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Summary of Contents for Philips CT6598/000APMEA

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1. Discover your phone ... 1 1.1 Keypad ... 1 1.1.1 Alphanumeric Keys ...1 1.1.2 Control Keys ...3 1.1.3 Key Operation in Idle Mode ...5 1.1.4 Key Operation without a SIM Card (SOS Emergency calls) ...6 1.2 Display Screen ... 6 1.2.1 Main Screen ...6 1.2.2 Small LCD Screen ...8 1.3 Inserting the battery ...
  • Page 3 3.3.2 Ring Volume ... 36 3.3.3 Phone setting ... 36 3.3.4 Call setting ...39 3.3.5 Date/time settings ... 41 3.3.6 Security Settings ... 41 3.3.7 Call Screening ... 42 3.3.8 Network Setting ... 43 3.3.9 Factory Settings ... 44 3.4 Profile Settings ... 44 3.4.1 Personalised setting ...
  • Page 4: Discover Your Phone

    1 • Discover your phone 1.1 Keypad This mobile phone comes with a keypad that comprises 25 keys and can be sub-divided into two areas as follows: • An alphanumeric key area, with a total of 12 keys • A control key area, with a total of 13 keys Keypad Alphanumeric...
  • Page 5 Keypad Tabs Alphanumeric 4GHI GHI4ΓΙ JKL5 5JKL 6MNO MNO6ÑòÖØ 7PQRS PQRS7ß 8TUV TUV8Üù 9WXYZ WXYZ9 .0/”’?!,:;¡¿*+-% Switch input modes Switch input modes Short press: Shift case Long press: Input symbols Using the Editor function Numbers ghi4Γì jkl5 mno6ñòöø pqrs7ß tuv8üù wxyz9 .0/”’?!,:;¡¿*+-% Short press:...
  • Page 6: Control Keys

    1.1.2 Control Keys Hang up ( ) key: The red key to the right of the keypad area, also called the Red key or On/Off key. • When the phone is switched off, press this key to switch on the phone. (When the phone is charging, a long press on this key is required to switch on the phone).
  • Page 7 • Press to select a frame or background to overlap when taking pictures with special effects. • Press to adjust the focus when the camera is in view-finding mode. Confirm ( ) key The key at the centre of the four navigation keys is also known as the Middle key.
  • Page 8: Key Operation In Idle Mode

    “Up/Down” Side keys • When the flip is closed and the earphone is inserted, a short press either key allows you to answer an incoming call. • When the flip is closed, a long press on the key will stop ringing/vibration when there is an incoming call, regardless of whether the earphone is inserted or not.
  • Page 9: Key Operation Without A Sim Card (Sos Emergency Calls)

    • Enter phone numbers directly by using the alphanumeric keys and dial the number, or access the corresponding options menu. • Hotkeys require user definitions. (See “Hotkey setting” page 38) 1.1.4 Key Operation without a SIM Card (SOS Emergency calls) •...
  • Page 10 This icon is displayed when the phone is registered to a Local Area local area network; otherwise Network it will not be displayed. (This feature is network- dependent.) There are two scenarios in the GPRS mode (mutually The GPRS network is available, but you have not logged on to the network;...
  • Page 11: Small Lcd Screen

    Indicates that the black list is Black list Indicates that the VIP list is VIP list Idle Screen Events • call: Indicates that you have missed Missed an incoming call. You can press to return to idle mode. Once you exit from this screen, this prompt icon will no longer appear again.
  • Page 12 The network icon is divided into two portions. The left portion indicates whether the phone is registered with a Network network while the right portion indicates the signal strength in 5 levels (from no signal to the strongest signal). This icon is displayed when the phone is registered with a International network other than your...
  • Page 13: Inserting The Battery

    Indicates that the black list is Black list Indicates that the VIP list is VIP list 1.3 Inserting the battery Insert the battery Align the protruded section at the top of the battery with the slot at the top of the battery compartment (Note: The three small metal strips on the battery facing downwards and align with the corresponding three small metal strips in the battery compartment).
  • Page 14: Charging The Battery

    • Ensure that the phone is switched off. • Remove the back cover. • Remove the phone battery. • Insert the SIM card horizontally into its slot with its gold contacts facing down (towards phone) and the notched corner at the top left corner. •...
  • Page 15: Main Features

    2 • Main Features 2.1 Switching on the phone To switch on the phone Under normal circumstances, a long or short press on key will switch on the phone. However, when the battery is charging, a long press is required to switch on the phone.
  • Page 16: Answering A Call

