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  • Page 1 Quick Guide...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Your Vertu phone - front................. 16 CD-ROM ....................52 Your Vertu phone - back ................ 16 Accessories .................... 54 Your Vertu phone - left, right & base ............17 Specifications ..................57 Principal key operations ................. 17 Display....................19 Inserting the battery and SIM card ............23...
  • Page 4: Health And Safety Information

    Do not handle your Vertu phone when operating machinery. > present a choking hazard. Switch your Vertu phone off if you are entering a hospital or health care > Use only batteries and accessories approved by Vertu for use with this >...
  • Page 5: Wall Charger Safety

    > Do not leave the battery in areas of extreme cold or heat. > Do not store your Vertu phone in, or near, direct heat sources such as > radiators. This could cause the battery to overheat and explode. Never soak the battery in water or any other liquid.
  • Page 6: Care And Maintenance

    Damage caused If your Vertu phone, or any of the accessories, are not working as they > to your Vertu phone by failing to observe these care instructions is not should, please consult Vertu Customer Service (page 34).
  • Page 7: About Your Phone

    If so, these features will not appear on your Metal device menu. Your device may also have customised items such as menu Vertu metals are finished to a high standard and care needs to be taken to names, menu order and icons. maintain their appearance.
  • Page 8: Manufacturer's Limited Warranty

    If you wish to make a claim under this limited warranty, please return your NOTE: This limited warranty does not affect your legal (statutory) Product or the affected part (if it is not the entire Product) to a Vertu rights under your applicable national laws relating to the sale of authorised service centre.
  • Page 9: Other Important Notices

    All parts of the Product or other equipment that Vertu has replaced shall 4. This limited warranty does not cover defects caused by the battery being become the property of Vertu. If the Product is found not to be covered by short-circuited, the seals of the battery enclosure or cells being broken...
  • Page 10: Other Precautions

    P7QRM-589V) MEETS GUIDELINES FOR EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES. loss or damage. Your Vertu phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed to not To the extent permitted by applicable law, Vertu’s liability shall be limited to exceed the limits for exposure to radio waves recommended by international the purchase value of the Product.
  • Page 11: Export Controls

    Reproduction, transfer, distribution or storage of part or all of the contents interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, in this document in any form without the prior written permission of Vertu is including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 12: Passive Near Field Communication Device

    Your Vertu handset contains a Passive Near Field Communication device. APPLICATIONS ARE PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY This device enables Vertu to verify the authenticity of the phone if it is KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT presented at a Vertu branded store or Vertu authorised service centre.
  • Page 13 General Public Licence for the software known lost monies, lost or corrupted data, or other special, incidental or as MSNTP consequential losses that may arise out of the use or inability to use the MSNTP software. (c) Copyright, N.M. Maclaren, 1996, 1997, 2000 (c) Copyright, University of Cambridge, 1996, 1997, 2000 Copying policy Free use of MSNTP in source and binary forms is permitted, provided that...
  • Page 14: Using Your Vertu Phone

    Networks To optimise the performance and make maximum use of the functions of your Vertu phone, you will need a SIM card issued by VERTU Club. If you Vertu package contents use a SIM card issued by a non-Vertu service provider, your Vertu phone may not operate properly.
  • Page 15: Glossary

    * The maximum HSDPA/HSUPA rates are based on technical specifications; they are not actual Home screen The display shown when the Vertu phone is turned on communication rates. Actual communication rates or when the [End] key is pressed the necessary will depend on various conditions, including network number of times to exit the function in use.
  • Page 16: Your Vertu Phone - Front

    Your Vertu phone - front Your Vertu phone - back Light sensor Earpiece [Stopwatch] key Camera lens Camera flash / Torch Home screen [Joystick] key [Selection] key (Left) [Selection] key (Right) [Send] key Back cover release Pulsing indicator front view...
  • Page 17: Your Vertu Phone - Left, Right & Base

    Your Vertu phone - left, right & base Principal key operations [Joystick] key Speaker ports The [Joystick] key enables you to move the cursor up, down, left and right around the display, or to scroll pages. Pressing the [Joystick] key (Centre) allows you to select a highlighted option/item.
  • Page 18: Number Keys

    When playing music or video on Media player, however, you need to press and hold the [End] key for a few seconds to both close Media player and On the left and right sides of your Vertu stop the played music/video.
  • Page 19: Display

    Making a call, receiving an incoming call or a call is in progress. When a call is in progress or placed on hold, the following icons When your Vertu phone is switched on, the following indicators appear at also appear in the on-screen note: the top of the display.
  • Page 20 Vertu phone for the first time, if you accept the Setup When your Vertu phone is on and there is no key press on the phone for a wizard’s suggestion (page 24), Japan is set as the Home location.
  • Page 21 Accurate time is a location-based feature which uses an internet connection to > accurately synchronise the clock of the phone with local time. The use of Accurate time requires an Internet connection to enable your Vertu > phone to successfully synchronise the time with an atomic clock on-line.
  • Page 22 Hold your Vertu phone the required way, while using any of the features Vertu phone is used or the service provider you use.
  • Page 23: Inserting The Battery And Sim Card

