Philips CT6558/00RBEURO User Manual

Philips CT6558/00RBEURO 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...
  • Page 3 Reject a call If the phone is opened, press closed, long press either volume side key to reject the call. Set the ringer volume Press volume side key when in idle mode and when the phone is opened. A short press on the volume side key will mute the ringer when you receive a call.
  • Page 4 Pressing will alternate options, such Activate/Deactivate, On/Off, Increase/Decrease a value, etc. When navigating in a list, a scroll bar located on the right hand side of the screen shows your actual position in the list. With the navigation keys, you can then select or adjust all the functions of your phone as Events between...
  • 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 Call handsfree ...4 Change the ringer ...5...
  • Page 6 Answer a second call ... 67 DTMF tones ... 67 Answer a third call ... 68 Conference call ... 68 Explicit call transfer ... 68 Icons & symbols ... 69 Precautions ... 70 Troubleshooting ... 74 Philips authentic accessories ... 77...
  • 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

    Replace the battery cover by sliding it into its slot, until it stops. Remove the protective film covering the screen before using the phone. Switch on the phone To switch on the phone, press the Enter the PIN code if required (i.e. the 4 to 8- digit secret code of your SIM card).
  • Page 9 You may lose all your personal settings if you remove the battery when the phone is switched on. Once the battery and battery cover are clipped on the phone, plug the connector of the charger (supplied with the phone, in the box) into the socket at bottom of the phone on one end, then plug it into a main AC power socket with easy access on the other end.
  • Page 10: Main Features

    2 • Main features Access and view the phonebook In idle mode, press . Depending on the selected phonebook (in SIM or in phone), the content that appears on the screen may vary: see “Contacts” page 12 for details. To view the phonebook during a call, press select List, press and scroll through the...
  • Page 11: Change The Ringer

    menu, then select Call press to dial. If you selected the phonebook in your phone: proceed the same way to call the default number. If you saved several numbers under one name, < > press to select another number in the list, then press and select If you are already on the phone, long press...
  • Page 12: Clear The Call List

    We advise you to notify the caller if you intend to record the conversation you have with them and only record if they agree. You should also keep any recording private. 1 min. is the maximum recording time available (see “Sound recording” page 58). To record a conversation during a call, press select Record dialogue...
  • Page 13: Menu Tree

    3 • Menu tree The table below describes the complete menu tree of your mobile phone, and the page reference you should refer to for more information concerning each feature or setting. Settings p16 Sounds p16 Silent / Ringer volume / Ringtone / Messages ringer / Equaliser / Key tones / Sounds alerts / Vibra alert Display p17...
  • Page 14 Broadcast SMS p33 Reception / Topics / District codes SMS chat p34 MMS p34 New MMS / Inbox / Drafts / Templates / Outbox / Settings Contacts p12 Names list p4 Settings p12 Delete all / Contacts select / Groups settings/ Copy to phone Entertainment p54 Brick game p54...
  • Page 15 Call settings p60 Active flip / Call forward / Mailboxes / Auto redial / Any key answer / Call waiting / Caller Call list p61 Call list / Reset Call counters p62 GSM counters / GPRS counters Infrared p48 Multimedia p50 Picture album p50 List of available pictures Sound album p50...
  • Page 16: 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 17: 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 18: Contacts

    5 • 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). When entering new names in the menu Contacts, they will only be added to the phonebook you have selected.
  • Page 19: Fotocall: See & Hear Who's Calling

    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. A number is limited to 40 digits, depending on your SIM card. Entering international prefix, country & area codes allows you to dial a number from any location.
  • Page 20: Edit And Manage Contacts

    that group calls, it will appear along with the corresponding picture, and the melody defined for that group will ring. Select > Contacts Settings Rename the group to be identified ("Friends", "Kids", etc.) and select the to be associated to this group. Picture Long press to go back to idle, then...
  • Page 21 In the phone Choose a contact of your phonebook in phone and press to access the following options: • Change name • Select group • Call • Send by Infrared • Call handsfree • Delete • Send SMS • Show •...
  • Page 22: Settings

