Alcatel One Touch 531 manual

English On e Touch TM 531 © A LCA TEL BUSI NESS SY STEM S 20 02. All rights reserved. A lcatel reserves the right to a l ter the material or technical spec ifications of its products without p rior notice .[...]

Table of co ntents 2 1. Introduction .......... ...... .. 4 Ra dio w ave s .... ... .... ..... .. .... ..... .. . 4 Saf ety an d P rec aut ion s .... ..... .. ... 5 Tra ffic Sa fety ... ..... .. ..... .... .. ..... ... 5 Co ndit ion s o f u se ... ..... .... .. ..... .. . 5 Bat ter y . ..... .... .. ..... .... ... .... ..... .. ... 6 Ch arge rs ...[...]

Table of co ntents 3 9. Office Too ls .......... ...... 43 Di ary .... ....... ....... .... ....... ....... .. 43 Pi ctu res Br ows er .... ..... ...... ... .. 46 V oice me mo . ....... ....... .. .... ..... 47 Ca lcu la tor . .... ....... ....... .. .... ..... 48 Cu rre ncy conv e rte r .. ..... .... ..... 49 W orld cl ock .. ..... ...... ....... [...]

4 Intr oduction Thank you for purchasing the One Touch ™ 531 dual band mo bile telephone. The m obile telephone de- scribed in th is guide is approved for use on all GSM 900/1800 networks. Some of the m essage s displayed on your mo- bile may be di fferent accordi ng to yo ur subscription and/or se rvice provider. As w ith al l ty pes o f ra dio [...]

5 Introd uction ate a t m ult ip le po we r lev el s so a s t o u se only the po wer required to rea ch the network. In general, the closer you are to a base station antenna, the lower the power outpu t of the phone. The hi gh est tes ted S AR val ue f o r t his mobile phone for use at the ear and compliance against the standard is 0.8 6 W/kg . Whi[...]

6 Do not switch the phone on when you are near ga s or flamm able liquids. Strictly ob ey all signs and instructions post ed in a f uel de pot, g as sta tion, or chemical plant, or in any po tentially ex- plosive atm osphere. Do not let small children use the phone without supervi- sion. Do not attempt to open or repair it yourself. Use only Alcate[...]

7 Introd uction Call barring password (4 digits) This password is used to bar various types of calls, made or received, from the phon e (see Call barring passw ord, pa ge 41 ). Phon el ock co de (4 d igits ) This code is se t to all ze ros on deliv - ery. You can cha nge it. Once changed it cannot be identified by the man ufa cture r o ver the ph o[...]

8 Inform a tion • Web site: ww w .alc atel.com • Wap addre ss: wap.alcatel.com • Alcatel hotline No.: see "Alcat el Serv- ices" leaflet (call s charged at appl ica- ble local rate in your country). Your t elephone is a transceiver that op- erates on GSM networks with 900 MHz and 18 00 MHz b ands. Th e CE ma rk ing in di ca tes tha t[...]

9 U si ng th is gu ide Using this guide Please carefully r ead this user gu ide. It co nta ins i n for mat ion a bout yo ur ph one and the way that i t operates on the net- work. Some of the features described in this user guide are ne twork dep endent . Do not forget t o check with your service pr o- vid er whic h of these yo u c an use. You may n[...]

10 Understanding th e Graphic Dis- play In dica to rs (Icons ) Up t o fo ur ch ara ct er lines plus one ic ons line can be displayed o n your mobile dis- play. The icons sh ow t he phon e sta te and o per - ati ona l cond itions whe n in u se. The followi ng icons may be displayed: SIM me mo r y in u s e Phone memory in use Roaming . Is displayed w[...]

11 Gett ing Starte d Gettin g Start ed Prepa ring the ph one for opera tion Please refer to t he 'Getting started with your One Touc h™ 531 book let. Basic Op eratio ns Turning the phone on Making a call The phone can make an d receive ca lls onl y whe n it is sw itc he d on , when a valid SIM card is inse rted and wh en it is con nected to [...]

