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Improvements and changes to this guide due to typographical

errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to

the programs and/or equipment, may be made by

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Inc. at any time without notice.

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i280 Mobile

Mobile

Phone

Phone User

User

User Manual

Manual

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I Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

II Before Using Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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2. LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

III Basic Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

1. Power On/Off mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2. Inserting the battery, SIM card and memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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1.1 Phone Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.2 Phone Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1.3 Description of Buttons and Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.1 LCD Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.2 Icon Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

™ i280 Mobile phone layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3. Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

IV Quick User Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

1. Screen and touch keypad lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2. Change the alert mode quickly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3. Text Input Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.1 Handwriting input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.2 Touch keyboard input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

4. Call function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4.1

To

dial a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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To

dial international numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4.3

4.4 Using speed dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4.5 F ixed Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4.6 SIM Card Location Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

4.7

4.8

4.9

4.10

4.11

To

insert a pause when dialing (for extensions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

To

dial from Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

To

answer a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

To

send SMS during an incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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To

adjust the volume during a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

To

mute during a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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4.13 DTMF (Dual Tone Multi-Frequency) tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

4.14

4.15

4.16 Call Waiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

4.17 Three-party Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

5. Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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5.3 Contact Item Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

To

search for a phone number during a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

To

divert a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

To

restrict calls (Call Blocking/Barring) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

To

search Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

To

add an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

5.4

To

delete/copy/move contact entries by bat c h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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To

import/export Contact entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

5.6

V Menu Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

1. Menu Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

2. Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

2.1 SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

2.2 MMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

2.3 Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

2.4 Chat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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2.6 My Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

To

set Caller Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Voice

Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

3. Fun and Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

3.1 Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

3.2 Java . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

4. STK for Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

5. Call Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

6. Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

7. Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

7.1 E-Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

7.2 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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To

Do List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

7.4 Alarm clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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7.5 World clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

7.6 Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

7.7 Unit Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

7.8 Currency Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

7.9 Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

7.10 Stopwatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

8. Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

9. Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

9.1 Audio Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

9.2 TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

9.3 Video Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

9.4 Video Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

9.5 FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

9.6 Schedule FM Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

9.7 Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

9.8 Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

9.9 Sound Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

10. Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

10.1 Phone Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

10.2 User Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

10.3 Call Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

10.4 Network Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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10.5 Security Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

10.6 Connection Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

10.7 Phone Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

10.8 Restore Factory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

VI TROUBLE SHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

VII Security Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

1. SIM and Phone Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

1.1 Phone Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

1.2 PIN Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

1.3 PIN2 Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

1.4 PUK Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

1.5 PUK2 Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

1.6 Limited password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

2. Health and safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

2.1 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

2.2 Vehicle Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

2.3 Usage environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

2.4 Electronic equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

2.5 Other important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

3. Radio Frequency (RF) Exposure and SAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

4. Definition of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Safety

I

Safety

I

I Safety

Safety Information

Please read the following instructions carefully and comply with

them to avoid danger and any violation of law. For detailed

information of safety, please refer to Section VII 2. Health and S afety

I nformation.

Information

Vehicle

Vehicle Use

Do not use phone without a hands-free device while driving.

Turn

Turn off

Do not use phone at gas stations or in other explosive environments.

Turn

Turn off

Mobile phone may cause interference with an aircraft’s navigational

system; it is illegal and dangerous to use the phone onboard an

aircraft.

Use

off

phone

off

phone

off phone

phone while

off

mobile

off

mobile

off mobile

mobile phone

while

while fueling

phone

phone on

fueling

fueling or

on

on board

or

refueling

or

refueling

or refueling

refueling

board

board aircraft

aircraft

Turn

Turn off

Abide by the rules and regulations of the hospital; turn off phone near

any medical equipment.

Interference

Wireless signals can interfere with mobile telecommunication and

off

mobile

off

mobile

off mobile

mobile phone

phone

phone in

in

hospitals

in

hospitals

in hospitals

hospitals

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can affect the functioning of mobile phones.

Observe

Observe special

Comply with special regulations and turn off phone wherever it is

prohibited.

