Doro Phoneeasy 508 User Manual
Doro PhoneEasy®508
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The items supplied with your phone might vary depending on the software and accessories available in your region or offered by your service
provider. You can obtain additional accessories from your local Doro dealer. The supplied accessories provide the best performance with your
phone.
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1. Earpiece
2. Left selection button
3. Call button
4. Speed dials
5. Voicemail
6. Keypad lock
7. Silent/Input method
8. Microphone
9. Torch shortcut
10. Message shortcut
11. End call/Power on/off
12. Arrow buttons
13. Right selection button
14. Charging socket
15. Headset socket
16. Loudspeaker
17. Assistance button
18. Battery cover
19. Lanyard hold (lanyard is not
included)
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Contents
Congratulations on your purchase ............................................................... 1
Get started..................................................................................................... 1
Insert the SIM card and battery ........................................................... 1
Charge the phone.................................................................................. 2
Get to know your phone ................................................................................ 2
Assistive functions................................................................................. 2
Turn the phone on and off .................................................................... 3
Start-up wizard ...................................................................................... 3
Navigate the phone
Enter text
Phone settings ....................................................................................... 5
Calls................................................................................................................ 7
Make a call............................................................................................. 7
Call from the phonebook ...................................................................... 7
Receive a call......................................................................................... 8
Volume control....................................................................................... 8
Call options ............................................................................................ 9
Speed dial
SOS calls ..............................................................................................10
Call log.................................................................................................. 10
Call settings ......................................................................................... 11
Phonebook...................................................................................................14
Add contact..........................................................................................14
Manage phonebook contacts.............................................................14
Phonebook settings ............................................................................ 15
ICE (In Case of Emergency)
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Assistance button
Make an assistance call ..................................................................... 17
Activation .............................................................................................18
Number list .......................................................................................... 18
Activate text messages (SMS) ............................................................ 19
Assistance settings .............................................................................19
Messages.....................................................................................................20
Create and send text message (SMS) ...............................................20
Inbox, Outbox and Sent.......................................................................20
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Message settings ................................................................................21
Connectivity .................................................................................................23
Network setup .....................................................................................23
Bluetooth
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Sound & Display ..........................................................................................25
Audio setup
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Tone setup (ringtone) .......................................................................... 25
Ringtone volume
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Silent .................................................................................................... 26
Alert type ..............................................................................................26
Extra tone............................................................................................. 26
Wallpaper.............................................................................................26
Text size
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Idle display ........................................................................................... 27
LCD backlight....................................................................................... 27
Brightness
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Additional functions .................................................................................... 27
Alarm .................................................................................................... 27
Calendar...............................................................................................28
Daily reminder .....................................................................................28
Calculator.............................................................................................29
FM radio ...............................................................................................29
Torch..................................................................................................... 31
Reset settings ......................................................................................31
Display status symbols ....................................................................... 31
Display main symbols .........................................................................32
Remote configuration..........................................................................33
Troubleshooting........................................................................................... 35
Safety instructions....................................................................................... 37
Network services and costs................................................................ 38
Operating environment .......................................................................38
Medical units .......................................................................................38
Areas with explosion risk .................................................................... 39
Li-ion battery........................................................................................ 39
Protect your hearing ............................................................................39
Emergency calls...................................................................................39
Vehicles................................................................................................40
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Care and maintenance ...............................................................................40
Warranty.......................................................................................................40
Copyright and other notices........................................................................ 41
Content copyright ................................................................................42
Specifications ..............................................................................................42
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) ..........................................................42
Declaration of Conformity ...................................................................42
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Congratulations on your purchase
Doro PhoneEasy®508 is a good-looking phone bringing you widely
spaced, convex keys, predictive text, direct memories and an SMS button
for easy dialling and texting. A crisp colour display and enhanced sound
simplify usage even more. Other practical features include a torch, reminders, wake-up alarm, vibrating ringer and one-touch assistance dialling with SMS alerts. For more information about accessories or other
Doro products please visit www.doro.com.
Get started
Insert the SIM card and battery
IMPORTANT!
Turn off the phone and disconnect the charger before removing the
battery cover.
1. Remove the battery cover and the battery if it is already installed.
2. Insert the SIM card by gently sliding it into the holder. Make sure
that the SIM card’s contacts are facing inwards and that the cut off
corner is pointing down. Take care not to scratch or bend the contacts on the SIM card.
3. Insert the battery by sliding it into the battery compartment with the
contacts facing downwards to the right.
4. Replace the battery cover.
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Charge the phone
CAUTION
Only use batteries, charger and accessories that have been approved
for use with this particular model. Connecting other accessories may
be dangerous and may invalidate the phones type approval and
guarantee.
