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  • Page 1 Doro 6531 English...
  • Page 3 The items supplied with your phone might vary depending on the soft- ware and accessories available in your region or offered by your service provider. You can obtain additional accessories from your local Doro deal- er. The supplied accessories provide the best performance with your phone.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    English Contents Congratulations on your purchase ............... 1 Get started..................... 1 Insert SIM card, memory card and the battery ........1 Charge the phone.................. 2 Get to know your phone ................3 Assistive functions................. 3 Turn the phone on and off ..............3 Start-up wizard ..................
  • Page 5 ..................42 ® Doro Connect & Care .................42 Introduction ..................42 ® How to use the Connect & Care service on your Doro phone ..43 ® Set the Assistance Button to Connect & Care ........43 ® My Doro Manager ..................44 Create account ..................44...
  • Page 6 English Log in/Log out ..................45 Options....................45 Sync. intervals ..................45 Account details ..................45 File manager....................46 Internet......................47 Use the web browser................47 Use the Facebook application ............48 Use the Twitter application ..............49 More ......................49 FM radio ....................49 Torch..................... 51 Calculator..................... 51 Games....................
  • Page 7 English Care and maintenance ................60 Warranty....................... 61 Specifications ....................61 Copyright and other notices..............61 Hearing aid compatibility ..............63 Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) ............63 Correct disposal of this product ............64 Correct disposal of batteries in this product ........65 Declaration of Conformity ..............65...

  • Page 8: Congratulations On Your Purchase

    Share photos and listen to your favourite MP3 music or FM radio. Other practical features include weather, reminders, wake- up alarm, vibrating ringer and more. For more information about accesso- ries or other Doro products please visit www.doro.com. Get started Insert SIM card, memory card and the battery...

  • Page 9: Charge The Phone

    English Insert the battery by sliding it into the battery compartment with the contacts facing downwards to the right. Replace the battery cover. IMPORTANT! This device accepts mini SIM or 2FF SIM card. Use of incompatible SIM cards may damage the card or the device, and may corrupt data stored on the card.

  • Page 10: Get To Know Your Phone

    English Save energy When you have fully charged the battery and disconnected the charger from the device, unplug the charger from the wall socket. Get to know your phone Assistive functions Use the symbols below to guide you through supporting sections in the manual.

  • Page 11: External Display

    English Tip: You can run the start-up wizard later if you want. From standby mode, press Menu Settings General Start-up wizard. External display The external display shows the time, a number of status indicators, and notifications for incoming calls. The external display can only display char- acters in black and white.

  • Page 12: Enter Text

    Press Menu Phonebook -New contact- Add. To perform the example on your Doro 6531 you should do the following: Example 1 (use the selection buttons) Press Menu, scroll to Phonebook and press OK. Select -New contact- and press Add. Example 2 (use the navigation buttons)

  • Page 13: Volume Control

    English Enter text with predictive text ™ In some languages you can use the Smart ABC (eZiType ) input method which uses a dictionary to suggest words. • Press each key once, even if the displayed character is not the one you want.

  • Page 14: Phone Settings

    English Silent Silent is a fixed profile with Keypad tone, Message tone and Ringtone dis- abled, while Vibration, Tasks, Daily reminder and Alarm are unchanged. • Press and hold shortcut button # to activate or deactivate silent mode. Headset When a headset is connected, the internal microphone in the phone is automatically disconnected.
  • Page 15 English 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. to select a language. Press OK to confirm. Block function Press Menu Settings...

  • Page 16: Calls

    English Press Menu Settings Security Phone lock. Select On to enable, or Off to disable. Press OK to confirm. Note! You need to enter current phone code. Default phone code is 1234. Whitelist A whitelist works much like a spam filter, once activated, you can only re- ceive incoming calls from contacts saved in the phonebook.

  • Page 17: Receive A Call

    English Press Options Call to dial the selected entry. If needed, select the number. Alternatively, press to dial. Press Abort or to cancel the call. Receive a call Open the flip and press to answer. Alternatively press Silent to switch off the ringsignal or press /close the flip to reject directly (busy signal).

  • Page 18: Speed Dial

    English Press SPK on to activate. Speak clearly into the phone microphone at a maximum distance of 1 m. Use to adjust the loud- speaker volume. Press SPK off to return to normal mode. Note! Loud background noises (music, etc.) may interfere with the sound quality.

  • Page 19: Call Settings

    English Received call Dialled call Missed call Press to call, or Options: • View to show details for the selected call. • Send SMS to send a text message. • Send MMS to send a picture message. • Delete to delete the call. •...
  • Page 20 English Press Menu Settings Calls Call setup Caller ID: • Set by network to use default setting by the network. • Hide ID to never show your number. • Send ID to always show your number. Press OK to confirm. Call waiting You can handle more than one call at a time, put the current call on hold and answer the incoming call.
  • Page 21 English Note! A password is needed to apply call barring. Contact your service provider to get the password. Press Menu Settings Calls Call setup Call barring. Select Outgoing calls: • All calls to answer incoming calls but not calling. • Internat.calls to block calls to international numbers.

