Ericsson I 888 WORLD manuale d’uso

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Contents General Information 2 Operators & Subscription 2, GSM 900/1900 Dual Band 2, SIM & PIN 2 Preparing Your Phone for Use 3 The SIM Card 3, The Battery 4 Turning On the Phone 7 When No Network Name Is Displayed 7, To Turn Off the Phone 7, Initial Set- tings 7 Making and Receiving Calls 9 Emergency Calls 9, Making Calls 9, Receiving a Ca[...]

The Menu System The Menu System Start here Ring type Edit melody Mail alert Keylock Key sound Light Min minder Call info Answering mode Greeting Phone no Language Data menus Line1 tag Master reset Name recall Position recall Store Edit Erase Erase all from phone Copy all Copy Call card numbers Fixed numbers Answered calls Dialled numbers Voice mail[...]

The Phone, Keypad and Display Key Functions YES , used to: • make calls, answer incoming calls, put calls on hold and switch between calls. • confirm selections and in- puts. • enter a selected menu. ON/OFF and NO , used to: • turn the phone on or off. • end calls, reject incoming calls and cancel selections. • back up one level in the [...]

Congratulations… …and thank you for choosing the I 888 WORLD, a mo- bile phone specially suited for the demanding user of communication tools. Retaining the slim, streamlined size that has become associated with the Ericsson fam- ily of phones, the I 888 WORLD sets a new standard for others to follow. Apart from its unique toughness and extraor[...]

General Information Operators & Subscription To be able to use your phone, you need to have a sub- scription to a network. This is obtained from the net- work operator. The services included in your subscription depend on your choice of operator and/or subscription. Therefore, some of the services and functions described in this manual may not [...]

Pr eparing Y our Phone for Use The SIM Card When you register as a subscriber with a network operator, you obtain a SIM card. SIM cards come in two sizes. One is the size of a credit card, and the other is considerably smaller (about the size of a regular stamp). The I 888 WORLD uses the smaller card. Many operators deliver credit card sized SIM ca[...]

 Close the holder.  Lock the holder by pressing it down and sliding it in the di- rection of the arrow in the picture. The Battery Your mobile phone comes with a nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery. The battery is not charged when you buy your phone, but there may be enough power to turn on the phone. We recommend that you charge the battery [...]

A green indicator on the charger lights up. If not, make sure you have put the plug into the charger correctly. (You may have to press hard.)  Connect the clear plastic plug on the charger cable to the charger. It is correctly inserted when it snaps into place.  Connect the other end of the cable to the phone according to the picture. The fla[...]

• an alarm signal (a long beep) sounds and the mes- sage ‘Battery low’ appears for ten seconds in the display. • the indicator light on top of the phone starts blink- ing red. Note! If the phone is left turned on, the low battery alarm will be repeated several times and, finally, the phone will turn itself off when the battery is no longer [...]

T urning On the Phone To turn on the phone:  Press and hold down the NO ( ON/OFF ) key until you hear a click. The display prompts you to enter your PIN.  Enter your PIN. The digits appear as stars in the display. If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, erase the wrong digit by pressing the CLR key.  Press YES . If you enter your PI[...]

 Press CLR to return to standby mode. Note! If by accident you end up with your phone displaying a language you do not understand, you can return to Eng- lish by pressing LEFT 0000 RIGHT at any time. Setting the Time The time is shown at the bottom of the display. When you buy your phone, the time is normally not set. If you want to set the time[...]

Making and Receiving Calls The instructions in this chapter assume that you have turned on your phone and that you are within range of a network. Emergency Calls To make an emergency call:  If the phone is not on, turn it on by pressing the NO key until you hear a click.  Enter the international emergency number 112, (or 911 if you are in the[...]

Checking the first characters If you have entered more characters than can be seen in the display, the first characters will be replaced by the symbol. To check the first characters: l press the navigation key RIGHT . Receiving a Call When you receive a call, the phone rings and the indica- tor light on top of the phone blinks green rapidly. The di[...]

To redial the number automatically: l Press YES . • The number will automatically be redialled until the call is answered, up to 10 times. • If you press any key or receive a call, the re- dialling will be interrupted. • If the redialling is successful, the phone will beep and then you will hear a ring signal. If you do not want to retry, pre[...]