    6 • 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 23). Sounds Silent Allows you to set the...
  • Page 23: 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 Minute alert caller).
  • Page 24: Short Cuts

    Only JPEG type pictures can be used as wallpapers. This feature is not available when the International clock option is On (see page 56). Contrast Allows you to choose from several levels of contrast. Contrast Short cuts Hotkeys Allows you to set up a direct access to a specific function by linking it to a key.
  • Page 25: Security

    options. Press voice voice tag. To use the voice command, press and hold in idle mode, then say the recorded voice tag. Voice dial Allows you to set a voice tag by recording a word that will call the Voice Dial corresponding name when pronounced.
  • Page 26: Network

    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 27 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 28: Time And Date

    GSM Settings To change the GSM settings: • Login, • Password, • Phone number establish the connection and provided by your operator (ISDN or Analogue), • Inactivity over 30 seconds after which the phone disconnects auto- matically (if a connection was in progress) To change the GPRS settings GPRS settings...
  • Page 29: Auto Switch On & Off

    Set date Allows you to set the date by pressing the appropriate numeric keys. You can Set date also 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 Auto switch on &...
  • Page 30 settings. Details of each profile settings are displayed when selecting a profile. When you associate a hotkey to a profile (e.g. long press activates Silent, see Hotkeys p18), also long press this key to deactivate it and go back to the Personal settings.
  • Page 31: Messages

    7 • 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 34). In this case, you can only access the Answer option.
  • Page 32: Read Sms

    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. Send SMS to several recipients This menu allows you to send an SMS to one or several contacts.
  • Page 33 Forward To forward the selected message (choose the recipient in the phonebook or enter a phone number manually). To save the number of the sender if it is Store attached to the message, number To call the sender of the message Call handsfree.
  • Page 34: E-Mail

    Reply path Allows you to set which allows you to transmit the number of your SMS message centre together with the message. Your correspondent can then reply using your own SMS centre and not theirs. This speeds up the rate of transmission. This feature is subscription dependent.
  • Page 35 Settings Press , select > Messages E-mail press . Then select Settings access the following options: Account To rename E-mail 1 name An e-mail account might be predefined and locked, preventing renaming. E-mail To configure the settings needed to connect to the e-mail server of your server Internet Service Provider (ISP).
  • Page 36 GSM Settings To change the GSM settings: • & Password, Login • Phone number (ISDN logic) needed to establish the con- nection and provided by your operator, • Auto disconnect, a value of over 30 seconds after which the phone disconnects automatically (if a connection was in progress).
  • Page 37 Allows you to design your message: Media enter the Subject and Text, then press to access the next options: • Add sound attach a sound or a picture to your e-mail, • to send it to the selected Send now recipient(s), •...
  • Page 38 If the e-mail you have received contains attachments (picture, text or another e-mail), they are characterised by a specific icon: Contains the details of the e-mail header (date and time, sender’s e-mail address, etc.), press to display these details. The text of the e-mail itself can be viewed as an attachment, press advanced options in this case).
  • Page 39: Broadcast Sms

    Select an e-mail header and press the following options: Add to To add the sender’s e-mail address to your phonebook, even when you contacts haven’t yet downloaded his e-mail. Select <New> to create a new contact, or a name in the list to add or change the e-mail address.
  • Page 40: Mms

    District To select the type of messages you want codes to be permanently displayed on the idle screen (in this case, enter the type in both District code SMS chat This menu allows you to set the feature or Off. When On, any chat SMS Chat short message (SMS) you receive is...
  • Page 41: Mms Options

    Allows you to design your message: Media Add a Picture, (move previous icon if not automatically selected, press corresponding menu), and create more slides by pressing Send now to send the MMS to the selected recipient(s), Access the Although the picture preview when creating the MMS is (W)105 x (H)55 pixels, the maximum size of a picture you can send is (W)640 x (H)640 pixels.
  • Page 42 Preview MMS To preview the slide show you have created. Slide duration To change the value of slide duration set in Settings (see page 37), and to set a settings delay between each slide. Send MMS Once your message is complete, simply select and press .
  • Page 43: Manage Folders

