Sagem my501x, my500x User Manual
ENGLISH
You have just purchased a SAGEM phone, we congratulate you; it is recommended that you read this handbook carefully in
order to use your phone efficiently and in the best conditions.
Your phone can be used internationally in the various networks (GSM 900 MHz and DCS 1800 MHz or PCS 1900 MHz)
depending on the roaming arrangements with your operator.
We remind you that this phone is approved to meet European standards.
SAGEM™ is a trademark of Sagem Communication SAFRAN Group.
T9™ Text Input is a trademark of ©Tegic Communications Inc.
Java™ and all Java™ based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the
U.S. and other countries.
The WAP navigator and some message softwares (i-mode) are under licence Openwave.
The WAP navigator and the softwares included are the exclusive property of Openwave. For this reason, it is forbidden to
modify, translate, disassemble or even decompile all or part of these softwares.
The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
microSD™ is a trade mark of SD Card Association.
Contents
Description .................................................. 5
Installing the SIM card and the battery ...........7
Inserting the memory card ..............................8
Idle screen ................................................... 9
Quick start ................................................. 10
Information on the SIM card..........................10
Getting started ..............................................10
Switching ON/OFF ........................................ 11
Network......................................................... 11
First call.........................................................12
Receiving a call............................................. 12
Using your phone...................................... 13
Improving antenna performance ................... 13
Increase the battery life of your phone..........13
Charging the battery .....................................14
Phonebook................................................. 15
Using the phonebook .................................... 15
Storing a new contact ...................................15
Calling a contact ...........................................15
Contact options ............................................. 16
Mailing lists ...................................................17
Messages ................................................... 18
Compose SMS.............................................. 18
Saving the message .....................................19
Sending the message ...................................19
Receiving messages..................................... 20
Messages menu............................................20
Camera ....................................................... 23
Taking and saving a photo............................ 23
Contents 3
Video .......................................................... 25
Taking a video ..............................................25
Multimedia ................................................. 26
Music player .............................................. 27
Creating a playlist ......................................... 27
Playing your music ....................................... 27
WAP............................................................ 28
The WAP Menu ............................................28
WAP Logging on........................................... 28
Downloading objects .................................... 28
WAP Logging off........................................... 29
GPRS ........................................................... 29
Games ........................................................ 30
Applications............................................... 31
Applications ..................................................31
Alarm ............................................................31
Timer ............................................................ 31
Calculator ..................................................... 31
ToDo............................................................. 32
Services........................................................ 32
Calendar ..................................................... 33
Calendar menu ............................................. 33
Settings ...................................................... 34
Phone settings.............................................. 34
Display.......................................................... 35
Calls.............................................................. 37
Networks....................................................... 39
Security......................................................... 39
Player ........................................................... 41
Browser settings ........................................... 41
Camera ......................................................... 41
Video settings ...............................................42
Shortcuts....................................................... 42
Reset settings ............................................... 42
Storage .........................................................42
Keys checking............................................... 42
Help ..............................................................42
Connectivity............................................... 43
Bluetooth (my501X model) ...........................43
Serial speed..................................................43
Car kit or headset .........................................44
USB mode ....................................................44
SyncML......................................................... 44
Technical features ..................................... 45
Conformance Document........................... 46
Care and safety information..................... 48
SAR ..............................................................48
Advice for limiting exposure to radiofrequency
(RF) fields .....................................................48
Safety............................................................ 49
Environment.................................................. 50
End User Licence Agreement (EULA), for
the software ............................................... 51
Java™......................................................... 55
Warranty..................................................... 58
Troubleshooting ........................................ 61
Customer care ........................................... 63
Index ........................................................... 64
4 Contents
Description
Red key
: Hold down: Switch on/off. In a call context: Reject a call - hang up
In menus: Return to idle screen
Green key
: Long press: Activate/Deactivate hands-free mode : press again
this key to switch into hands-free mode (
hands-free mode near to your ear, or you may suffer hearing loss)
In call context: Call - receiving a call
Right programmable key:
In idle screen: Access to certain functions (shortcuts)
In menus: Access to the selection shown on screen in the tab (*)
Left programmable key:
In idle screen: Access to certain functions (shortcuts)
In menus: Access to the selection shown on screen in the tab (*)
The navigator allows you:
- to navigate in the various functions pressing the relevant part (up, down,
right, left)
- to confirm your selection pressing the central part (
In idle screen, pressing the navigator displays the main menus icons.