T o Erase a Number from the Missed Calls Memory  When the information about the call is shown, press CLR .  Press YES . Hiding or Showing Y our Number With most common subscriptions, the caller’s number is sent when a call is made. This means that the receiver can see your phone number when you make a call. However, some operators offer sub[...]

During a Call Your I 888 WORLD has several functions which you might find helpful while you are on the phone. T o Change the Earpiece V olume If you want to change the earpiece volume during a call: l Press the volume keys on the side of the phone up or down. • Pressing UP increases the volume. • Pressing DOWN decreases the volume. See also ‘[...]

The Menu System The menu system of your I 888 WORLD allows you to control the phone’s functions and to customize it to suit your personal preferences. Each menu contains a list of options; some of these have submenus with additional options. To help you find your way around the menus, we recommend that you use the fold-out on the inside of the co[...]

The Phone Book The Phone Book in your I 888 WORLD lets you store and recall phone numbers. This means that the phone can store all your important numbers. You do not have to remember them or carry your address book around. The Phone Book also keeps track of your last dialled numbers and, if you subscribe to the Calling Line Identi- fication service[...]

Entering Characters In the phone book you can accompany any number you store with a name. To enter the characters in the name, follow the instructions below. l Press the appropriate key, 1–9, 0 or #, repeatedly until the desired character appears in the display. Press… to get… 1 Spac e-?!,.:; " ' <=>( )1 2 ABCÅÄ ÆàÇ 2 Γ [...]

Tip! If you enter a number in the scratch pad during a call, you can store it in the Phone Book by selecting ‘Store’ from the ‘Phone book’ menu while you have the number in the display. Overwrite Protection If you try to store a phone number in a position which already contains a phone number, the message ‘Used Overwrite?’ appears in th[...]

 Enter the name you want to recall (or the first letters of it) using the numeric keys as described above. You do not have to enter the entire name; the first few letters will do. The phone matches the letters with existing names in its memory.  Press YES . The best match between the letters you entered and the names in the Phone Book is disp[...]

The ‘Special functions’ menu now appears.  Press YES to enter the ‘Special functions’ menu.  Press the navigation key until ‘Send Id’ appears.  Press YES to make the call. Keeping Y our Phone Book Up to Date As the people you know change jobs, move, marry etc., you might want to change the names and numbers in your Phone Book, [...]

Copying Phone Numbers between Positions and Memories As you fill up the Phone Book memories, you might want to move entries from one memory to another or between positions in the memories. T o Copy All Numbers from Card Memory to Phone Memory  From the ‘Phone book’ menu, select ‘Copy all’.  Scroll to ‘Card Phone’ and press YES . ?[...]

Sending and Receiving T ext Messages A very convenient feature of your Ericsson I 888 WORLD is the Short Message Service (SMS). This allows you to send and receive text messages consisting of up to 160 characters. Using the Short Message Service, you do not have to worry about whether the people you want to reach check their answering machines or n[...]

Setting the Phone for T ext Messaging If the phone number to your network service centre cannot be retrieved from your SIM card, you must specify the number yourself. Otherwise you cannot reply to received messages or send your own messages.  From the ‘Mail’ menu, select ‘Send messages’.  Scroll to ‘Options’ and press YES .  Sc[...]

For example: • To enter an A, press 2 once. • To enter a B, press 2 twice. Tip! To enter a digit, you can press and hold down the numeric key. To enter the second letter on the numeric keys directly, press and hold the upper volume key and press the desired numeric key. To enter the third letter, press the lower volume key instead. To enter sma[...]

• Scroll through the message using the navigation key. RIGHT takes you forwards and LEFT takes you backwards through the message. • To move three lines forwards, press 3. To move three lines backwards, press 1. • To return to the beginning of the message, press and hold LEFT . The message ‘Reply?’ appears after the last line of the messag[...]

Reading Stored Messages  From the ‘Mail’ menu, select ‘Read messages’.  Scroll with the navigation key until you find the message you are looking for. • ‘New’ stands for a new unread message. • ‘Old’ stands for a read message. • ‘Sent’ stands for a sent message. • ‘To Send’ stands for a composed, but not sent m[...]