    Close To close the MMS and go back to the list of options. Manage folders Four different folders are available. The default (active) folder is the one you last selected. Lists all messages saved as templates. Templates You can Play, Edit Drafts Lists all messages saved as drafts, or...
  • Page 44 The following settings are available: Allows you to choose from: Retrieval mode Manual: you connect manually to the server by selecting a notification in the Inbox, selecting Read then Play. will place received MMS in Automatic: the Inbox. Select the MMS and press >...
  • Page 45: Taking Pictures

    8 • 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... Activate/deactivate Press the camera side key to the camera activate press...
  • Page 46 also press to access any of them (see “Settings” page 42). Camera The default picture size of the standard mode format is 640 x 480 pixels. For all other modes, hold the mobile vertically and press to switch to Wallpaper (128 x 160 pixels) to (128 x 128 pixels) to Clip...
  • Page 47 The number that appears shows its row. Press: To ignore the picture you have just taken and go back to preview mode. Camera To save it in the Picture To access the list of available options: Send (by MMS, Email or Infrared), it in the Picture Album,...
  • Page 48: Settings

    Press to access the following options: your clip via MMS. Send by Send Play clip Play the clip you have created: the Save clip Save picture in Picture album recorded sound in Change clip Change the clip you made. Fotocall: see who’s calling Fotocall mode allows you to make a picture and to link it to a group.
  • Page 49 Sounds To set the Alert settings first one occurs 3 seconds before the shot, the second one when the picture is shot. Select Default available sounds, then press activate it. To reset all values to the default ones. Reset settings Frames To choose a frame and apply to the picture you take (this automatically sets the picture to 128 x 160...
  • Page 50: Bedj

    9 • BeDJ BeDJ allows you to create your own sound by using a styles, or any SP-MIDI or MIDI ring tones saved in your phone. You can then send your own mix to friends and relatives, use it as a ringer or an alarm, etc. How to...
  • Page 51: Record A Mix

    Change track melodies & instruments Before activating tracks, press and hold keys to change the default melodies and instruments: Melody The melody used in the selected track is the one highlighted in the list. Move to select another one, then press instruments list used in this melody.
  • Page 52: Create Your Own Style And Mix

    Recording options When you stop recording a mix, a window opens and displays the following options: Remix To record a new mix by using the same tracks. Replay Mix To play the mix you just recorded. To name and store your mix. Store Mix To send your mix as part of a Send by MMS...
  • Page 53: Save Your Own Styles

    one of them, then press Repeat these two steps to apply tracks of your choice to keys When ready, record your mix (see page 45). Press twice to go back to normal mode. Have fun and mix: you can apply any of the 16 tracks of any ringer of your choice to key of your phone! This makes thousands of possibilities that allow you to completely personalise...
  • Page 54: Infrared

    10 • 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.). Files that are copyright protected cannot be sent.
  • Page 55: Use The Phone As 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 56: Multimedia

    11 • 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 57 Modify Add text picture To add text to the selected picture. Press the navigation key to move the text on the screen. Short press to move it 1 pixel at a time, long press for 5 pixels. Press to go back to the text editor, or to validate and go to the next option.
  • Page 58: Tv Slideshow

    Link accessory (see page 77) or on the main (internal) 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 77 for details. Select Slideshow, then Manual,...
  • Page 59: 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 60: Entertainment

    12 • Entertainment 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 Network Allows you to select one of the data account profiles you have defined in (see page 21). Access settings Auto-Launch Allows you to set the automatic launch of JAVA Off. When On, a JAVA application will be automatically launched right after it was installed. Java applications This menu allows you to launch a Java application.
  • Page 62: Extras