    Make an international call • Press and hold until a “+” sign appears on the screen. • Enter the country code. • Enter the area code (normally without the preceding “0”) and the telephone number. • Press to dial directly or go to options menu and choose Call.
  • Page 17: T9 Mode

    • T9 mode: Allows you to use the T9 predictive text input method; • Multi-Tap: Press the key corresponding to the letter you wish to enter. To enter the first letter on the key, press the key once. To enter the second letter on the key, press the key twice quickly, and so on until all the letters you need are displayed on the screen.
  • Page 18: Multi-Tap (Abc/Abc)

    on the key. The possible letter combinations will be displayed in the input line. (If there is an Up/Down arrow to the right of the line, it means there are other choices and you can press the select.) After selecting a word, press will be inserted with a space after the cursor position in the text area.
  • Page 19: Search

    • SIM phonebook Each record in the SIM phonebook includes a name and phone number. • Phone phonebook (i.e. smart phonebook) Each record in the smart phonebook is called a “Name card”. A name card may include the following information: •...
  • Page 20: Adding Names To The Phonebook

    2.6.2 Adding names to the phonebook SIM card If you are using SIM Card memory, you may first open the name editor, enter a name and press confirm. A number editor will be opened and you will be prompted to enter a number. Press complete the input of a phonebook entry.
  • Page 21 displayed on the screen when the person calls you from any number stored in his/her name card or when you call one of the numbers stored in this person's name card. • Cancel Fotocall picture (if the name card is associated with a Fotocall picture): Select this option and you will be prompted to confirm the cancellation.
  • Page 22: Memory Status

    Managing Phonebook Records Once you have selected a record in the Contacts list, press to manage the selected record. Managing records in the SIM card Send SMS, Send business card, Edit, Delete, (Modify, Cancel), Fotocall picture, Copy to phone, Move to phone, and Call.
  • Page 23: Move All

    A name card in the Smart phonebook may contain up to five numbers. By selecting this option, you will copy all numbers to the SIM card with each number taking up a record in the SIM card. The names of these records come from the name field of the name cards.
  • Page 24: Transmission Between Phone And Pc

    Therefore you may need to purchase them separately. Please contact an authorized Philips dealer or network operator for more information. PC Sync software is a powerful tool for managing your mobile phone information.
  • Page 25 Upon successful connection, the stored pictures will be displayed in a list together with the remaining vacant locations available for downloading more pictures. You can select from the list a picture you want to delete or a vacant location for you to download a new picture.
  • Page 26 Upon successful connection, the stored MIDI will be shown in a list together with the remaining vacant locations available for downloading more MIDI. You can select from the list, a MIDI you wish to delete or a vacant location for you to download a new MIDI. Of course, you can also select from the list a location that has been taken, where the newly downloaded MIDI will replace the existing MIDI in that location.
  • Page 27 A phonebook record stored in the SIM phonebook can only have one phone number while the record stored in the phone’s phonebook can contain several phone numbers and a variety of information. When the phonebook in your phone is uploaded to the PC and displayed, the “Storage location”...
  • Page 28 You can create a new SMS in the PC Sync software and then save or send it. If you choose not to send but to save it, it will be stored in the Outbox, marked as “Unsent”, and can be sent later. If it is later sent, it will remain in the Outbox, marked as “Sent”.
  • Page 29: Use Your Phone As A Modem

    Click “Upload” icon to upload all SMS messages stored in the phone to the PC Sync software to be displayed; 10. Click “Connect” icon to start connecting the PC to phone. Photo Once your phone is successfully connected to the PC, you can upload the photos stored in your phone to the PC Sync software and display the information of each photo in a list box.
  • Page 30: Fotocall

    In the Modem configuration, the maximum rate is 115200. Deselect the “Use hardware flow control” option in the “Hardware function” tab. Select com1 (or com2) to be used by the serial cable. Set the port (where the modem is connected to) speed at 115200.
  • Page 31: Menu Options

