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Ericsson T18LX User Manual

Ericsson T18LX User Manual

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  • Page 1 0RELOH 3KRQH 7/; 8VHU·V *XLGH...
  • Page 2 Register your new phone, purchase Ericsson original accessories, and see the latest in products by visiting us at http://www.ericsson.com/us/consumer 8/99 PBM This manual is published by Ericsson Inc., without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this manual due to typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Ericsson Inc.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Document Conventions ....1 Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use ..3 Safety .........3 Product Care and Operation .
  • Page 4 Messages Menu ....... . 35 Call Manager Menu ......36 Settings Menu .

  • Page 5: Document Conventions

    Document Conventions • Menu names are shown in the following typeface: MENUS. • Submenu names are shown in the following type- face: Submenu Names. • Keys names are shown in the following typeface: &/5 • Text that is seen in the phone’s display is shown in the following typeface: displays.

  • Page 7: Guidelines For Safe And Efficient Use

    Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use The mobile phone is one of the most exciting and inno- vative products ever developed. Your phone can help you to stay in touch with your office, your home, emergency services and others. Safety Exposure to Radio Frequency Signals Your wireless handheld portable telephone is a low power radio transmitter and receiver.

  • Page 8: Hearing Aids

    Driving Check the laws and regulations on the use of wireless telephones in the areas where you drive. Always obey them. Also, if using your phone while driving, please: • Give full attention to driving - driving safely is your first responsibility.

  • Page 9: Blasting Areas

    want to consult your service provider (or call the cus- tomer service line to discuss alternatives). Other Medical Devices If you use any other personal medical device, consult the manufacturer of your device to determine if it is ade- quately shielded from external RF energy. Your physician may be able to assist you in obtaining this information.

  • Page 10: Product Care And Operation

    Product Care and Operation Ericsson suggests you read and observe the following for safe care and operation of your phone: • Do not allow children to play with your phone. They could hurt themselves or others, or could acci- dentally damage the phone. Your phone may con- tain small parts that could be detached and create a choking hazard.

  • Page 11: Battery Information

    Battery Information New Batteries The battery packaged with your phone is not fully charged. For maximum battery capacity, use your charger to condition the battery. Recycling Your Battery Your phone manufacturer is a member of the Recharge- able Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC), a non- profit service organization designed to assist in the recy- cling of rechargeable batteries.
  • Page 12 Note! The time required to discharge a battery varies based on the type of battery and the number and duration of your calls.  Completely discharge the battery and fully charge it, three times in succession to, complete the battery conditioning procedure.

  • Page 13: Getting Started

    Getting Started Complete the following procedures to set up your mobile phone for the first time: • Review the document conventions used in this guide by referring to the “Document Conventions” chapter. • Attach the belt clip to the phone by referring to the Attaching the Belt Clip to Your Phone section in this chapter.

  • Page 14: Connecting And Removing Your Battery

    Connecting and Removing Your Battery  Place the battery over the back of the phone. The label on the battery should face down.  Insert the top portion of the battery into the phone. The tab on the bottom of the bat- tery should be pointing toward the bottom of the phone.

  • Page 15: Selecting Your Charger

    result, the phone may not activate charge-only mode when the charger is connected.  Attach the charger to the phone for several hours to slowly (trickle) charge the battery.  After trickle charging the battery for several hours the phone should activate the charge-only mode automatically.
  • Page 16  Continue charging the phone until the battery is fully charged. Note! If the phone is powered On, the battery icon is replaced by the icon once the battery is fully charged. Note! If the phone is in charge-only mode, Charging Com- plete appears in the display once the battery is fully charged.
  • Page 17 Note! Do not twist while inserting or removing the small plug on the charger cord!  Plug the AC adapter on the power cord into a wall outlet. Charging a Battery Attached to Your Phone If your phone is On, you can make and receive calls while using the desktop charger.
  • Page 18  Press the light on the right rear side of the desktop charger. The light remains a steady orange while the desktop charger discharges the battery. It can take anywhere from two to six hours to discharge the battery, depending on the battery type. Note! The light turns a steady red when the desktop charger begins charging the battery.