    (03) is located at the bottom right, and then insert the SIM card into the SIM card tray. Charging your Vertu phone For information on charging your Vertu phone, see "Charging the battery" (page 55). Using your Vertu phone...
  • Page 24: Switching Your Vertu Phone On And Off

    You can define the font size used for displaying text for Messages, Contacts When you switch on your Vertu phone for the first time with a valid SIM card in, and Web. To change the font size, move the cursor to each application name, you will be guided through certain setup options by the Vertu Setup wizard.
  • Page 25: Checking Accurate Time Settings

    To run the Setup wizard manually later: Troubleshooting when Accurate time is not working: If a SIM card not supplied by VERTU Club is inserted, your Vertu phone may If the icon appears at the top of the Home screen just in Step 3 of the...
  • Page 26: Personalising The Home Screen

    3. Select the desired clock type to be shown on the Home screen. Your Vertu phone, however, can still continue to manage the time zone Digital: Displays the current time in the centre of the Home screen with a set (GMT) and daylight savings time (DST) offsets off-line in conjunction with >...
  • Page 27: Changing The Wallpaper

    > from the image size's height to width ratio, the image size is automatically adjusted to match the width of your Vertu phone's display, so that all of it will Changing the wallpaper be visible. The image is then displayed on the Home screen.
  • Page 28: The Main Menu

    Speed dials Accessories, Security, etc.) * To use Concierge, Fortress, Vertu (Vertu Web), NAVITIME, (City Brief), dedicated RSS channel offered by VERTU Club and E-mail service using the vertuclub.ne.jp domain, you must be a VERTU Club member. Using your Vertu phone...
  • Page 29 You can rearrange the layout of the twelve menu icons displayed in the Main In addition to the shortcuts assigned to the [Selection] keys, your Vertu phone Menu in any order that pleases you. For example, when your Vertu phone...
  • Page 30: Checking Your Own Phone Number

    When you have not changed the default configuration after you first received Go to shortcut list. your Vertu phone, you can use the Go to shortcut application assigned to the Confirm that the list no longer contains the functions removed in Step 3 and >...
  • Page 31 > transmission fees, depending on your service provider or the location As part of the VERTU Club exclusive services, you can obtain a quick update of where your Vertu phone is currently used. For information on charges, special RSS contents, such as the latest news headlines, highlights of weathercast contact your service provider or Vertu Customer Service (page 34).
  • Page 32: Making / Receiving Calls

    At this time, when either of the keys is selected, you can confirm that the screen of Vertu Feeds application is now replaced with the Home screen. However, 1. Make sure that your Vertu phone is in a strong signal area and the battery note that this does not completely stop the application from continuously is charged fully enough.
  • Page 33 Call waiting. For example, if you are a VERTU Club speakers (page 17) located at the right and left sides of your Vertu phone. member and using a VERTU Club SIM in Japan, you cannot use the If you are the calling party and have just placed a call to the other party, you >...
  • Page 34 Your Vertu phone has a dedicated [Concierge] key (page 18) on its right To call Vertu Customer Service, you can select either of the ways: to press side. By pressing this key from the Home screen, you can quickly call Vertu the [Joystick] key (Right) to select Customer service from the Go to Concierge.
  • Page 35: Making An International Call

    (with the first “0” omitted) and a phone number in turn. If your Vertu phone is in a poor signal area or you suspect the state of signal > reception is not stable, refer to "Tips to use your Vertu phone abroad" (page...
  • Page 36: Network Mode

    If you have not changed the default configuration, you can also select this > Depending on the SIM card that is currently in use on your Vertu phone, menu just by pressing the [Joystick] key (Right) from the Home screen and you may need some extra steps or settings to use the Voicemail or Call then scrolling the Go to shortcut list (page 30) that appears.
  • Page 37: Text Entry

    Text entry Making an emergency call Your Vertu phone supports the Japanese predictive text input mode. Warning: Your Vertu phone, like any wireless device, operates using radio signals, wireless and landline networks as well as When the phone language is English, you can use the English predictive user-programmed functions.
  • Page 38: Sending Messages

    SIM card supplied by a foreign service provider other than 5. Enter the message text. VERTU Club, but if this is the case, note that you cannot use a mail address with the premium “vertuclub.ne.jp” domain. You may also need 6.
  • Page 39 You can use the E-mail and Text message services also while abroad, just as you would while in Japan. For example, if you use your Vertu phone in If you are a VERTU Club member, you can send a message request to countries outside Japan with the VERTU Club SIM card in, you can send an Vertu Concierge using the E-mail service.
  • Page 40: Protecting Your Vertu Phone

