Philips 859 User Manual
Philips 859 User Manual

Philips 859 User Manual

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  • Page 2: Discover Your Phone

    Therefore, Philips reserves the rights to revise this user guide or withdraw it at any time without prior notice. Philips provides this user guide «as is» and does not accept, except as required by applicable law, liability for any error, omission or discrepancy between this user guide and the product described.
  • Page 3 Press Reject a call either side key (in this case, the phone must be closed). Access the main Press menu Access the Press Contacts Browse moving Use the Contacts press name. Access the Press Call list Go to previous menu Press Quickly return Press and hold...
  • Page 4 of your choice is selected, or sub-carousel or list will then appear. Pressing will alternate options, such Activate/Deactivate, On/Off, Increase/Decrease a value, etc. Browse carousels and lists until you reach the desired feature or option. When navigating in a list, a scroll bar located on the right hand side of the screen shows your actual position in the list.
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    1. Getting started ...1 Insert the SIM card ...1 Switch on the phone ...2 Set date and time ...2 Copy the SIM phonebook ...2 Charge the battery ...2 2. Main features ...4 Access and view the phonebook ...4 Make a call ...4 Answer and end a call ...4 TV slideshow ...4 Take a picture ...5...
  • Page 6 Answer a second call ... 61 Answer a third call ... 61 Conference call ... 62 Explicit call transfer ... 62 Icons & symbols ... 63 Troubleshooting ... 64 Precautions ... 67 Philips authentic accessories Table of contents ... 52 ... 70...
  • Page 7: Getting Started

    1 • Getting started Read the safety instructions in the «Precautions» section before use. To use your phone, you must insert a valid SIM card supplied by your GSM operator or retailer. The SIM card contains your subscription, your mobile number, and memory in which you can store phone numbers and messages (see “Contacts”...
  • Page 8: Switch On The Phone

    Remove the protective film covering the screens and the camera lens before using the phone. Switch on the phone To switch on the phone, press the PIN code if required (i.e. the 4 to 8-digit secret code of your SIM card). It is preconfigured and communicated to you by your operator or retailer.
  • Page 9 LEFT hand socket at the base of the phone on one end, then plug it into a main AC power socket with easy access on the other end. The battery symbol indicates the state of charge: - during charging, the 4 charge indicators scroll; Each bar represents around 25% of charge and it takes around 1.45 hours to fully recharge your mobile phone.
  • Page 10: Main Features

    2 • Main features Access and view the phonebook In idle mode, press on the selected phonebook (in SIM or Contacts in phone, see “Contacts” page 1), the content that appears on the screen may vary. To view the phonebook during a call, press select List.
  • Page 11: Take A Picture

    A default picture will automatically appear on the TV screen, while the TV slideshow menu will be displayed on the screen of your phone. Use the menu of your phone to set an automatic slideshow, or display the pictures manually by pressing TV Link only support JPEG pictures, up to VGA size (640 x 480 pixels).
  • Page 12: Call Handsfree

    When in idle mode, press the camera key once to activate the camera, and a second time to take a picture of your friend. Select > Contacts Settings Rename a group and select the choice, then your friend’s picture. When making a group of only one person, you can also select Multimedia >...
  • Page 13: Adjust The Earpiece Volume

    Read your mobile phone number To read your own mobile phone number, press when in idle mode and select Own numbers Your number is displayed if present on your SIM card. If not, select New, then follow the instructions. If your own number has been stored in the phonebook, you can read it during a call.
  • Page 14: Clear The Phonebook

    You can also delete all the SMS messages from the SMS Archive menu. Deleting your SMS list is useful to free memory space in order to receive new messages Clear the phonebook This option only applies to the phonebook in your phone, NOT to the SIM phonebook.
  • Page 15: Menu Tree

