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Therefore, Philips reserves the rights to revise this user guide or withdraw it at any time without prior notice. Philips provides this user guide "as is" and does not accept, except as required by the applicable law, liability for any error, omission or discrepancy between this user guide and the product described.
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Activate/deactivate 1. In idle mode, enter the handsfree mode phone number using the keypad or select a contact in the phonebook. 2. Press Then select call handsfree and press During a call, press Options to access the handsfree options. Mute a call Press of an incoming call.
Main Menu The main menu gives you access to all the different features of your Philips 768 mobile phone presented in the form of a grid. The table below indicates the Main Menu, the meanings of the arrangement of the...
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Information on how to enter text Text Entry using the numeric keypad. Chapters These chapters contains each element 4-15 of the main menu one at a time. Others Sections for Icons & Symbols, Precautions, Troubleshooting, Philips authentic accessories and finally the Limited Warranty.
1. Getting Started ... 6 Insert the SIM card ... 6 Insert a mini-SD Card ... 7 Switching on the phone ... 8 Charging the battery ... 8 Copying the contents of your SIM card ... 9 Setting hotkeys ... 9 2.
1. Getting Started Please read through the safety instructions in the “Precautions” section before use (please see page 58). Before you start using your phone, you must insert a valid SIM card supplied by your GSM operator or retailer. The SIM card contains your subscription information, your mobile telephone number, and a small quantity of memory in which you can store phone numbers and messages (for more information,...
Slide the battery back into the compartment with metallic connectors downwards, until it stops. Then lock it by pushing it downwards. Replace the back cover by pushing it down into its slots, until it stops. Getting Started Remove the protective film covering the screen and the camera lens before using the phone.
Switching on the phone To switch on the phone, long press the Enter the PIN code if required (i.e. the 4- to 8-digit secret code of your SIM card). It is preconfigured and communicated to you by your operator or retailer. For more information on PIN codes, see “Security”...
Copying the contents of your SIM card If you are transferring your SIM card from another phone, you may want to copy the contents of your SIM phonebook to your Philips 768 mobile phone. To do so, proceed as follows: From the home screen, press Contacts.
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• Phone number • Messages • Send text • Create • Calculator • Inbox • Homepage • Meeting • Calendar • My Files • Shortcuts • Camera • Contacts • Music • Voice recognition • [Empty] • Quick call Getting Started...
2. Calling Although your Philips 768 mobile phone provides a great variety of functions - taking pictures and videos, recording sounds, sending and receiving e-mails, to name a few - it is first and foremost a mobile phone. This chapter describes the features and options related to making and receiving calls.
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Default Select the default displayed number: number Mobile, Home or Work. Send contact Send the contact’s number to other recipient(s) Bluetooth. Copy contact Copy the contact to the phone/ SIM’s memory. Move contact Move the contact to the phone/ SIM’s memory. Add picture Add a picture to the contact.
Dial number Place a new call. End call End the call. Split Split the calls from the conference mode. Make a second call This feature is subscription-dependent. You can make a second call during an active call or during a call on hold: Press Keypad key...
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In idle mode, enter the phone number using the keypad or select a contact in the phonebook. Once the call is established: Options Press handsfree and press to select. Call then select Calling...
3. Text Entry Text can be entered in editing screens in two different ways: by using T9 Predictive Text Input. The techniques for using these two methods are discussed. Within these two text input methods you can also choose how to enter your text. The options are: The first letter of the first word in a sentence is in upper case, the rest in lower case.
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Next Scroll to Home. > Insert/confirm the word Home. Insert a space. How to use it? Letters and symbols represented by each key are as follows: • Short press to enter a symbol. • Long press to enter the number. •...
Press Options Options Open the Spell navigate to Select Enter the word in the window that appears using basic text input (described below) Save Add it to the text editing screen and T9 dictionary. Basic text input If you wish to access the basic text input, long press to turn off T9.