When the battery is running low,
heard.
1. Connect the mains adapter to a wall socket and to the charging
socket y. The battery charge indicator is animated while charging. It takes approximately 3 hours to fully charge the battery. When
the charger is connected to the phone,
when it is disconnected.
2. When charging is completed,
If the phone is turned off when the charger is connected to the
phone only the battery charge indicator will be shown on the display.
Note! To save power the LCD backlight goes off after a while. Press any
button to illuminate the display. Full battery capacity will not be reached
until the battery has been charged 3–4 times. Batteries degrade over
time, which means that call time and standby time will normally
decrease with regular use.
is displayed and a warning signal is
is displayed briefly, and
is displayed on the screen.
Save energy
When you have fully charged the battery and disconnected the charger
from the device, unplug the charger from the wall outlet.
Get to know your phone
Assistive functions
Use below symbols to guide you through supporting sections in the
manual.
Seeing
Hearing
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Handling
Safety
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Turn the phone on and off
1. Press and hold on the phone to turn it on/off. Confirm with Yes
to power off.
2. If the SIM card is valid but protected with a PIN code (Personal Identification Number), PIN is displayed. Enter the PIN code and press
OK (
right corner of keypad).
Note! If PIN and PUK codes were not provided with your SIM card, please
contact your service provider.
Tip: It is recommended to remove the protective plastic film from the
display to enhance the visibility.
Attempts: # shows the number of PIN attempts left. When no more at-
tempts remain, PIN blocked is displayed. The SIM card must then be unlocked with the PUK code (Personal Unblocking Key).
1. Enter the PUK code and confirm with OK.
2. Enter a new PIN code and confirm with OK.
3. Re-enter new PIN code and confirm with OK.
upper left corner of keypad). Delete with Clear ( upper
Start-up wizard
When starting the phone for the first time, you can use the Start-up wizard to set some basic settings.
• Press Yes to change or No if you do not want to change.
The default language is determined by the SIM card. See Phone settings,
p.5 on how to change language, time and date.
Tip: You can run the start-up wizard later if you want. From standby
mode, press Menu
Settings General Start-up wizard.
Navigate the phone
Standby (idle mode)
When the phone is ready to use, and you have not keyed in any characters, the phone is in standby.
• Press
to return to standby mode.
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• Press left selection button to access the phone Menu or right
selection button
Name to access your saved contacts in the
phonebook.
Tip: You can always press
to return to standby.
Scroll
• Use the arrow buttons / to scroll in menus.
Step-by-step instructions
The arrow ( ) indicates next action in step-by-step instructions. To confirm an action, press OK. To select an item, scroll or highlight the item using
/ and then press OK.
Example:
• Press Menu
To perform the example on your Doro PhoneEasy
Phonebook -New contact- Add.
®
508 you should do the
following:
1. Press Menu, scroll to Phonebook and press OK.
2. Select -New contact- and press Add.
Enter text
Enter text manually
Select character
• Press a numerical key repeatedly until the desired character is
shown. Wait a few seconds before entering the next character.
Special characters/smileys
1. Press*for a list of special characters.
2. Select the desired character with
/ and press OK to confirm.
Move the cursor within text
• Use
/ to move the cursor within the text.
Upper case, lower case and numerals
• Press#to choose between upper case, lower case and numerals.
See Input mode, p.5.
Change writing language
1. Press and hold#for a list of available languages.
2. Select language with
/ and press OK to confirm.
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Enter text with predictive text
In some languages you can use the Smart ABC (eZiType™) input method
which uses a dictionary to suggest words.
• Press each key once, even if the displayed character is not the one
you want. The dictionary will suggest words based on the keys you
have pressed.
Example
1. Press3,7,3,3to write the word “Fred”. Complete the word before looking at the suggestions.
2. Use
/ to view the suggested words.
3. Press Select and continue with the next word.
Alternatively, press0to continue with the next word.
4. If none of the suggested words are correct, use manual input mode.
Note! See Predictive text, p.21 for more information.
Input mode
• Press#to change input mode. The icon on the top left of the dis-
play indicates the input mode.
Abc
ABC
abc
Abc
ABC UPPER CASE
abc lower case
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Sentence case with predictive text
UPPER CASE with predictive text
lower case with predictive text
Sentence case
Numerals
Phone settings
Time & date
Set the time and date
1. Press Menu
• Set time to enter the time (HH:MM).
• Set date to enter the date (DD/MM/YYYY).
2. Press OK to confirm.
Settings General Time & date:
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Tip: You can also set the phone to automatically update the time and
date according to the current time zone. In Time & date select Auto time
On. Automatic update of date and time does not change the time you
have set for the alarm clock or the calendar. They are in local time.
