Safety Information For your safety, please read the guidelines below carefully before you use your phone: Exposure to Radio Frequency Signals Max. SAR measurement EU: GSM900: 0.344 mW/g; DCS1800: 0.404 mW/g. USA: PCS1900: 0.875 mW/g. Your wireless handheld portable telephone is a low power transmitter and receiver.
Antenna Care Use only the supplied or approved replacement antenna. Unauthorized antennas, modifications or attachments may damage the phone and violate FCC regulations. Phone Operation • Normal Position: Hold the phone as you would any other telephone with the antenna pointed up and over your shoulder. •...
• Give full attention to driving--driving safety is your first responsibility. • Use hands-free operation, if available. • Pull off the road and park before making or answering a call if driving conditions so require. Electronic Devices Most modern electronic equipment is shielded from RF signals. However, certain electronic equipment may not be shielded against the RF signals from your wireless phone.
Other Medical Devices If you use any other personal medical device, consult the manufacturer of your device to determine if they are adequately shielded from external RF energy. Your physician may be able to assist you in obtaining this information. Turn your phone OFF in health care facilities when any regulations posted in these areas instruct you to do so.
Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are often, but not always clearly marked. They include fueling areas such as gasoline stations; below deck on boats; fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities; vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas (such as propane or butane); areas where the air contains chemicals or particles, such as grain, dust, or metal powders;...
Table of Contents Safety Information ...i 1. Preparing Your Phone For Use... 1 Inserting a SIM Card ... 1 Installing a Battery and Charging the Phone ... 2 Turning the Phone On ... 5 2. Getting to Know Your Phone ... 7 Your Phone at a Glance...
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Making a Phone Call ... 34 Ending a Phone Call ... 34 Answering a Phone Call ... 35 Rejecting an Incoming Call... 36 Turning Off the Ring Tone for an Incoming Call ... 37 Making an International Call... 37 Making an Emergency Call ... 37 Dialing an Extension Number ...
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SMS ...74 Editing and Sending a New Short Message ... 74 Receiving and Reading a Short Message... 78 Managing Sent Items ... 81 Managing Drafts ... 82 Managing Archive... 82 Cleaning Up Messages ... 83 Settings... 83 MMS...84 Editing and Sending MMS Messages ... 87 Downloading an MMS Message ...
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Memory ... 112 Own Number ... 112 Calls ... 113 Missed ...113 Received ...113 Dialed ...113 Delete ...113 Display ...114 Show Timer ... 114 Show Cost... 114 Information ...115 Messages... 116 Games... 117 Club BenQ ...118 Cherry Boy...119 Table of Contents...
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Puzzle Game ...120 Breakout !...122 Project E.N.D...124 Java Settings ...127 Entertainment... 128 Digital Camera...128 Video Camcorder ...128 Music Player ...128 Voice Ring Tone ...128 Media Center ... 130 Image...130 Video ...130 Music...130 Memory Settings ...131 Memory Status ...131 Tools... 132 Alarm ...132 World Clock ...134 Auto Time Zone ...135...
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Hour Minder ...143 USB Connection...143 miniSD Reader ... 143 PC Sync. & Modem... 144 IrDA ...145 Oper.Service... 146 Wap ...146 Activate ... 146 Settings... 154 SIM Toolkit Menu...155 Connect Settings...156 Settings ... 158 Date & Time ...158 Set Time... 158 Time Format ...
Preparing Your Phone For Use Inserting a SIM Card 1. Turn the phone over, and release the battery latch. Lift the battery off the phone. Battery latch Do not remove the battery when the phone is on. Doing so could cause you to lose personal settings or data stored either on your SIM card or in the phone's memory.
If you wish to remove the SIM card, you must first press down the stay, then push the SIM card out of the slot. Installing a Battery and Charging the Phone 1. With the battery's metal contacts facing down, align the protruding tabs on the end with the holes in the battery bay of the phone.
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2. Plug the charger into a power outlet. 3. Insert the charger connector deep into the phone until the connector clicks into place. Make sure you insert the connector in the correct orientation (the side showing "UP" faces you). Charger socket Charger connector •...
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4. Once the phone is fully charged, remove the charger from both the power outlet and the phone. • Charging requires approximately 4 hours. • When the battery is out of power, the phone will play an alert sound to remind you to recharge it and then will automatically turn off.
Turning the Phone On 1. Open the phone's flip. 2. Press and hold to turn the phone on. The phone will display the welcome animation. You can select and set a welcome animation. Go to the menu: Settings > Display > Welcome Animation > Power On. For details, please refer to page 163.
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5. The standby screen will be displayed, as well as network signal strength and the name of the network operator. You can now use the phone. If the phone cannot detect the network, the on-screen signal strength meter will show no bars. If the phone links to a network that you are not authorized to use, the signal strength meter will show a level of zero.
Getting to Know Your Phone Your Phone at a Glance The figure below shows the main parts of your phone: Front view 1 Antenna External display Camera lens Camera flash Getting to Know Your Phone...
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Front view 2 Earpiece Main display OK key Left soft key Right soft key Clear key Camera key Power on/off key Dial/Answer key Navigation key Alphanumeric keys Microphone Getting to Know Your Phone...
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Side and back views Functional side key IrDA Sensor Volume key Speaker Battery latch Battery Getting to Know Your Phone...
Bottom view Hands-free headset/ Data cable jack slot miniSD Active Flip Feature • Opening the flip turns on the main display and turns off the external display; closing the flip wakes up the external display and turns off the main display. •...
The miniSD Card Your phone features a miniSD slot designed specifically for use with the SanDisk miniSD(TM) Card, a removable flash memory card intended to add greater storage capacity to your phone. The miniSD Card enables you to store multimedia data, including images, MP3 songs, ring tones, video clips and Java games.
