Philips CT1898/000000EU User Manual

Philips CT1898/000000EU User Manual

Philips xenium ct1898 9@9a

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Philips continuously strives to improve its products.
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. The device is
meant to be connected to GSM/GPRS networks.
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  • Page 1: 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 2: Main Menu

    Main Menu Access the Press Go to previous menu Press Quickly return Long press on to idle Main Menu The Main Menu gives you access to all the different features of your mobile phone presented in the form of a grid. The table below summarises the arrangement of the Menu, the meanings of the various icons found there, and the page in this manual where more detailed information concerning the subject can...
  • Page 3: How To Use This Manual

    12 Main Menu one at a time. Other After Chapter 12 appear the sections sections for Icons & Symbols, Precautions, Troubleshooting, Philips Authentic Accessories, SAR information (if available at publication, otherwise included as a separate document), and finally Limited Warranty.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    1. Getting Started ...5 Inserting the SIM card ...5 Switching on the phone ...7 Charging the battery ...7 Setting Hotkeys ...8 2. Main Features ...9 Make a call ...9 Answer and end a call ...9 Handling multiple calls ... 10 3.
  • Page 5 Add a Contact ... 44 Edit and Manage Contacts ... 44 Icons & symbols ... 47 Precautions ... 48 Troubleshooting ... 52 Philips Authentic Accessories Trademark Declaration ... 55 SAR Information - EU (RTTE) SAR Information - International (ICNIRP) ... 57 Limited warranty ...
  • Page 6: Getting Started

    1. Getting Started Please read the safety instructions in the "Precautions" section before use. To use your phone, you must insert a valid SIM card supplied by a GSM operator or retailer. The SIM card contains your subscription information, your mobile telephone number, and a memory in which you can store phone numbers and messages (for more information, see “Address Book”...
  • Page 7 Close the cardholder into the locked position.. Replace the battery Slide the battery into its slot, metallic connectors facing downwards, until it stops. Then lock it by pushing it downwards. Replace the back cover Replace the back cover by sliding it down into its slots, until it stops.
  • Page 8: Switching On The Phone

    Switching on the phone To switch on the phone, long-press the the PIN code if required. A PIN code is a 4- to 8-digit secret code for your SIM card. It is preconfigured and communicated to you by your operator or retailer. If you enter an incorrect PIN code three times, your SIM card will be blocked.
  • Page 9: Setting Hotkeys

    The battery symbol indicates the state of charge. During charging, the charge indicators will scroll; it takes around 2.5 hours to fully recharge your mobile phone. When all the scroll bars are steady the battery is fully charged. You can then disconnect the charger. Depending on the network and condition of use, talk time goes up to 10 hours and stand-by time up to 1000 hours.
  • Page 10: Main Features

    2. Main Features Make a call From the idle screen In idle mode, enter the phone number using the keypad. To correct an error, press Press to dial. Press to hang up. For an international call, long press "+" sign for the international prefix. Using the phonebook Press in idle mode.
  • Page 11: Handling Multiple Calls

    Call options You can access the following options by pressing the key during a call: Mute To mute a call. Address Book To go to the address book. Allows you to Archive an SMS, send a new SMS, view your incoming SMS, and view your SMS outbox.
  • Page 12: Answering A Third Call

    Answering a third call If you are in a call and have one call on hold, you can also receive a third call. To do so, you must either end one of the calls or introduce the new caller to a conference. Press To reject the call.
  • Page 13: Text Entry

    3. Text Entry Text can be entered in editing screens in two different ® ways: by using T9 Predictive Text Input or basic text input. The techniques for using these two methods are discussed below. ® text input ® Predictive Text Input is an intelligent editing mode for entering text on a mobile phone.
  • Page 14 Example: how to enter the word "home": Press (GHI) (MNO), (DEF). Press is completed. Letters, numbers and symbols are located on each key as described opposite. Short press space 1. , @ / : ; " ’ ! ¡ ? ¿ # + - * = % <...
  • Page 15: Call Info

    4. Call Info The menus described in this section are used for managing how your mobile phone handles calls and their related costs. Mailboxes This menu allows you to add or edit a voicemail number. In idle mode, press to enter the main menu. Call info Mailboxes Select...
  • Page 16: Settings

    Redialing a call To redial a number that is already in the call list, simply select the number, and press number. Accessing the options To access the options, press the options: Send Message Allows you to send either SMS or MMS to the number in the list.
  • Page 17: Network

    Caller ID Show Hide your identity (i.e. your phone number) to your correspondent. The inform you on which option is activated. Network This menu allows you to connect to the network to send or receive information (e.g. SMS, MMS, etc.) Contact your phone operator to have full information about GPRS availability over its network and for an appropriate subscription.
  • Page 18: Call Forward

    GSM Settings To change the GSM settings: • Login & Password • Phone number establish the connection and provided (ISDN or Analogue) • Inactivity time, a value of over 30 seconds after which the phone disconnects automatically (if a connection was in progress). GPRS settings To change the GPRS settings: •...
  • Page 19: Call Barring