Reasonable

Reasonable use

Avoid touching the antenna. Use phone in the normal posi tion (near

your ears).

Accessories

Accessories and

Use only

special

special regulations

use

and

and batteries

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regulations

batteries

™ i280 original batteries, chargers and other

related accessories.

Professional

Professional service

Must be installed or maintained by trained personnel.

service

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Before

II

Before

II

II Before

Before Using

Using

Using Your

Your

Your Phone

Phone

Thank you for selecting the

Mobile Phone.

carefully reading this manual where you can find your phone

of-the-art functions and user-friendly operations.

Your

design and various useful features such as a 2.8 ” TFT t ouch -screen

display and a 3.0 Megapixel c amera.

This phone provides various practical functions including Predictive

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™ i280 is a candy bar TV phone with state-of-the-art

can fully understand how to use your phone by

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text English/Spanish input, folder type of Contacts, individualized 64

chord and mp3 ring tones, picture IDs for incoming calls,

clock/alarm clock, camera, audio player, video player, re corder,

analog

(microSD card), stereo Bluetooth, calculator, power On/Off switch.

The phone

recreational activities, in addition to its basic use as a mobile phone.

Your verykool

specifications of GSM/Edge.

TV,

FM Radio, USB Storage, external memory card

’

s features pr o vide convenience for your work and

™ i280 mobile phone complies with the technical

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™

i280

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i280 Mobile

Mobile

Mobile phone

phone

phone layout

layout

Phone

1.1

Phone

Phone Front

Front

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1.2

1.2 Phone

Phone

Phone Rear

Rear

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Key

Function

Function when

when

when pressed

pressed

pressed from

from

from standby

standby

standby screen

screen

S END k ey

List all logs as dialed, received and missed call s

H OME k ey

Quickly return to main menu

E ND k ey

Return to standby screen

P OWER k ey

Quickly return to standby mode and lock the

phone

Press for 2 seconds for Power on/off

S IDE U P /D OWN

key

Increase/Decrease the volume of current user

profile.

C AMERA k ey

Enter Camera mode.

TV k ey

Enter TV mode.

M USIC k ey

Enter Audio Player mode.

Soft

Soft Key

Key

Function

Function (varies

(varies

(varies according

according

according to

to

to the

the

the screen)

screen)

Left Soft Key

E xecute the operation displayed in the lower left

under the operating window.

Right Soft Key

E xecute the operation displayed in the lower

right under the operating window.

1.3

Description

Description of

of

Buttons

of

Buttons

of Buttons

Buttons and

and

and Keys

Keys

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2.

Scale

Description

Status Bar

Displays various status icons

Content Section

Displays the network provider, time, date,

events and other information

Quick Key Menu

Displays Shortcuts to the phone

’

s basic

functions

LCD

2.

LCD

2.

2. LCD

LCD

2.1

LCD

2.1

LCD

2.1

2.1 LCD

LCD Description

Description

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2.2

Icon

Description

Shows the signal strength. More bars means a stronger

signal

Shows current battery charge level

A ppears when the phone is set to mute during a call

Indicates that the phone is roaming on other network

A ppears when the GSM Divert All Calls function is

activated

You

have received a text message. If the message

capacity is full, this icon will blink

You

have received a n MMS message. If the message

capacity is full, this icon will blink

You

have an unread email. If the email capacity is full,

this icon will blink

You

have an unread PUSH message. If the message

capacity is full, this icon will blink

/

EDGE/GPRS is set to “ Always Connected ” . If it is set

to “ Connect on Demand ” , the icon will not appear

/

EDGE/GPRS is in use

Icon

2.2

Icon

2.2

2.2 Icon

Icon Description

Description

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Icon

Description

The phone has detected the microSD card

Earphones are plugged in

The Alarm clock has been set and activated

Phone lock is activated

You

have a missed call

You

have an unread voice message in the voice mailbox

The stopwatch is counting

Chat room 1 is in use

Chat room 2 is in use

Bluetooth is activated

Indicates the current profile:

The alert is set to Ring

The alert is set to Vibration Only

The alert is set to Vibrate and Ring

The alert is set to Vibrate then Ring

The alert is set to None.

