Philips E-GSM 900/1800 manual

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Disco ver y our phone Ph il i p s con t in u o us ly st ri ve s t o i m pr o v e i t s p r o du c ts. There fo re, Ph ili ps r eserv es th e righ ts to r ev ise th i s use r guide or w ithd raw it a t any time wi thout pr ior notice. Phi lips prov ides this use r guid e "a s is" and do e s n ot acce pt, exce pt as requ ired by applicable [...]

You acces s the ca rousel men u by p ressing , when in id le mode. Each icon repr esen ts a feat ure o r operation of your phone. Use < or > to brow se the menu an d press , to se lect a men u (or press c to c ancel). A nother sub-menu or list wi l l the n appear. Pres sing + or - wi ll al terna te betwe en two o pti ons, such as Activate/Dea[...]

i Table of co ntents 1. Getting started ....... ... .... ... ... .... ....... ... ... .... ... 1 Ins ert t he S IM c ard ...... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ...1 Set da te a nd t ime ...... ... ... .... ... ....... ... .... ... ... .... ... 2 Cop y the SIM phon ebo ok . ... ... .... ... ....... ... .... ...2 Swi tch on the phon e ...[...]

ii 9. C all info rmat ion ...... .... ... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... .. 2 4 Call s ett ing s ... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... ... .... ....... .. 24 Call lis t ...... ...... .... ... ... .... ... .... ... ... .... ... ... .... ... ...... 25 Cou n t ers .. ... ... .... ... ... ....... .... ... ... .... ... ... .... ... .... .. 2 5[...]

Gettin g started 1 1 • Get ting star ted Read the s afety instructions in the “Pr ecautions ” s ection befor e use. To us e your phone, you m ust insert a v alid SIM c ard supp lied by yo ur opera tor or retai ler. T he SIM c ard co ntai ns your s ubscr ipti o n and a memory in whic h you can store phone numbers and messa ges. 1. P r ess on t[...]

2G e t t i n g s t a r t e d To swi tc h on the phone, l ong pre ss ) . En ter the PIN code if req ui red ( i. e. t he 4 - to 8 - digi t se cr et c ode o f y o u r S I M c a r d ) . I t i s p r e c o n f i g u r e d a n d c o m m u n i c a t e d t o y o u b y y o u r o p e r a t o r o r r e t ai l e r . T o persona lise th e PIN cod e, see “Ch an[...]

Gettin g started 3 p l u g i t i n t o a m a i n A C p o w e r s o c k e t w i t h e a s y acces s to the othe r en d. 2. The batter y symbol in dic ates the state of charge: - During c harging the 4 char ge indicators scroll ; it ta kes aroun d 2.30 ho urs to f u ll y rech arge your mobil e pho ne. - When all 4 bars are stead y the batte r y is fu[...]

4 Mai n f eat u res 2 • Main features In idl e mode, press - . Dependi ng on the selec ted phon ebook ( in SI M or in phon e, see page 8 ), t he conten t that appear s on the s c reen may vary. To v iew the p honeb ook du rin g a call, pres s , and sele c t Names List . P ress c tw ice to r etu rn to the in -c al l s cre e n. In t he phon ebook ,[...]

Mai n featur es 5 micropho ne, p re ss , , sele ct Unmute an d conf ir m by p res sing , . Sele ct S ettings > Sou nd s > R ingt one , pre ss , and move + or - to se lect a r i nge r. Pre ss , to co nfirm . If y ou wan t your pho ne t o vibr ate when you r eceive a call, a cti vate the vi bra alert by sele cting Settings > Soun ds > Vib[...]

6 Tex t or numb er entry 3 • T ext or number entr y Text can be ent ered i n editin g screen s in two diff erent ways: b y using T9 ® predi cti ve text inp ut, or basi c text input. Two other m odes for numb ers and pun ctua tio n mark s are al so av ail able. Ic ons ap pearin g on the s creen i ndi ca te th e acti ve text mode . T9 ® predictiv[...]

Text or num ber entr y 7 If you wish t o access the bas ic text input, p ress * . This met h od requires mu ltiple key presses t o reach the desire d char act er: the lette r "h" is the sec ond le tter on the 4 key, so you must pre ss it twice to e n ter "h". Example: how to ent er the word "home": Pre ss 4 , 4 ( G H I[...]

