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Security

First
Change PIN2
Enter the Setup menu
Change your PIN2 code (used on
by pressing »MENU«
some SIM cards to access special
Select »Security«
functions).
Entering the Security menu gives
SIM lock
you different possibilities of pre-
Link your telephone and your SIM
venting misuse of your SIM card
card together by activating the SIM
and your telephone, e.g. if your
lock. You will be asked to enter a 6
phone is lost or stolen.
to 16 digit code of your own
choice.
PIN code
This means that if for instance
your phone is stolen, it cannot be
Activate PIN Select whether your
used together with another SIM
PIN code should be on or off. The
card.
PIN code is a 4 to 8 digit code
which must be entered each time
Network password
you switch on your phone.
Change your network password
Change PIN Change your PIN
(used if you subscribe to a call bar-
code.
ring service).
Setup menu
Encryption indication
Get a warning in the display and a
sound alarm, if you connect to a
network which does not support
encryption.
Facts & Tips
• If you enter an invalid PIN code
Fixed dialling
three times, your SIM card will be
Select whether you want the fixed
blocked, and to unblock it you have to
dialing function to be on or off (only
enter the PUK code supplied by
available if you have defined and
your network operator. This procedure
stored numbers in the fixed dialing
prevents unauthorised persons from
phone book (p. 21).
working out your PIN code by repeat-
edly entering different combinations
dialling on«, you will have access
of numbers.
only to the numbers stored in the
• For your own sake, remember to
fixed dialing phone book when you
write down your SIM lock code to be
press
able to deactivate the lock at a later
time.
You have 10 attempts before
will not be visible in the List menu
the phone is blocked.
and can thus not be accessed. Of
• The phone will inform you how
course, it remains on the SIM card
many tries you have left before the
and can be accessed again by
SIM card is blocked. If you enter an
selecting »Fixed dialling off«.
invalid PUK code 10 times, your SIM
card will be permanently blocked and
in the List menu, but if you wish to
you have to contact your network
call a number from the address
operator.
Setup menu
book which is not stored in the
fixed dialing phone book you will
be informed that it is not possible
to make the call
Barred dialling
Select whether you want the
barred dialing function to be on or
off (only available if you have
defined and stored numbers in the
barred dialing phone book (p. 22).
If you have selected »Fixed
.
Your plain numbers phone book
Your address book will be visible
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Facts & Tips
• Encryption means that the network
encrypts conversations to make it dif-
ficult for unauthorised persons to lis-
ten in on them.
• Contact your network operator for
further information on PUK2 and PIN2
codes.

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