“ None ” means the phone will alert with light only,

without sound and vibration

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III

Basic

III

Basic

III

III Basic

Basic Functions

1.

Power

1.

Power

1.

1. Power

Power On/Off

Press and hold the POWER key to turn phone On/Off.

Functions

On/Off

On/Off mobile

mobile

mobile phone

phone

Inserting

2.

Inserting

Inserting the

2.

card

When you apply for network service, y ou receive a SIM c ard

containing your proprietary information, such as PIN Code and

available service options.

SIM

SIM Card



 Always handle the SIM card with care. SIM c ards can be easily

Card

Card Usage

SIM c ards should put in a safe place out of reach of children .

damaged. Do not bend nor touch the contact point s

when carrying, inserting or removing the SIM card .

Usage

Usage Notes

the

the battery,

battery,

battery, SIM

Notes

Notes :

SIM

SIM card

card

card and

and

and memory

memory

.

Be careful

 Please make sure to turn off the phone and remove the battery

before inserting SIM card.

Inserting

Inserting the

1. Press POWER key until the phone turns off.

Slide down and remove the battery cover.

2.

3.

Lift the battery from the microSD side of the phone to remove it.

the

battery

the

battery

the battery

battery and

and

and SIM

SIM

SIM card:

card:

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4. Insert the SIM c ard into the SIM slot :

 Place the SIM card

’

s metal contact point face down, match to

the correct contact position in the SIM slot.



To

remove the SIM card, gently press and slide card out from

the SIM slot.

5.

Insert the battery :

 Match the battery

’

s

metal contact points with the corresponding

spring pins in the battery slot, then press the battery down into

position.

6. Replace the battery cover :

 Put the clip on the two ends of battery cover into the grooves on

the back shell, and then slide the battery cover into the back

shell.

Inserting

Inserting the

1.

Open the protective slot cover with the metal pins facing up, and

the

microSD

the

microSD

the microSD

microSD c

c

c ard

ard

insert the memory card into the slot.

2. The microSD card metal contact points should always face up.

3.

To

remove the microSD, gently push the memory card inwards,

release and the card will automatically spring out.

You

can now

remove the memory card.

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Charging

Note:

Your mobile phone battery has been charged to 50% capacity and

can be used immediately. However, it is best to charge it for 4 hours

before the first time of use, and charge the second time only after

using the phone until the battery has been fully disch arged. Repeat

this full charge/discharge cycle several times, and the battery will

reach peak performance.

Charging

3.

Charging

Charging the

3.

1. Plug the charger into a power outlet.

the

the battery

battery

2. Connect the charger cable to the jack on the side of the phone. The

battery power icon will blink on the status bar.



A

charging indicator icon will appear when charging is in

progress, even if the phone is turned off.

 If the phone is used continuously under low battery, charging

will take longer than normal.

 When the battery indicator icon stops flashing, this indicates it

is fully charged.

 It is normal that the battery, mobile phone and charger become

warm when charging.

3. When not charging, please unplug the charger from the AC power

supply and disconnect the phone from the charger

.

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IV

IV Quick

1.

Screen

1.

Screen

1.

1. Screen

Screen and

Quick

Quick User

User

User Manual

and

and touch

touch

touch keypad

Manual

keypad

keypad lock

lock

Auto

Auto Lock:

 When the backlight automatically turns off, the screen and keypad



 O perations such as plugging/unplugging the USB

 The keypad and the screen also can be unlocked by some events

Lock:

will also be locked at the same time.

Press the POWER key or S IDE U P /D OWN key to unlock the

keypad and screen.

cable/charger/earphones/memory card can unlock the keypad and

screen directly.

such as a new message box, or an alarm.

Manual

Manual Lock

 Press the POWER key to lock the screen and keypad.