    3 • Menu tree The table below describe the complete menu tree (first to third levels) of your mobile phone, as well as the page reference you should refer to for more information concerning each feature or setting. Settings p23 Sounds p23 Silent / Ringer volume / Ringer / Messages ringer / Equaliser / Key tones / Sounds alerts...
  • Page 16 SMS chat p40 MMS p40 New MMS / Receive an MMS / Manage folders / Settings Multimedia p48 Picture album p48 List of available pictures Sound album p48 List of available sounds Demo mode p51 Memory status p51 Sound recording p51 TV Slideshow p50 Games &...
  • Page 17 Call information p55 Call settings p55 Active flip / Mailboxes / Auto redial / Any key answer / Call waiting / Caller ID Call list p56 Call list / Reset Call counters p57 Contacts p1 View names list Settings Delete all / Contacts select / Group settings / Copy to phone Menu tree Operator services p58...
  • Page 18: Text Or Number Entry

    4 • Text or number entry Text can be entered in editing screens in two different ways: by using T9 ® predictive Text Input, or basic text input. Two other modes for numbers and punctuation marks, are also available. Icons appearing on the screen show the active text mode.
  • Page 19: Basic Text Input

    Basic text input If you wish to access the basic text input, press This method requires multiple key presses to reach the desired character: the letter "h" is the second letter on key, so you must press it twice to enter "h". Example: how to enter the word "home": Press (GHI)
  • Page 20: Taking Pictures

    5 • Taking pictures Your mobile phone features a digital camera that allows you to take pictures, store them in your phone, use them as wallpaper or send them to your friends. How to... Press the Activate/deactivate OR press the camera menu Camera.
  • Page 21: Pictures Shots

    Pictures shots Preview mode settings Press to display the camera preview screen: the lens of the camera is automatically focused and icons are displayed in the bottom (Zoom, Effects, mode, Shot) and eventually, if set on, on top timer, Vision) of the screen. All options and key presses described in this section are applicable only when the camera mode is active, i.e.
  • Page 22 Vision Two vision modes are available: mode Night mode (reflected by the moon icon in the top of the screen). According to ambient light level, press between modes. This option is available in all modes: one- Zoom level zoom (x2) in mode modes (press the navigation key to zoom in or out), two-levels zoom...
  • Page 23 The count-down starts at -10 seconds (this value cannot be changed). A beep is played 3 seconds before the picture is taken, then again when it’s actually shot. Press to stop the timer and go back to preview mode or press to just stop the timer.
  • Page 24: Settings

    • answering it will quit the camera context and your phone will return to idle when you hang up, • rejecting it will also quit the camera context, and bring you back to the preview screen. To make a call, you must first go back to the idle screen.
  • Page 25: Contacts

    6 • Contacts Contacts menu allows you to select one of the two available phonebooks: the one on your SIM card (number of entries depending on capacity) or the one in your phone (up to 499 names), which is the default selected phonebook.
  • Page 26: Add Contacts In A Phonebook

    Add contacts in a phonebook Contacts will be added to the selected phonebook. In the SIM phonebook Press when in idle mode and select <New>. Enter the name and the number of your choice, then the type of number allocated to the name (Phone, or Data) and press name in your phonebook.
  • Page 27: Edit And Manage Contacts

    This feature allows you to personalize the groups available with their own name («Friends», «Office», etc.), a given picture (from the Picture given melody (from the Ringers link one or several names to a group: when a name in that group calls, it will appear along with the corresponding picture, and the melody defined for that group will ring.
  • Page 28 Copy to phone will copy the content of your SIM card into your phone. Selecting this option twice will duplicate all the names. In the phone Choose a contact of your phonebook in phone and press to access the following options: •...
  • Page 29: Settings

    7 • Settings Settings menu allows you to customise your phone and change the settings related to each available option (sounds, time and date, security, etc.). The Profiles menu allows you to change several settings at once (see page 30). Sounds Silent Allows you to set the...
  • Page 30: Display

    • when an event programmed in your due, • when there’s a Missed call, • when the requires charging, Battery alert • to manage the duration of your calls with a (the beep cannot be heard by the caller). alert This menu only allows you to set the alert sounds On or Off, NOT the alerts themselves.
  • Page 31: Short Cuts

    Sub wallpaper Allows you to set the Wallpaper of the external screen Sub wallpaper behaviour is then the same as the Wallpaper described above. Short cuts Hotkeys Allows you to set up direct access to a specific function by linking it to a key. A long press on the key will then Hotkeys automatically activate the function or call the...
  • Page 32: Security