  • Page 22: Phonebook

    English Phonebook Add contact Press Menu Phonebook -New contact- Add. Enter a Name for the contact, see Enter text , p.5. Delete with Clear. to select Mobile, Home or Office and enter the phone number(s) including the area code. Select E-mail to associate e-mail address to the contact, see E- mail settings, p.29.

  • Page 23: Phonebook Settings

    English • Send SMS to create text message, see Create and send text message (SMS), p.22. • Send MMS to create picture message, see Create and send pic- ture message (MMS), p.23. • Send e-mail to create e-mail message, see Create and send e- mail, p.24.
  • Page 24 English • SIM to save up to 3 phone numbers and one e-mail address per contact. • Phone to save 500 contacts with 3 phone numbers each Mo- bile, Home, Office. As well as one e-mail address, and Phone- book picture to assign images to contacts and Ringtone to assign specific ringtones to contacts.

  • Page 25: Ice (In Case Of Emergency)

    English Press Menu Settings Phonebook Top 10. Select one of the empty entries and press Add. to scroll through the phonebook, or quick search by pressing the key corresponding to the first letter of the entry. Press OK to save the selected entry, or press Back to discard changes.

  • Page 26: Assistance Button

    English • Condition: enter any medical conditions or medical devices (e.g. diabetic, pacemaker). • Allergies: enter any known allergies (e.g. penicillin, bee stings). • Blood type: enter your blood type. • Vaccination: enter any relevant vaccination. • Medication: enter any medication that you are treated with. •...

  • Page 27: Activation

    English Tip: The assistance function may be configured so that the recipient of the call must press 0 (zero) to confirm, in order to stop the alarm sequence. See Confirm with "0", p.22. IMPORTANT! Information to the recipient of an assistance call, when Confirm with "0"...

  • Page 28: Activate Text Messages (Sms)

    This function sends a text message with the users position to the recipi- ents in Number list when an assistance call occurs. The message con- tains date, time, and the positioning information of the Doro user. The message is not editable. If no position can be found the message con- tains the latest known position.

  • Page 29: Assistance Settings

    English Press OK to confirm. Assistance settings Confirm with "0" You can activate the Confirm with "0" function. This is especially recom- mended if there is a risk that the assistance call is answered by a voice mail or answering service. If the recipient doesn’t press 0 within 60 sec- onds the call will be disconnected and the next number in the sequence will be called.

  • Page 30: Create And Send Picture Message (Mms)

    English Press Add to add more recipients. Tip: You can modify the recipients by selecting one, press Options Edit/Delete/Delete all. When done, press Send. Note! If you choose to add multiple recipients, you will be charged for each recipient (maximum 10). For international calls, always use + before the country code for best operation.

  • Page 31: Create And Send Voice Message

    English Press Send to send. Create and send voice message A voice message uses the same technology as a picture message. Both you and the recipient must have subscriptions that support picture mes- sage. The settings for picture message are supplied by your service pro- vider and can be sent to you automatically via text message.

  • Page 32: Inbox, Outbox And Sent

    English From Options Add picture: • My pictures to select a file. • Take picture to use the camera to take a picture. You can also Add sound and Add video using the Options menu. Press Send to send. Switch between accounts If you create more than two e-mail accounts, you can switch between them.

  • Page 33: Message Settings

    English • Use address to display e-mail addresses contained in the message. • Options Save Create new or Update. • Options Send mail to write a new e-mail. • Use number to display all phone numbers contained in the message as well as the sender's number. •...
  • Page 34 English Memory status From SMS settings, select Memory status to display the memory space used on the SIM card and in the phone memory. Phone mem- ory can store up to 450 messages. Press Back to return. Storage From SMS settings, select Storage: •...
  • Page 35 English Press Back to return. Storage Picture messages are saved by default in the phone memory. When the memory becomes full you will need to either delete a picture message (see Inbox, Outbox and Sent, p.25) or select to save your picture mes- sages to the memory card.
  • Page 36 Enables you to review and create e-mails using your personal or company e-mail account. In order to utilize the e-mail service on your Doro 6531 you need to have an already configured e-mail account such as Google Mail, Yahoo or Hotmail.
  • Page 37 English • Gmail • Hotmail • Yahoo Enter your E-mail address and your Password. Press OK to confirm. Set up other accounts Follow the steps below if your service provider is not in the list. Contact your service provider for correct settings. From E-mail Select: Select Other e-mail accounts.