4. Entertainment This section describes the games and additional tools installed on your mobile phone. Some of the features described here depend on the configuration of your mobile phone, the country in which you purchased it, and/or your service provider. Games Default games This menu features games that are pre-installed in...
5. Browser Items in Browser menu depend on the type of service you have subscribed to and/or the service provider you use. Consequently, some of the menus described below may not be available. If your phone was pre- configured, you will not need to change the settings described in this section.
Bookmarks This menu allows you to manage a list of your favorite WAP sites, much as you might do with a "Favorite" or "Bookmarks" menu in an Internet browser. In this way, you do not have to enter the address for a site whenever you want to visit it.
Settings This feature allows you to customize the settings of the way you connect to your WAP service. You can create a number of profiles with different settings. Press Select Browser Main menu > WAP profiles Options Go to WAP parameter and edit details.
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Push messages Options Options Description Always Turn on the message broadcast service accept for all the messages. Never Turn off the message broadcast service accept for all the messages. Only from Specify a certain area by adding its address area code. Push messages include URL links for quick access to the corresponding WAP services: a single click on the WAP Push message will connect to the WAP site for...
For Mini-SD Card Management Note: Before using your mini-SD card, please insert the new mini-SD card into your Philips 768 mobile phone to initialize it and create the following directories automatically: 768 > Music (Pictures, Video, Others). Thereafter, you may then copy your music files into the Music directory of the memory card via a computer and card reader.
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In case the song is not played, make sure that you have not set your phone to silent mode. When you are in idle mode, long press on to turn off the silent mode. To manage the music collection on your mini-SD card, when you select a Track from the Options press the...
7. Camera Your mobile phone features a digital camera that allows you to take pictures (up to 1.3 Mega pixels) and record short videos, store them in your phone, use them as wallpaper or send them to your friends. Ensure the camera lens is clean before you take pictures as small dust can strongly affect the result.
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Camera option menu When the camera mode is activated and before a picture is taken, you can change a number of settings Options. by pressing Options Description Preview Select to view with a screen screen. Picture Adjust from five image sizes: 160X120, resolution 320X240, 640X480, 800X600 and 1280X1024.
When the photo album is full, a warning message will pop-up. Video mode This option allows you to record short videos, which you can play, save in the phone, or in an inserted memory (mini-SD) card, or send to someone via MMS or e-mail.
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Video Select video size: resolution 176x144 Video Select image quality: quality View videos Select to view the recorded video. Flash light Select to turn on/off the flashlight. Colour Select a colour effect. effects Advanced Edit more detailed information: Default name: Enter default name •...
8. Messages This chapter presents the different messaging features of your Philips 768 mobile phone. Access to some of these features will depend on your subscription. Please contact your service provider for the details concerning your subscription. This menu allows you to send and receive short text messages via SMS (Short Message Service).
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Text template: • predefined text to your SMS. For more information, see "Template" below. Contact number: To insert a phone • number from your phonebook into the message. • Bookmark: Insert bookmark. Spell word Add a new word to T9 dictionary. T9 language To select between T9 English.
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Reply Reply an SMS to the sender. Forward Forward the message to other recipients. You may locate the number from the phonebook or enter a new number with the numeric keys. Delete Delete the message. Delete all Delete all the messages in the Inbox. Details Read the details of the message such as Date,...
Direct reply Turn on/off direct reply feature. Message Classify the message class from class Class 0 - 3. Access to the GPRS network is subscription- dependent. This menu allows you to send and receive MMS (Multimedia Message Service) messages. MMS messages can include text, pictures, and sounds.
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Details Settings Multimedia message > This menu allows you to configure your Philips 768 mobile phone to send and receive MMS messages. Your phone may have been pre-configured to directly access the services offered. If not, contact your operator to obtain the information described in the present section.
Options details or press Email Your Philips 768 mobile phone can send and receive e- mail messages, provided this service is included in your subscription. You must already have an e-mail account and have received the settings from your email service provider.