12 The fo ur arrows indicate features can be re ached via t he four a r- rows on t he cur sor key. The oval symb ol und erne ath t he arrows sh ows the Menu can be re ache d by pr ess ing on th e key (below the cursor key). WAP™ and SMS in di cat e you ca n directly access the WAP™ and SMS ser vices by pressi ng on t he softke ys. The features [...]

13 Network Serv ices Network services The avail abili ty of t his menu i s networ k de- pendent (it may not be available or be named Network serv ices, Network,...). Yo ur netw ork ope rato r may provi de value added se rvices, information and contact phone numb ers. These services and ph one numbers are stored in yo ur SIM card and app ear on the [...]

14 Phon e Boo k Data can be stored in the phone and in t he SIM card memories (=phonebo ok). The phone me mory can st ore u p to 25 5 'ext ended' cards (c alled 'phon ebook cards'). These cards allow to store several types of information: family name, first name, home phone n umber , cell ular phone numb er, e-mail address, addr[...]

15 Phone B ook Storing a received number Numbers stored in the last dialled, rece ive d, unan s we red ca ll inf or- mation and SMS message l oca- tions can also b e store d into th e phon ebook : Edi ting a Phon ebo ok or a SIM name c ard From the standby display: Via the m enu : When modifyin g a ca rd you can create a voice dialling patter n (se[...]

16 Free spa ce in th e p ho ne- book To view the phoneb ook remaining capac- ity: Viewing and calling phone- book numbers There are tw o ways of vi ewing and calling entries stored in the phonebook: • Direc tly fr om the standby dis- play , •V i a t h e m e n u , The list of phon ebook entr ies is displ ayed in alphabetical order and is stored [...]

17 Phone B ook To modify a group: To select a gr oup when stori ng a number: My Card My Card is a sp ecific st orage lo cation where you can enter personal data. Yo u can easily access My card and send its con- tents to another device vi a Ir DA or SMS. My Card contents is identical to the phone cards contents excep t from the G roups an d Voi ce d[...]

18 Fixed dialli ng numbers (FDN ) Fixed dialling i s a fea ture that res trict s out- going calls to 'fixed' numbers or 'pref ixes' contained in SIM cards that support this feat ure. When the FDN feature is a ctivat ed, dial li ng nu mber s, div ert ing cal ls and s end- ing SMS t o numbers not registered in the FDN list is forb[...]

19 Phone B ook To view the voice dialling num- bers list: To remove all phone numbers from the voice d iallin g list : To c all a phon e numbe r us ing a voice pattern: Press . Sele ct P hon e Bo ok . Select Voice dialling . Select List . Use or to v iew the requested en try. Press Option s to listen to the voice pattern ( Play bac k ) , to remove [...]

20 Messa ges The Short Mess age Service (SMS ) enables t o s e n d o r r e c e i v e t e x t m e s s a g e s t o o r fro m oth er mo bile p hone s. Y ou ca n s tore , edit and forward mess ages as well as save any of th e numbe rs th ey may con tain . These SM S are stored on the ph one mem- ory; they may also be stor ed in the SIM card if they are[...]

21 Messages Prepa ring the ph one to send SMS mes sages Befor e sending yo ur fi rst SMS, the net- work SMS cent re numb er (ob tai nable fr om your ser vice pro vider) has to be stored: The SM S c entr e numbe r ma y alre ady b e available in your SIM car d and may then be automatically displ ayed. If you want to choos e a Sending pr ofile for you[...]

22 To enter text pr ess the key bearing the re quired ch aracter un til it ap - pears in the d isplay. Holding t he key display s the number corre- sponding to the key. If you need to use two characters from the same key wait fo r a few seconds after typing the first character (unti l the key cha rac ters on the upper p art of the s creen are clear[...]

23 Messages To enter text with T9: Tips and Oper ation Examp le To e nte r card in t he dis pla y : • Press and select Mes - sages . • Select Write new . • Select Text . • Press , appears. • Press , a appears. • Press , ca appears. • Press , car appears. •P r e s s , case appears. If the displayed word is not th e one you want, p re[...]

24 To send SMS from the Menu : To sen d SMS from th e st and by dis- pl ay: Signatur e You can register a signatu re to be auto- matically added to your text m essages . The signatu re is not displayed wh en typing the message text bu t it i s display ed on message re ception by the addressee. The maximum size for the signature is 30 char- acters. [...]