    3 • Menu Options Note: To access the various menu options as described below, you must insert a valid SIM card into your phone. Without a SIM card, your phone will be restricted to idle mode when switched on, and an “Insert SIM Card”...
  • Page 32 If the inbox is empty, the phone will indicate that the SMS list is empty. There is an “Unread” icon to the right of a new SMS in the Inbox list. Once you are in the “Details” screen of the new message, the message will be changed to “Read”...
  • Page 33 • If “Send immediately” is selected, the message will be sent directly and will not be stored in the Outbox. Once you are in the “Sent Messages” and “Unsent Messages” outbox folders, the short messages will be displayed in a list. Press the list.
  • Page 34 • Edit the number entered: When the cursor is on the line for direct number input, you can edit the number or delete the whole line. • Delete name: When the cursor is on the selected name in the phonebook, press name.
  • Page 35 Validity period Sets the length of time your message will be stored in the SMS center: hours, day, 1 week Status report You can choose to Activate Deactivate which will inform you if your message has been successfully sent to the recipient, or sending is unsuccessful.
  • Page 36 Voice Mail Note: You can divert a call to the voice mailbox (the number where callers leave voice messages) by activating the Call forward function. Call voice mail When a voice mail is received, the phone will prompt you. You can dial the voicemail number to listen to the message.
  • Page 37: Call List

    Channel list <New channel> You can add a new channel number to the channels list, i.e., adding a new cell broadcast reception type. The channel number contains 3-digits at most. Existing channel list Randomly select a number from the list and press the [Option] softkey to perform the following operations: •...
  • Page 38 Last GPRS service Displays the number of bytes transmitted during the last GPRS service. All calls’ duration • timer: To view the total duration of all Outgoing call dialed calls. • timer: To view the total duration of all Incoming call received calls.
  • Page 39: Phone Setting

    3.3 Phone setting 3.3.1 Group melody Incoming alert The phonebook in the phone is divided into six groups. You can define different ring melodies for each group so that you know which group the caller belong to. There are five types of melodies available under each group and a tick will appear to the right of the type bar of the selected melody.
  • Page 40 • Wallpaper in idle screen You can set the background picture when the phone is in idle mode. There are 5 types of wallpaper for selection as follows: Built-in (FotoCall) static wallpaper. (Pictures that are permanently stored in the phone's memory). 2.
  • Page 41 • For a specific duration when a new event occurs. • For a specific duration when there is an incoming call. • For a specific duration when information about the call is displayed after ending a call. • For a specific duration after receiving information from the network.
  • Page 42: Call Setting

    • Add a new voice command Press the [New] softkey to access the Voice Command Function list. Select the function you want to set and you will be in the Voice Tag training process. Follow the screen prompt and pronounce the same voice tag twice.
  • Page 43 Note: After the call forwarding function is activated, the idle screen will display the call forward soft icon. Call waiting (network-dependent) • GSM call: When this function is activated, the phone will display a call waiting screen for you to decide whether or not to answer a new incoming call when you are already on the first call.
  • Page 44: Date/Time Settings

    3.3.5 Date/time settings You can use this menu to enter and set the date/time displayed on the phone by using the suggested format. 3.3.6 Security Settings PIN Code to switch on the Phone You can choose to activate or deactivate the PIN code function.
  • Page 45: Call Screening

    You can set a password for SMS, phonebook and call record, or for one or some of the information type, or not to set a password at all. When setting a password, you need to select the information type you wish to set and press the key to confirm.
  • Page 46: Network Setting

    number, while the “Erase” option is used to erase the reject call number selected. Allow List The operation is the same as “Black list”. Call Screen setting In the Call Screen menu, you can activate the “Black list” function, “VIP list” function or deactivate call screening (only one of the three functions is valid at one time).
  • Page 47: Factory Settings

    one of them and press the [Add] key to add the network to the end of the preferred network list. • Add existing network Once a confirmation is received from you, the screen displays the existing network list stored in the phone. You can select any one and press the [Add] key to add the network to the end of the preferred network list.
  • Page 48 You can also rename the modes. General mode Profiles Call alert Ringing and (includes alarm clock alert) backlight Vibration/Ringing/ Volume 5 alarm clock volume Game tone Organiser alert Ringing SMS alert Ringing Keypad tone Connection alert Battery low alert Menu Options Silence mode Meeting mode Vibration...
  • Page 49: Personalised Setting

    3.4.1 Personalised setting On the basis of the default settings, you can set the values in each mode according to your preference Call alert method You can define the method of alert when there is a call, e.g. to activate/deactivate ringer, vibra or backlight. Ring volume You can adjust the ring volume.
  • Page 50 When an event is due, the phone automatically displays the Event Due view, where the details of the event are shown and the organiser alert beep is sounded. You can create up to 30 events. Week View/Month View When in the organiser, the first screen displays the current view.
  • Page 51: Alarm Clock