  • Page 38: Camera

    English Press OK to confirm. Note! If Alert type is set to Ring only the phone will not vibrate. Reminder The reminder alerts you once if you haven't checked your messages or listened to your voice mail within 10 minutes from receipt. When notified, press to end the notification and no more reminder is heard.

  • Page 39: Video Camera

    English • Send Send by e-mail, see Create and send e-mail, p.24. • Delete to delete. Press Yes to confirm or No to return. • Wallpaper to save as display background. • Phonebook picture to save as phonebook contact. Press Back to take a new photo. If you do not make any selection the picture is saved.

  • Page 40: Picture Gallery And Video Gallery

    English Picture gallery and Video gallery View your saved pictures or videos Press Menu Camera Picture gallery or Video gallery. to select a picture or video. Press Options: • View for single view. Press Back to return. to play and stop the video (video only). •...

  • Page 41: Connectivity

    Note! With higher quality, less pictures or videos can be stored in the internal memory. If you insert a compatible external memory (micro SD) card into your Doro 6531, you can change the default storage location, see Storage, p.28. This allows you to save more files on your device, like pictures and videos.
  • Page 42 English Enter the name your Doro 6531 should appear with for other Blue- tooth devices. Press Done to confirm. Search device Search for available Bluetooth audio devices. Press Menu Settings Bluetooth Search device. Select a device from the list and press Bond to connect.

  • Page 43: Internet Profile

    Using data services can be costly. We recommend that you check your data rates with your service provider. Function on or off Restricts features like internet browser, Facebook, Twitter, Connect & ® Care, Weather, My Doro Manager , MMS and e-mail. Select Off to avoid data charges.

  • Page 44: Network Setup

    Select On to enable, or Off to disable. Press OK to confirm. Data counter The data counter gathers traffic information from internet browser, ® Weather, My Doro Manager , MMS and e-mail. Press Menu Settings Connectivity Mobile data Data counter.

  • Page 45: Connect The Phone To A Computer

    English • Network mode to select another network. Select Automatic to select network automatically or Manual to select network manually. Service selection • GSM service only. • 3G service only. • Automatic: switch between GSM and 3G for best service. IMPORTANT! If you set your phone to use GSM only or 3G only, you will not be able to make any calls, including emergency calls, or use...

  • Page 46: Sound & Display

    English Disconnect the USB cable safely Make sure to enable the hardware to be safely removed. Disconnect the USB cable. Note! Computer instructions may vary depending on your operating system. See the documentation of your computer's operating system for more information. Sound &...

  • Page 47: Ringtone Volume

    English Press OK to confirm or Back to discard changes. Tip: Set up the Alarm, Message tone, Keypad tone, E-mail tone, Closing tone, Opening tone, Power on and Power off in the same way. Ringtone volume Press Menu Settings Sound Volume.

  • Page 48: Main Menu

    English Main menu You can select different styles for the main menu. Press Menu Settings Display Main menu: Select Grid or List. Press OK to confirm. Wallpaper Press Menu Settings Display Wallpaper. to display available wallpapers. Press OK to confirm. Text size You can adjust the text size for the menu and messages.

  • Page 49: Brightness

    Doro Connect & Care already comes preinstalled in your new Doro phone so it’s here ready to go. It is easy for your family too, they just need to download the Doro Connect &...

  • Page 50: How To Use The Connect & Care

    Doro Connect & Care? Press Yes. You will then after a short while receive a second message on your Doro phone asking you to confirm that you want to join the contact list. Press Yes. ®...

  • Page 51: My Doro Manager

    If you have activated the Connect & Care service, the Assistance Button ® on your Doro phone can be incorporated into the Doro Connect & Care service instead of triggering an assistance call to your predefined help numbers. This means that when you press and hold the Assistance Button, an auto- ®...

  • Page 52: Log In/Log Out

    My Doro Manager Log in. Enter your phone number as user name. Enter your password and press Log in. Options ® You can select to synchronise your phone with My Doro Manager Press Menu Settings My Doro Manager Options: •...

  • Page 53: File Manager

    English Select Account to view your account information details. Enter the phone code and press OK to confirm. The default phone code is 1234. Press Back to return. File manager Manage the contents and properties of files. You can open, delete, move, copy and rename files.

  • Page 54: Internet

    English Supported formats: • Picture format: BMP/GIF/JPG/PNG. Photos taken with the built in camera are saved as JPG. • Audio format: WAV/AMR/MIDI/MP3/AAC/AAC+. Recordings made with the built in sound recorder are saved as AMR. • Video format: AVI/MP4/3GPP. Internet IMPORTANT! This service requires an Internet connection.

