Network Selection - Siemens S40 User Manual

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Network selection

First
Manual Your phone will always
start searching for the network
Enter the Setup menu
with which it was in contact when
by pressing »MENU«
it was last switched off. If the
Select »Network selection«
phone cannot locate this network,
it may present some alternative
Selection mode
networks in the display, and you
may then select one manually.
Phoning outside your home area
may require the use of a different
Set preferred list
network. You may select the net-
work manually or let your tele-
Some carriers permit you to enter a
phone do it automatically. Entering
list of networks in your own order
»Selection mode« gives you these
of preference and store them on
options:
your SIM card.
To do this, select the empty loca-
Automatic Let your phone find an
tion where you want to store the
available network automatically.
new network. Pressing »EDIT« will
Your phone will always try to reach
open a list of networks. Find the
your home network first, then alter-
network you wish to store in your
natively find another available net-
preferred list, and press »SELECT«.
work. You may have the possibility
of establishing a preferred list (see
below), indicating the order of pref-
erence in which your phone should
select a network.
Setup menu
Country selection
If you choose automatic network
selection, you can restrict your
phone to connecting only to net-
works selected from the »Use
country list«. In »View list« you can
select which countries you want to
allow. You can delete countries
from the list by pressing »EDIT«,
followed by »DELETE«.
Network types
Select whether your phone should
start searching for a GSM 900,
GSM 1800 or GSM 1900 network.
If you select all 3 network types
the telephone will automatically
start searching for the network that
offers the best connection.
Setup menu
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Facts & Tips
• If you want to add a network that is
not shown on the list of networks,
»Specify«
select
and enter the coun-
try code and network number of the
network.
• The country list can contain 15 dif-
ferent countries. The country of your
home network will always be the first
one on the list and cannot be deleted.
»Unlimited«
• Select
in the country
list and you will be able to connect to
all available networks.
• If you travel mainly in the US and
Canada and seldom go to Europe you
can reduce the network connecting
time by manually selecting only
»GSM 1900«
under Network types.

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