Communicating via the Modem A very convenient feature of the I 888 WORLD is the in-built modem (which equals a PC Card modem). With this, you can connect a computer to your phone in or- der to send and receive fax and e-mail messages, browse the Internet and much, much more. With the I 888 WORLD you can choose if you want to connect to your compute[...]

Installing the Infrared Modem Before you start Make sure that the phone’s IR port is activated. To activate the IR port:  In the menu system, scroll to ‘Activate IR port’ and press YES . (If the IR port is already acti- vated, the display will read ‘Deactivate IR port’ instead. In this case, just press CLR to return to the standby menu[...]

Step 1 – Check Infrared Support Before installing the infrared modem you also need to check if the Microsoft Infrared support for Windows version 2.0 has been installed. To do this, and also to check the version of the existing infrared support on your computer, do the following:  Under Settings in the Start menu, select Control Panel.  Sel[...]

Step 4 – Install Infrared Modem  Insert the CD into your computer’s CD drive or insert the diskette into the diskette drive.  Place the phone with the infrared modem next to your PC. See illustration below. (The infrared port may be positioned differently on your com- puter.)  Close the Control Panel if it is open.  Open the Control[...]

T o Connect Using the IR Link The IR feature of the I 888 WORLD allows you to con- nect to a computer without using a cable. This option requires that your computer has an IR port, and that the operating system supports the IrDA standard for infra- red communication (see above). To enable IR communi- cation:  On your computer, start the infrared[...]

Receiving Fax and Data Calls The procedure for receiving fax and data calls depends on your network and subscription. If you have different numbers for speech, fax and data calls, this is referred to as multi numbering . This means that you can have up to three numbers in your subscription. If you only have one number for all call types, this is re[...]

The Mobile Of fice Suite The Mobile Office Suite is a Phone Book Manager and a Message Manager. Once installed on your computer, the application allows you to organize the names and telephone numbers that you store in your phone book. It also allows you to write and read SMS messages on your computer. The Phone Book Manager The Phone Book Manager a[...]

Uninstalling the Mobile Office Suite  Under ‘Settings’ in the ‘Start’ menu, select ‘Control Panel’.  Click ‘Add/Remove Programs’.  Select ‘Ericsson Mobile Office Suite’ from the list of applications.  Click ‘Add/Remove’.  Follow the instructions given on the screen. Press to enter the menu system. See inside t[...]

Networks When you turn on the phone, it normally selects its home network. If this is not within range, for example when you are abroad, you may use another network, provided your home network has an agreement that allows you to do so. This is called roaming . The ‘Networks’ menu includes a number of functions which you can use to determine how[...]

• If you are using another network and your home network is available, the name of the home net- work is displayed with the message ‘Home’. • Instead of the full name of a country and a net- work, an abbreviation is displayed when you use the ‘Networks’ menu. To see the full name of a network, press . • If the home network is not with[...]

If the desired network does not appear, press YES when the question ‘Other?’ appears. Then enter the three-digit country number and the two-digit network number.  Finally, to add the network to the list, press YES . Erasing a Network from the List  From the ‘Networks’ menu, select ‘Edit list’.  Scroll to the network you wish to[...]

Security The Card Lock Your SIM card is protected by a card lock. When you buy your SIM card, you obtain a PIN (Personal Identity Number). Every time you turn the phone on, you have to enter your PIN and then press YES , unless you turn this feature off (see below). If you enter your PIN incorrectly three times in a row, the SIM card will be blocke[...]

 Enter a new four- to eight-digit PIN (or PIN2).  Press YES .  Re-enter the new PIN (or PIN2) to confirm it.  Press YES . Warning! If you enter the wrong PUK ten times in succession, your card will be permanently blocked. If this happens, you will have to contact your network operator. The Phone Lock The phone lock protects the phone ag[...]

 You now have three options: • ‘Activate’, which sets a call bar, • ‘Get status’, which lets you check the status of a call bar, • ‘Cancel’, which cancels the call bar. Confirm your selection by pressing YES .  Enter your password and press YES . There may be a short delay before the network responds. In the meantime the mes[...]