• When you insert an empty miniSD Card into the phone, the phone will automatically create four folders on the miniSD Card--Image, Music, Video and Java. The phone's corresponding menus for these folders are Media Center > Image, Media Center > Music, Media Center >...
Standby Screen External Display After the phone is turned on, closing the flip will wake up the external display, showing the information such as the network operator's name and current time; the status bar will show icons for network signal strength, battery power, alarm (if active), etc.
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• When the phone's flip is closed, pressing the upper portion of the volume key , located on the left side of the phone, to show the calendar on the external display; pressing the upper or lower portion of repeatedly will bring up the previous or next month's calendar.
Main Display Status bar User name Time and date Press to enter the Phone Book • To set the current time and date, as well as the format in which they will be shown in the main display's standby screen, go to the menu Settings >...
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• After the standby screen remains for 10 seconds, the soft key bar, time and date, as well as all the other information currently displayed will automatically disappear, so that the wallpaper can be displayed in full screen. You can also press to display/hide the status bar and information normally shown on the standby screen.
Icons in the Standby Screen's Status Bar Icon Function Signal strength Battery status GPRS network SMS message notification MMS message Description Signal strength of the network. The more bars indicated, the stronger the signal. Shows the current level of battery power. The more bars indicated, the more power that remains.
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Icon Function Voicemail miniSD Card MP3 Music Player Alarm Normal Meeting Silent Outdoors Headset Divert Roaming Getting to Know Your Phone Description Indicates that you have voicemail messages (this icon will only appear if the function is supported by your network operator). miniSD Card is inserted.
Using the Keys in the Standby Mode In this user manual, "long-press" means to press and hold down a key for about two seconds before release. "Press" means to press a key and release immediately. The chart below is meant only to introduce the commands accessible with keys when the phone is in standby mode.
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Power on/off key • Long-press this key to turn the phone on or off. • Press this key to end a phone call. • Press this key to reject incoming calls or cancel a call being dialed. Send/Answer key • Press to send or answer a call.
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Clear key • Press this key to delete entered digits one by one; long- press to delete all digits entered. Navigation key • Press about the Shortcuts menu, see page 72. • Press • Press description of the Messages menu, see page 73. •...
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Alphanumeric keys • Press • Speed dial key: Long-press immediately dial the number that it represents. See page 38, "Speed Dialing". Volume key • When the phone's flip is open, press the upper or lower portion of this key, located on the left side of the phone, to adjust the ring tone volume.
Functional side key • When the phone's flip is closed, pressing this key will display/hide the information shown on the external display's standby screen. • Regardless of whether the flip is open or closed, long- pressing this key will turn the camera function on. When the camera function is turned on, this key can be used as a shutter button to shoot a photo.
Menu Navigation When the phone is in standby mode, press menu and highlight the first item in that menu: Phone Book. For details on how to use the various functions listed in the menu, see page 106, "Menus". You can choose a display color for the menus by going to the menu Settings >...
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List mode Press to scroll up or down to an item. You can also go to the menu: Settings > Display > Menu Style, to determine whether the main menu is displayed in the icon mode or list mode. The highlighted row is the currently selected menu.
Sub-menus Press to scroll up or down to an option. Press access the highlighted option. The highlighted row is the currently selected item. Press (Edit) to access the highlighted item for editing. Getting to Know Your Phone The highlighted row is the currently selected option.
Menu navigation example The example given below demonstrates how to use menus to change the language setting. Regular access 1. In the standby mode, press to open the main menu. 2. If the main menu is displayed in the icon mode, press scroll to the Settings icon and press to enter this menu;...
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3. In the Settings menu, press to scroll to Language, then press to enter the Language menu. 4. Press to scroll to the language you wish to use. Then press (Select) to confirm your selection. 5. Press (Back) or repeatedly, or press to return to the standby screen.
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Access through number shortcuts 1. In the standby mode, press to bring up the main menu. 2. The location of items in the main menu corresponds to the position of the keys alphanumeric keypad. Thus, pressing will bring up the Settings menu.
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3. In the Settings menu, the alphanumeric keys represent menu options 1 to 9. Since Language is item number 8 in the Settings menu, pressing will bring up the Language sub-menu. 4. Press to scroll to the language you wish to use. Then press (Select) to confirm your selection.
Main menu map Select To enter Phone Book Calls Messages Breakout! and Project E.N.D. will only appear when the miniSD card is inserted. Games Getting to Know Your Phone...
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Select Entertainment Media Center Tools Opers.Service Getting to Know Your Phone To enter If your operator provides SIM Tool Kit services, the SIM Tool Kit option will appear in this menu.
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Select To enter Settings Getting to Know Your Phone...
Using Your Phone Making a Phone Call Open the flip and make sure that the standby screen is shown on the main display. Enter the desired number using the alphanumeric keys . Press During a call, you can use the options. See page 48, "In-call Menu". To modify a phone number that you have entered, press individual digits.
Answering a Phone Call When a call is received, your phone rings or vibrates, with the display showing the caller's number (if supported by your network vendor). If the caller is a contact stored in the Phone Book, the phone will show the name recorded in the Phone Book.
Rejecting an Incoming Call • When the flip is closed, you can reject an incoming call by long- pressing the upper portion of the volume key side key on the left side of the phone. Long pressing message templates for you to choose one to send to the caller. Press to select and press •...
Turning Off the Ring Tone for an Incoming Call When the flip is closed, you can temporarily mute the ring tone for an incoming call to avoid disturbing others. To do this, long press the lower portion of the volume key tone has been turned off, you can still open the flip to answer the call.