    Event List The event list displays all events for the current month, week or day. To show details of an event, select the event and press . If you press the [Option] softkey again, the screen displays the following options: Edit, mde and Delete.
  • Page 52: Calculator

    • Activate the alarm clock at a preset time on every • Activate the alarm clock at a preset time on every working day (except weekends) • Activate the alarm clock at a preset time on every working day (except Sunday) Press the keys to select the repeat mode field for a set of alarm clocks, and press the Left...
  • Page 53: Stopwatch

    Note: When you are boarding an airplane or when use of mobile phone is prohibited, please make sure you are not using this feature to prevent the phone from automatically switching on. Philips shall not be liable for any consequences arising from the use of this feature.
  • Page 54: Entertainment

    You can choose a city along the longitude by pressing keys. You can choose a city along the latitude by pressing the You can set a remote city time using the option menu: Whether to use daylight saving time, or to set a remote city as local.
  • Page 55: Recorder

    Brick Game There are three catch boards in total. When all catch boards are used up, the game is over. At the beginning of the game, you will be asked to choose a location to start. Click the launch button to release the ball.
  • Page 56: Wap (Network-Dependent)

    have entered and the calculated date. You can also view your conditions of the Previous day key), Next day Last month key) in the main interface. Next month 3.7 WAP (Network-dependent) This phone has an integrated WAP browser. With WAP, you have access to various WAP websites on the Internet.
  • Page 57 The specific settings of each mode are as follows: Mode name You can set a name for the mode. Home page You can set the address of the homepage. Network Operator There are two types of network for WAP connection: Traditional GSM or GPRS.
  • Page 58: Multimedia

    Status Bar Display You can choose whether to display the status bar or not. 3.8 Multimedia 3.8.1 Camera This mobile phone has a built-in digital camera, which can take pictures with different resolutions, qualities and effects. It can also record videos. The pictures will be stored in JPEG format and the videos in MJPEG format.
  • Page 59 128 x 320 x 240 640 x picture size is 128 x 128. • Self-timer: This option is available when in normal shooting mode. You can choose to “Activate” or “Deactivate” this feature. When this option is set to “Activate”, the camera will not take the picture immediately after you press the “Shoot”...
  • Page 60: Picture Album

    the phone goes back to preview screen straightaway. If you press the “Save” key when the memory is full or the phone has already stored 60 photos, the phone will prompt you. Perform a cleanup and then proceed to save it. Then go to “Photo” list. Press the “Options”...
  • Page 61: Capacity Query

    record in the phonebook. If you select “Set as idle screen picture” and “View details” options, the phone will display information about the file format and resolution of the current picture. Animation wallpaper: “Set as idle screen wallpaper” and “View details”. Photos: “Set as FotoCall”, “Set as idle screen wallpaper”, “Rename”, “Delete”...
  • Page 62: Accessories

    MIDI melodies and wallpapers. Your PC can even use your phone as a Modem. 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 Electrics cannot be held liable for any damages due to use with non-authorised accessories.
  • Page 63: 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.
  • Page 64 Always switch off your phone Inadequately protected or sensitive electronic equipment may be affected by radio energy. This interference can lead to accidents. Before boarding an aircraft and/or when packing the phone in your luggage: the use of mobile phones in an aircraft may be dangerous for the operation of the aircraft, disrupt the mobile phones network and may be illegal.
  • Page 65 You should only use Philips Authentic Accessories, as the use of any other accessories may damage your phone and will make all guarantees for your Philips phone null and void. Make sure damaged parts are replaced immediately by a qualified technician and that they are replaced with genuine Philips replacement parts.
  • Page 66 Philips has marked the battery and packaging with standard symbols designed to promote the recycling and appropriate disposal of your eventual waste. The crossed-out dustbin signifies that the battery should not be disposed of with general household waste.
  • Page 67 This directive includes as one essential requirement the protection of the health and the safety for the user and any other person. The highest SAR value for this Philips 659 / CT 6598 model phone when tested for compliance against the standard was 0.640 W/kg. While there may be differences between the SAR levels of various phones and at various positions, they all meet the EU requirements for RF exposure.
  • Page 68 The highest SAR value for this Philips 659 / CT 6598 model phone when tested for use at the ear is 0.640 W/kg. While there may be differences between the SAR levels of various phones and at various positions, they all meet the relevant international guidelines for RF exposure.
  • Page 69 KT12 4RQ, UK Identification mark: 0168 Le Mans, April 28, 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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