Do you have a question about the 6880 and is the answer not in the manual?
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Gary Glanvill
March 12, 2025
Hi - My mother (as many other people do) .. likes to end some messages with **** She has a new Doro 6880 for simplicity. She's 89.
The predictive text seemingly doesn't recognise & remember **** and this is therefore an obstacle. Please help! : )x
1 comments:
Mr. Anderson
May 14, 2025
The context does not provide information on how to add custom words to the predictive text on a Doro 6880.
English Contents Congratulations on your purchase ..............1 Getting started ....................1 Unbox your new phone ................. 1 Insert SIM card, memory card and battery ........... 2 Charge the phone................... 4 Save energy .................... 5 Turn the phone on and off..............5 Get to know your phone................
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English Message settings.................. 19 Weather ....................... 24 Camera ......................24 Alarm ......................25 Torch......................26 Organiser ..................... 26 Calendar ....................26 Calculator ..................... 27 My files ....................28 Media ......................29 Gallery ....................29 FM radio ....................29 Sound recorder ..................30 Settings......................
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English Malware and viruses ................50 Care and maintenance ................. 50 Warranty ...................... 51 Device OS software warranty .............. 52 Specifications ....................52 Copyright and other notices ..............52 Hearing aid compatibility..............54 Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) ............54 Correct disposal of this product ............55 Correct disposal of batteries in this product ........
English Congratulations on your purchase With the Doro 6880 seniors can enjoy a great-looking flip phone that's easy to use and has an external display for Caller ID and notifications. Calling, texting and taking pictures are all made easier thanks to the widely separa- ted, high contrast keys and a large 2.8"...
Availability of accessories is subject to change depending on manufac- turing availability. For more information about available accessories, refer to the Doro website. Insert SIM card, memory card and battery The SIM and memory card holder’s are located inside the battery compartment.
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English Insert the SIM and memory cards Insert the micro-SIM (3FF) card by gen- tly sliding it into the SIM card slot. Make sure that the SIM card’s contacts are facing inwards and that the cut off cor- ner is as shown. Take care not to scratch or bend the contacts on the SIM card.
English Insert the battery Insert the battery by sliding it into the battery compartment. Replace the back cover. Charge the phone While it’s possible that your phone will already come with enough power to be turned on right out of the box, we recommend charging the device fully before using it.
English Save energy When the battery is fully charged, disconnect the charger from the device and unplug the charger from the wall outlet. To save power, the screen turns off after a while. Press any button to wake the screen up. Full battery capacity will not be reached until the battery has been charged 3–4 times.
English Start-up Wizard When starting the device for the first time, a Start-up Wizard will be initi- ated to set some basic settings. Select the wanted language and press You will be provided a tutorial about the navigation of the phone. Press Next to step through the tutorial.
English Basic phone operations Call Dial a number or answer incoming call. • Enter the call log. • End call/Power on and off • End calls or return to the start screen. Long press to power on or off. • Options Press to see more options available in selected menu.
English Tip: You can always press to return to standby. Volume keys • During a call the volume keys adjusts the call volume. • From standby you can set your device to silent mode: press and hold until appears. See also Volume , p.42 for more information. Note! If you use a hearing aid or have hearing difficulties when using the telephone in a noisy environment, you can adjust the phone's audio settings, see Audio setup , p.41.
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English Upper case, lower case, numerals and predictive text Press # to choose between predictive text, sentence case, lower • case, upper case and numerals. To use predictive text the wanted lan- guage needs to be selected, see next or Writing language, p.32. Enter text with predictive text In some languages you can use predictive text input method which uses a dictionary to suggest words.
English Numerals Select to change writing language, see also Writing language Writing language, p.32 Hearing aid compatible This phone is hearing aid compatible. Hearing aid compatibility is not a guarantee that a specific hearing aid will work with a specific phone. Mo- bile phones contain radio transmitters that may interfere with hearing aid performance.
English Drag and drop content between phone and a computer Connect your phone to a computer using a USB cable. Wait until the phone or memory card appears as external disks in the file explorer. Drag and drop selected files between the phone and the computer. Note! You can transfer files using a USB cable on most devices and operating systems supporting a USB Mass Storage interface.
English To not answer an incoming call by opening the phone, see Answer mode, p.38. Press to end the call. Tip: Press + or – to temporarily switch off the ring signal. Call information During a call, the outgoing or incoming phone number and the elapsed call time is displayed.
English SOS calls As long as the phone is switched on, it is possible to place an SOS call by entering the main local emergency number for your present location fol- lowed by Some networks accept calls to emergency numbers without a valid SIM card.
English Contacts Add contact Press to open Add contact and select where to Contacts save it. Select Set picture and press to add a picture for the contact. Enter Name, Mobile number, Home number, Work number and choose a special ringtone for calls from the selected contact. Select a ringtone to associate with the contact.