Speed Dialing You can assign alphanumeric keys as speed dial keys to frequently dialed numbers. To do so, choose the menu: Phone book > Speed Dial. After you have assigned a number key to serve as the speed dial key for a particular phone number, you can long-press this key when the phone is in the standby mode to dial the corresponding phone number.
Listening to Voicemails When your voicemail box receives a voicemail, your operator will give you a call or send you an SMS alert (i.e. a text message), in order to notify you of this new voicemail. (if the network vendor supports it, the icon will be shown in the standby screen's status bar.) Depending on how you are notified, there are two ways to access and...
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screen to directly dial the voicemail phone number and listen to your voicemails. Alternatively, you can go to the menu: Messages Voicemail Get Voicemail to make a voicemail call. > If the voicemail number is not stored on your SIM card or in the phone itself, you will not be able to access your voicemail by long- pressing ,Generally speaking, network operators will store the...
Phone Book Adding Contacts to the Phone Book The phone book in your phone's memory can store up to 500 contacts. The capacity of a phone book on your SIM card depends on the particular service provided by your network vendor. 1.
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Used to select a caller group for the contact. Press group and then press When there is an incoming call from this contact, the ring tone assigned to this group will sound and the display will show the image associated with the group. To set a ring tone and image for each caller group, go to the menu Phone Book >...
Finding Contacts in the Phone Book In the standby mode, press contacts stored in the Phone Book. There are two ways to locate a specific contact in the Phone Book: • Press to scroll through the names (listed in alphabetical order) until the one you want is highlighted.
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• Scroll to highlight the phone number you want and press dial that number. While viewing a contact's data, you can press next/previous contact's data. will appear on the left of the contact's name if the contact is stored in your SIM card's memory; contact is stored in your phone memory.
Last Missed, Dialed, and Received Calls There are two ways you can view the last missed, dialed, and received calls on your phone, as well as information on their date and time: 1. If there have been any missed calls, the main display will show a missed call message along with the number of calls that were missed.
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1. Press to re-dial the number. 2. Press (Option) to perform the following tasks: • Save If the phone number for the call has not been stored in the Phone Book, selecting this option will create a contact for this number.
Operations During a Call The following options marked with an asterisk (*) are dependent on network support and may require a subscription. Adjusting the Earpiece Volume During a call, you can press the volume key phone to adjust call volume. Accessing the Last Dialed or Received Calls When you are on a phone call, you can press received calls and press...
Making a Second Call* Enter a phone number, or select one from your phone book or call record, and then press automatically be placed on hold. However, if there is already one active call and another on hold, this action will fail. Call Waiting* If there is an incoming call while you are on the phone, a tone will sound through the earpiece and the display will show that a second call...
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DTMF On/Off When the phone is connected with other devices or services, you can send DTMF (Dual Tone Modulation Frequency) strings. DTMF strings are keypad tones that can be sent via the microphone as you dial another number. Your phone will emit the tones in order to communicate with answering machines, pagers, computerized telephone services, and so forth.
Transfer Allows two parties to connect, while ending one's own call (one of the two parties may be involved in an active call while the other is either on hold or being dialed), so as to allow the two parties to have their own call. Using the Silent Profile From the standby screen, you can long-press profile.
Adjusting the ring volume When the phone's flip is open, press the upper or lower portion of the volume key to adjust the ring tone volume. Press the upper portion of this key or to increase the volume. Press the lower portion of this key or to decrease the volume.
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1.3 M 1280 x 960 Sets the size of the image to 1280 x 960, or 1.3 megapixels (the highest resolution available). VGA 640 x 480 Sets the image size to VGA 640 x 480 pixels. Wallpaper 128 x 160 Sets the image size to 128 x 160 pixels for use as a wallpaper.
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• Save to Phone/miniSD Determines whether the photo taken will be stored in the miniSD Card or in the phone memory. 3. After you have completed necessary camera settings, press return to the view finder screen, you can then adjust the following settings as well: •...
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4. When you are ready to take a photo, press the shutter button to photograph the object. The photo will then show up on the main display. How to create self portraits? If you want to photograph yourself, you can close the phone's flip and long-press to turn the camera function on.
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• Send by IrDA Sends the image through the IrDA sensor. • Organize Rename Gives this image a new file name. An image's name can't be left empty, nor can it share the same name with another image already stored in your phone.
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Option Add Stamp Right Rotate 90 Left Rotate 90 Face Morph You are able to change a person's facial expression shown in the photo with this Face Morph function, and then save photos showing different expressions of that person. Follow the steps below to perform the Face Morph function: a.
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face--press to move red spot by a fixed space; long press to move the spot continuously. When the first spot is in the desired position, press confirm. The next spot will then show up automatically in order for you to adjust its position. b.
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facial expression effects for the person's face. The chart below shows each number key and their matching expression effects: Press no expression effects made. e. Press Intensity levels will be displayed at the top right corner of the screen ranging from 1 to 10. f.
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g. You can then press corresponding number keys to create more photos showing various facial expressions. The Face Morph function may not create desired outcomes when used to change your pets or dolls' facial expressions. When you apply face morph to an image larger than 128 x 160, the image will then be saved in a smaller size.
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• Delete Deletes the photo. • Go To Image This is the Image library where your photos are placed. You can choose the menu: Media Center > Image to access this image library as well. The image formats supported by the phone are BMP, WBMP, PNG, GIF, JPEG.
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3. When the display shows photos as thumbnails or in the list mode, or after you press you can press (Option) to manage the selected photo using the available options. Some of these options are identical to those mentioned above, except for the ones described below: •...
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• Slide Show After selecting this option the photos will be presented as a slide show to you. Press background ring tone, select the desired ring tone, or choose a slide style. • Details Shows the photo's name, format and size. Using Your Phone (Option) to stop the...