Fixed Dialling Fixed Dialling is a way of restricting outgoing calls. It requires a SIM card that allows fixed numbers to be stored. The fixed numbers are protected by the PIN2. • The Fixed Dialling function allows calls to be made only to fixed numbers stored on the SIM card. If an attempt is made to call other numbers, the mes- sage ‘Number n[...]

Diverting Incoming Calls If you want to make certain that your incoming calls are taken care of when you are unable to answer them, you can use the Call Divert service to divert them to another phone number. The Call Divert service lets you: • divert calls if you are already on the phone. • divert calls that you do not answer within a specified[...]

Checking the Divert Status T o Check the Status of a Certain Call Divert  From the ‘Divert’ menu, scroll to the call divert you want, using the navigation key, and press YES .  Scroll to the ‘Get status’ option.  To check the status, press YES . The message ‘Please wait’ appears, followed by either the phone number and ‘Activ[...]

Handling Mor e than One Call Your Ericsson I 888 WORLD allows you to handle more than one call simultaneously. This means that you can put a call that is in progress on hold, while you make or answer a second call, and then switch between the two calls. See also ‘Conference Calls’ at the end of this chapter’. The Call W aiting Service T o Act[...]

T o End the Current Call  To end the current call, press NO . The message ‘Retrieve held call?’ appears and a beep sounds.  Press NO to end the held call, or press YES to return to the held call. Note! If you do not press YES or NO within three seconds, the message ‘Retrieve held call?’ disappears from the display. The held call is en[...]

T o initiate a Conference Call  Call the first person you wish to include in the conference call.  Put this person on hold by pressing YES .  Call the second person you wish to include in the conference call.  Press 3, followed by YES, to include the two persons in the conference. You can put the conference group on hold and then add a [...]

Handsfr ee Calling By using the Ericsson portable or vehicle handsfree solutions, you can be on the phone without having to use your hands to hold it. The I 888 WORLD allows you to change the default set- tings for the handsfree-related functions so that they fit your own requirements. Selecting Answering Mode The submenu ‘Answering mode’ inclu[...]

Personalizing Y our Phone The Ericsson I 888 WORLD is much more than just an- other mobile phone. It is your companion in both pro- fessional and private life. As such, you most certainly want to adjust the phone to your preferences. You can do so by composing your own ring signal, changing the key sound or changing the message signal, among other [...]

 Write your new greeting, using the numeric keys. For information on how to enter letters, see chapter ‘ The Phone Book’.  To confirm your new greeting, press YES . Note! The greeting function also lets you turn the greeting text off. Setting the Minute Minder When the minute minder is activated, you hear a beep once every minute, while y[...]

Composing Y our Own Ring Signal  From the ‘Settings’ menu, select ‘Edit Melody’.  Clear the display by pressing CLR .  Use the keypad to enter notes. The key- pad now works as a keyboard. Press and hold a key to enter a long note. Press 0 to increase the note one octave.  To listen to your melody, press YES . If you want to save[...]

To set the date format:  From the ‘Clock’ menu, select ‘Date mode’.  Scroll to the date format you want, using the navigation key.  To select a date format, press YES. To set the date:  From the ‘Clock’ menu, select ‘Set date’.  Enter the year (two digits).  Press YES .  Enter the month and day in the same way. [...]

Other Useful Featur es Today’s networks are full of advanced features that can help you in your daily life. You will access and benefit from all of them, easily and conveniently, with your Er- icsson I 888 WORLD, which is designed and prepared to be the best tool available for that kind of services. This chapter guides you through these features.[...]

T o T urn Off the V oice Mail  From the ‘Mail’ menu, select ‘Set VoiceM’.  Select ‘Off’ and press YES . The Call Time/Call Cost When you are on the phone, the display shows the duration of a call. By using the ‘Call info’ function in the ‘Settings’ menu you can have the time displayed for all calls, both incoming and outgo[...]

 Scroll to ‘Cost’, using the navigation key, and press YES .  To exit to standby mode, press CLR.  From the ‘Info’ menu, select ‘Price Units’ and press YES . ‘New Price’ appears.  Press YES .  Enter the code for the desired currency, for example GBP for Pound Sterling, and press YES .  Enter the price per call unit[...]