Updating may cause some alarms you have set to expire depending on
network support and subscription.
Set the time/date format
1. Press Menu
Settings General Time & date Set
format:
• Time format
12 hours or 24 hours.
• Date format and select the desired date format.
2. Press OK to confirm.
Language
The default language for the phone menus, messages, etc. is determined
by the SIM card. You can change this to any other language supported by
the phone.
1. Press Menu
2. Use
/ to select a language.
Settings General Language.
3. Press OK to confirm.
Block function
1. Press Menu Settings General Block function.
2. Select each function you want to disable and press Off.
3. Press Done to confirm.
PIN code options
1. Press Menu Settings Security SIM lock:
• On to activate the PIN code. You need to enter the PIN code
every time the phone is started.
• Off to deactivate the PIN code.
WARNING
If the SIM card is lost/stolen it is unprotected.
• Automatic to start the phone without the PIN code. The phone
remembers it automatically, but if the SIM card is moved to another phone (lost/stolen) the PIN code needs to be entered
when the phone is started.
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2. Press OK to confirm.
Change PIN code
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1. Press Menu
2. Enter current PIN code and press OK.
3. Enter new PIN and press OK. Repeat to confirm.
Settings Security Passwords PIN.
Keypad lock
You can lock the keypad to prevent the keys being accidentally pressed,
for example, when your phone is in your handbag.
Incoming calls can be answered by pressing
locked. During the call, the keypad is unlocked. When the call is ended or
rejected, the keypad is locked again.
• Press and hold*to lock/unlock the keypad.
Note! The main local emergency number can be dialled without
unlocking the keypad.
Activate
1. Press Menu
• Auto keylock to select the time delay for automatic keypad
locking.
• Unlock mode to select Single key to unlock the keypad with
or Dual key to lock/unlock with right selection button (Name/
Unlock) and*.
Settings Security Keypad lock:
even if the keypad is
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2. Press OK to confirm.
Calls
Make a call
1. Enter the phone number including the area code. Delete with Clear.
2. Press
3. Press
Tip: For international calls, always use + before the country code for best
operation. Press*twice for the international prefix +.
to dial. Press Abort to cancel dialling.
to end the call.
Call from the phonebook
1. Press Name to open the phonebook.
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2. Use / to scroll through the phonebook, or quick search by
pressing the key corresponding to the first letter of the entry, see En-
ter text
3. Press Call to dial the selected entry. If needed, select the number.
Alternatively, press
4. Press Abort or
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to dial.
to cancel dialling.
Receive a call
1. Press to answer, or press Silent to switch off the ringsignal
and then Reject to reject the call (busy signal).
Alternatively, press
2. Press
to end the call.
to reject the call directly.
Volume control
Use / to adjust the sound volume during a call. The volume level
is indicated on the display. If you use a hearing aid or have hearing difficulties when using the telephone in a noisy environment, you can cus-
tomise the phone's audio settings, see Audio setup
, p.25.
Silent
Silent is a fixed profile with Keypad tone, Message tone and Ringtone disabled, while Vibration, Tasks, Daily reminder and Alarm are unchanged.
• Press and hold shortcut button#to activate/deactivate silent
mode.
Headset
When a headset is connected, the internal microphone in the phone is
automatically disconnected. If available, use the answer key on the headset to answer and end calls.
CAUTION
Using a headset at high volume may damage your hearing. Adjust the
volume level carefully when using a headset.
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Call options
During a call the selection buttons1( ) give access to additional
functions.
Options (left selection button)
• Hold/Retrieve to hold/retrieve the current call.
• End single call to end the current call (same as
• New call to call another number (Conference).
• Phonebook to search the phonebook.
• Messages to write or read text messages.
• Mute to disable the microphone.
SPK on (right selection button)
The loudspeaker allows you to speak without holding the phone closely
to the ear.
1. Press SPK on to activate. Speak clearly into the phone microphone
at a maximum distance of 1 m. Use
speaker volume.
2. Press SPK off to return to normal mode.
/ to adjust the loud-
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Note! Loud background noises (music, etc.) may interfere with the sound
quality.
Speed dial
UseA–B,0and2–9to speed dial an entry from standby.
• Press and hold the corresponding key to speed dial.
Add speed dial numbers
1. Press Menu
2. Select
3. Press OK to confirm.
4. Repeat to add speed dial entries for buttonsB,0,2–9.
Tip: To change contact, select an existing entry and press Options
Edit/Delete.
1. Selection buttons have multiple functions. The current function is shown
above the selection button on the display.
A
Settings Calls Speed dial.
Add and select an entry from the phonebook.
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