Pressing the navigator followed by one of the twelve keys of the keypad, you
can display a menu directly.
When composing a message:
∗
Short press: switches from one input mode to another (upper case/lower
case, 123 mode) -
Hold down: In idle screen: Silent mode. In call reception mode: Short press
#
stops ring tone. In ring tone setting mode: Activate/deactivate ring tone
Stops sound in video or message playing, or in a game
A long press on the keys 2 to 9 directly displays the phonebook
2 to 9
(*) In this manual, when a function is chosen by pressing on this key, square brackets
are used (e.g.: [
Description 5
Long press: activate/deactivate T9 mode
Save
]).
WARNING:
do not use the phone in
OK
)
Side keys
Volume setting (calling or playing music)
Incoming call: a short press on
A long press on T refuses the call.
Long press: access to Music player
A short press allows you to play or pause music
A long press returns to the idle screen
T
stops the ring tone without refusing or answering the call.
miniSD™ card slot
Stereo headset connector
Microphone
6 Description
Installing the SIM card and the battery
WARNING
Depending on the model, network configuration and associated subscription cards, certain functions may not be available.
Ensure that your SIM card is a 3 V SIM type t hat is compatible with your phone. Inserting an incompatible card will be indicated
by a message when your phone is switched on. Contact your operator.
Your phone is identified by its IMEI number. Write this number down, and do not keep it with your phone, because you may
be asked for it in the event of your phone being stolen, in order to prevent it from being used, even with a different SIM card.
In order to display the IMEI on your phone's screen, type: *#06#.
1
3
Description 7
The SIM card is inserted under the phone's battery. Ensure that the phone is
switched off and the charger disconnected.
1 Slide the SIM card, with cut corner as shown on the phone, into the card
holder with fold face down.
2 Place the battery by positioning first the top of it, as shown on the battery.
3 Place the back cover, clicking in first the upper part then the lower part.
2
Inserting the memory card
- Open the protective cover of the slot located on the side of the phone and insert the memory card pushing it until it clicks
into place.
- To remove the card, first make sure that no application is accessing the card, then slightly push the top edge of the card
to release it and pull it out of the slot.
WARNING
The memory card is very fragile. Take care when you insert or remove the memory card.
The memory card may suffer damage if withdrawn during a read or write operation. Ensure that no application accesses the
card during its withdrawal.
Some memory cards must be formatted with a PC before first use with the phone.
8 Description
Idle screen
The idle screen may contain the following information:
1 - The title bar icons:
Battery (if it flashes red, the battery must be charged immediately)
Silent mode (the ringtone is off)
Only emergency call is possible
Signal strength level (between 0 and 5 bars)
Message received (read your message), flashing: memory full (delete some messages)
Grey: GPRS unavailable
Black: GPRS connection
Flashing: GPRS connection on hand
WAP connection
2 - Date and time
3 - Network provider
4 - Thumbnail centred on bottom line:
The main « Menu » thumbnail shows that the menus can be accessed by pressing the navigator. The following information
may also be displayed: « 1 message received » or « 1 call » (incoming call failed).
It can be deleted by pressing briefly.
Idle screen 9
Quick start
Information on the SIM card
To use your phone, you need a card called SIM card. It contains personal
information that you can modify:
Secret codes (PIN(s): Personal Identification Numbers), these codes allow you
to protect access to your SIM card and phone
Phonebook
Messages
How special services work.
Your phone is compatible with the SIM 3V cards.
WARNING
This card must be handled and stored with care in order not to be damaged. If you should lose your SIM card, contact
your network provider immediately.
Please keep your SIM card out of reach of young children.
Getting started
When you switch on your phone for the first time, follow instructions displayed on the screen.
If access to the SIM card is protected, the device prompts you to enter the PIN number:
Enter the code
for security reasons.
After pressing [
date and time, make your choice for the following settings: time zone, daylight savings, skin, wallpaper, screensaver, ring
tone, volume, vibrate and voicemail number.
10 Quick start
between 4 and 8 digits given to you when the SIM card was issued. These digits do not appear on the screen
OK
], the phone activates the SIM card settings and switches on again ; enter your PIN code again then the
If there are contacts saved in your SIM card, you are invited, if you wish, to copy them in the phone contacts memory.