    If unreachable Only if you are outside the range of the network. If busy Only if your line is busy. Conditional If your line is busy, if you do not answer, if you are outside the network range. Status See the actual setting. Unconditional This option will forward all your incoming calls to a designated phone number.
  • Page 20: Barring Incoming Calls

    Press to select activating or deactivating call barring for all outgoing calls. Select Status to view the status of call barring for all outgoing calls. International Press to select activating or deactivating call barring for outgoing international Status calls. Select status call international calls.
  • Page 21: Messages

    5. Messages The Messages menu allows you to read, write, send and receive SMS messages and to share them with other mobile phones. Similarly, you can also send and receive MMS messages (multimedia messages), featuring texts, pictures, sounds, or memos that you have recorded. A multimedia message can be made of one slide including text, sound, and image, or of several.
  • Page 22: New Sms

    Picture Pictures are chosen from the protected pictures cannot be sent via MMS. Sounds can be chosen from the melodies. MMS Options The following options are available when creating new MMS messages: Edit subject To edit and change or enter the subject of your message.
  • Page 23: Inbox

    Copyright protected pictures and sounds cannot be sent by SMS. Inbox This menu allows you to read SMS and MMS messages you have received. SMS Inbox This menu allows you to read SMS messages you have received. The messages are displayed in a list. When a message is displayed, press the access the menu options listed below.
  • Page 24: Outbox

    Do NOT delete notifications before you have retrieved the MMS, or you will not be able to retrieve the MMS. Notifications are automatically deleted once you have received the full MMS. Outbox Sent Lists the messages you have sent yet. You can Play, Delete or view the Send...
  • Page 25: Mms Settings

    Validity To select the length of time your period messages are to be stored in the SMS centre. This is useful when the recipient is not connected to the network (and thus cannot receive your message immediately). This feature dependent. Signature When On, allows you to add a signature at the end of your message.
  • Page 26: Broadcast Sms

    Validity To select how long your MMS will be period stored on the server, from week (maximum). This is useful when the recipient is not connected to the network (and thus cannot receive your message immediately). Read This option can be set report informs you (via an SMS) when the status of the MMS you have sent has...
  • Page 27: Template

    Topics To define the type of messages you want to receive. To configure a topic, select <New>, enter the code provided by the operator, and, if desired, associate a name. You can also select an existing topic in the list, which you can rename or delete.
  • Page 28: Settings

    6. Settings This menu allows you to change the settings related to each available option (sounds, time and date, security, etc.) and to customise your phone. Sounds This menu allows you to configure the sound settings of the phone. Ringtone Allows you to select a ringer tone.
  • Page 29: Other Settings

    Backlight Backlight is activated when receiving incoming calls or messages, browsing menus, etc. Select one of the available values. The backlight management is effective when you are in menu and not in idle (stays at 12 seconds). Other settings This menu allows you to configure your phone and to set answer mode, time, language, etc.
  • Page 30: Security

    In the list, select a key from press . If the key was already programmed, select Change. Browse the list to select the function you wish to associate with this key and press To use a hotkey, press and hold the programmed key when in idle mode.
  • Page 31: Multimedia

    7. Multimedia Picture album This menu allows you to manage and display the images stored in your mobile phone. In idle mode, press to enter the main menu. Multimedia Picture album Select > to view a picture image. Use the keys to view the previous or next image in the list.
  • Page 32: Memory Status

    Delete all Delete all the sound files at once (not valid for sound that are protected). Memory status This menu allows you to display the percentage of memory available in your phone. Various features share the memory capacity: pictures, sounds, recorded memos and voice tags for voice commands, stored messages, phonebook and organiser entries, games, etc.
  • Page 33: Operator Services

    8. Operator Services This menu allows you to access services supplied with your network, such as news, sports, weather, etc. If your phone was pre-configured, it isn’t necessary for you to change the settings described in this section. With some operators, settings can be set remotely. To launch a WAP session, select Homepage.
  • Page 34: Select Profile

    All the addresses you enter in this menu and connect to at least once, will appear in a list. Select one of the items and press to reconnect to the corresponding page, without having to re-enter its complete address. Settings In order to access WAP sites, you must first configure a WAP connection profile.
  • Page 35: Links

    Push messages include URL links for quick access to the corresponding WAP services: a single click on the link will connect to the WAP site for browsing or downloading multimedia files into your handset. If your push inbox is full, a message will advise you to delete some messages in WAP >...
  • Page 36: Games And Applications

    9. Games and Applications This menu allows you to access Java applications as well as games. In idle mode, press to enter the main menu. Games & apps. Select Submenus under Games & apps. Under the Games & apps. menu, you can choose one of the followings: Java applications •...
  • Page 37: Brick Game

    Brick game The goal of this game is to destroy bricks by hitting them with a ball and racket. Destroying all bricks give you access to the next level. Keys used are the following: To move the racket left. To move the racket right. To start the game by throwing the ball left.
  • Page 38: Settings

