battery while the phone is charging.

3.Once the phone is fully charged, remove the charger from both the power outlet and the phone.

Please note:

•It takes approximately 4 hours to fully charge a battery.

•When the battery is weak, the phone will play an alert sound.

•When the battery is discharged, the charging may not start immediately when you plug in the connector. Wait 10 to 15 minutes for the phone to begin charging.

Preparing Your Phone For Use

Turning the Phone On

1.Press and hold to turn the phone on. The phone will display the welcome animation.

2.Enter your PIN code and press to confirm.

The PIN (Personal Identification Number) is the password provided by your network operator. You need this password in order to use the SIM card.

If you enter the PIN incorrectly three times in a row, the SIM card will be locked. You must now enter the PUK (Personal Unblocking Key) for that SIM card in order to unlock it. Please contact your network operator to obtain a PUK.

To activate/disable PIN password authentication, go to Settings >

Security > PIN Code > PIN 1 Code > Set Status. See page 75.

3.When the PIN code entered has been accepted, the phone will automatically search for the designated network. This search process may take a few seconds.

4.The idle screen will be displayed, as well as network signal strength and the name of the network operator. You can now use the phone.

If the phone is not able to detect the designated network, or links to a network that you are not authorized to use, the signal strength meter will show no bars. You will only be able to make emergency calls.

4 Preparing Your Phone For Use

Getting to Know Your Phone

Your Phone at a Glance

Front and side views

Front Camera

Sub display

Bluetooth hot key

Speaker

Hands-free headset / Charger socket

Data cable jack

Getting to Know Your Phone

Front open view

Earpiece

OK key

Left soft key

Dial/Answer key Camera hot key

Main Display

Scroll key

Right soft key

Power on/off key

Alphanumeric keys

Microphone

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Sub Display

When the flip is closed, the sub display's status bar will show icons for network strength, battery power, the current time and the current profile in use. The sub display will also alert you to incoming calls, new messages and missed calls.

Idle Screen

Status bar

Name of network operator






Press	to enter the Press		to enter	Press	to enter the
indicated function.		the main menu.		indicated function.
indicated function.				indicated function.

•To set the wallpaper of the display, go to Settings > Display > Wallpaper. Alternatively, you can go to Media Center > Images. See page 53 and page 67.

•To set the current time and date, as well as the format to be shown, go to Settings > Date & Time. See page 64.

Getting to Know Your Phone

Icons in the Status Bar

Icon	Function	Description
	Signal strength	Signal strength of the network. The more
	Signal strength	bars indicated, the stronger the signal.
		bars indicated, the stronger the signal.

		Shows the current level of battery power.
	Battery status	The more bars indicated, the more power
		remains.

	GPRS in use	Appears when GPRS has been activated.

	Bluetooth	Appears when Bluetooth is turned on.

		Appears when you have new or unread
	Message	messages.
		Appears in red when your messages are full.

	Messages full in	Appears when messages in the SIM card
	SIM card	are full.

	WAP message	Appears when you have new or unread
	WAP message	WAP messages.
		WAP messages.

		Appears when you have new voicemail
	Voicemail	messages (this icon will only appear if the
	Voicemail	function is supported by your network
		function is supported by your network
		operator).

	Alarm	Appears when the alarm is turned on.

	Line1 in use	Shows that Line 1 is now in use.

	Line2 in use	Shows that Line 2 is now in use.

	Normal	Shows that the Normal profile is activated.

	Meeting	Shows that the Meeting profile is activated.

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Icon	Function			Description
	Outdoors	Shows	that	the Outdoors profile is
	Outdoors	activated.
		activated.

	Silent	Shows that the Silent profile is activated.

	Personal	Shows that the Personal profile is activated.

	Headset	Appears when a headset is connected to the
	Headset	phone.
		phone.

	Divert	Appears when the call divert is activated.

	Roaming	Roaming	is	activated (not your regular
	Roaming	network).
		network).

Getting to Know Your Phone

Using the Keys in Idle Mode

In this user manual, "long-press" means to press and hold down a key for about two seconds. "Press" means to press a key and release immediately.

Key	Commands and functions

Power on/off key

•Long-press to turn the phone on or off.

•Press this key to end a call, reject an incoming call, or to cancel a dialing.

Send/Answer key

• Press to send or answer a call.

• Press to access the call record list.

Left soft key

• Press to perform the function indicated on the display.

Right soft key

• Press to perform the function indicated on the display.

• Long-press to turn the silent profile on or off.

OK key

• Press to open up the main menu.

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Key	Commands and functions

Scroll key

• Press to access Shortcuts.

• Press

to access Profiles.

•Press to access Camera Photos.

•Press to create a new SMS.

Camera hot key

• Press to activate the camera mode.

Asterisk key

• Press this key to enter an asterisk " * ".

• To make an international call, long-press this key until the display shows "+", then enter the recipient's country code, area code and phone number.

Voicemail key

• Long-press to dial your voicemail number.

# key

• Press to enter "#".

• For extensions: After entering a phone number, longpress to enter a "P" and then enter the extension number.

Alphanumeric keys

• Press to enter digits.

Bluetooth hot key

• Long press to access a list of your blurtooth devices.

Getting to Know Your Phone

Menu Navigation

1.In idle mode, press to bring up the main menu.

2.Use the scroll key to move up, down, right or left through the menu, for example, scroll to Settings, and press to enter its menu.

3.Use the scroll key to scroll to a submenu, for example Profiles, and press to enter the submenu item.

You can also access a menu item by pressing the corresponding menu number. In the above example, press to access Profiles.

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Using Your Phone

Call Functions

Making a Phone Call

In idle mode, enter the phone number. Press to dial your call.

Ending a Phone Call

To end a call, press or close the flip. The display will show the total call time, and then return to idle mode.

Answering a Phone Call

To answer a call, press . Or, open the flip.

If you wish to change the way of answering a call, go to Settings >

Call Settings > Answer Mode.

Rejecting an Incoming Call

To reject an incoming call, you can press , close the flip, or longpress at the side of the phone.

Muting the Incoming Call

To mute the ring of an incoming call, press

at the side of the phone.

Using Your Phone

Adjusting the Volume

During a call, if you want to adjust the speech volume, you can press

or .

Please note: Adjusting speech volume works during a call or when dailing.

Making an International Call

1.Enter the outgoing international call code, or long-press until "+" appears on the display.

2.Enter the recipient's country code, area code and phone number. Dial the call by pressing .

Making an Emergency Call

To call emergency services, enter 112 (the international emergency

number) and then press to dial the call. You can make an emergency call even if your phone is locked or cannot access your network, or there is no SIM card inserted, so long as you are within range of a network of the type supported by your phone.