Warning
If a wrong PIN number is entered three times in succession, your SIM card is blocked. You must then:
- Enter the PUK (Personal Unblocking Key) code provided by your operator, and validate.
- Enter your PIN number and validate.
- Enter your PIN number again and validate.
After 5 or 10 failed attempts (depending on the type of SIM card), the SIM card is definitely locked. You must then
contact your operator to obtain a new card.
Switching ON/OFF
When your phone is off, a short press on will turn it ON.
When the phone is ON, if your are browsing inside the menus, a short press on will come back to the idle screen. When
you are in the idle screen, a long press on will switch OFF the phone.
Network
From now on the phone hunts for a network on which it can make calls. If it finds one, it displays the name of the network on
the screen. You are then ready to send or receive a call.
If the network’s name appears, calls are possible on your operator's network.
If the letter R and a network name are displayed, calls are possible on a roaming network provider.
If the letter E is displayed without any network name, only the emergency services are accessible (ambulance, police,
fire brigade).
If the network icon flashes, the phone is in permanent search mode. There is no network available. The signal strength
indicator received allows you to display the quality of reception. If it indicates less than three bars, search for better
reception in order to call in good conditions.
Quick start 11
First call
Dial the number you want to ring.
Press .
During the call, the call in progress icon flashes on screen and tones may indicate the establishment of the call.
While a call is connecting, the phone icon is flashing.
You can adjust the sound level (volume) using the navigator upwards or downwards.
At the end of the conversation press to hang up.
International call
Press 0 (hold down) to display « + », then dial the country code without waiting for the dial tone, then the number of the
called party.
Emergency services
Depending on the network you can obtain the emergency service with or without SIM card or when the keypad is
locked. It is enough to be in an area served by a network.
To obtain the international emergency service, dial
112
then press .
Receiving a call
When you receive a call, the number of your caller is displayed when it is presented by the network.
Press to answer, and speak.
To refuse the call, press .
To stop the ring tone or the vibrate, without refusing the call, press
Hands-free mode
To change to hands-free mode during a call, make a short press on the green key then press [
of the amplified mode.
WARNING:
in this mode do not bring the phone up to your ear.
All the numbers corresponding to incoming and outgoing calls are logged in the list of recent calls.
When on a call, pressing [
to mute mode, displaying menus, displaying the phonebook.
Pressing [
Mute
12 Quick start
Options
] allows you to have access to different functions: switching to hands-free mode, switching
] allows you to switch off the microphone temporarily when you want that your correspondent does not listen.
#
.
Yes
] to confirm activation
Using your phone
Improving antenna performance
The antenna is integrated in your phone, under the back cover at the top.
Avoid putting your fingers on this area when the phone is switched ON.
If your fingers obstruct the antenna, the phone may have to operate with a higher
power level than usual; decreasing its efficiency quickly. It could also affect the
quality of your communications.
Increase the battery life of your phone
- Don't press the keys when not necessary: each keypress activates the backlight, and uses much power.
- Don't obstruct the antenna with your fingers.
- Activation Bluetooth function (my501X model) reduces the phone battery life. We advise you to deactivate it when not in
use.
Using your phone 13
Charging the battery
Your phone is powered by a rechargeable battery. A new battery must be
charged for 4 hours at least before being used for the first time. It reaches its
optimum capacity after a few cycles of use.
When your battery has been discharged, the empty battery icon flashes. In this
case recharge your battery for at least 15 minutes before making any calls in
order not to be cut off quickly.
To recharge the battery:
Connect the charger to a socket.
Plug the end of the cable into the side connector of the phone.
The phone is then charging up. The battery icon scrolls up and down to indicate
that it is charging. When the battery is fully charged, the charging stops on its
own. Disconnect the cable.
When charging, the battery may warm up, this is normal.
WARNING
There is danger of explosion if the battery is placed in an incorrectly way or if it is exposed to fire.
Do not short circuit it.
The battery does not have any part that you can change.
Do not try to open the battery casing.
Use only the appropriate chargers and batteries as shown in the phone manufacturer's catalogue.
The use of other types of chargers or batteries may be dangerous or invalidate the warranty.
Used batteries must be disposed of in the appropriate places.
We advise you to take the battery out if you plan not to use the phone for extended periods.
You are strongly advised not to connect your phone to the charger if it doesn’t contain a battery.
The charger is a safety step-down transformer, it is forbidden to modify, alter or replace it by another component (power
supply plug, etc).