    OK. more information on this feature. If this step is taken for the first time for a new VERTU Club SIM card, enter > Your phone may have been shipped with a default code of 12345. If not, 0000 (default PIN code) here, and select OK.
  • Page 41: Unlocking The Keypad

    You can change the Security code with the following procedure. To reset Tip: You can use the following procedure to enable the Automatic the code, you will need to bring your Vertu phone to the Vertu Customer keyguard feature to automatically lock the keypad when there is no key operation on the Home screen for a specified period of time.
  • Page 42: Memory Management

    Or, if you are using a USB data cable, you can also select the Data storage Viewing contents of internal memory card mode (one of the USB modes available on your Vertu phone), when you see the “Select USB mode:” screen on the phone as soon as you connect the You can quickly review the files stored on the internal memory card by USB data cable to your PC.
  • Page 43: Other Useful Features

    When an alarm rings, to activate the snooze feature, select Snooze from If this menu is selected, your Vertu phone is reset to the state in which it the Home screen, or else rotate the phone by either 180 or 360 degrees was shipped from the factory, except that the files and data stored on the while the alarm is ringing.
  • Page 44: Split Timing

    (when the stopwatch is running in digital mode) continues to accumulate time, with split time results being added at the upper right each Your Vertu phone has a dedicated [Stopwatch] key on its left side. You can time you repeat Step 4.
  • Page 45 The hour and minute hand for next time the stopwatch is activated. the current time are displayed on the large analogue clock face as the white hands on that face. Using your Vertu phone...
  • Page 46: Taking Photos

    Pictures are saved in jpg format and video clips are saved in 3gp format. For information on the storage location where the images and video When your Vertu phone leaves our workshop, it is set so that when Gallery clips you take are saved, refer to "Gallery" (page 46).
  • Page 47 (page 42) and "Precaution when formatting the internal assumable situations or usage. memory card:" (page 43). Checking and changing profile settings Related pages: You can use the following seven profiles on your Vertu phone: Memory management including the internal memory card "Memory management" (page 42) General >...
  • Page 48: Switching Profiles

    Home screen. Selecting the Manner profile will switch off the ringing 2. Select a desired profile. tone, message alert tone, keypad tone and other sounds. Your Vertu 3. Select Personalise. phone will vibrate upon receiving phone calls or mails.
  • Page 49: Media Player

    These files can be transferred to your Vertu phone from a compatible PC using Vertu PC Suite (page 52). In addition, when a USB data cable (page Ringing tones 56) is connected, you can also select Data storage or Printing & media from the “Select USB mode:”...
  • Page 50 A VERTU Club member can immediately use the Web service by inserting a VERTU Club SIM card. Navigation services To use the Web service, select Menu » VERTU Club » Web from the Home screen. As a GPS solution, your Vertu phone offers the NAVITIME service when...
  • Page 51 If you are a VERTU Club SIM card user or a user of SIM card issued by any Japanese service provider, you can also select this option here to have the same effect...
  • Page 52: Cd-Rom

    > 3. Click the Install Now button. If you connect your older Vertu phone to a PC using Bluetooth or a USB data 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. cable and then use Vertu PC Suite's (page 52) synchronisation feature to...
  • Page 53 > installation before you leave Japan for any trip abroad. Vertu PC Suite (page 52) must be installed on the same PC in order to use Map Loader. We recommend that you install Vertu PC Suite first before Note: Before you connect your Vertu phone to a PC for the first time to installing Map Loader.
  • Page 54: Accessories

    One of the USB data cables is used to connect the AC adapter and your complete charge and discharge cycles. Vertu phone. The other is used to connect your Vertu phone to a PC. If a battery is being used for the first time, or if the battery has not been...
  • Page 55: Charging The Battery

    When the dots are displayed in green or grey (while flashing), the battery is not yet charged up to that level. When the dots are displayed in grey (without you might be using your Vertu phone. Use the adaptor plug for Japan and flashing), the battery has been charged up to that level.
  • Page 56: Usb Data Cable

    You can also charge the battery by connecting your Vertu phone to your 1. When you look at the holospot on the label, you should see a Vertu PC using a USB data cable. symbol and three characters, similar to those shown below.
  • Page 57: Specifications

    Aluminium (with rubber): 148 g Aluminium (with leather): 150 g Interface Cable, headset and phone Micro-USB charging Battery capacity 1050 mAh Display 40.8 mm x 30.6 mm (2” active area) TFT Resolution QVGA, 240x320 (16 million colours) Using your Vertu phone...

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