  • Page 19: Learning About Your Mobile Phone

    Learning About Your Mobile Phone Your mobile phone offers the latest in TDMA technol- ogy, operating in digital and analog modes. Highlights of Your Mobile Phone Design • Small, contoured, and light-weight • Full graphics display • Active flip (answers and ends calls) •...

  • Page 20: The Parts Of Your Phone

    The Parts of Your Phone The following is a list of the terms used in this user’s guide to describe your Ericsson mobile phone:  Antenna  Indicator Light  Earpiece  Upper Side Key  Lower Side Key  Display <(6 Key (press and hold to turn power On or Off)  Down Arrow...

  • Page 21: Phone Display Icons And Display Indicators

    Phone Display Icons and Display Indicators Phone Display Icons The following icons are used to display the status of your phone:  Voice Mail Waiting Icon  New Text Mail Icon  Keypad Locked Icon  Ringer Silent Icon  Active Profile Icon  Battery Icon  Digital/Analog Channel Indicator  Signal Strength Icon...

  • Page 22: Key Functions

    Key Functions • Press to answer a call. • Press to make a call after entering a phone num- ber. • Press to store menu settings. • Press (from the Standby screen) for the outgoing call log. • Press and hold after entering a phone number to make a calling card call.
  • Page 23 • Press the upper side key to temporarily mute the ring tone when receiving a call. • Press to increase the earpiece volume during a Upper call. Side • Press to illuminate the back light (when the flip is open). •...

  • Page 24: Display Messages

    Display Messages The following are common display messages on your mobile phone: Your phone is receiving a call. Your phone is dialing the number shown in the dis- play. You have an active call. The battery is reaching its lowest operational power level.

  • Page 25: Basic Operations

    Basic Operations Summary of Basic Operations To Do This: Turn your phone On Turn your phone Off Decrease ear volume during a call Increase ear volume during a call Answer a call End a call Access the main menu Access the main menu during call Go back one level in menu mode Exit menu mode from any menu level Scroll through menus or menu settings...

  • Page 26: Turning Your Phone On And Off

    Turning Your Phone On and Off After you have installed a fully charged battery in your phone, turn your phone On by pressing and holding until your phone sounds a beep. Note! If you have the vibrate option activated, the phone will also briefly vibrate.

  • Page 27: Setting The Ring Volume

     When the appropriate ring sound is highlighted, press <(6 . Selection Stored! appears in the display.  Press to return to the previous screen.  Press &/5 to return to the Standby screen. Setting the Ring Volume To select the ring volume for your mobile phone: Ô...

  • Page 28: Answering A Call

    Answering a Call When your phone receives a call, the ring tone sounds (unless you have disabled it through the SOUNDS menu), the words Incoming Call flash in the display, the dis- play and keypad back light flash, and the indicator light on top of the phone rapidly flashes green.

  • Page 29: Unanswered Calls

    Unanswered Calls Your phone's display shows the number of calls you have received but did not answer. You can clear the number from the display by pressing any key or by turning the phone Off. If Caller Number Identification is available from your carrier, unanswered calls will be stored in the Incoming Log of the PHONE LISTS menu.

  • Page 30: Emergency Calls

    number and then another number, such as an access number for an answering machine or voice mail system. Stop Dialing A stop causes the phone to stop transmitting numbers until you press <(6 . You can enter a stop in a series of digits by pressing and holding until is shown in the display.

  • Page 31: International Calls

     If police, fire, or medical assistance is needed.  The exact location of the emergency, including cross streets, mileposts, or landmarks.  How many people are involved, their condition, and if help is being administered. International Calls If allowed by your service provider, you can place inter- national calls with your phone just as you would from any other phone.

  • Page 33: Using Menus

    Using Menus Read this chapter thoroughly to understand how to use your phone’s menus, how to navigate through the menu system, and how to change the menu settings. Your phone's menus are an easy way for you to: • Store and recall phone numbers from your phone- book •...

