Siemens S42 manual

ss S 42 S 42 Siemens Mobile Phones A/S Industrivej 30 DK-9490 Pandrup © Siemens AG 200 0 All rights reserved. Subject to availability . Rights of modification reserved. Siemens Aktiengesellsc haft http://www .siemens.com/mobiles Ref . No.: A31 008-H6600-A1 -1 -761 9 Printed in Denmark (791 0.2450 GB / 08.00A) User Guide Cover S42 GB 12/09/00 10:28[...]

Setup menu Network services Call divert Call barring Call waiting Call back Calling name presentation Closed user group Network selection Selection mode Pref erred list Country list Network types T ones setup Ringing tone Message tone Broadcast tone Y our own ring tone Key tone Silent mode T rembler F actory settings Phone setup Language IrD A Bac [...]

Content s Pr ecautions 4 Getting start ed 5 B attery and c harging 6 SIM card 8 Calling 9 Redialling a number 1 0 Silent mode 1 0 Ke ypad lock 1 0 Address and phone books 11 T ext input 1 2 Storing entries 1 4 Finding an entry 1 6 List menu 19 O verview 20 Call lists 22 Addr ess and phone book editing 23 Status 28 Calculator 29 Dictaphone 30 Calend[...]

P recautions 4 Please observe the f ollo wing guide- lines. Br eaking these rules ma y be dangerous or illegal: Mobile phones must be switc hed of f at all times on board an aircraf t. Do not activate near gas sta- tions, fuel depots, chemical plants or blasting oper a- tions. A void use in hospitals; med- ical electronics, e.g . pace- maker s and [...]

Charge battery Insert the charger plug at the bot tom of the telephone, and it will start charging immedi- ately . F ully c harging the battery takes up to 1 20 minutes, depending on the type of char ger used. Rem ove charger Press 1 and pull out the c harger plug. Facts & Tips • When your bat tery needs rechar g- ing, the phone will emit a s[...]

Insert SIM card Bef ore y ou can make a call with your mobile phone, you need to insert the SIM card. Switc h of f your phone. Remo ve the bat tery lid and the bat tery . Open the SIM card holder by sliding the catch to wards y our- self and lif ting the holder . Insert the SIM card in the holder with its cut-of f corner pointing up and lef t. Clos[...]

10 Getting start ed Redialling a number Press f or one second, and the latest dialled number will be redialled automatically . Silent mode Y ou can disable all selected tones: Press (»MENU«) Pres s The s ymbol will be seen in the display . Just press these tw o key s again in the same order to revert to your original set tings. Keypad lock T o av[...]

13 wheel mode The c haracters a vailable on eac h ke y can be seen in the table below . Press once to enter the first c harac- te r , twice to enter the second char- acter , etc. Press 3 times if you w ant to enter a capital let ter . T o activate the caps lock function, press 4 times. P ress it once again to deactivate the function. mode T9® T ex[...]

Phone books 14 Address and phone books 15 Y our telephone contains a com- plete address book similar to the address book on a PC. Just f ollo w the instructions below to store an entry . See on p. 1 2 how to use the ke ypad on your phone. Storing information in your address book Enter the phone number and press . Select » Addr ess book« by pressi[...]

Facts & Tips Both address and phone books • Calling Line Identification (CLI) is a network f eature whic h display s the caller’ s phone number in your phone's display . If the caller is one of the entries stored in your phone book, his/her name will appear in your dis- play . • In the Call setup menu y ou can acti- vate the speed di[...]

18 List menu See how to get information about your calls and messages and how to edit your address and phone books. 19 User guide S42 GB 12/09/00 10:22 Side 18[...]

Calendar • V iew y our e vents • New eve nt • V iew w eek planner • Go to other date • Delete e vents automatically IrD A • Receiving • S ync hronization and data • Send business car d W AP browser • A ccess to the Internet Messages • Inbox f or received SMS mes- sages, business car ds, and calendar appointments • Outbox f or [...]

Enter the List menu by pressing Select »Phone books« Select » Addr ess book« or one of the phone books Add entry Select » Add entry« if y ou want to add a new entry (See pp. 14-1 5). View entries This pro vides a variety of options, such as calling, editing or moving the entries. These options are described in greater detail in the f ollowing[...]

25 Facts & tips • When communicating via IrDA, the distance between your mobile phone and the receiving unit should not ex ceed 40 centimetres. • The options »Change group/Add to group« and »Remo ve from gr oup« are rele vant only in connection with address book entries. 24 List menu Phone book editing List menu First Enter the List men[...]