25 Messages To select one of these messages : Status r equest If a status i s requested on a delivered mes- sage the date and time o f delivery may be shown. If the status is reque sted on a sent message a status re quest is sent to the net w or k ( must be ne t work sup port ed) . The network th en answers by sending a status report (SR) back to t[...]

26 Ente ring a me ssag e ty pe in the selecti on list Act iva tin g / dea cti vati ng the broadca st service Readi ng broa dcast messag es Broadcast messages are displayed while the phone is i n stan dby and a re delete d wh ile in c onvers ation or oper- atin g the menu . A me ssage can be up to 93 characters and may b e displayed on sev eral page[...]

27 Call s & Ti mes Cal ls & Ti mes Access th e Calls & Times m e n u t o c h e c k the d etails o f indi vidua l incomin g and out- going calls, t he dura tion of the lates t call or the total cal l time for all sent and re- ceived calls. Calls log This fe ature st ores details ( iden tity, time and date and call duration) on th e lates[...]

28 Balance informa tion (subscrip- tion dep endent) This s ervice may be supp lied by your service provider. It allows t o ge t t he rema i nin g air tim e bala n ce on you r pho ne li ne. Plea se cont act your servi ce pr o- vi der f or m or e in for mat i on. If your subscr iption allows access to this info rmation: When sele cting Ca ll , if the[...]

29 Call s & Ti mes To set call cost type to units: Sett ing the c red it l im it (su b- script ion depen dent) You may also be able to set a credit limit to yo ur ca lls. When the credit limit is reac hed no more char geable outgoi ng or incomi ng call i s all owed. Y ou c an h owev er stil l make emer gency cal ls. The PIN2 code is needed to s[...]

30 Setting s Tones Aler t m ode You can set the ring, alert and al arm tones via the Alert tones menu. To modify the alert mode, Ring tone selection You can c hoose a melod y from the available ring to nes st ored in the phon e but a lso fr om mel odies you have pr eviously composed ( see Melo- dy compo ser below) or dow nloaded and stored. When sc[...]

31 Set tings To sel e ct a note, press on the cor re- sponding k ey on the keypad ( regard- less of the letter s on the keypad). e.g.: • press key 1 to get the C • press key 2 to get the D •e t c . The differe nt symbol s can be us ed one afte r anot her (e. g. G +#2= G shar p plays one octave highe r for twic e the basis tem po). To edit, de[...]

32 The Stati stics screen sh ows the number of stored composed melodi es and the memory capacity used. Volum e adjustm ents The rin g tone , ke y t one s, convers atio n and alarm tones (alarm cl ock and low battery alarm) audio level can all be individ ually adjusted via th e Settings menu: Durin g a call yo u ca n adj ust t h e co n- ve rs at ion[...]

33 Set tings Voice m ail Your ne twork provi der may off er a voice mail service which operates like an an- swering machine. Yo u may b e able to di- rect ly access it by pre ssing and holdi ng the key. Con tact y our servi ce prov ider fo r furth er details. Storin g a voice mail cent re number If yo ur SIM car d does no t bear the voic e mail cen[...]

34 Backlight - sett ing To a djust the bac klig ht: Dis pla y co ntr ast To adjust the contrast: An y key an swer I f yo u w a n t t o a n s we r a ca l l b y p r es s - ing on any key (exc ept and No ring ). Spee d dialli ng Pho nebook number s c an be a ssigne d to keys to . The key vo ice mail feature cann ot be assigned a phon ebook number a s [...]

35 Set tings When activat ed, Retrying and a cou ntdow n timer are disp layed before each new trial. An au to-retry warning to ne so unds each time a ne w ca ll at- tempt is made. Select ing Exit or p ressing a ny k ey dur ing the ret rial p roce ss c ancel s the auto-retry proces s. Aut o S wi tch O n/O ff This all ows the phone to automati cal- l[...]

36 T o c h e c k t h e c a l l d i v e r t s t a t u s o r d e a c - tivate it: To c ancel a ll ( mul tiple ) di ver ts, Call w aiting This ne twork de pend ent feat ure al- lows to rece ive a ne w cal l whil e a call is already on (please contact your serv- ice pro vider fo r more informati on). To activate the call waitin g feature: Whilst on a c[...]