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Before you start using Email function, the phone asks you to set Sender's Email address in Email profile. For details on how to configure your account, see “Settings > E-mail” on page 35. Create E-mail > Select this menu item to create a new e-mail. Enter the text in the edit window that appears.
Options Description Server You can configure up to five profiles for connecting to your e-mail server. Options Press Rename the desired server. You may edit the following details: • Connection: To choose how your phone connects to the network: Connect using: only GPRS only.
Activate Select to Options the details. Details include the following: • Account name • Address • User ID • Password • GPRS profiles Message history Press Messages Main menu > Select Message history Navigate to the desired message View the message Select Settings Options...
List of To define the type of messages you topics want to receive: My topics • From the New entry to create your favorite topics. Active • From the existing topic in the list which you can change or delete. To obtain the codes corresponding to the different types, you must contact your operator.
9. My Files This menu allows you to manage your files by storing into different folders. Moreover, you may use status to get the memory capacity information of your phone or mini-SD card. Managing files You may cut, copy, and paste the files in However, the phone can’t copy big files from mini- SD card to internal memory (up to 350KB).
10. Tools This menu contains options related to your personal application. Calendar This menu displays the calendar. The month view is the default view and today's date is highlighted in red and also by a blue square. The lunar date of the highlighted date will display in green in the down right corner of the screen.
Advanced For more options: Clear all: Select from • day old One week • Reminders: Select from Always, Never If phone is Starting day: Set the starting day of • or MON. a week: Alarms From Alarms menu, you have the following options: Options Description Simple...
Notes This menu allows you to record your notes on the phone. When you see a list of your saved notes, select Options the desired one and press Entry, Delete, Delete all, Send and check the Capacity. Voice memo This menu allows you to record a voice memo. Once recorded, you can set the sound file as a ringer, send via e-mail and etc.
11. Contacts The feature is where you manage the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of your friends, family, and colleagues. Your Philips 768 mobile phone has two storage areas for your contacts: the SIM phonebook and the onboard phonebook. Managing contacts in the onboard phonebook allows you to store more information (e-mail address, fax number, company name, etc.) than if you used the...
Note that to create a contact, you must provide at least a number. Most of the fields are free-text, meaning that you can enter alphanumeric data using the text entry functions of your mobile phone (for more information on text entry, see “Text Entry”...
Group Options Options Description View Display the group members. Select a ringtone that will sound when ringtone a member of the group calls. Rename Rename the group. Remove Remove the contact for the group. Add picture Add a picture to the group. Send SMS Send an SMS to members of a group.
Advanced This menu provides you with advanced features so that you can view, edit your contacts: Options Description Select Toggle between contacts saved on the address SIM contacts or Phonebook. book Sort names Sort the phonebook contacts by name Last name.
12. Profiles You can set your phone to operate with the following sound profiles: • Normal • Headset • Outdoors • Meeting Profile selection To select from different profile: Press Select From main menu, select Profiles. Navigate to a desired profile. Options Options Display the...
13. Connectivity Your phone allows you to connect to a variety of external devices via infrared, Bluetooth, USB, CSD, or GPRS. This menu provides you with more features to set up the connection with these external devices. Infrared You can set up the phone to receive data via infrared wireless communication, and transfers of files up to 350KB.
The Bluetooth connection can be subject to interference from obstructions such as walls or other electronic devices. Before you can apply Bluetooth, make sure the other device supports Bluetooth function by contacting the device's manufacturer documentation. Making a Bluetooth connection To make a Bluetooth connection, enter the main menu, select Connectivity, then select Bluetooth.
Navigate through software. Your mobile phone will then behave such as a USB drive, a Webcam or will perform PC connections with Mobile Phone Tools. If you connect your phone to PC via PC software, you can transfer files up to 350KB. If you connect your phone to PC via USB drive, you can access your mini SD card and the transfers file size is unlimited until...
FAT16 mini-SD cards up to 512MB with guaranteed performance and quality. Connections CSD profiles This menu allows you to configure a CSD (circuit switched data) connection to the network. The available CSD settings are: Options Description Name To name the current profile Call type To toggle between ISDN.