    To use the voice command, press and hold in idle mode, then say the recorded voice tag. Voice dial Allows you to set up a voice tag by recording a word that will call the Voice Dial corresponding name when pronounced. Proceed as described in the previous section, select the contact of your choice in the list, then press When the phonebook in phone is selected, choose the...
  • Page 33: Network

    Public names Allows you to view, edit and modify your Public Names a PIN2 code. Call barring Allows you to limit the use of your phone to specific calls by letting you bar Call barring both outgoing and incoming calls. This function is network dependent and requires a specific call barring password supplied by your service provider.
  • Page 34 GPRS attach This menu allows you to define the attach mode of your mobile phone to GPRS attach the GPRS service. Always on Your phone will always register to the GPRS service. This option allows faster GPRS connection. However it will increase energy consumption.
  • Page 35: Time And Date

    GSM Settings To change the GSM settings: • Login, • Password, • Phone number establish the connection and provided by your operator (ISDN or Analogic), • Inactivity time, a value of over 30 seconds after which the phone automatically (if a connection was in progress) To change the GPRS settings GPRS settings...
  • Page 36: Language

    set the time to 12:00, it will automatically switch to 13:00 when turning the option to Off. Set time Allows you to set the time by pressing the appropriate keys. You can also Set time increase or decrease the time minute by minute by pressing Language This menu allows you to select a language for all menu...
  • Page 37 Each box of the table refers to the settings as stored in the Personal menu (whether you have changed the settings or not). Profiles Personal Vibra alert Ringer volume Medium Key tones Organiser alerts Battery low alert Message alert Backlight 10 sec Zoom Any key answers...
  • Page 38: Messages

    8 • Messages This menu allows you to send short messages, with sounds, animations or pictures, as well as manage the ones you receive. Sending SMS isn’t available from the idle mode when the SMS Chat feature is On (see page 40). In this case, you can only access the Answer option.
  • Page 39: Read Sms

    picture, only the picture will be taken into account and vice-versa. Some pre-defined items are supplied as standard with your mobile phone. Personal pictures and sounds that you have stored in the relevant menus cannot be sent when they are copyright protected. Read SMS This menu allows you to read all types of SMS, whether sent, received, read...
  • Page 40 To extract a number included in the extracted message itself, if this number is included in double quotes (several numbers extracted), To save the melody that was sent Store together with the SMS. melody SMS settings This menu allows you to customise your SMS via the following options: SMS settings To select your default SMS centre.
  • Page 41: E-Mail

    Auto save Allows you to set which will automatically save messages sent in the Archive SMS Archive This menu allows you to consult all read messages you saved and to SMS Archive archived messages at once. You save a message by activating the Auto save SMS above), or by selecting a received message, pressing twice and selecting...
  • Page 42 Advanced This menu features advanced settings that you shouldn’t have to change. If the fields of these menus are empty, or if you encounter connection problems, contact your ISP. SMPT authenticat. in most European countries: your e-mails will NOT be sent if set to On. Contact your provider for complete information.
  • Page 43 Send mail This menu allows you to send e-mails to one or several recipients at a time, Send mail including with an attachment such as a jpeg picture. Once received, your messages can be forwarded and the attachments visualised with the appropriate software.
  • Page 44 Select mailbox: your phone automatically Open connects to the e-mail server and downloads the list of e-mail headers if any (five at a time). (or Previous) appears at the end (or Next beginning) of the list, other e-mail headers are pending: select one of the available options and press to retrieve them.
  • Page 45 You must have stored a picture before being able to view it via the Picture album menu. See “Picture album” page 48 for more details. If there isn’t enough memory to store the new picture, you must delete other items (name, event or picture) to release enough memory to be able to save the new picture.
  • Page 46: Sms Chat

    Broadcast SMS The Broadcast SMS feature is network dependent. This menu allows you to manage the reception of SMS broadcast regularly Broadcast SMS transmitted to all subscribers on the network. It give you access to the following options: To set the reception of cell broadcast Reception messages or Off.
  • Page 47: Mms Options