    13 • Extras Calculator This menu provides the following functions: Calculator > Press or the Addition < Substraction Press or the Multiplication Press or the Division Press or the Equals Press the Enter the figures using the keypad. Calculator accuracy is to 2 decimal places and is rounded up to the higher decimal figure.
  • Page 63: Alarm Clock

    Foreign settings Move Foreign zone of your choice. time zone Allows you to set the daylight saving Foreign option daylight zone. See page 22 for details. saving Alarm clock This menu allows you to set the clock alarms (up to 3 alarms). To set an Alarm clock alarm: Select an alarm and press...
  • Page 64: Sound Recording

    Select , then the type of event to create <New> (Holiday, Meeting, Do). Enter the starting and ending date & time of the event and name it (e.g. "Meeting with Smith"). Set a reminder and a frequency: alerts will be triggered at the chosen time.
  • Page 65: Euro Converter

    sound is recorded. Select it in the list to play it, or press Delete Rename Recordings saved cannot be sent by MMS. Extras Euro converter -> Euro 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 66: Call Information

    14 • 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 This option allows you to pick up an incoming call by simply opening the phone.
  • Page 67: 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 68: 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 allows you to handle the cost and duration of your calls.
  • Page 69 GPRS counters This feature is subscription and network dependent. Last mobile session This option will display the last connection session or transfer volume of your mobile phone (e.g. after a WAP connection over GPRS). Call information Last PC session This option will display the last connection session or transfer volume of your PC transmission.
  • Page 70: Operator Services

    15 • Operator services Most items of this menu are subscription dependent and specific to operators. Consequently, the menus shown following 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 71 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 72: Gsm Strings

    Connection Select connection select one of the data profiles you have defined in (see page 21). settings allows you to select the type Bearer of network used by the selected profile when launching a connection (see page 21). Proxy address allow you to define a gateway address and port number to be used when launching a WAP connection...
  • Page 73: Make A Second Call

    DTMF tones You can send DTMF tones (or “touch tones”) to some phone services at any time during a call by pressing any of the keys You can also attach a DTMF sequence to a phone number before dialling it (or storing it in the Contacts).
  • Page 74: Answer A Third Call

    Answer a third call Subscription dependent. While in communication and one call being on hold, you may receive a third call. You can either end one of the calls before being able to answer the third one or introduce the calling party into a conference (see below).
  • Page 75: Icons & Symbols

    Icons & symbols In idle mode, several symbols can be displayed simultaneously either on external screen or main 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. Silent - Your phone will not ring when receiving a call.
  • Page 76: 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 77: Always Switch Off Your Phone

    telephone complies with all applicable safety standards Radio Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive 1999/5/EC. 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...
  • Page 78: Performance Improvement

    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 79: Environmental Care

    40°C. Precautions Environmental care following Philips has marked the battery and packaging with standard symbols designed to promote the recycling and appropriate disposal of your eventual waste. Remember to observe the local regulations regarding the disposal of your packaging materials, exhausted batteries and old phone and please promote their recycling.
  • Page 80: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting The phone does Remove and reinstall the battery (see page 1). Make sure not switch on you plugged the jack of the charger into connector (see “Charge the battery” page 2). Then charge the phone until the battery icon has stopped scrolling. Finally, unplug from charger and try to switch the...
  • Page 81 Your phone Press and hold doesn’t return off the phone, check that the SIM card and the battery are to the idle installed correctly and switch it screen on again. This feature is network and Your phone subscription dependent. If the doesn’t display the phone network doesn’t send the...
  • Page 82 When Some features are network attempting to dependent. They are only available, therefore, if the use a feature in network or your subscription the menu, the supports them. Contact your mobile displays operator information on this subject. ALLOWED The display Check that the SIM card has shows INSERT been inserted in the right...
  • Page 83: Philips Authentic Accessories

    As a consequence, the package content 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 84 Data connect kit Easy data connection to your Philips mobile phone. The USB cable enables 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 85: Declaration Of Conformity

    Identification mark: 0168 Le Mans, October 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. Refer to the International Guarantee shipped in the box for information on Service centers and technical documentation relevant to your equipment.

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