14. Calls Most options described in this chapter are operator and/or subscription dependent and require either a PIN2 code or a phone code. For more information on PIN codes, see “Security” on page 54. Call history This menu provides you with a list of calls you have missed, answered and made.
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Call services This feature allows to you set cost, Call waiting, Cost settings. Please refer to the Call services following Call services has the following options: Time & cost: Display the duration of your calls and their charges: duration, Total outgoing, Cost left Call...
15. Settings This chapter describes the contents of the Settings menu. It is here that you can access the options (sounds, time and date, security, etc.) to configure your Philips 768 mobile phone to best suit your lifestyle. How to… Press Select From main menu, select Settings.
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Voice control You may use voice control to call up a phone feature or phone dialing. Voice command: Record phone • features for voice command. Voice dialling: Record the contact’s • name for voice dialing. Please refer description command" Auto keypad Select to activate or deactivate this lock feature.
Repeat Record again or cancel recording. Back Display You may configure your phone with different display settings: Options Description Wallpaper Select to turn on/off the wallpaper display. Themes Theme Select different Elegant and Intense. Backlight Select one level from Maximum, High, level Medium and Low.
Icons & Symbols In idle mode, several symbols can be displayed simultaneously on the screen. Silent - Your phone will not ring when receiving a call. Vibra - Your phone will vibrate when receiving a call. GPRS attach - Your mobile phone is connected to the GPRS network.
Precautions Radio Waves Your cellular mobile phone is a low power radio transmitter and receiver. When it is operating, it sends and receives radio waves. The radio waves carry your voice or data signal to a base station that is connected to the telephone network.
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Always switch off your phone Inadequately protected or sensitive electronic equipment may be affected by radio energy. This interference can lead to accidents. Before boarding an aircraft and/or when packing the phone in your luggage: the use of mobile phones in an aircraft may be dangerous for the operation of the aircraft, disrupt the mobile phones network and may be illegal.
You should only use Philips Authentic Accessories, as the use of any other accessories may damage your phone and will make all guarantees for your Philips phone null and void. Make sure damaged parts are replaced immediately by a qualified technician and that they are replaced with genuine Philips replacement parts.
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Philips has marked the battery and packaging with standard symbols designed to promote the recycling and appropriate disposal of your eventual waste. The battery should not be disposed of with general household waste.
Your battery seems to over heat You might be using a charger that was not intended for your phone. Make sure you always use the Philips authentic accessory shipped with your phone. Your phone doesn’t display the phone numbers of incoming calls This feature is network and subscription dependent.
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You can’t receive and/or store JPEG pictures A picture may not be accepted by your mobile phone if it is too large, if its name is too long, or if it doesn’t have the correct file format. You have the feeling that you miss some calls Check your call divert options.
Package contents may therefore vary. To maximize the performance of your Philips phone and not to void the warranty, always purchase Philips Authentic Accessories that are specially designed for use with your phone. Philips Consumer Electronics cannot be held liable for any damage due to use with non authorized accessories.
Trademark declaration JAVA is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ® is a trademark of Tegic Communications Inc. Tegic Euro. Pat. App. 0842463 Bluetooth™ is a trade- mark owned telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Sweden licensed to Philips.
The limited warranty for original Philips rechargeable battery extends for six (6) months from the date of purchase. 3. What Will Philips Do if The Product is Not Free From Material Defects in Materials and Workmanship During The Limited Warranty...
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Normal wear and tear or Force Majeure. 5. How Do You Get Warranty Service? a) Return the Product to an authorized service center of Philips. You may contact the local Philips office for the location of the nearest authorized service center.
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OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY. This limited warranty represents the complete and exclusive agreement between the Consumer and Philips with respect to this cellular Product and it supercedes all prior agreements between the parties, oral or written, and all other communications between the parties relating to the subject matter of this limited warranty.