If Interactive Unlock Screen is on (



Setup � Interactive Unlock Screen

partially illuminate the screen, and then press one fish to unlock

and fully light up the keypad and screen.

 If Interactive Unlock Screen is off, press POWER key to unlock

the phone directly (the screen will be fully lighted and the keypad

activated).

 O perations such as plugging/unplugging the USB

Lock

Menu � Settings � Security

), press the POWER key to

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cable/charger/earphones/memory card can unlock the keypad and

Note:

When the screen is locked, nothing happens if you touch it.

T he touch keypad is visible only when the screen is unlocked. In

unlock ed status, only on standby and on the main menu screen,

the three touch keys on the top can respond to a key press.

If there is an incoming call or outgoing call, the screen will be

locked automatically. Press the S IDE U P /D OWN key to unlock.

In unlock status, only the S IDE U P /D OWN key , Send key and

End key can be used.

screen directly.

 The keypad and the screen also can be unlocked by some events

such as a new message box, or an alarm.

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2.

Change

2.

Change

2.

2. Change

Change the

There are two ways to change the alert mode of a user profile:

 In standby mode, press the SIDE UP/DOWN key to increase or

decrease the ring tone volume of the current user profile. Drop the

the

the alert

alert

alert mode

mode

mode quickly

quickly

volume to “ 0 ” to activate the “ Vibrate Mode ”

SIDE DOWN key to decrease the volume below “ 0 ”

Mode ” will be activated.

 From the standby screen, press the phone icon

press

press and

“ Vibrate ”

previous alert mode.

Text

3.

Text

Text Input

3.

and

and hold

Input

Input Mode

hold

hold to change the alert mode of events to

Press

.

Press

Press and

Mode

and

and hold

hold

hold again to switch to the

.

If you press the

,

the “ Silent

,

and then

3.1

Your phone supports handwriting recognition. Press to enable

handwriting mode :

1

2

Handwriting

Handwriting input

Using the stylus, w rite English letters in the gray area

will recognize the inputs a utomatically and show the most similar

letters in for your selection.

The entered letters are shown on th

input

e

right -hand area

.

The phone

.

At the sa me

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time, the phone will match the most similar words associated with

the letter s you have just entered

which are the most recently used words in the phone database. In

this right-hand area

3 Press to place your selected letters in the textbox.

matched word, press the word directly.

4

To

switch between eng / Eng / ENG

: The input letters are all in lowercase.

: The i nitial l etter of a word is uppercase .

: The input letters are all in upper case.

,

the first matched word will be marked.

,

and only show the first five words

To

,

press

,

and .

place a

Touch

3.2

With touch keyboard you can input numbers

uppercase/lowercase letter s in English and Spanish

the Smart English input method.

Press

English, multi - tap ABC/abc and Spanish.

Smart

Smart English

1.

2.

Touch

Touch keyboard

English

The phone will display the most similar words associated with the

letters you have just entered

To

place your typed letters in the textbox, press .

keyboard

keyboard input

, ,

or to switch the input method between Smart

input

,

speeding up the input.

,

s ymbols and

.

You

can also use

3.

To

view the previous or next matched word, press

.

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4. Press to place the word shown on screen in the textbox.

When a word is added to the textbox, a space will be added

5.

automatically.

6.

To

switch capitalization mode, press

I

nput

I

nput

I

I nput

nput uppercase/lowercase

1.

2. Press to type the next single character in uppercase.

3. Press or to enable or disable CAPS lock.

uppercase/lowercase

uppercase/lowercase letter

Press the keypad t o input your desired letters .

letter

letter in

in

English

in

English

in English

English or

,

or

or Spanish

or .

Spanish

Numeric

Numeric input

1. Press to switch to Numeric (Digits) Keyboard

2. Use this keyboard to input numbers and common symbols.

Symbol

Symbol input

1. Press to switch to Symbols Keyboard

2. The keyboard will switch back to the previous keyboard after you

input the symbol .

Call

4.

Call

Call function

4.

You

shown on the display screen.

can dial and receive calls when network provider signals are

input

function

.