8C o n t a c t s 4 • Contacts Contac ts are st ored in one of the two ava ilable phonebooks: i n your SIM card (number o f entries depending on capa c ity) or in y our phone ( up to 9 9 names) . When en tering new na mes, they will on ly be added to the select e d phonebook. 99 is t he ma ximum n umber of na me cards, provided that oth er featu r[...]

Co nt act s 9 and p res s , to sto re this name i n your phon ebook. A number is li mi te d to 40 d igits , depending on y our SIM car d. Enterin g intern ational prefix, country & are a codes al lows you to dial a nu mber fr om any loc ation. In the p hone p honebook 1. Pr e s s - w h e n i n i d l e m o d e a n d s e l e c t < New > . E[...]

10 Co ntacts 1. In Conta cts > S ettin gs > Groups s etting , sele c t a group to b e identi fied. 2. R ena me the g roup an d se le ct the Me l o d y and the Pi ct ure to be associ ated to this group. 3. Bac k to idle mode, pre ss - to a ccess the phon ebook . Select a co nta ct you w ish to link to this g roup, then choose Select g roup and[...]

Co nt act s 11 Alp hanu meri c fi elds can onl y be cha nged or delet ed. Sh ow To displa y t he details of t h e selecte d fie l d. Chan ge type To c h ange o r to de fine th e field ty pe of the s elec ted nu mber.[...]

12 Settin gs 5 • Settings This me n u allows you to custo m ise your pho ne a n d change the s ettings rel ate d to each a va ilab le o ption (sounds, tim e and date, security, etc.). Ringer vol ume Pre ss + or - to select the volume of your ringer fr om Silent to Inc r ea sin g . Thi s setting also applies t o the mess ages ring er. Ri ng to ne [...]

Setti ngs 13 and s elect ed. Us e > to selec t the pi cture s of you r cho ice , t hen pres s , to activ ate the screen saver . Economic mode When On , thi s mo de di spl ays the curr e nt ti me o n a backgro und w h en the p h one is i n idl e. I t inc reases batte ry life. Back light Back lig ht i s a ctiva ted wh en rece ivi ng incom in g ca [...]

14 Settin gs Set tim e Allows you to set the ti me by pr essing the app ro pria te num er ic ke ys . You can a lso u se + / - to inc rease or decre ase t he ti me minute b y m inute. Set da te Allows you to set the da te b y p ressing th e appro pria te numeric keys. You can a lso use + / - to set the date . Allows you to selec t a langua ge for al[...]

Setti ngs 15 Call ba rring Netwo rk depende nt. This requi res a specific call barri ng passw ord supplie d b y your se r vic e provi d er. Allows you to li mit the us e of your pho ne to s pe cific calls by le tti ng y ou bar b oth Out goi ng an d Inc om ing calls . I n all c as es, t he Cance l option of these menus appli es to a ll c alls at on [...]

16 Settin gs GSM S ettings To ch a nge t he GSM sett i ngs: Log in , Password , Phone num be r nee ded to establi sh the connec tion a nd provi ded b y your operator, Ina ctivity t ime (a va lu e of ove r 30 sec onds a fter whi ch the phone disconnect s auto mat ically i f a co nn ecti on w a s in pro gress).[...]

Messa ges 17 6 • Messag es This me nu a l lows y ou to send s hort messa ges (SMS) wi th s ounds , animat ion s o r pi ctur es, as we ll as man age the on es yo u rec eive. Se nd SM S This m en u allows you to sen d an SMS to o n e or seve r al c ontacts. 1. Choose from th ree d ifferen t typ es of messa ges: 2. Enter yo ur text the n p ress , to[...]

18 Mess ages Outbo x When the Auto Sav e SMS op tion is On (see page 18), messa ges you sent a re store d in t his menu. Inbox T h i s m e n u a l l o w s y o u t o r e a d yo u r S M S . T h e n u m b e r indic ates the number of unread message (s). Whe n a me s s ag e i s di sp l a ye d , pr es s , to a ccess the followi ng optio ns: SM S sett i [...]

Messa ges 19 Arc hive Thi s men u a llows you to co ns ult all s tor ed me ssa ges in the p hone’ s m emory . Sel ect a me ssage , then pres s , to acce ss to th e fo llowi ng opti ons: Del e t e the sele c ted mess age , De le te a ll messa ges at once , R ep ly , Forw ar d, Call back, St ore num be r , Ext ract number . Th is featur e is n etw [...]

