Mobell Iridium 9505A User Manual

Iridium 9505A Satellite Phone

Simple User Guide

This is not a normal mobile phone, but it’s easy!

Just follow these 3 simple steps…

1 Go Outside 2 Rotate & Extend 3 Switch On

Antenna

1) Go Outside

Before you switch on the phone ensure that you are outside, away
from buildings and trees, with a clear uninterrupted view of as much
sky as possible.
The phone requires a clear line of sight to the satellites at all times.
The more sky you can see the more reliable the connection will be.
This phone will not work reliably indoors (if at all), even by a
window.

It may be helpful to understand that there are many Iridium
satellites, and that they are continually moving across the sky,
‘handing-over’ your signal from one to another as they pass
overhead. Therefore, it is normal for the signal strength to vary as
the satellites cross your path. If you do not have a sufficiently
expansive clear uninterrupted view of the sky then your received
signal strength may vary dramatically, or even drop altogether, as
you await the arrival of the next satellite. The only solution to this is
to find yourself a position with more sky!

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2) Rotate and Extend Antenna

Carefully rotate the antenna to a vertical position, and pull it to fully
extend the end section.

The antenna works best when it is pointing vertically upwards.
The antenna should be rotated to the appropriate position, left or
right of centre, so as to maintain this vertical position when it is held
to your ear.

Be careful; the antenna breaks easily!

3) Switch On

Press and hold the Power button

(bottom left of phone keypad)
until the phone switches on (this takes a few seconds).
The display will show “Searching...“ and the satellite signal
strength (maximum 5 bars) will be shown at the top left of the
screen.
Once a satisfactory signal has been acquired the display will show
“Registered” and the phone is ready to make and receive calls.

This whole process should take less than a minute. If the phone has
not successfully registered in this time then it may be necessary to
turn off the phone and retry. The most likely cause for failed
registration, however, will be poor signal strength. For best results
always remember to keep the antenna vertical and to position
yourself away from any local obstructions (buildings, trees, etc.) and
find yourself the best possible view of as much sky as you can.

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Making Calls from the Iridium Phone

All calls must be dialled in the following format; always beginning
with 00, and including the appropriate country code and omitting
the leading zero of the area code (if there is one):

00 CountryCode AreaCode PhoneNumber

For example:
to call Mobell in the UK…

00 44 1543 426999

OK

to call another Iridium phone…

00 8816 xxxx xxxx

OK

Receiving Calls

The antenna must be rotated and fully extended to receive calls.
When the phone rings, answer the call

by pressing the OK key

OK

To End Calls

Press the C key

C

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