This function has three interfaces: dialing, receiving and sending a

call. The message bar on the top left corner of display screen shows

the network signal strength. O bstructions may interfere with

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connection; therefore the signal intensity can often be improved by

Note:

In any region where digital GSM networks are used, you may

have emergency call service when you are within network range

(find out by checking network signal intensity on the top left

corner of the mobile phone

’

s display screen).

In this situation, the screen will show “ Emergency ” , indicating

that you can make emergency calls even if roaming service has

not been provided by your network supplier in this area.

You

can make an emergency call if you are within network range

even if no SIM c ard is installed in your phone.

On some screen s such as inputting PIN code or phone lock code,

you can press the Right Soft Key “ SOS ” to dial out the preset

emergency number 911 directly.

Emergency call service may not work in all regions or countries.

moving a small distance.

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4.1

To

dial

a

To

dial

To

dial

dial a

call

a

call

a call

call

Press the phone icon from the standby screen to display the

dial pad.

Operation

Operation of

Press to view the call logs, then select the number you

1.

of

of the

the

the dial

dial

pad:

dial

pad:

dial pad:

pad:

want to dial by pressing it .

2. Press or press “ Search ” to activate the Quick Search

function of Contacts, then select the number you want to dial .

3. Press the numerical keys to input the phone number to be dialed .

4. Press to delete the last digit if the number is incorrect.

Press and hold to clear the entire number .

After you have selected or entered the number you want to dial :

5.

 Press or press the SEND key to start your call .

 Press “ Options ” and select “ Save ” to store the number in

Contacts .

6.

Press the END key to return to the standby screen.

7. Press the SEND key to dial the number .

8. Press the HOME key to enter the main menu.

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Note:



When dialing, the screen will be locked automatically. Press the

S IDE U P /D OWN key to unlock.

4.2

You

To

dial

To

international

dial

international

dial

dial international

international numbers

numbers

may be familiar with the complicated international access codes

such as 001, 011, or others which are required for international calls

from traditional phones. The international GSM standard replaces

these dialing codes with a standard “ + ” symbol whi ch can be used

from any country.

You

must still dial the country code for the

country you are trying to reach.

To

make

To

make

To

make

make an

phone

phone :

an

international

an

international

an international

international call

call

call on

on

your

on

your

on your

your

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1. P ress to o pen the touch dial pad .

2. Press and hold to input the international connection

code “ + ”

.

3. E nter the country code and the phone number.

4. Press the SEND key or press to start your call.

4.3

To

insert

insert a

a

pause

a

pause

a pause

pause when

when

when dialing

dialing

dialing (for

(for

extensions)

(for

extensions)

(for extensions)

extensions)

This phone supports two ways to dial an extension number with a

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pause symbol:

To

dial

dial the

the

the phone

phone

phone number

number

number and

and

and extension

extension

extension number

number

number with

with

with an

an

automatic

automatic pause

1.

From the standby screen, press to open the dial pad.

2. Input the desired phone number .

3.

Quickly press twice times to input the pause symbol “ P ” .

4.

Input the desired extension number

5. Press the SEND key or press to dial the phone number.

After a pause, the phone will then dial the extension number

automatically.

The length of the pause depends on the number of P's.

pause

pause between

between

between them:

them:

.

You

can

increase the automatic pause time by inputting additional P's into the

phone number.

To

dial

To

dial

To

dial

dial the

that

that you

1. From the standby screen, open the dial pad and input the desired

phone number .

2. Press three times to input the pause symbol “ W ”

Input the desired extension number .

3.

4. Press the SEND key or press to dial the phone number,

the

phone

the

phone

the phone

phone number

you

control

you

control

you control

control manually:

number

number and

manually:

and

and extension

extension

extension number

number

number with

with

with a

a

pause

a

pause

a pause

pause

.

then the phone will prompt whether to continue dialing the

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extension number after

This lets you select whether to dial an extension number by

pressing a key when appropriate.

W

.

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