20 Multimedia 7 • Mult imedia T h i s m e n u a l l o w s y o u t o m a n a g e a n d l i s t e n t o t h e s o u n d s s t o r e d i n y o u r m o b i l e p h o n e . S e l e c t a s o u n d and press , to a cce ss t he fo llow ing op tion s: The Downloa d new o ptio n gives you ac c ess to a WAP page where you can download sounds (opera t or de[...]

Multimedia 21 This menu allows you to display the perc e ntage of mem o ry av ai la ble in yo ur pho n e. Se v era l fe a tur es share the mo bile capaci t y: pic t ures and sound albums, archiv e m essages , pho nebook entr ies, etc . Pre ss , to chec k th e g eneral me mory sta tus ( in Kilob yt es, KB ). Pr ess , again to acces s the deta il ed [...]

22 Games & A pplications 8 • Games & Applicati ons This menu provid es t he foll ow ing f unction s: Enter the f igures usi ng th e keypad. C alculator accuracy is to 2 decimal places and is rounded up to the higher dec imal figure. Pres s and hold 0 to get the decimal point. This me nu allow s yo u to set the a larm cloc k (up to 3 al ar[...]

Ga me s & App l ic a t io n s 2 3 Y o u r p h o n e i s s u p p l i e d w i t h 3 g a m e s : B r i c k , S n a k e and M as ter min d . Brick Goa l : d estr oy the brick s b y hi tting th em wi th a b a ll. Snak e Goa l : feed the snake withou t it touching the wall. Mast er mind Go al : f ind the cor rect comb ina tio n. Games 4 / 6 To mov e [...]

24 Call information 9 • Call inf ormation Thi s menu allo ws you to set a ll t he c all op tions (cal l forw ard, wa iting , et c.). Call for w ard To dive rt in comi ng cal ls to your mai lb ox or to a number (whe ther in you r Con tacts or n ot ) an d app li es to D ata calls , Vo i c e c a l l s and Fax cal ls . Befo re act iva ting this o pti[...]

Call inf orm ation 25 Any key an swer When this opti on is acti ve, you can a ccep t a c all by pre ssing any ke y, excep t ) (wh ich is us ed to re je ct a cal l). Call w aiting W h e n t h i s o p t i o n i s a c t i v e , y o u h e a r a b e e p i f s o m e o n e tries to ca ll you whi le alre ad y on a c all. Sel ect t he Statu s optio n to che[...]

26 Op e ra tor 10 • O per at or Most items of th i s menu a re subsc ription de pe ndent and spec ific to opera tors. C onseq uent ly, the me nus shown foll ow ing may or may not be av aila ble. Contac t you r netwo rk opera tor fo r deta ils. The se rvices pro vided may in volve makin g a ph one call or send ing a SMS for wh ich you may b e char[...]

Operato r 27 Pres s ( whil e brows ing, th en s elec t Bo o k ma r ks : the Name and U RL f ields will be a u to matica lly fi lled in with th e in forma tion of t he page you are br owsing . Sele ct Ad d book mark and star t enteri ng the n ew na me for the edit screen to appe ar. Pres s , , then proc eed the s ame way to en ter t he U RL a dd res[...]

28 Op e ra tor quic k access t o WAP serv ices: press , to con nec t to the WAP site. I f y o u r p u s h i n b o x i s f u l l , a m e s s a g e w i l l a s k y o u t o del ete s ome me ssages in WA P > Push Inbox . Options While brows ing, pr ess the ( key to acc ess: Subscriptio n dependen t. Mak ing a seco nd cal l Whe n you are in an ac tiv[...]

Operato r 29 Ans w ering a s ec ond call When you receive a secon d call whi le already in com munica tion, the phon e emits a beep a lert and the scre en di splays Ca ll wa it ing . Yo u ca n the n: To receive a second call, you must have deactiv ated the Cal l fo r wa r d f or vo ice c al ls ( see pa g e 2 4) and a c ti vate d the Ca ll w aiti ng[...]