  • Page 34: Exiting The Menu

    indicated by a filled radio button ( ). Some set- tings have two choices, such as On and Off for the Speed Dial setting in the CALL MANAGER menu. Other settings have a list of choices, such as the Ring Volume setting in the SOUNDS menu.  Press Ñ...

  • Page 35: Menu Descriptions

    Menu Descriptions The main menu has six icons that display the top-level menu options. The corresponding option title of the selected option is displayed below the menu tabs when highlighted. Each menu is represented by an icon. Option 1 is the PHONE LISTS menu. Option 2 is the MESSAGES menu.

  • Page 36: Outgoing Log

    the Recall Entry submenu by pressing and holding Ô from the Standby screen. Phone Groups The Phone Groups submenu allows you to organize the members of your phonebook into categories. Each cate- gory can then have a ring sound associated with it and can be used for call screening if your network supports Caller ID.
  • Page 37 Note! You will be prompted to enter your security code to enter the Calling Card 1 and Calling Card 2 sub- menus. Setting Up Your Calling Cards To set up your calling cards, make sure you have the Calling Card Access Numbers (numbers provided by your long distance carrier) and the Verification Numbers (numbers you must enter to allow the calling card call to be completed)
  • Page 38 Placing a Calling Card Call  Enter or recall the phone number you want to call.  Press and hold <(6 . The calling card number and the active calling card are shown in the display.  Release the key after the number has been displayed.  If you are using stops between numbers, you must press <(6...

  • Page 39: Messages Menu

     Press <(6 to open the Phone Number submenu.  Press Ñ or Ô until the appropriate phone number is highlighted.  When the appropriate phone number is high- lighted, press <(6 to switch to that phone number.  Press to return to the previous screen or press &/5 to return to Standby screen.

  • Page 40: Call Manager Menu

    Call Manager Menu Ñ or Ô 3 The CALL MANAGER menu allows you to view infor- mation and establish dialing and answering preferences for your phone (some selections available in this menu are dependent on your service provider). It also enables you to view and edit system options and call statistics.
  • Page 41 For example, if you save 123 as the auto prefix and the function is On, you can call 123-7654 by simply dialing 7654. The prefix 123 is automatically added to the phone number after you press number. The auto prefix is not added for phone num- bers longer than 5 digits.

  • Page 42: Settings Menu

    Note! You will be prompted to enter your security code to enter the Lock Dial submenu. Lock Receive The Lock Recv submenu allows you to restrict incom- ing phone calls. The two options are Allow and Restrict. If Restrict is selected, the phone does not ring for incom- ing calls.

  • Page 43: Back Light

    Time/Date The Time/Date submenu allows you to retrieve the time and date from the system, if this feature is available from the service provider. Language The Language submenu allows you to select the display language used in the phone display. The languages vary between markets.
  • Page 44 Find Network Your phone should be configured by your service pro- vider for optimal network selection during roaming. If your service provider allows, you can override the pre- configured selection by doing the following:  Press Ñ or Ô from the Standby screen to highlight the SETTINGS menu.

  • Page 45: Sounds Menu

    and unavailable systems. If you want to switch to another system, do the following:  Press Ñ or Ô from the Standby screen to highlight the SETTINGS menu.  Press <(6 to open the SETTINGS menu.  Press Ñ or Ô until the System Select submenu is highlighted.

  • Page 46: Ring Volume

    Silent is selected. The two options for Phone Silent are On or Off. Ñ or Ô and # toggles Phone Silent on and off. Ring Sound The Ring Sound submenu allows you to choose the type of sound or melody for the ringer. Each sound or melody is demonstrated as you scroll through the selec- tions.

  • Page 47: Profiles Menu

    Message Alert The Msg Alert submenu allows you to turn On or Off the tone that sounds when an incoming text message or a message waiting signal is received. The two options for Msg Alert are On and Off. Profiles Menu Ñ...

  • Page 48: Reset Profile

    desired group ( ). Once you have selected all the groups to be screened, press Screen calls is a profile-dependent feature. You can spec- ify groups of callers that will be restricted from ringing through in each of the 9 profiles. Next Call Type Use the NextCallType submenu to specify what type of call you will receive next.