If the battery has entirely discharged, the phone cannot start. Plug the phone to the charger. The phone will switch on
after a few minutes of charge. You can use the phone again when the Start option is displayed on the screen.
14 Using your phone
Phonebook
Using the phonebook
Enter the
Phonebook
When a contact is selected, an icon is displayed in the title bar:
contact stored in the SIM card
contact stored in the phone
contact stored in the Fixed Dialling. See
activation.
You can search for a contact quiclky by typing the first letters (up to three). You can display it by pressing
menu, the contacts list is displayed if you already get some (otherwise, go to
PIN2 number
and
Fixed dialling
in
Security
Storing a new contact
There are two options to store a contact :
Options
1) select [
2) enter in
- Enter the last name and press the navigator.
- Enter the number and press the navigator (
Note:
- Press [
], then select
Add contact
you can fill other fields if you store the contact in the phone memory (email, address, ringtone, photo, etc.).
Save
] to store it.
Add phone contact
pressing OK, then select
OK
or
Add SIM contact
Telephone, SIM card
).
, or
or
Fixed directory
Calling a contact
Several ways:
- Select a contact. Press
- Select a contact, press OK, his number is displayed, press [
- Direct call from the idle screen (only for the contacts stored in the SIM card memory): type the number with which the
contact was saved then
Phonebook 15
to start the call.
∗
(example : 21 ∗) or the number then #, the number is displayed, confirm.
Call
] to start the call.
Storing a new contact
Menu for more details about this
OK
.
).
Contact options
To display the various options, select a contact and press [
Modifying a contact
Modify what you want and validate then select
Sending a message
To send a SMS or a MMS to a contact (see chapter
Sending by
To send a contact details by message or Bluetooth (my501X model) (see chapters
Copy to mobile/Copy to SIM
This allows you to copy your phonebook contacts from one memory to the other. Only the name and the first phone number
will be copied.
Export
It allows you to copy one or several contact details to the
Several options:
-
current
: the details of the contact selected are copied,
multiple
: the details of the contacts you select are copied,
-
-
all
: the details of all the contacts are copied.
My numbers
You can create the entries corresponding to your own numbers in order to consult them when necessary.
Select
My numbers
and validate. Enter the different details and validate.
Memory
Select
SIM
or
Phone
Phone: the screen displays the amount of memory used. The memory capacity is shared between the phonebook and various
other features. If you lack memory, check if you can free some space.
SIM: available memory only for contacts.
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and validate.
Options
].
Save
once the modifications completed.
Messages
).
Multimedia/My Contacts
Messages
directory.
and
Connectivity
).
Delete
It allows you to delete the contact(s) selected or all the contacts.
Set as my card/Business card
The details of a contact stored in the phone memory can be saved in a business card.
- Select a contact and press [
- Select
Set as my card
SMS or MMS.
Options
and [OK]. The details are saved as
].
Business card
. Then you can read it, modify it or send it by
Copy SIM -> phone/Copy phone -> SIM
This allows you to copy all the SIM contacts to the phone memory or all the phone contacts to the SIM card.
Synchronize
You can synchronize your phonebook with your archives stored in your operator’s network depending on the options offered
by your operator.
You have only to activate Bluetooth (my501X model), or configure your USB connection in your phone.
Add to mailing list
This menu allows you to add a contact to a mailing list.
Settings
List choice:
switches on.
Sorting:
This menu allows you to select the default phonebook (SIM, Phone, SIM and Phone) displayed when the phone
This menu allows you to select the way to sort contacts in the phonebook (by name or first name).
Mailing lists
A mailing list allows you to group contacts: this list can be used to send messages easily to all the list contacts.
- In the phonebook, select the
Options
- Press [
- Select
- Select the list type (SMS or MMS).
- Enter a name and press the navigator.
- Then, on a list press [
Phonebook 17
].
Add mailing list
.
Options
Mailing Lists
]. Select
Add contact
tab pressing the navigator rightwards.
each time you want to add a contact in the list.
Messages
From this menu, you are able to send SMS and MMS. MMS is a Multimedia Message Service, which allows you to enclose
photos, audio files, and others rich contents to your messages; these messages can even be composed of several slides.
MMS are differently charged to SMS are. Please contact your network provider to get more information on their cost and the
service availability.
Compose SMS
Select
Messages/Create Message
The language used is the one selected on the display of the phone (if the language selected is not compatible with the Easy
Message T9™, the English language will be automatically selected).