37 Set tings Caller Line Identity - showing/ hiding y our mobile numbe r (net work de pende nt) Most netw orks all ow Cal ler Li ne Iden- tity feature ( CLI). This feature allows the phone number or the identity of the caller to be di splayed wh en a call comes in. Selecti ng Receiving caller ID allows to check the avai lability of this feature. Re[...]

38 It can only receive packets data calls; voice calls are then barred. This behav- iour is t he same w hatever the network capabilities. However if the G PRS services are lost, the mobile automatically retur ns to the Standard operation mode. To set the operation mode to Mo- dem:, Ne twork a utom ati c sear ch: When the phone is on, it automatical[...]

39 Set tings Select ing a utoma tic s earch To perform an automatic search from the preferred list proce ed as follows: Call ba rring Thi s net wor k dep e nde nt ser vic e for - bids certain outgoing or in coming cal l types. It requires a call barring pas s- word (please contact your service pro- vider ). To ba r a c all : To rem ov e c al l ba r[...]

40 The ph one lock code i s also r equired to reset th e call timers. On ce this fea- ture is activated the code is then asked each time the phone is turned on. To change the phone lock cod e: To activate / deacti vate the phone lock code, PIN code Yo ur S IM c ard was pr ov ide d wit h a 4 to 8 digit PIN co de as a pr otection against u nauthorise[...]

41 Set tings PIN2 code was en tered incorrectly three times. A PUK2 code cannot be changed. When requested enter the PUK2 code. You are then asked to en- ter a new PIN2 code. Foll ow the di s- play prompts to rese t the PIN2 code. Call ba rring password T he c al l bar ri ng pa s swo rd i s us ed t o selec t the ca ll barri ng leve ls men- tioned i[...]

42 be provi ded to and fr om selling co m- panies whe n unde rgoing a p aid tr ans- action. To e nter t he WIM mana ge r me nu: Select one of the li st items : • WIM code (PIN co de available on the WIM card to change, create or delete a file) ch ange/unblock. If you e nter 3 w rong WIM cod es, ’WIM code blo cked’ is dis- playe d.Con tact you[...]

43 Offic e Too ls Office Tool s The Office Tool s menu co ntains a d iary, a pictures browser, a voice memo, a calculator, a currency converter, a world clock and an alarm clock . When scroll ing to the O ffice Tools menu d i- rect a ccess to th e Currency co nverter is possi- ble by selecting Curr. on the left side of the disp lay. Diary The Dia r[...]

44 An Opt ions list is availab le. It all ows t o go to the T oday, Week or Mo nth vie w, to cr eate a ne w event, to Modify an event, t o Send an event by IrD A, to Send an event by SMS, to delete an event, to delete all events and to view tasks. To view weekly entries, The days of the week are disp layed horiz ont all y and the h ours of th e d a[...]

45 Offic e Too ls An Options list is a vaila ble. It allows to g o to t h e To d a y , D a y o r W e e k v i e w , t o create a new even t, to delete all events, and to view tasks. Task s list This feature enables to store u p to 100 tasks to b e done (To do), schedu led with a start, and a due date, with or without a reminder alarm. Task s can b e[...]

46 Sto ring a re c eiv e d v Ca rd Sto ring a re c eiv e d v Ca le nd ar Sending a vCard or a vCalen dar via SMS Pictures Browser The pictu res browser sub-men u allows to view and set downl oaded images as wallpa- pers or logos via the Pictures Viewer (see Cus- tomi sing your m obile, page 60 ). Pictur es vie wer The pictures viewer allows to view[...]

47 Offic e Too ls Sett ing an imag e a s a lo g o or a wal lpa per fr om t he P ic tur es View er Cropping The imag e you want t o set as a logo or wall- paper may be too big to be insert ed as such into the available space. Yo ur phone then proposes a cropped lo go or wallpaper. I t i s t h e n p o s s i b l e t o m o v e t h e i m a g e l e f t ,[...]