  • Page 55: Use The Facebook Application

    English • A to close the current tab, if multiple tabs are used. • B to go to previous or next website. • C to access Bookmarks, History, Saved Pages, Downloads, Set- tings, Find in Page, Homepage and Help. • D to refresh current website.

  • Page 56: Use The Twitter Application

    English Use the Twitter application Press Menu Internet. Press Twitter. Press OK to accept the data charges, or press Cancel. (To tick the box Data charges apply press . Press OK.) Log in To use this app you must have a Twitter account, you can create one us- ing the link Sign up on the login screen.
  • Page 57 English Volume Press Menu FM radio Options Volume. to adjust the volume. Press OK to confirm. Save frequency Press Menu FM radio Options Save frequency. Enter a name for the new channel, see Enter text , p.5. When done, press OK. Switch off •...

  • Page 58: Torch

    English Note! This will overwrite all previously saved channels. Auto save Press Menu FM radio Options. Select Auto save to automatically install available radio stations in channels 1 - 9 . Press OK to confirm. Note! This will overwrite all previously saved channels. Torch Press Menu Torch.

  • Page 59: Status

    English • Continue to continue game. • Restart level to restart game at the same level as before. • Start game to start a new game. • Game level to select difficulty level. • Best grades to view your best results. Press Back to return or Reset to reset the scores.

  • Page 60: Calendar

    English Press Save to confirm. Snooze or turn off • When the alarm goes off a signal will sound. Press Stop to turn off the alarm or press Snooze to repeat the alarm after 9 minutes. Note! The alarm will work even when the phone is switched off. Do not press Yes to power on if wireless phone use is prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger.

  • Page 61: Notes

    English Enter time, then press Enter subject, see Enter text , p.5 Press OK to confirm. Snooze or stop When the alarm sounds: • Select Stop to stop. • Select Snooze to repeat after 9 minutes. Note! The reminder will work even when the phone is powered off. Do not power on your phone if wireless phone use is prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger.

  • Page 62: Additional Functions

    English to select the city in the list. Select Wallpaper and select On (to view the weather in standby mode). Press OK to confirm. For more options select an existing entry, and press Options Edit or Delete. Additional functions Display status symbols Signal strength No network coverage Ring only...

  • Page 63: Reset Settings

    English Incoming call Done (confirmed) New message Outgoing call Battery level low Call ended Missed call. Press Read to Searching see the missed calls. vCard message Call on-hold SOS calls only Volume control Processing, please wait Assistance button call SMS/MMS unread SMS/MMS read SMS/MMS unsent SMS/MMS sent...

  • Page 64: Safety Instructions

    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 WCDMA 900/2100 MHz, GSM 850/900/1800/ 1900 MHz networks.

  • Page 65: Areas With Explosion Risk

    English Areas with explosion risk Always turn off the unit when you are in an area where there is a risk of explosion. Fol- low 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.

  • Page 66: Gps/Location Based Functions

    English GPS/Location based functions Some products provide GPS/Location based functions. Location determining functional- ity is provided “As is”. No representation or warranty are made as to the accuracy of such location information. Use of location-based information by the device may not be uninterrupted or error free and may additionally be dependent on network service avail- ability.

  • Page 67: Malware And Viruses

    English Malware and viruses To protect your device from malware and viruses, follow these usage tips. Failure to do so may result in damages or loss of data that may not be covered by the warranty service. • Do not download unknown applications. •...

  • Page 68: Warranty

    As a matter of precaution, we recommend disconnecting the charger during a thunderstorm. Batteries are consumables and are not included in any guarantee. This guarantee does not apply if batteries other than DORO original batteries are used. Specifications Network:...
  • Page 69 Doro does not provide a warranty for or take any responsibility for the functionality, con- tent, or end-user support of third-party apps provided with your device. By using an app, you acknowledge that the app is provided as is.

  • Page 70: Hearing Aid Compatibility

    226 43 Lund, Sweden. To be valid, such a request must be made within three (3) years from the date of the distribution of this product by Doro AB, or in the case of code li- censed under the GPL v3 for as long as Doro AB offers spare parts or customer support for this product model.

  • Page 71: Correct Disposal Of This Product

    English The radio wave exposure guidelines use a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR limit for mobile devices is 2 W/kg averaged over 10 grams of tissue and include a substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and health.

  • Page 72: Correct Disposal Of Batteries In This Product

    Declaration of Conformity Doro hereby declares that Doro 6531 conforms to the essential requirements and other relevant regulations contained in the Directives 1999/5/EC (R&TTE) and 2011/65/EU (RoHS). A copy of the Declaration of Conformity is available at www.doro.com/dofc.
  • Page 73 English...
  • Page 74 Doro 6531 (2011,2021) English Version 1.0 © 2016 Doro AB. All rights reserved. www.doro.com REV 16086 — STR 20160622...

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