30 Icon s & s ymbols Icons & symbol s In id le mode, several sy mbols can be di sp l ayed simul taneously on th e scree n. If the ne twork symbo l isn’t disp lay ed, the ne twork is not curre ntly avail able. You m ay be in a bad rece ption area , mo ving to a diff er ent l ocat ion may hel p. Silence - Your phone will not ring wh en re c[...]

Prec auti ons 31 Pr e cautions Your cellula r mo bile phon e is a low power radio tr ansm itter an d rec eive r . Whe n it is o perat ing, it sends and rec eives r adio wave s . The radio waves carry yo ur voice or data signal t o a base stati o n that is connected to the telephone network. The network controls the power at which the phone transmit[...]

32 Pre cautio ns In areas with a potentially expl o sive atm o sphere (e.g . petr o l st ations and al so areas where the air cont ain s d ust par tic le s, suc h a s me t al p owd er s) . In a vehicle transporting flamma ble products (even if t he vehi cle i s parked ) or a v ehicl e powe red by liquefied pe troleum ga s (LPG), chec k first tha t [...]

Prec auti ons 33 • D o not deform or open the battery . • Do not allow metal obj ects (suc h as keys in your pocket) to short cir cuit the b attery contacts. • A void exp osur e to ex cess ive heat (>6 0°C o r 1 40°F), moistur e or caustic environme n ts. Yo u sh o ul d on ly use Ph ili p s Au then tic Acc e sso ries , as the use of any [...]

34 Tr oubles hooti ng T r ouble shootin g The phone does not switch on Rem ove and r einst all the bat tery (see page 1) . M ake sur e you plugg ed the jack of the char ger i nto th e corr ect c onn ect or (s ee p age 2). The n charg e the phon e un til the bat tery icon h as stoppe d scrolling. Finally, unplug from the ch arger an d try to switch [...]

Tr oubles hoot ing 35 Y our phone doe s n’ t re turn to the idle screen Press a nd hold c or s wit ch off the p hon e, check that the SIM card and the batte ry are ins tal led co rr ect ly and swi tch it on aga in. Y our phone doe s n’ t displ ay the phone numbe r s o f incoming ca l ls This feat ure is net wor k an d subscr ipti on depe nd ent[...]

36 Tr oubles hooti ng W hen attem pting to use a featur e in the m enu , the mob i l e di s pl ay s NO T AL LO WED Som e feature s are n etwork depen dent. They are onl y av ail ab le , th ere fo re , if th e network or you r s ubscripti on suppo rts them. C ont act y our operator f or detailed in fo rm a tio n o n t his s ub je c t. The di spl a y[...]

Philips authen tic accessories 37 Philips authenti c accessories Some a c cessor ies, such as a standard bat t ery a nd a ch arge r are in clud ed a s stan dard in th e pac kage o f y o u r m o b i l e p h o n e . O t h e r a c c e s s o r i e s m i g h t b e s o l d in the comm er cial p ack age (acco rd ing to th e opera tor or the ret ai ler), o[...]

38 SA R Inform atio n - EU (RTT E) SAR Inf o rmation - EU (R TTE) TH IS M ODE L P H ONE ME ETS T H E EU R EQ UI REM EN TS FO R EXP OSURE TO RAD IO WAVE S Your mob ile ph one i s a radi o tr ansmi tter and r ecei ver. It is de signed an d ma nufac tured not to e xcee d the li mits for expo sure to ra dio freq uen cy (RF) ener gy recomme nded by the [...]

SAR Information - Inte rn ational (ICNIRP) 39 SAR In formation - Inte rnational (ICNIRP) TH IS M OBIL E PHON E M EET S INT ERN AT IO NA L REQ UIR EME NT S FOR EXPO SURE TO RAD IO WAVE S Your mobil e phon e is a radi o t ransm itter a nd re ceiver. It is de signed and manuf actured not to e xce ed the li mits fo r expo sure to radi o freq uency (RF)[...]

Declaration of conformity We, Ph ili ps Fra n ce - Mob ile T e le p h on y 4 ru e d u P ort aux Vins - Les pati os 92156 Sure s nes Cedex FRANCE declare under our s ole res ponsib ility th at the pro duct P hil ips 162 CT 1628 Cellu lar Mobile Radio GSM 900 /GS M 1800 T A C: 35388 5 00 to which t his d eclara tio n rela tes, is in confo rmit y with[...]