Different Settings for Each Line You can have different settings for each line: for example, the tone of the ring signal, call diverts, call bars and call waiting function. The call meters in the ‘Info’ menu show the call times (call costs) for the line currently selected. Changing the Name of the T wo Lines Your I 888 WORLD allows you to perso[...]

 Enter your security code and press YES . The default code is 0000. To change security codes, see above.  Select card position (Card 1 or Card 2), using the navigation key, and press YES .  Enter the access number (the phone number) to the calling card server. The numbers are entered in the same way as in the ordinary Phone book.  Press[...]

T o T urn Off Area Information  From the ‘Mail’ menu, select ‘Area info’.  Press YES .  Scroll to ‘Off’, using the navigation key, and press YES . Area Information Message T ypes Each type of Area Information message is identified by a three-digit code. At present, the following message types exist: Code AI Message Type 000 Ind[...]

 Scroll from one message to another by using the navigation key.  To select a message, press YES . The Alarm The phone has an alarm function. When it is activated, an icon in the shape of a bell ( ) is shown next to the current time in the display. The alarm rings at the set time even if the phone is turned off. The illumination of the keys a[...]

Guidelines for Safe and Ef ficient Use General Your mobile phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. When the phone is turned on, it receives and transmits radio frequency (RF) energy. Depending on the type of mobile phone you have bought, it operates in different frequency ranges and employs commonly used modu- lation techniques. The system that [...]

If you are going to use your mobile phone while driv- ing: • Give full attention to driving. • Use hands-free operation, if available. • Pull off the road and park before making or an- swering a call if driving conditions so require. RF energy may affect some electronic systems in motor vehicles. In addition, some vehicle manufacturers for- b[...]

Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Turn off your phone when in any area with a poten- tially explosive atmosphere. It is rare, but your phone or its accessories could generate sparks. Sparks in such areas could cause an explosion or fire resulting in bod- ily injury or even death. Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are of- ten, but not al[...]

W arranty Conditions If your Ericsson product requires warranty service you should return the product to the dealer/retailer from whom it was purchased. If your Ericsson product re- quires warranty service when you are abroad, the serv- ice is available in those countries listed on your Interna- tional Warranty Certificate. In the event of difficul[...]

– Accidents, acts of God or any cause beyond the control of Ericsson, including but not limited to lightning, water, fire, public disturbances and improper ventilation.  This product will not be considered defective in materials, design or workmanship if it needs to be adapted, changed or adjusted to conform to national or local technical or s[...]

Index A Aircraft, 59 Alarm, 57 set the alarm, 57 turn the alarm function off, 57 turn the alarm off, 57 Alternate line service (ALS), 53 answered calls memory, 11 Calling Line Identification service (CLI), 11 clear memory, 11 recall number, 11 Answering Mode, 46 Answering Service, 51 check voice mail, 51 Voice Mail, 51 antenna care and replacement,[...]

F Fax calls, 30 Fixed Dialling, 40 Activate , 40 Cancel , 40 Edit Fixed Numbers, 40 Store Fixed Numbers, 40 G Greeting Text, 47 GSM 1900, 2 GSM 900, 2 H Handsfree Calling, 46 Handsfree-Related Settings, 46 hiding your phone number, 12, 18 I international emergency number, 9 International Numbers, 15 country code, 15 international dialling prefix, 1[...]

Security, 37 Call Barring, 38 Card Lock, 37 Keypad Lock, 39 Phone Lock, 38 security code (PIN), 2 Sending Messages, 23 SIM Card If Your SIM Card is Blocked, 37 Insert the SIM Card, 3 Lock the SIM Card, 37 Unlock the SIM Card, 37 speed dialling, 17 Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), 2 Subscription, 2 T Text Messages, 21 Changing Message Types, 22 Ent[...]

First edition (October, 1998) This user’s guide is published by Ericsson Mobile Communica- tions AB , without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this user’s guide due to typographical errors, inaccuracies of current in- formation, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Ericsson Mobile Communications AB at any time a[...]