When the text has been entered, [
-
Add recipient
-
Add Pictures/Sounds/My objects/Calendar/Business cards/miniSD™
Add Subject
-
-
Preview
-
Slide duration
Symbols
-
-
Input mode: ABC mode/123 mode
-
Message type
Save
-
-
Save as Template
-
Send Options
Activate/Deactivate Zoom
-
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: to send the message by entering the recipient's number or selecting it in the phonebook.
: allows you to precise a subject to your message.
: to display a preview of the message once composed.
: allows you to select a duration to make the text scroll automatically before sending the message.
: to insert accented characters, special characters or punctuation.
: to select the message type (SMS or MMS).
: to save a draft in memory.
: allows you to keep as a template a message in order to use it again.
(see page 21).
.
Options
] is used to access the functions offered:
(see page 19)
is used to modify size of characters.
, T9 options
: to insert various objects into your message.
(see page 19).
The Easy Message T9™ mode helps you to easily write your messages.
Using T9 Mode
Press once the key corresponding to the letter chosen and compose the word by continuing to press the keys corresponding
to the various letters without paying attention to the display: the word is highlighted.
The same sequence of keys pressed can correspond to several words, existing on the dictionary. If the word that appears is
not the word you expected, press the navigator upwards to scroll through the words corresponding to this key sequence.
Once you agree on the word proposed on the screen, press the navigator rightwards to validate it or on the
validates and inserts a space after the word), and go on writing the next word.
If the word you are expected is not proposed, please add characters until you get the message
validate if the word displayed suits you or modify this word before adding it in the dictionary.
If you do not want to use T9 mode, you can change of input mode (which appear at the top right of the title bar) pressing
the
123 mode
make the letter wanted appear (for example: press twice the
Upper case
A short press on ∗ will display the next letter in upper case.
Punctuation characters
Punctuation characters are obtained by pressing the 1 key (except in
by briefly pressing
Accented characters
Accented characters are generated automatically in T9 mode.
In ABC mode accented characters are available by pressing the key supporting the non-accented character repeatedly.
allows you to type numbers and the
#
).
ABC mode
allows you to type letters: press on one key several times to
2
key to display B).
123
mode), or with the help of
Add a word
? Press
Insert
mode (fast access
0
key (which
Yes
and
Saving the message
- Select
Save
- Select where you want to save it (SIM card or phone). It is saved in the
if you do not want send the message immediately or if you want to send it several times.
Drafts
menu.
Sending the message
- Once the text entered, press the navigator or press [
- Enter the receiver’s number or take it in your phonebook pressing [
You alson can select a contacts list in your phonebook.
Send
.
- Select
Note:
cofirmation. You can use an email address if the message is a MMS.
Messages 19
if the message type (SMS or MMS) has not been selected when composing the message, the phone prompts for a
Options
] and select
Options
Add recipient
] then selecting
.
Contacts
.
∗
:
Receiving messages
When you receive a message, the phone plays the ring tone that you selected, and a message icon comes on the screen of
your phone.
If you do not read the messages, this icon remains displayed on the screen. When it flashes, the memory is full.
Receiving icons, backgrounds or tunes can take several seconds. An icon is flashing when the download of your message is
in progress.
Note that you have two different possibilities for receiving MMS: automatically or manually; if « manual mode » is activated,
then you will receive only a notification in your Inbox, meaning that a MMS is available on the MMS Server; select Retrieve
in the options when you want to retrieve the MMS from the network.
For more details about automatic and retrieval modes, see « Options » on page 21.
Please contact your network provider to get more information on icons, backgrounds or tunes downloading.
Received messages are stored in the SIM card or in the phone until you choose to delete them.
Messages menu
Inbox
Messages are listed in chronological order, the latest one being displayed first.
The quantity of Not Read and Not Retrieved messages is shown. Not Retrieved and Not Read messages are shown in bold.
Outbox
This menu displays the messages that have not been sent. You can therefore send them again.
Sentbox
The
Sentbox
menu (see page 21).
Too many messages saved will quickly fill up the available memory and no further messages will be received.
For each message, its characteristics (shown with an icon) and the time (or date) of sending are displayed on the screen.
Select a message and press the navigator.
Choose one of the options given: Read, Modify, Forward, Delete, Delete all.
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menu is used to store all your sent messages if you activated the option
Store sent messages
in the
Options
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