    If "Memory full" appears, you must delete messages (e.g., template, draft, received message, etc.). New MMS To select a name in the contacts to insert a <New> address. Then select one of the numbers or address of that name if several.
  • Page 48: Receive An Mms

    Delete slide To delete the selected page (if there is more than one in the message). Save MMS To save your message as a draft, that you can edit, complete and send as draft later on (see page 43). To save your message as a template, Save that you can use as a basis for other as template...
  • Page 49 Next /previous To move to the next or previous slide slide. You can also press > when viewing the MMS in manual mode. To detach the picture of the Detach picture current slide and save it in the Picture album. To detach the sound of the Detach sound current slide and save it in the...
  • Page 50 Settings Your phone may have been pre-configured to directly access the services offered. If not, contact your operator to receive the information items described in the present section and enter them as given. With some operators, access parameters can be set «over the air». The following settings are available: Retrieval Allows you to choose from:...
  • Page 51 Network Network account settings connection profile from the ones you have (see page 28). allows you to select the type of Bearer network used when launching a connection: GSM, Choose MMS Centre MMS address of the server you will connect to. Gateway address allow you to enter both IP and Port numbers of the server’s gateway.
  • Page 52: Infrared

    9 • Infrared Your mobile phone integrates the infrared technology (also called IrDA), that allows you to send or receive data to and from other IrDA-compliant devices through a wireless link (e.g., another mobile phone, a PC or PDA, a printer etc.). You can use IrDA to quickly send a sound you just mixed to a friend’s mobile phone, or to receive pictures from their PDA.
  • Page 53: Use The Phone As A Modem

    (Service Pack 3 and up mandatory in this case). Specific software modules for Lotus Notes, Lotus Organizer and Microsoft Outlook are designed to allow synchronisation from your Philips mobile phone to these applications (refer to their respective user guides for detailed information).
  • Page 54: Multimedia

    10 • Multimedia Sound album This menu allows you to manage and listen to the sounds stored in your mobile phone, your Sound Album Standard melodies or Records. When entering one of the available sub-menus, select a sound and press to access the following options: the selected sound.
  • Page 55 Select a picture and press to access the options described below, which the icons located on the left hand side of the screen allow you to perform. In each case, press to go back one step, or validate and go to the next option. Add text To add text to the selected picture.
  • Page 56: Tv Slideshow

    TV screen via the TV Link accessory or on the screen of your phone. TV Link may not supplied with your product. In this case, you must purchase it separately. See “Philips authentic accessories” page 70 for details. Manual...
  • Page 57: Memory Status

    Demo mode Press to launch the Demo mode If you turned the phone on without having inserted a SIM card, this menu is available in the first menu level. Memory status This menu allows you to display the percentage of memory available in your phone.
  • Page 58: Games & Applications

    11 • Games & Applications Euro converter These menus allow you to convert a sum from or into Euros by entering the -> Euro amount and pressing The currency used for the conversion is determined by the country where you have subscribed. The Euro converter is available upon subscription and only in countries using the Euro.
  • Page 59 Create a new event This menu allows to create events and store them in your organiser. When the Organiser organiser alert is beep alerts you when an event is due. Select <New>, then the type of event to create (Holiday, Meeting, ToDo), and enter its starting and ending date &...
  • Page 60: Java

    Brick game This menu can be subscription dependent. As such its icon and content may vary. This menu gives you access to the brick game, which object is to destroy the bricks by hitting them with the ball. Brick Game Destroying all bricks give you access to the next level.
  • Page 61: Call Information

    12 • Call information Call settings This menu allows you to set all the call options (call forward, waiting, etc.) and gives you access to the menus described Call settings hereafter. Active flip When activated, this option allows you to pick up an incoming call by simply opening the phone.
  • Page 62: Call List

    Auto redial To set the auto redial or Off. When person you are calling is busy, your phone automatically redials this number until a successful connection is made or until the maximum number of attempts is reached (10). The phone beeps at the beginning of each attempt and emits a special beep if the connection is successful.
  • Page 63: Call Counters