  • Page 49: Using The Phonebook

    Using the Phonebook You can store phone numbers and associated names in your phone’s phonebook to use for Recall Dialing, Speed Dial, and Super Dial. Each phone number you store can be up to 32 digits in length, and any names you store can be up to 24 characters in length.
  • Page 50  To store a number in a specific position, press Ô to access the position field. Enter the number of the phonebook position to which you want the entry stored. Press <(6 to store the number in that particu- lar position. Entering Letters and Symbols Press the appropriate key, 0-9, #, or * repeatedly until the desired letter, character, or digit appears in the dis-...

  • Page 51: Recalling A Phone Number Or Name

    Phone numbers stored in positions 1 through 9 can be used with the Super Dial feature. All 1- and 2-digit phonebook positions can be used with the Speed Dial feature. Storing a Phone Number in Secure Memory A phone number stored in secure memory cannot be recalled unless you enter the correct security code.

  • Page 52: Editing A Phone Number

    Recalling a Phone Number From Secure Memory  Follow the previously described steps for opening Recall Entry from the PHONE LISTS menu.  Press Ô until the Position: line is highlighted.  Enter the position of the phone number stored in secure memory.

  • Page 53: Phone Groups

    Phone Groups The Phone Groups submenu allows you to organize your phonebook into groups by assigning individual phone numbers to 1 of 10 Phone Groups. For each Phone Group, you may define the group Members and the group Ring Sound. If you receive a call from a par- ticular group Member, the group Ring will sound.
  • Page 54  Press Ñ or Ô until the Phone Group that you want to select is highlighted.  Press <(6 to select the Phone Group to which you want to assign group options.  Press Ñ or Ô until Members is highlighted.  Press <(6 to select Members.

  • Page 55: Message Services

    Message Services Text messages and voice mail are the two types of mes- sage services your Ericsson mobile phone can support. The message services are provided by your service pro- vider and subject to availability. Text Message Service Your phone can store a maximum of 2KB of message text in its memory.

  • Page 56: Text Message Memory

    Text Messages With Callback Numbers Callback phone numbers are one or more phone num- bers that are attached to or contained within a text mes- sage. These phone numbers are specified by the person sending the message. If you press <(6 while reading a message that contains a callback phone number, a message appears in the display...

  • Page 57: Reading Text Messages

    Status of Text Messages A text message can have the following status: • Unread ( ) - The text message has not been read. Existing unread text messages will not be overwrit- ten by a new message. • Read ( ) - The text message has been read, but has not been saved.
  • Page 58  Press Ñ or Ô until the new message is highlighted.  Press <(6 to open the message. Once the message is open, you can scroll through the message one line at a time by pressing Ñ or Ô. You can also scroll up or down through the message three lines at a time by pressing and holding Ñ...
  • Page 59 To call the phone number shown, press credit card call, press and hold Standby screen, press If you have not stored an access number, you will see Voice mail access number not stored. when you receive a voice mail notice. After this screen has been displayed for five seconds, another screen appears that gives you the opportunity to store an access number.
  • Page 60  Press Ñ or Ô from the Standby screen to access the main menu.  Press Ô until the MESSAGES menu is highlighted.  Press <(6 to open the MESSAGES menu.  Press Ñ or Ô until the Voice Mail submenu is high- lighted.

  • Page 61: Data, Fax, And Internet Calls

    Data, Fax, and Internet Calls Your Ericsson mobile phone contains a modem similar to the modems you use to connect your computer to your home or office telephone service. Rather than con- necting to standard telephone lines, however, the modem in your mobile phone allows you to connect your computer to the mobile telephone system.

  • Page 62: Before You Start

    procedure. Once a connection to your ISP is established, it will remain in place until you disconnect or until it is automatically disconnected due to the degradation of signal quality or due to inactivity. Note! Throughout this chapter, references to data/fax/internet will be referred to as simply data.