Shooting a Video Clip One most exciting feature about this phone is that you can use its video camcorder to shoot and play video clips. You can also send a video to others by MMS, or create a 5-second caller ID video which will show on the phone's display when there is an incoming call being made by a particular caller.
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QCIF 176 x 144 Sets the size of the video image to 176 x 144 pixels in QCIF mode. A video clip shot in this mode must be saved in MP4 format on the miniSD Card. CIF 352 x 288 Sets the size of the video image to 352 x 288 pixels in CIF mode.
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• Brightness: Press to increase brightness level. 4. Press to start shooting a video. Video will then be timed and the length of the video will be shown at the upper right corner of the screen. Press again to stop recording. Image Size When a recording is being interrupted by an incoming call or message, the phone will stop and save the recording.
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• Play Playbacks the recorded video. During playback, use the keys shown in the chart below: Press • Send by MMS Enables you to send this video clip by MMS. You can also do so by selecting the menu: Messages > MMS > New. For details on using the MMS function, see page 84.
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• Go To Video Folder This is the video library where your video clips are placed. You can go to the menu: Media Center > Video to access this video library as well. The video formats supported by the phone are *.mp4 and *.3gp.
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• Send by MMS Enables you to send this video clip by MMS. • Send by IrDA Sends this video clip through the IrDA sensor. • Phone Memory/miniSD Card Select the memory in which the video you want is stored. This determines the videos that you can access in the video library.
.mp3), i.e. 64 characters in English/32 characters in Chinese/15 characters in Thai. If you can't play MP3 in S700, please check whether the MP3 file is in Mpeg1-layer3 format and shorten the file name length to 64 bytes or less (not including .mp3), i.e. 64 characters in English/32 characters in Chinese/15 characters in Thai.
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Playing MP3 Music 1. From the standby screen, press to launch the Music Player. Alternatively, you can choose the menu: Entertainment > Music Player 2. When the Music Player screen appears, follow the illustration below to control the Music Player. Elapsed time during playback.
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• When music is playing, press the standby screen, but will not stop the music. You must enter the Music Player screen and press • When the Music Player is playing, screen's status bar. MP3 menu Option You can press following options.
Shortcuts Menu The Shortcuts menu contains twelve commonly used functions and menus represented by their respective images. To set up the Shortcuts menu, choose the menu Tools > Shortcuts. See page 140. 1. From the standby screen, press 2. Press to scroll through the menu and press highlighted option.
Messages Menu Your phone supports various messaging services including SMS (Short Messaging Service), EMS (Enhanced Messaging Service) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging service). EMS allows you to insert simple images and ring tones into your SMS messages, while MMS enables you to send photos, music and videos using your phone.
You can use this SMS menu to read, edit and send SMS. Editing and Sending a New Short Message 1. Go to the menu: SMS > New to bring up the message editing screen so you can write a new short message. For information on how to use the input methods provided by the phone for writing messages, see page 101, "Input Modes".
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• Graphics You can select a graphic icon from this graphics library to insert into your message. Press insert, and then press your message. You can also scroll towards the end of the graphics library and choose from the last five icons that you previously received and stored.
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3. After you have finished editing the message, press perform the following tasks: Send To You can send the message to a single recipient by entering the recipient's phone number and then pressing Alternatively, when asked to enter a recipient's phone number, you can press contact you want to send the message to.
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Send by Group You can send the message to the members you select from a caller group. 1. Scroll to the caller group you want, press view the contacts in that group. 2. Scroll the list of the contacts and press contacts you want.
Receiving and Reading a Short Message 1. There are two situations when new messages are received: • If the flip is closed, the yellow icon appear on the external display, along with a message indicator showing the number of messages that have been received. To read a message directly on the external display, press indicator, and press...
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2. You can also choose Exit to return to the standby screen (the yellow icon will appear in the standby screen's status bar, indicating that there are unread messages) and then enter the menu Messages > SMS > Inbox to read messages. Press scroll to the message record you would like to view.
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• Press to read the message's content. If the message has a ring tone attached to it, the phone will play the ring tone. You can also play the ring tone by scrolling to the icon Then press (Option) to: Reply Allows you to write and send a reply message.
object. Press to select the object, and give the EMS object a file name. Press your phone. For example, if the object is an animation, it will be automatically saved to an available entry in the animation library for future use. Save to Archive: Allows you to save this message to Archive.
Extract Numbers Displays the number(s) contained in the received message. Scroll to highlight the needed number, and press to create an contact for this number in the phone book. You can also press Save to SIM: Save the message to your SIM card. Managing Drafts Go to the menu: SMS >...
• Press to view the contents of the message. Then you can press (Option) to execute the tasks identical to those for reading a message in the Inbox. Cleaning Up Messages Go to the menu: SMS > Delete. This option allows you to clean up part of or all of the messages by category.
Reply Path You can ask the network to set the route of the reply message via your own message center. If you set this function on and then send a message to someone and the person replies, the reply will follow the path of the previous message that you sent. Delivery Report After activating this function, the network vendor will report to you when a message has been delivered.
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Go to the menu: Oper.Service > Connect Settings, choose the group of GPRS settings you want to use, then press below User ID Password APN Name Go to the menu: Oper.Service > Connect Settings > AP Uplink Settings > MMS to choose the desired group of GPRS settings to use for MMS. Go to the menu: Messages >...
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When your service operator's MMS server receives a MMS message, the operator will send a SMS message to you, asking you to download the MMS message. If you do not download the MMS message immediately, Notify then the operator's SMS message will be stored here. Later when you wish to retrieve the undownloaded MMS message, you can come here.
Editing and Sending MMS Messages 1. Go to the menu: MMS > New > Create to open the MMS editor, then you can start to enter text into a new message's first page. 2. Press (Option) to execute the following tasks: •...