48 To li sten to t he voic e memo, The recorded memo length of time is disp layed. To erase the memo s Calculator Th is fe atu re al lo ws simp le c al cul at ion s us in g + (p lus ), - ( mi nus ), * ( m ul tip lic ati on) , / (div i- sion) and % (percentage) functions. If the currency converter is initialised, num- bers can be converted d uring c[...]

49 Offic e Too ls Curr en cy c on ver ter This fe atur e al lows curr e ncy converti ng. The currencies and exchange rates have to be entered befo re first use. The conver- sio n is calcul ated on th e per unit e xchange rate of the second selected currency. To select the cur rencies and the ex- change rate, To calculate the conversion between th e[...]

50 Alarm clock This featur e allows setti ng a dai ly 'Remind- er Alarm'. To set a time and turn the alarm o n: When the alarm time is reached an au- dible alert sounds fo r 1 min ute. Ala rm cl ock and a vibrating bell sym- bol are displayed to gether with the current time. If the phone is off at ala rm time the phon e auto matic ally s [...]

51 Co nne ctiv ity Connectivity Infra re d p ort The infrared port allows to exchange data between the mobile and other devices (provided they have an infrared port). Thank s to the infr ared por t y ou ca n dow n- load or send f iles such as images for your wallp aper (see Dow nloading image s via WAP ™ an d the infrared port, page 60), send or [...]

52 Viewing the connection details Resetting the co nnection counters Inbox All the f iles recei ved via the infr ared port are stored in the Con nectiv ity in- bo x. It al lo ws the s to rin g of da t a re - ceived from various entries: IrDA, WAP™, SMS (N okia™ smart messages only). The objects are queued i n the inbox and can be retrieved by o[...]

53 Game s Game s The availabili ty and appearance of th e ga mes on your m ob ile d ep end on the se rv - ic es pr ovi ded b y you r net wor k ope ra tor (p lease chec k wi th y our ne tw ork o pe rato r fo r mo re i nfor m ati on ). The games i n your phone m ay be either Rayman Bowling™ and Rayman G arden™ or th e In Fu sio™ games . Raym an[...]

54 WAP™ Your mobile allows WAP™(Wireless Appli- cati on Protoco l) conne ction s to a ccess op- er ato r a nd/ or pr ovi ded ser vic e s (e .g . new s, sport s , w eather , travel b uying, etc. ) . To get a WAP™ connection please make sure: • you r SI M card b ears a Dat a sub - scrip ti on • all para meters ar e store d int o the mobile.[...]

55 Inter ne t/WAP ™ St arti ng a WAP™ se ssion : If sev er a l WAP ™ p r of ile s a re stor ed, you ne ed to s elect one be- fore launc hing a s essi on: To laun ch a WAP™ s essi on: Get ting to the Options men u while online . In the absence of Options while o nline pressing durin g a live connect ion s hows th e follow - in g op ti ons me[...]

56 The appearance of these items in the ab ov e optio ns menu may b e operator dependen t. Ending the onli ne conne ction To end the WAP™ co nnection: Selecti ng a pr eferre d bearer When def ining mixe d ( Cir cu it+ Pac ke ts 1 ) based pr ofiles, you have to select the de- fault bearer to be used wh en initiating a connection. If an error is de[...]

57 Inter ne t/WAP ™ On ce co nne cte d yo ur op er ator menu is d isplaye d. The ic on at the top of the display ind icates a cir cuit connecti on. The icon is show n if you r phone is conne cted to a GPRS 1 net wor k durin g the WAP™ s ession. During page browsin g, security can b e act iva ted (o n a ht tps l ink only) . Th is lets you conti [...]

58 Other site Wh en t his o pt io n i s s e lect ed in the WAP ™ menu yo u can ent er a know n WAP™ addre ss or Bango address site and th en go to this s i t e d i r e c t l y f r o m d i a l u p . H o w e v e r unlike the Bookmark feature, ad- dress es are not stored and must be entered e ach time this feature is use d. Recei ving p ush m essa[...]

59 Inter ne t/WAP ™ To view statistics on the push messages: Mel odi e s dow nl oad See Melodies download, page 61 for in- formation melody download from WAP™ sites. Advanced Set tings on WA P™ Prof iles The advanced settings are used to support spe cifi c conf igur ations a nd i mprov ed ser v- ices avail able on certain WAP™ gateways. Thi[...]