  • Page 63: Operation

    connector. Connect one end of the cable to your Ericsson mobile phone and the other end to the serial port on your computer. Note! If you are trying to connect to a 25-pin serial interface port on your computer, you will need an adapter. You can purchase a 25-pin serial interface port adapter at most computer supply stores.
  • Page 64  Press <(6 to select the highlighted call type.  Selection stored! appears in the display. Your phone is now configured to a specific type for your next incoming call. Note! The NextCallType setting will be reset to Voice call after every incoming call.

  • Page 65: Achieving Best Performance

     Plug the other end of the cable from your DA 18 Phone Book Manager Accessory Kit into the serial port on your computer.  Plug the charger cable into the bottom of the con- nector from your DA 18 Phone Book Manager Accessory Kit cable.

  • Page 66: Installing Your Modem Driver From Your Compact

    signal will generally be stronger when the phone is near a window. In a Vehicle It is possible to receive data calls from your vehicle. Operation from a moving vehicle may not be satisfac- tory because data may be lost when your call is trans- ferred from one mobile base station to another.

  • Page 67: Manual Installation Of Your Modem Driver Or Voice

    Note! If neither the New Hardware Found nor the Update Device Driver Wizard screens appear, refer to the Man- ual Installation Instructions at the end of this chapter.  When your desktop returns, verify that your modem is properly installed. From the Start menu on your Windows desktop, click on Settings, then Control Panel.

  • Page 68: Troubleshooting

     Connect one end of your serial cable to your Erics- son mobile phone and the other end to your com- puter’s serial port.  From the Start menu on your Windows desktop, click on Settings, then Control Panel. Double-click the Modems icon.
  • Page 69 j Click OK to return to the Connection tab. k Click OK to return to Modem Properties. l Click Close. Note! If you are using an application that supplies its own box for entering extra settings, then type the following com- mand string into that box as well: +COS=4,1,2,0;...

  • Page 71: Problems You Can Solve

    Problems You Can Solve Displayed Messages and Explanations The signal is too weak to make a call. Try again when the signal strength is one bar or stronger. Your phone is searching for a mobile service pro- vider. You called a number for which you have set call restrictions.
  • Page 72  The signal strength varies. This is a common occurrence. Transmitters are set in geographic areas and coverage is not 100% all of the time. Signal strength varies as you travel between cells. If you need additional information or assistance, or would like to purchase Original Ericsson Accessories: in the U.S.A., call 1-800-ERICSSON (374-2776).

  • Page 73: Index

    Index Access Tone , 42 Accessories , 68 Answer Option , 36 Antenna , 16 Auto Area , 36 Auto Prefix , 36 Auto Retry , 23, 37 Back Light , 39 Battery Information Battery Location , 16 Charge-Only Mode , 10 Charging , 10...
  • Page 74 Display Icons , 17 Display Messages , 20 Highlights , 15 Illustration , 16 Key Functions , 18 Learning About , 15 Error Messages , 67 Fax Calls , 57 Features , 15 Flip , 19 Getting Started Greeting , 39 Group Rings , 49 Icons...
  • Page 75 Entering Letters/Symbols , 46 Erasing Entries , 48 Recalling Names/Numbers , 47 Secure Memory , 47 Specifying Positions , 46 Storing Names/Numbers , 45 Power , 38 Power On Lock , 38 Power On/Off , 16, 18, 22 Problems You Can Solve , 67 Profiles Menu , 43...
  • Page 76 < YES Key , 16, 18...
  • Page 77 7 /; Making and Answering Calls Turn Phone On/Off Press and hold Answer a Call *Open flip or press <(6 End a Call *Close flip or press *Flip must be enabled: Ñ Ô Call the number Press <(6 shown in the display Ñ...
  • Page 78 Your Phone’s Display Contrast Ñ Ô Back Light Ñ Ô Language Ñ Ô Your Phone’s Sounds Phone Silent Ñ Ô Ring Sound Ñ Ô Ring Volume Ñ Ô Ñ Ô Vibrate Ear Volume Ñ Ô Key Sound Ñ Ô Your Phone’s Security Lock Dial Ñ...
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