    • average: 6 possible forms + location of correction pawns not matching the pawn’s location. • difficult: 7 possible forms + location of correction pawns not matching the pawn’s location. To pause, press the key. Settings There are two Java settings available:: Auto launch Allows you to automatically launch a Java application.
  • Page 39 Proxy The http proxy settings are used to configure Java network settings for operators that do not offer a direct Internet connection. These settings are defined as follows: Proxy • — you can select to decide whether to use a proxy server connections.
  • Page 40: Wap

    10. WAP This menu allows you to access services supplied with your network, such as news, sports, weather, etc. If your phone was pre-configured, it isn’t necessary for you to change the settings described in this section. With some operators, settings can be set remotely. To launch a WAP session, select Homepage.
  • Page 41: Settings

    All the addresses you enter in this menu and connect to at least once, will appear in a list. Select one of the items and press to reconnect to the corresponding page, without having to re-enter its complete address. Settings In order to access WAP sites, you must first configure a WAP connection profile.
  • Page 42: Options

    In some cases, a red "@" sign will be displayed on the screen to inform you that you have received a new push or Read to read it or Back to go back message. Press to idle. Push messages include URL links for quick access to the corresponding WAP services: a single click on the link will connect to the WAP site for browsing or downloading multimedia files into your handset.
  • Page 43: Applications

    11. Applications Calculator Your phone has a built-in calculator that you can use to perform basic calculations. Numbers are entered with the keypad and operators with the navigation keys as indicated in the table below: > Addition Press or the <...
  • Page 44: Organiser

    The snooze mode is automatically deactivated after 9 alarm repetitions. The snooze mode setting applies to all the alarms you have set. Organiser This menu allows to create, store and manage events in your organiser. When the organiser alert is On, a beep alerts you when an event is due.
  • Page 45: Address Book

    12. Address Book Contacts are stored in one of the two available phone books: in your SIM card (number of entries depending on capacity) or on your phone (up to 999 names). When entering new contacts, they will only be added to the phone book you have selected. Select Address Book 1.
  • Page 46 in a highlighted line, at the bottom of the screen. To search for a given name: Press the key for the letter that you want to go to in the list (e.g. press twice to access the letter "U"). The first record starting with this letter is selected in the list.
  • Page 47 Copy to This option will copy the content of phone your SIM card into your phone. If you cancelled or aborted the automatic copy of your SIM phonebook when you first switch on your phone, you can do it manually with this option. Selecting this option...
  • Page 48: Icons & Symbols

    Icons & symbols In idle mode, several symbols can be displayed simultaneously on the 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 49: 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 50: Always Switch Off Your Phone

    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 51: Battery Information

    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 52: Environmental Care

    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 53: Troubleshooting

    Your battery seems to over heat You might be using a charger that was not intended for your phone. Make sure you always use the Philips authentic accessory shipped with your phone. Your phone doesn’t display the phone numbers of incoming calls This feature is network and subscription dependent.
  • Page 54 You can’t receive and/or store pictures A picture may not be accepted by your mobile phone if it is too large, if its name is too long, or if it doesn’t have the correct file format. You have the feeling that you miss some calls Check your call divert options.
  • Page 55: Philips Authentic Accessories

    Additional accessories may also be provided or sold separately. Package contents may therefore vary. To maximise the performance of your Philips mobile phone and not to void the warranty, always purchase Philips Authentic Accessories that are specially designed for use with your phone.
  • Page 56: Trademark Declaration

    Trademark Declaration JAVA is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ® is a trademark of Tegic Communications Inc. Tegic Euro. Pat. App. 0842463...
  • Page 57: Sar Information - Eu (Rtte)

    The highest SAR value for this CT 1898- Philips 189 / Xenium 9@9a when tested for compliance against the standard was 0.749 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 58: Sar Information - International (Icnirp)

    The highest SAR value for this CT 1898- Philips 189 / Xenium 9@9a when tested for use at the ear is 0.749 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 59: Limited Warranty

    The limited warranty for original Philips rechargeable battery extends for six (6) months from the date of purchase. 3. What Will Philips Do if The Product is Not Free From Material Defects in Materials and Workmanship During The Limited Warranty...
  • Page 60 Normal wear and tear or Force Majeure. 5. How Do You Get Warranty Service? a) Return the Product to an authorized service center of Philips. You may contact the local Philips office for the location of the nearest authorized service center.
  • Page 61 OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. This limited warranty represents the complete and exclusive agreement between the Consumer and Philips with respect to this cellular Product and it supercedes all prior agreements between the parties, oral or written, and all other communications between the parties relating to the subject matter of this limited warranty.
  • Page 62 Declaration of conformity Philips Electronics Hong Kong Ltd Business Group Mobile Phone 5/F, Philips Electronics Building 5 Science Park Avenue Shatin New Territories Hong Kong declare under our sole responsibility that the product CT1898 Cellular Mobile Radio GSM 900/GSM 1800...

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