60 Custom isi ng your mob ile Your mobile allows to se t downlo aded im- ages or melodies on your mobile. These images can be set as lo gos or as wallpa- pers. Logo and Wallpaper The logo and wallpaper allow you to con- figu re an d pe rsona lise y our idl e scre en. Yo u ca n do wnlo ad imag es fr om Int er net web sites, Wap TM and the infrared p[...]

61 Custo mising your mobile Downloading images via the in- frared p ort Options The Options list bears the following items: Setting a wallpa per Th is does n ot allow th e viewin g of the selected im ages but only to set as th e p erson alised lo go or wa llpa- per. To choo se an imag e fr om the list of stored images and set it as a logo or a wall[...]

62 • All cho sen me lodies are down- loaded via SMS. • O nc e th e m elo dy is r ec eiv ed a reception scree n is displayed. Y ou can then install, play o r discard the melody . Fo rmat s ma na ged by the ph one ar e .p md and .dgp formats. The m elody yo u have downl oaded is stored in the Inbox. The following options are avail able: Downloade[...]

63 Custo mising your mobile[...]

64 Appe ndix Glossa ry Expression Mean in g AC/DC charger Al tern a tin g C urr en t/ Di- rect Curr ent char ger Active call The call cu rrent ly in con - versati on ALS Alternate Line (Line 2) Serv ice AoC Ad vise of Char ge - sub- scription s ervice CB Cell Broa dcast CLI Caller Line Identity - dis- plays callers te lephone numbe r Co nversat ion[...]

65 Trouble s hooting Pro blem Possible cause a nd solu- tion Phone does not switch on Che ck th a t th e ba tt er y is fully charged and correctly connected to the phone. No flashing battery icon while c harg- ing There may be n o mains su pply . Try a di ffe ren t e lec - tr ic a l so c ket . The AC/ DC charge r may b e faulty . Return to your dea[...]

66 Error m e ssa ges Pro blem Possible cause a nd solution Allowed cred- it rea ched! Yo u ar e t ryi ng t o p lace an out goi n g cal l an d the al lo we d c red it is alre a dy reac hed. The all o wed c re dit li mi t is r eache d duri ng an outg oing ca ll (t he call i s then aborted). Bus y Yo u ar e try ing to make a call and the call f ails b[...]

67 Pro ble m Possib le cause and solution Invalid num b e r You tried to make a call and the call is rejected by the network be- caus e the net w ork does not r ecognise the ph one n umber stru c- t ure or y ou trie d to sto re a ph one nu mber that i s too long to be stored in the sel ected loc ati on or you tried to move a phone entry to a loca- [...]

68 Pro ble m P os s ib le ca us e a n d solution Servi ce n ot availa ble Activatin g some GSM services that are not available on the net- work SIM b lock ed. Con tact pr o- vider A wrong P UK h as been entered 10 times. The SIM card has been pe rm an entl y dis abl ed and needs to be re- placed by a new one. SIM b lock ed. Enter PU K: A wrong PI N[...]

69 Gu ar antee Congratu lati ons on choo sing th is mobi le phone - we hope that you will be total ly sati sfied wit h it. Notwithst anding any other applica ble statuto ry wa rranties, this mo bile phone is g uarant eed agai nst any m anuf acturi ng de fec t for a pe riod o f O NE (1 ) ye ar fro m the date of purchase shown on your i n- voice. Nev[...]

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71 Inde x A Alarm cloc k ............ ....... ........... 49 Alert mode ............ ....... ........... 30 Alert ton e Tur ning o n/of f ......... ........... 2 0 Alert ton es ...... ....... ........... 1 2 , 30 Any key answer ............ ........... 34 Auto Ans wer .................... ........ ... 34 Ret ry ......... .............. ........ ...[...]

72 Index Per sonali sing ................. ..... 56 Out box .......... ............... ....... ..... 24 Own num ber ...................... ..... 1 7 P Phone Cust om ising ... ............... ..... 30 Phone Book .. ............... ....... ..... 14 Add n am e ...... ............. 1 4 , 15 Ca lling n umb ers ................. 16 Fixed di alling ......[...]