27 26 Enter the List menu by pressing Select »Phone books« and then »Groups« Groups Y ou can organise the entries in your address book in groups, such as family , business, etc. T his makes searc hing easier . Create new group Select »Create new gr oup« and confirm by pressing »OK« . Give the group a name and confirm by pressing »OK« . Y [...]

Enter the List menu by pressing Select »Status« Status In this menu you can see the sta- tus of y our SIM car d, address and phone books, v oice memos, and messages. SIM card This submenu sho ws you the stat us of your phone books, SMS messages and y our voice mails. See how many entries you ha ve stored and ho w many storage locations are free. [...]

Calendar 31 List menu First Enter the List menu by pressing Select »Calendar« Calendar Use your phone to remind you of dif f erent ev ents such as meetings, phone calls to be made, birthday s, etc. The calendar is activ e ev en when the telephone is switc hed of f . View events Each date under which one or more ev ents are stored will be listed, [...]

33 IrD A Calendar 32 List menu List menu First First Enter the List menu by pressing Select »IrD A « IrD A The built-in IrD A modem allows wireless communication to take place between your phone and computer , provided y our computer is equipped with an IrD A interf ace as well, and provided you ha ve installed the necessary IrD A driver s in adv[...]

35 Some cards give access to an option menu where you can find more functions. Press »OPTION« to enter the menu. Using the W AP browser menu The bro wser menu is accessed by means of the side ke y on the right- hand of the telephone. The browser menu includes the f ollowing sub- menus: Reload Reload one or more cards from the server or from the i[...]

37 Messages List menu 36 List menu W AP browser First Enter the List menu by pressing Select »Messages« Messages Y our phone can receiv e and send messages via the network. Mes- sages are stored on y our SIM car d. Entering this menu lets you access the f ollowing f eat ures: Inbox The messages y ou receive are automatically stored in the »Inbox[...]

Enter the List menu by pressing Select »Messages« Outbox If you ha ve entered a mes- sage to be sent either as an SMS message or via IrD a, but do not want to send it right a way , you can store it in the Outbox. Sent items The messages y ou send are automatically stored under »Sent items« fr om where they can alw ays be r etriev ed again. Draf[...]

T9®text input feature This is a f eat ure enabling you to more easily use SMS messaging. Unlike the con ventional w ay of en- tering/editing texts where y ou hav e to press one ke y up to sev eral times to enter the desir ed letter , the T9 f eature allo ws you to com- pose text messages with only one ke ypress per letter . T9 T ext Input compar e[...]

43 43 S etup menu Find out how to set your phone according to your own personal wishes and needs. 43 42 Messages List menu First Enter the List menu by pressing Select »Messages« Favourites Instead of entering your own message y ou can make use of the "F a vourites" which ar e standard messages already stored in y our phone. Y ou only n[...]

Enter the Set up menu: Press »MENU« Scroll through the options: and Select an option: Press »SELECT « or »OK« Go back one le vel: Press »EXI T « Go back to standb y: Hold down »EXI T « Here is a brief ov erview of the options that may be a vailable when you enter the Setup menu. The options are described in detail on the follo wing pages.[...]

47 Number Enter the phone number you w ant to divert to or select a number in your phone book using . On some networks you can pr ess , and your calls will be diverted to your voice mail (see p. 42). Deactivation/activation On some networks you ha ve the possibility of activating and deacti- vating y our call div ert. T his means that when you ha v[...]

49 Call back Some networks of f er the possibility of automatically establishing a con- nection to a busy subscriber when the number is no longer engaged. The phone will inf orm y ou that the subscriber is bus y and ask you whether y ou want to call bac k. Select »Status« to see ho w many phone numbers are still w aiting to be called back. Select[...]

51 Facts & Tips • If you w ant to add a network that is not shown on the list of networks, select »Specify« and enter the coun- try code and network number of the network. • The country list can contain 1 5 dif- f erent countries. Y our home network will alwa ys be the first one on the list and cannot be deleted. • Select »Unlimited« [...]

Enter the Set up menu by pressing »MENU« Select » T ones setup« The T ones menu off ers you dif f er - ent options in relation to the f ollow- ing tones: Ringing tone Message tone Broadcast tone V olume Select whether y ou want the volume to be high, medium, low or off . T he ringing tone can also be set to »Escalating« . P attern Y ou can se[...]

Enter the Set up menu by pressing »MENU« Select » T ones setup« Create melody (Continued) • T ones sound: Select whether you want to hear the tones or not when composing your melody . Even if you ha ve switc hed the tones sound of f , y ou will still be able to listen to your composition by pressing 8 (Play bac k). • Sav e: Give y our melod[...]