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When you have completed editing the message, you can decide who you want to send the message to by pressing selecting Send . Enter the recipient's phone number directly or press select recipients from your phonebook. Alternatively, you can press required to send your MMS message will appear.
• Send Sends this message to designated recipients. • Cc You can send the message as a carbon copy to others. Enter the carbon copy recipient's information as you do with main copy recipients. • Priority Press ( Change ) to set the priority for this message Downloading an MMS Message You can download an MMS message in 2 ways: 1.
2. If you have select MMS > Settings > Notify Setting > Auto Download, then when an MMS message arrives at the server, your phone will start to download the message to Inbox automatically. When there are new or unread MMS messages stored in the phone, will appear in the standby screen's status bar.
• Extract Numbers Extract telephone numbers shown on the slide. You can choose to save the numbers to your phone book. • Call Sender Call the sender's phone number. • Save image in this slide Saves the image shown on the slide to your phone. After you save it, you can go to the menu: Media Center >...
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Notify Setting Choose the way to download a MMS message: • Auto Download When the MMS server receives a new message, your phone will display the operator's notification first, and then start to download the message. • Notify me first When the MMS server receives a new message, the phone will display the operator's notification, then you can decide whether to download the message immediately.
Security Check When you turn this function on by selecting the Reject by Sender, you can reject MMS messages from certain senders. You should set up the Reject List first under the menu: MMS > Settings > Sender Reject List . Sender Reject List When you turn the Security Check function on, your phone will reject all MMS messages from the senders you list here.
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highlight the number you want to use and press enter the number. c. Write your message. When you finish, press message to invite the recipient to a chat. d. When the chat message is sent, you can press the next chat message. The message will automatically be sent to the same recipient.
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Leaving a chat session If you want to leave a chat session, press ( Back ) or . This will take you back to the SMS Chat menu. Your phone will keep the records of the last chat session. To review the previous chat session, scroll to select Previous Chat .
Voicemail Your network vendor will provide you with your voicemail inbox number and a number for accessing any other voicemail services. For detailed information about voicemail services, contact your network operator to see if you need to save a specific phone number to your phone in order to access your voicemail inbox.
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Voicemail settings You can use the following options in Voicemail how your voicemail box works: Box Numbers Here you can store your voicemail box number as well as the numbers controlling the voicemail feature: • Home Mbox This is your voicemail box number that you dial to listen to a voicemail.
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Alert by Call Here you can request your operator to inform you of a new voicemail with a telephone call. Select this option and your phone will automatically dial the number previously stored in Box Numbers > Voice No. . Alert by SMS Here you can request your operator to inform you of a new voicemail with an SMS alert.
If the text of the SMS alert varies according to the number of voicemails the network is holding for you--for example it may sometimes read “1 new voice mail” and at other times read “2 new voice mails”--you can set a wildcard in the Alert Match option by inserting a “?”.
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Topics Allows you to decide what information you wish to receive from your network operator's cell broadcasts. This is a twofold process: Create Topic Here you can list all of the cell broadcast topics available from your operator. If you have not previously saved any topics, press and then select Add so that you can add a new topic.
Input Modes Changing the Text Input Mode When the display shows the editing screen, you will be able to see the name of the current text input mode in the upper right corner of the screen. Press to change the input mode. Also press to switch to uppercase or lowercase letters.
Predictive Input Mode (iTap) iTap analyzes letters as they being inputted, making intelligent predictions about the words you are attempting to enter, and speeding up text entry. How to use iTap 1. Press once the alphanumeric key corresponding to the first letter of the word you wish to enter without considering where that letter falls in the sequence of characters available through that key.
Letter Input Mode (ABC) Press the key containing the desired letter repeatedly to scroll through the available characters in order until it is reached. How to use the letter input mode • You must press the key corresponding to the desired letter the correct number of times in order to enter the letter you want.
Symbol Input Mode When editing messages, press to highlight the desired symbol; press Press to place it in the text. Direct Connection to URLs A Uniform Resource Locator or URL is the Internet address of a particular site. Your phone provides handy preset URL text hotkeys, enabling you to enter a complete URL more quickly and conveniently, and making Internet access more efficient and enjoyable.
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• After pressing once, further presses of suffixes shown in the chart: Number of • You can convert For example, if you enter 123*456 in the standby screen, and then press , the URL "http://123.456.com" will appear on the screen. •...
Menus For information about navigating menus, see page 24, "Menu Navigation". Phone Book View You can either open up the Phone Book by pressing the standby screen, or by choosing this option from the Phone Book menu. For information on using the Phone Book, see page 43, "Finding Contacts in the Phone Book".
Copy Your phone has two memories where you save data of phone book contacts: your SIM card memory and your phone memory. This feature allows you to copy and move your phone book contacts between the two memories so that you can take them with you if you change phone. SIM to Phone Copies or moves phone book contacts saved on your SIM card to your phone memory.
Delete Deletes contacts from the Phone Book. SIM Record Deletes contacts from the Phone Book stored in your SIM card's memory. 1. Scroll to highlight the contact to delete and press scrolling to All and then pressing contacts. 2. When the desired contacts have been marked, press to delete them.
1. Press (Option): Used to select the ring tone or image that will help you identify the caller group to which a particular caller belongs, or to rename the caller group. 2. Press : Allows you to view a list of all contacts that belong to the caller group.
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screen will display the names of the contacts you have added to the list. If needed, you can press contacts. b. Advance If you select Reject No Number when setting up the Reject List, calls with no number displayed on the screen will be rejected. If you select Reject Strange Number, calls made by people not listed in the phone book will be rejected by the phone.
Speed Dial has been locked up as the speed dial key for dialing your voicemail box number. 1. After selecting an entry that represents the number key to serve as the speed dial key, press select Add. 2. From the Phone Book, select a contact. 3.