English • Import contacts to copy contacts to phonebook from inter- nal memory or SD card. Select from where you would like to import and then select the contacts. Press OK to import. Export contacts to copy contacts from phonebook to inter- •...
English When done with My health, press Save. Press ICE contacts Edit to add or edit information in each entry. Note! You can add 2 ICE contacts. Name to enter the name of your ICE contact. • Relation add contact from phonebook. •...
English Assistance settings Activation Activate the assistance function using the assistance button. Press Menu Settings Assistance Activation: • On normal to press and hold the button for approximately 3 sec- onds, or press it twice within 1 second. • On (3) to press the button 3 times within 1 second. •...
English Press Save to save the message. Signal type Select the notification signal type for the assistance sequence. Press Menu Settings Assistance Signal type: High to use loud signals (default). • Low to use one low signal. • Silent no sound indication, like a normal call. •...
English • Add subject to enter a subject. Add contact to add a contact as a vcf-file from your phonebook. • Add audio file to add a recorded audio from your library. • Preview to preview the message before sending. •...
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English Press Menu Messages Settings Message center. Enter the service center number. Note! The service center number is normally preset on your SIM card and it might not be possible to change. Press to confirm. SMS validity period An SMS message is stored temporarily in the SMS center if the recipient mobile phone is offline.
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English Input method With Input method you can select to write your text messages with special, distinguishing language specific characters (Unicode) or to write with more simple characters. Auto allows special characters. Special characters takes up more space and the size of each message might be reduced to 70 char- acters.
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English • Access point to add APN (Access Point Name). Auth type to specify the type of authentication to be used if • your service provider has an APN with user name and password. IP type to specify the protocol which the device must use to •...
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English Press Menu Messages Settings Cell broadcast. Press for options: • Forward to forward a message. • Delete to delete a message. • Settings for more options: On/Off to activate the function. • Select language to select for what languages broadcast •...
English Weather IMPORTANT! The weather function uses data services that can be costly. We recommend that you check your data rates with your service provider. View the weather for your chosen city. Press Menu Weather. Press to return to standby mode. Note! In order to see the weather, you must first select a city.
English Note! Some options are only available in photo mode and some in video mode. Image viewer The Image viewer displays all your taken photos and recorded • videos in the gallery. See more at Gallery, p.29. Flash • Auto to automatically use the flash/lamp depending on the sur- rounding light.
English Select and set the different options: Set the alarm On or Off. • Set the time for the alarm. • Set the options for Repeat mode if the alarm should be • repeated. Once for a single occurrence of the alarm. •...
English • Subject to enter a event name and other relevant text. Set the date. • Set the time. • Set the reminder ringtone. • Set the options for Repeat mode if the event should be repeated. • Once for a single occurrence of the event. •...
English Press Menu Organiser Calculator. Enter the first number. Use * for decimal character and # to toggle between positive and negative number. Use the navigation key to se- lect an operation (+, -, x, ÷). Enter the next number. Repeat steps 2–4 as necessary.
English Media Gallery View and manage your saved pictures and videos. Press Menu Media Gallery. Select a photo/video and press to . Press for options. • Send to send a picture/video via MMS or Bluetooth. • Delete to delete the selected item. Press to confirm.
English • Delete to delete channel. Delete all to delete all channels. • Save channel to save the currently set frequency. • Manual search to manually set the frequency. • Speaker on to manually set the frequency. • To turn off the speaker, press Speaker off.
English Settings General Time & date Tip: The phone is set to automatically update time and date according to current time zone. To turn off, uncheck Time & date Main menu style Auto update time. Automatic update of date and time does not change the time you have set for the alarm clock or the calendar.
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English Press Manual update time to update the time and date. Language The default language for the phone menus, messages, etc. is determined by the SIM card. You can change this to any other language supported by the phone. Press Menu Settings General Language...
English All phone settings and content such as contacts, photos, number lists and messages will be deleted (SIM card and memory card are not affected). Enter the phone code and press Tip: The default phone code is 1234. Press Yes to Restore factory settings to confirm and continue to de- lete all your personal information.
English Press Menu Settings Display Font size. Select Normal or Big. Block function Select an app or function you want to block for usage. Press Menu Settings Display Block function. Uncheck each app/function you want to disable and check to enable blocking.
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English Enter current phone code and press Note! You need to enter current phone code. Default phone code is 1234. Modify the cellphone password Press Menu Settings Security Modify the cellphone password. Enter current code and press Enter new code and press Confirm new code and press Note! The default phone code is 1234 and is used for e.g.
English • New to add a number to list of blocked numbers. Enter name and number or add from Contacts Press Save to confirm. Edit to edit the number. • Delete to delete the number. • Import contacts to import contacts from phonebook. •...