57 S Graphics This submenu allo ws you to choose betw een dif fer ent symbols f or the bat tery and the signal strength indicators. Owner ID Y ou can store an owner ID in your phone to be shown when y ou switc h on the phone. Select »Define« to enter the necessary inf ormation, whic h corresponds to an address book entry . Select »Show at po wer[...]

59 Auto redial If you ha ve activ ated A uto redial and the phone number y ou are call- ing is busy or your call is not answer ed, y ou can let your phone make up to 1 0 automatic redial at tempts. A special redialling success tone is heard when the at tempt is suc- cessful. T o cancel the auto redial at tempts, just press the lef t-hand function k[...]

Enter the Set up menu by pressing »MENU« Select »Message setup« Send SMS setup T o be able to send and receive SMS messages you must store the name and number of the service centre of your network operator . Howeve r , m any n et w ork operator s will already ha ve stored this inf or- mation and some other necessary parameters f or you on your [...]

63 Browser Menu The connection to the WAP gate- wa y is established as a data call via an access point. Y ou must enter the dial number of this access point in the »Profile set up« below . Communication between the access point and the gatew ay takes place automatically when you hav e entered the IP address of the gatew ay as mentioned belo w . I[...]

Enter the Set up menu by pressing »MENU« Select »Calendar set up« Calendar Y ou can select to have the time and date shown in the standby dis- play b y entering this menu. Y ou hav e the f ollowing options: Time Select »Set time« to set and/or edit the cur rent time. Enter the current hour or use the arr ow ke ys to edit the display ed hour .[...]

Encryption indicat ion Get a warning in the displa y and a sound alarm, if y ou connect to a network whic h does not support encryption. Fixed dialling Select whether y ou want the fix ed dialling function to be on or of f (only av ailable if you ha ve defined and stored numbers in the fix ed dialling phone book (p. 1 5). If you ha ve selected »F [...]

Conversation menu See everything about the possibilities that you have during a conversation. 69 S ecurity 68 Setup menu Enter the Set up menu by pressing »MENU« Select »Security« Keypad lock T o avoid making calls accidentally , you can loc k the ke ypad. In this submenu you ha ve the f ollowing options: Activ ate Activ ates the keypad loc k. [...]

71 T ransfer call If you ha ve an activ e call and a call on hold, y ou can connect the two by selecting » T ransfer« call. In that wa y , the two parties can talk together while y ou withdra w from the conv ersation. Record c onversation Y ou can record an ongoing conv er- sation by selecting »R ecord call« . During recording a short beep is h[...]

72 73 Further informat ion Get an overview of the keypad functions and the display symbols on your phone. 73 User guide S42 GB 12/09/00 10:23 Side 72[...]

75 Further information 74 Further information • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Function keys with text line in display The lef t-hand function key turns y our phone on and off . When the phone is on, the function of these k ey s varies, depending on whether you ar e in standby or menu mode. The te xt line at the bot tom of th[...]

77 Event indicators Occurring/Missed event The digit indicates ho w many ev ents you ha ve missed. Recurring event Event occurs toda y W AP connection indicators Ongoing data call Network a vailable Network not a vailable Microphone off V olume level Indicates volume le vel when adjust- ing. Ringing tone off All tones off Indicates that all tones h[...]

79 Accessories Further information T ec hnical specifications 78 This product uses fr equency bands whose use is harmonized within the European Community area. This product is intended to be connect- ed to the Pan-Eur opean GSM pub- lic telecommunications network. • GSM900 Class 4 (2 W at ts) F requenc y range 880-960 MHz • GSM1 800 Class 1 (1 [...]

80 81 81 Index 81 User guide S42 GB 12/09/00 10:23 Side 80[...]

83 G et ting star ted 5 Graphics 57 Greeting 56 Go to date 32 Groups 26 H andsfree 56 Holding a call 70 I nf ormation numbers 1 5 Insert SIM card 8 Internal antenna 9 International calls 9, 7 4 IrD A 33, 39, 56 J oining calls 70 K eypad 1 2 Ke ypad alphabet 64 Ke ypad lock 1 0, 68 Ke ypad lock code 68 Ke y tone 54 L anguage 56 Line lock 68 Line sel[...]

85 Index 84 Recording a con ver sation 30, 7 1 Redialling a number 1 0, 59 Remaining call c harge 59 Remo ve ev ent automatically 65 Remo ve from gr oup 24 Rename a group 26 Reply path 62 Reset timer s & charge 59 Ringing tones 52 S ecurity 66 Selection of language 56 Selection of network 50 Selection of network type 50 Sending a new message 38[...]