    Reset To reset the whole list at once. If a number listed is also in your Contacts, the corresponding name is displayed. Move select the number to redial and press to hang up. Call counters This menu features the GSM counters submenu, which gives you access to the Call counters options described below and allows you...
  • Page 64: Operator Services

    13 • Operator services Most items of this menu are subscription dependent and specific to operators. Consequently, the menus described below may or may not be available. Contact your network operator for details. The services provided may involve making a phone call or sending a SMS for which you may be charged.
  • Page 65 Select and start entering the new name Add bookmark for the edit screen to appear. Press the same way to enter the URL address. menu allows you to Manage bookmarks Edit the selected bookmark. Enter address This menu allows you to enter a WAP site address, to which you connect directly when selecting it (a quick way to access WAP addresses without saving them as bookmarks).
  • Page 66: Dtmf Tones

    Connection Select connection select one of the data profiles you have defined in (see page 28). settings allows you to select the type Bearer of network used by the selected profile when launching a connection (see page 28). Proxy address allow you to define a gateway address and port number to be used when launching a WAP connection...
  • Page 67: Make A Second Call

    answering machine (password 8421) at phone number 12345678, you could call: Make a second call You can make a second call during an active call or during a call on hold. Dial a number or select a name in the phonebook, then press the phone.
  • Page 68: Conference Call

    Conference call You activate the conference call by making several outgoing calls, or create Conference it from a multiparty call context. You may have up to five members at the same time and end all calls at once with Make a first call with someone, then a second one (see “Make a second call”...
  • Page 69: Icons & Symbols

    Icons & symbols In idle mode, several symbols can be displayed simultaneously on the screen. If the network symbol isn’t displayed, the network is not currently available. You may be in a bad reception area, moving to a different location may help. - Your phone will not ring when Silent receiving a call.
  • Page 70: Troubleshooting

    Take the phone to a warmer place and try again. In other cases please contact your phone supplier. You might be using a Philips charger that was not intended for your phone. Make sure you always use the Philips authentic accessory shipped with your phone.
  • Page 71 Your phone This feature is network and doesn’t subscription dependent. If the display the network doesn’t send the caller’s phone number, the phone will display numbers of Withheld incoming your operator calls information on this subject. Some networks You can’t send text message exchanges with other messages...
  • Page 72 The display Check that the SIM card has been shows inserted in the right position (see INSERT page 1). If the problem remains, YOUR SIM your SIM card might be damaged. CARD Contact your operator. The autonomy is linked to your autonomy settings (e.g.,...
  • Page 73: Precautions

    Precautions Radio waves Your cellular mobile phone is a low power radio transmitter and receiver. When it is operating, it sends and receives radio waves. The radio waves carry your voice or data signal to a base station that is connected to the telephone network. The network controls the power at which the phone transmits.
  • Page 74: Performance Improvement

    In areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere (e.g. petrol stations and also areas where the air contains dust particles, such as metal powders). In a vehicle transporting flammable products (even if the vehicle is parked) or a vehicle powered by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), check first that the vehicle complies with the applicable safety rules.
  • Page 75: En 60950 Norm

    Philips has marked the battery and packaging with standard symbols designed to promote the recycling and appropriate disposal of your eventual waste. The battery should not be disposed of with general household waste.
  • Page 76: Philips Authentic Accessories

    As a consequence, the package contents may vary. To maximise the performance of your Philips phone and not to void the warranty, always purchase Philips Authentic Accessories that are specially designed for use with your phone. Philips Consumer Electronics cannot be held liable for any damage due to use with non authorised accessories.
  • Page 77 This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG group. Data connect kit Easy data connection to your Philips mobile phone: the USB cable enable high speed connection between your phone and your computer. Just connect your phone to the cable for an automatic organiser and phonebook synchronization within a few seconds.
  • Page 78: Declaration Of Conformity

    KT12 4RQ, UK Identification mark: 0168 Le Mans, May 4th, 2004 In case your Philips product is not working correctly or is defective, please return your phone to the place of purchase or to the Philips National Service Center.

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