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English • Cancel all diverts to cancel all diverts. Call waiting You can handle more than one call at a time, put the current call on hold and answer the incoming call. When activated, an alert tone is heard if there is an incoming call while talking.
English Press Menu Settings Calls Caller ID: Hide ID to never show your number. • Send ID to always show your number. • Set by network to use default setting by the network. • Answer mode Press Menu Settings Calls Answer mode Open to answer:...
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English Follow the steps below if your service provider’s profile is not in the list or if you need to change any setting. Contact your service provider for correct settings. Press Menu Settings Connections Network account: Select your service provider and press to activate that MMS account.
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English IMPORTANT! Using mobile data services can be costly. We recommend that you check your data rates with your service provider. Enable data service for services like software update. Uncheck to avoid da- ta charges. Press Menu Settings Connections. Check Data service to activate it or uncheck to deactivate. Data service counter The Data service counter gathers traffic information from all apps using mobile data.
English Select Auto select to select network automatically or Manual select to select network manually and a list of available network operators is displayed (after a short delay). Select desired operator and press . IMPORTANT! If you select a network manually, your phone will lose network connection when the selected network is out of reach.
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English • Normal for normal hearing in normal conditions. High for moderate hearing impairment or use in a very noisy • environment. • HAC for use with hearing aid. Press to confirm. Note! Try different settings to find the one that suits your hearing the best. Tone setup Select various ringtones and alerts on your device.
English • Ring volume. • Message volume. • Alarm volume. • In-call volume. Press Save to save. Alert type Select to use ringtone and/or vibration for different notifications. Press Menu Settings Sound Alert type. Select type of notification, like Call alert, Message alert, Alarm & cal- endar reminder and adjust the type of alert: Ringtone for ringtone only.
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English Paired device View already paired devices and pair new. Press Menu Settings Bluetooth Paired device. To search and pair an available Bluetooth devices in your proximity, press Add new device Make sure that the device you want to connect with is within range, visible and in pairing mode.
English Transferring files Press Menu Settings Bluetooth Transferring files. View the files being transferred via Bluetooth. Device name Press Menu Settings Bluetooth Device name. DFC-0390 is displayed. Edit the new name. Press Save to save and your new name should appear for other Blue- tooth devices.
English Press Menu Settings Software update. Press Check for update? Yes to check if there’s a software update available. Press for software update settings: Check again to re-check for update packages to be downloaded. • Version Info to see software version information. •...
English Safety instructions CAUTION The unit and the accessories can contain small parts. Keep all of the equipment out of the reach of small children. The mains adapter is the disconnect device between the product and mains power. The mains socket outlet must be close to the equipment and easily accessible. Network services and costs Your device is approved for use on the 4G LTE FDD 1 (2100), 3 (1800), 7 (2600), 8 (900), 20 (800), 28 (700) MHz, 4G LTE TDD 38 (2600) MHz, WCDMA 1 (2100), 8 (900) MHz, GSM...
English Areas with explosion risk Always turn off the unit when you are in an area where there is a risk of explosion. Follow all signs and instructions. There is a risk of explosion in places that include areas where you are normally requested to turn off your car engine.
English Emergency calls IMPORTANT! Mobile phones use radio signals, the mobile phone network, the terrestrial network and user-programmed functions. This means that connection cannot be guaranteed in all circumstances. Therefore, never rely only on a mobile phone for very important calls such as medical emergencies.
English When disposing of your device, back up all data and then reset your device to pre- • vent misuse of your personal information. Carefully read the permissions screen when downloading applications. Be particularly • cautious with applications that have access to many functions or to a significant amount of your personal information.
Please note that this is a voluntary manufacturer’s warranty and provides rights in addi- tion to, and does not affect statutory rights of end-users. This guarantee does not apply if batteries other than DORO original batteries are used.
English Device OS software warranty By using the device, you accept to install any OS software updates provided by Doro, at earliest possibility. By updating your device, you help to maintain your device secure. Doro will keep updates available for the duration of the guarantee/ statutory warranty pe- riod, providing that this is possible from a commercial and technical perspective.
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EU Declaration of Conformity Hereby, Doro declares that the radio equipment type DFC-0390 (Doro 6880) is in compli- ance with Directives: 2014/53/EU and 2011/65/EU including delegated Directive (EU) 2015/863 amending Annex II.
English UK Declaration of Conformity Hereby, Doro declares that the radio equipment type DFC-0390 (Doro 6880) is in compli- ance with the relevant UK legislation. The full text of the UK declaration of conformity is available at the following internet ad- dress: www.doro.com/dofc...
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Do you have a question about the 6880 and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers
Hi - My mother (as many other people do) .. likes to end some messages with **** She has a new Doro 6880 for simplicity. She's 89. The predictive text seemingly doesn't recognise & remember **** and this is therefore an obstacle. Please help! : )x
The context does not provide information on how to add custom words to the predictive text on a Doro 6880.
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