Phone Information Used Space Shows the number of occupied phone book entries as well as the total number of entries available in your SIM card and your phone memory. Memory You can choose to save your phone book contacts to your SIM card memory or to your phone memory.
Calls Your network operator must support this feature in order for you to be able to use it. This menu includes a list of your missed calls, dialed calls, and received calls. Call costs and time are also recorded. Missed Shows your most recent missed calls.
Display Your phone can display duration and cost information during a call or when a call ends, or in both circumstances. Network support dependent. Show Timer • Call Active Selecting this option will set the phone to display duration during a call. Scroll to highlight this option and press select it.
Information Here you can view the duration and cost of the calls you made. You can also set up the unit price for calculating call cost. This feature is only accessible if supported by your network operator. Last Shows the duration and cost of your last call. The first line under this option shows the last call cost and the second line shows the last call duration.
Received You can view the total time for all received calls and then reset the data to zero. Dialed You can view the total time for all dialed calls and then reset the data to zero. Cost Units Allows you to first enter the unit price and then a currency for calculating call costs.
Games Your phone provides a number of exciting games that you can use to entertain yourself when you have a spare moment. These games are stored either in the phone's memory or on the miniSD card that comes with the phone. Besides, your phone provides Java support--allowing you to play Java games on the phone.
Alternative Club BenQ Use this option to start up the WAP browser and connect to the official BenQ website--Club BenQ: http://www.clubbenq.com.tw/WAP for downloading Java games. You can also appoint the desired Java website you wish to connect to by designating its URL in Games > Java Settings > Default URL.
Cherry Boy This game is pre-stored in the phone memory and cannot be removed. This game contains five levels and in each level the player has three lives. To pass one level you must collect all the cherries before time is up--or you must obtain the key to the next level.
Game controls Press or right. Press player up or down a ladder. Press the game. Press split will be reconnected in 5 seconds. Puzzle Game This game is pre-stored in the phone memory and cannot be removed. This is a jigsaw puzzle, in which a selected image will break into rectangular pieces--you must restore the image by putting the pieces together correctly.
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• Select Image If you select a User Defined option, you can choose an image stored either on the miniSD card or in the phone memory to play this game. • Camera If you select a User Defined option, you can take a new photo to use for the game.
Breakout ! This is a classic arcade game--you must clear all the bricks by hitting them with the ball. This game is pre-stored in the the Games folder of the miniSD card that comes with the phone. Game menu Press to highlight the desired option in white, and then press to change the selected value.
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How to play • Press to launch the ball from the paddle at the bottom of the screen, and then press and keep the ball in play. • If you miss the ball, and it falls off the bottom of the screen, you lose a life.
• Once you have cleared every brick on a level, you will automatically move onto the next level. Once you have cleared half of the bricks on a level, you get a chance to warp immediately to the next level--once the flashing "warp"...
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• Load Loads a previously saved game. Selecting Load shows a list of the four saved game slots. Moving the highlight to a slot and pressing for that slot. If no game has been stored for a particular slot, pressing has no effect.
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• You can carry as many weapons as you can find--you start with a pistol. If you run out of ammunition, you can use your bare hands, but this is a last resort. Ammunition is scattered throughout the levels--just walk over it to pick it up. You can see which weapon you are currently holding at the bottom of your field of view, above the status bar.
• Pressing displays a map of the current level. Areas you have not yet visited are not shown on this map--your current position is indicated by a mark at the center of the screen. Pressing hides the map. • In some levels, you will encounter locked doors--you need to find a key the same color as the door frame to open the door.
Entertainment Digital Camera You can use the phone's digital camera here to shoot photos. For information on using the camera, see page 51, "Taking a photo". Video Camcorder You can use the phone's video camcorder here to shoot video clips. For information on using the video camcorder, see page 63, "Shooting a Video Clip".
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4. Pressing will stop and save the recording. The newly produced ring tone will be placed in this menu and in Media Center > Music. 5. You can now go to Settings > Profile, and set the phone to play this ring tone for incoming calls.
Media Center Image The Image library contains photos and images stored in the phone memory or on the miniSD Card. To access the Image library, you can also press screen to activate the camera function, and then press select Go To Image. For detailed information on using the image library, see page 60.
Phone Memory/miniSD Card in this Music menu, or choose the menu: Media Center > Memory Settings. Scroll to the audio file you want, and the phone will start playback. You can also press available options, which are identical to the ones for the video library. Memory Settings You can store images, music and video clips either in the phone memory or on the miniSD Card.
Tools Alarm If you activate the Alarm Clock feature, when the specified date and time arrive, the phone will sound the alarm, even if your phone is turned off. 1. Select the alarm you wish to set and activate. You can set a maximum of four alarms. 2.
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Set the snooze mode. When the alarm goes off, press (Snooze) to stop the alarm and then go back to sleep. The alarm will then ring again later. You can keep on doing this and go on sleeping. Scroll to highlight this option and press to mode on (Snooze On) or off (Snooze Off).
World Clock This World Clock feature simultaneously displays current local time and date for major cities around the world. To make use of the World Clock feature you must firstly set your phone's time and date correctly. To do this please choose the menu: Settings >...
Auto Time Zone If during travel, you move between time zones, the phone will automatically adjust the time displayed on the screen based on the time zone prompts provided by the local network operator so that you always have access to accurate local time. To check current local time for various locations around the world, choose the World Clock option.
Calendar You can use the Calendar to set up memos for forthcoming events such as a meeting, an appointment, or a friend's birthday. The Calendar will also remind you about events you have previously scheduled. Setting up memos using the Calendar 1.
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3. In the memo editor screen, scroll to the data field you wish to edit to begin entering data. You can enter data in these fields: Change the memo's assigned date using the appropriate number keys. Enter the scheduled time for the event associated with the memo, or the time when you wish to be reminded about the event, by using the appropriate number keys.
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You can decide whether the memo will regularly remind you about the event you must remember for not just the selected date, but also the days following it. For example, if a meeting is held every Thursday starting 2004/08/ 05, you can firstly select 2004/08/05, and then by selecting Weekly set the reminder to go off on Thursdays beginning with 2004/08/05.
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c. Press (Back) to return to the Calendar menu and choose from the following options: Day's Memos Selecting this option lets you view the current date's memo(s). Add Memo Selecting this option lets you add a new memo. View All You can browse all of the memos set up for different dates.
Shortcuts This is where you set up the Shortcuts menu described on page 72. 1. Scroll to the function to add to the Shortcuts menu, and then press to mark it. 2. When all of the desired functions are selected, press save the settings.
Calculator Allows you to use the phone as a calculator. • Use perform mathematical operations shown on the screen. • Press to enter a decimal point. • Press to delete numbers entered. Currency Converter 1. Set the exchange rate. Press Select Set Foreign Rate to enter the rate for converting the amount to the desired foreign currency;...
Stopwatch 1. Press to start the stopwatch. 2. While the stopwatch is running, you can press up nine elapsed times (such as in a race). Pressing (Back) or and reset the stopwatch, and then take you back to the Tools menu. 3.
Hour Minder Once this option is activated, the phone will emit a beep per hour. USB Connection Your phone can work with its USB data cable to perform the following data transmission tasks: • Before connecting the USB data cable to the phone, please select the transmission task that you need--miniSD Reader or PC Sync.
3. Connect the phone to your computer using the phone's USB data cable. Plug the data cable's bigger connector into a PC COM port, and the smaller one into the data cable jack at the bottom left of your phone. If your computer's operating system is Windows 98, you must first install the data cable driver onto your computer.
2. Make sure the phone is turned on and stays in the standby mode. 3. From the phone's menus, select Tools > USB Connection > PC Sync. & Modem 4. Connect the phone to your computer using the phone's USB data cable.
Oper.Service Your phone includes a built-in WAP browser, allowing you to use the phone for mobile Internet connectivity. You can browse the online services offered by your network operator or Internet service provider (ISP), such as information on financial news, sports, travel, and entertainment.
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Browsing a webpage Referring to the soft key commands at the bottom of the screen, press to perform needed tasks while browsing a webpage. Press to scroll up or down a webpage. For details on browsing a webpage, inquire with the network operator providing WAP services.
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Home Returns to the home page. To designate a particular page to be your home page, go to 9 Settings > 1 Homepage. Bookmarks You can open the Bookmarks menu and select webpage bookmarks. View Allows you to see the current bookmarks and bookmarks folders.
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Hotkeys: Allows you set a numerical key as a hotkey for a bookmark. After completing the setting, you can long press this numerical key to directly link to the webpage represented by the bookmark. Mark Site Adds the current webpage to your bookmarks list. SnapShots Saves the current webpage you are viewing.
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Show URL Shows the URL of the webpage you are viewing. Reload Reloads the current webpage. Settings You can enter this item to making the following settings: For detailed information about the following settings, contact your ISP. Homepage Designates a homepage. When you start up the WAP browser or if you select Home from the browser's menu, the screen will display the homepage you designate.
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Scroll Mode You can select two scrolling modes: Block or Smooth. In the Block mode, as many words as will fit in a line are shown for a few seconds, then the next line is shown, and so on. In the Smooth mode, the content scrolls smoothly on the screen.
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Circuit Prompt The Circuit Prompt is a message displayed before each circuit data call is made. It reads, "Circuit is down. Start a data call?" You can choose to enable or disable this feature. Security Secure Prompt The Secure Prompt message is displayed before you leave a secure area.
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Advanced GoTo URL Press (Edit) and enter the URL of the webpage that you wish to browse, and then scroll to the Go option and press (Select) to link to that URL. Restart Browser Restarts the browser, and automatically returns to the designated homepage.
Settings In this menu, you can make settings for the WAP servers of three different network operators, and select the server that you would like to use when connecting to the Internet. The first time that you start your phone after inserting a SIM card, the ISP name of the network operator issuing the SIM card will appear in this menu's first group of settings.
SIM Toolkit Menu Your network operator provided you with the mobile services in this SIM Toolkit (STK, for short) menu. Depending on the particular services provided by the network operator, this menu may contain a number of extra options. However, if the network operator has not provided any STK services, this menu will not appear on the screen.
Connect Settings There are six groups of settings in total, three for GPRS networks, three for CSD networks. Before connecting to the Internet, you must set this item according to whether your Internet connection bearer mode is a GPRS network system or a GSM dialup network.
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1. To edit GPRS settings, scroll to the name of the desired group and press , or press GPRS settings include the following fields: • User ID: If needed, enter the user name provided by your network operator. • Password : If needed, enter the password given by network your operator.
Settings Date & Time Used to set the time and date, as well as the format in which the time and date will be displayed on the standby screen. Set Time Sets the current time to display on the standby screen. If you select the 12-hour format in the Time format option, you can switch between AM or PM by pressing Time Format...
Display Options Format You can choose to display the current time or date only, or both. You can also choose not to display either time or date on the display. Lunar Date If you choose to activate this option, the standby screen will display the current date on both the solar and lunar calendars.
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Meeting The options in this profile have been preset to suit a meeting environment (for example, only a vibrating alert is used, with ring tone volume and keypad tones turned off). Silent The options in this profile have been preset to suit an environment where silence is required.
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Ring Tone Your phone includes various types of ring tone melodies. Scroll to the desired ring tone, and after one second or so you will be able to hear that ring tone. Press to confirm your selection. Message Tone Decides whether the phone will use a vibrating or ring alert, or both, when a message is received.
Display Theme A display theme consists of a combination of display color and the standby screen wallpaper. Different display colors are paired with different preset wallpapers, so when you change the display color, the standby screen wallpaper will also change. Wallpaper You can also use this feature to change the wallpaper matched with a display color in the Theme option.
2. Scroll to the name of the image/photo needed, then press to mark the images/photos you want to use in the wallpaper animation. You can also press display the image/photo in full screen. 3. When you have marked a couple of images/photos, press (Option) then select Slide Show to display them as a slide show.
Contrast Press to adjust the contrast of the screen's display. Press to confirm the setting. Backlight Press to adjust the brightness of the phone's display backlighting. Press Backlight Period You can set the length of time that backlighting will remain activated after the flip is opened or a key is pressed.
Connected Alert This feature allows the phone to provide a ring tone or vibrating alert, or flash the backlighting when the recipient of a call has answered. Minute Minder If you turn this function on, the phone will emit a beep per minute during a call.
Call Divert Requires the support of the network operator. After a divert mode is activated, the standby screen will display icon. Divert All Calls Activating this option will divert incoming calls to another designated phone number at all times. Activate This option will enable you to divert all types of network services including voice calls, messages, fax and data calls.
In each of the above options you will also need to enter the phone number to divert to. Divert When Busy This option will transfer incoming calls if your phone is busy. Settings are the same as for Divert All calls . Divert On No Answer This option will transfer incoming calls if you do not answer the call.
Auto Redial If there is no answer at a number you have dialed, the phone will automatically redial. Auto Redial If you make a call that is not answered, your phone will automatically redial up to 10 times before the call is answered. Prompt Redial Your phone will ask for your confirmation before it redials.
Network Generally speaking, the choice of the network that your phone uses is configured automatically. When turned on, the phone will automatically connect to the network provided by your network operator, or will automatically connect to the roaming network when you are outside the coverage of your regular network.
Security You can use a PIN, phone code, and SIM card lock authentication to prevent unauthorized use of the phone. In addition, you can set limitations on particular outgoing and incoming phone calls. • To protect your phone, the Security menu requires you to enter the phone code (handset code) before you can access the menu to set options.
will remain locked down, and cannot be unlocked even if the SIM card is replaced by another one. When the phone is locked, you will only be able to make emergency calls. Once the phone code is activated, you must enter the phone code each time the phone is turned on in order to unlock the phone (there is no limit on the number of attempts to enter the phone phone code).
• To change the SIM lock code you must firstly deactivate the SIM lock by entering the code used to activate the SIM lock, and then enter the new code you want when activating the SIM lock again. Fixed Dialing Number After this feature is activated, the phone will only be able to dial numbers on the Fixed Dial Number list.
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All Services Stops all types of outgoing international calls. Voice Calls Stops outgoing international voice calls. Data Stops outgoing international data calls. Stops outgoing international fax calls. Messages Stops outgoing international SMS messages. All Except Msgs Stops all types of outgoing international calls except SMS messages.
Clear All This will cancel all of the call barring settings you have added. You must enter the network password to cancel the settings. Change Network Password You can change the network password. Ask your operator for the network password. Power Saving Mode After you activate the power saving mode, keypad and display backlighting will be turned off, in order to conserve power.
Restore Restores all of the phone's settings to their factory defaults. The phone code (handset code) is required. The default phone code is 1234. Menus...
Data Cable Software Installation 1. To ensure that the PC will successfully detect the function that you wish to perform on your phone, please take the steps below: a. Turn your phone on, select the menu: Tools > USB Connection >...
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3. Click the Install USB Driver option on the following screen. Follow the on-screen instructions to run the installation program. The installation program will automatically detect the USB port currently in use and begin installation setup. Data Cable Software Installation...
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4. Click the Install button on the screen below to start installation. if the following information pops up, simply ignore it and click Yes (Y) to continue. Data Cable Software Installation...
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5. The following screen will appear when installation is completed. 6. According to the function you wish to perform, you can continue to install BenQ S700 Handset Manager (PC Sync application) or Wireless Modem. Data Cable Software Installation...
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When BenQ S700 Handset Manager is installed successfully, go to Start > Programs > BenQ S700 Handset Manager (i.e. If the BenQ Handset Manager application is not able to detect the USB port currently in use when running PC Sync, perform the steps...
• If your phone or its accessories are not operating normally, contact an authorized dealer immediately. • Use only genuine BenQ accessories such as batteries, battery charger and hands-free kit to ensure the phone's normal operation and preserve battery life, as well as protect the safety of your person and belongings.
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• Avoid allowing objects that may discharge electricity to contact the charging socket on the bottom of the phone or the metal contacts on the battery, as this may cause short circuits and put you in danger. Care and Maintenance...
Troubleshooting If you encounter problems while using the phone, or if it performs erratically, you can consult the information in the chart below. If your particular problem cannot be resolved using the information in the chart, contact the dealer where you purchased the phone. Problem Possible cause •...
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Problem Possible cause • The standby time is related to your network operator's system configuration. The same phone used with different network operators' systems will not provide exactly the same length of standby time. • The battery is depleted. In Shortened high-temperature standby time...
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Problem Possible cause • SIM card invalid. Unable to • You are not within the connect to the network's service area. network. • Poor signal. • You have activated Accept List or Reject You cannot List in the Privacy answer Manager menu.
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Problem Possible cause • The battery or battery charger is damaged. • The phone's temperature Battery will is below 0 °C or higher not charge. than 45°C. • Poor contact between the battery and charger. Unable to • The Phone Book's enter memory is already full.
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