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C o n t e n t s Contents For your safety ....................5 1. Get started....................10 2. Your phone....................17 3. Call functions..................... 21 4. Navigate the menus................. 23 5. Write text ..................... 24 6. Messaging ....................25 7. Contacts....................... 42 8.
F o r y o u r s a f e t y For your safety Read these simple guidelines. Not following them may be dangerous or illegal. Read the complete user guide for further information. SWITCH ON SAFELY Do not switch the phone on when wireless phone use is prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger.
F o r y o u r s a f e t y WATER-RESISTANCE Your phone is not water-resistant. Keep it dry. BACK-UP COPIES Remember to make back-up copies or keep a written record of all important information stored in your phone. CONNECTING TO OTHER DEVICES When connecting to any other device, read its user guide for detailed safety instructions.
F o r y o u r s a f e t y have to make specific arrangements with your service provider before you can utilise network services. Your service provider may need to give you additional instructions for their use and explain what charges will apply. Some networks may have limitations that affect how you can use network services.
14 Configuration settings service p. 9 , and Active standby p. 18 • Active standby. See Nokia Xpress audio messaging p. 31 • Audio messaging. See Instant messaging p. 34 • Instant messaging. See E-mail application p. 31 •...
Your service provider may provide a PIN number needed to save the settings. For more information on availability, contact your network operator, service provider, nearest authorised Nokia dealer, or visit the support area on the Nokia Web site, www.nokia.com/support.
Nokia product. On the website, you can get information on the use of Nokia products and services. If you need to contact customer service, check the list of local Nokia Care contact centres at www.nokia.com/customerservice.
For availability and information on using SIM card services, contact your SIM card vendor. This may be the service provider, network operator, or other vendor. This device is intended for use with BP-5M battery. Always use original Nokia Nokia battery authentication p. 82 batteries.
AC-6 or DC-6 micro USB charger. Warning: Use only batteries, chargers, and enhancements approved by Nokia for use with this particular model. The use of any other types may invalidate any approval or warranty, and may be dangerous.
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PC or laptop. USB data cable, p. 56 more information. You must download Nokia PC Suite 6.83 to use with your device. Updated versions can be added after version 6.83. Go to www.nokia.com/support for more information.
G e t s t a r t e d The AC-6 charges the battery much faster than the CA-101. Charging with the AC-6 is recommended when short charging times are needed. Switch the phone on and off Warning: Do not switch the phone on when wireless phone use is prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger.
If your device has OMA DRM protected content, to back up the content, use the backup feature of Nokia PC Suite. If your device has WMDRM protected content, both the activation keys and the content will be lost if the device memory is formatted.
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G e t s t a r t e d Antenna Your device has an internal antenna located at the bottom of the device. Use the phone with the slide open to avoid contact with the antenna area. Note: As with any other radio transmitting device, do not touch the antenna unnecessarily when the device is switched on.
Y o u r p h o n e 2. Your phone Keys and parts 1) Wrist strap eyelet 8) End key and power key 2) Earpiece 9) Keypad 3) Volume key 10) Battery cover release button 4) Loudspeaker 11) Microphone 5) Display 12) Micro USB charger connection 6) Navi...
Y o u r p h o n e Open and close the phone To open the phone, push the slide up using the tab located just above the 4-way scroll key. To close the phone, push the tab down to the closed position. To answer calls by opening the slide and end calls by closing the Call p.
• Use the navigation key as a shortcut. See • In camera mode press the volume keys to zoom in or out. • To open the Nokia website, press and hold *. • To switch calls when line 1 and 2 are active, press #.
Y o u r p h o n e The keypad is locked. The phone does not ring for an incoming call or text message. The alarm clock is set to On. The countdown timer is running. The stopwatch is running in the background. The phone is in flight mode.
C a l l f u n c t i o n s To unlock the keypad with the slide closed, select Unlock > OK, or open the slide to automatically unlock the keypad. To answer a call when the keyguard is on, press the call key. When you end or reject the call, the keypad automatically locks.
C a l l f u n c t i o n s • Press a speed-dialling key, then the call key. • If Speed dialling is set to On, press and hold a speed-dialling key until the call Call p. 56 begins.
N a v i g a t e t h e m e n u s If a compatible headset supplied with the headset key is connected to the phone, to answer and end a call, press the headset key. Call waiting To answer the waiting call during an active call, press the call key.
W r i t e t e x t To rearrange the menu, scroll to the menu you want to move, and select Options > Organise > Move. Scroll to where you want to move the menu, and select OK. To save the change, select Done > Yes. 2.
M e s s a g i n g The phone starts to predict the word you are writing. After you enter a few letters, and if these entered letters are not a word, the phone tries to predict longer words. Only the entered letters are displayed underlined. To insert a special character, press and hold *, or select Options >...
M e s s a g i n g Text messages (SMS) With the short message service (SMS) you can send and receive text messages, and receive messages that can contain pictures (network service). Before you can send any text or SMS e-mail message, you must save your Message settings p.
M e s s a g i n g Read and reply to an SMS message When you have received a message, 1 message received or the number of new messages with %N messages received are shown. 1. To view a new message, select Show. To view it later, select Exit. To read the message later, select Menu >...
M e s s a g i n g You cannot receive multimedia messages during a call or an active browsing session over GSM data. Because delivery of multimedia messages can fail for various reasons, do not rely solely upon them for essential communications. Write and send a MMS message The wireless network may limit the size of MMS messages.
M e s s a g i n g Note: When the phone sends the message, the animated is shown. This is an indication that the message has been sent by your device to the message centre number programmed into your device. This is not an indication that the message has been received at the intended destination.
M e s s a g i n g Memory full When you receive a message, and the memory for the messages is full, Memory full. Unable to receive messages. is shown. To first delete old messages, select OK > Yes and the folder. Scroll to the desired message, and select Delete. If more messages are to be deleted, select Mark.
Options > Use detail. To save the message, select Save and the folder in which you want to save it. Nokia Xpress audio messaging You can use MMS to create and send a audio message in a convenient way. MMS must be activated before you can use audio messages.
M e s s a g i n g function. To use the e-mail function on your phone, you need a compatible e-mail system. You can write, send, and read e-mail with your phone. You can also save and delete the e-mail on a compatible PC. Your phone supports POP3 and IMAP4 e-mail servers.
M e s s a g i n g Write text p. 24 5. Write the e-mail message. See To attach a file to the e-mail, select Options > Attach file and a file from Gallery. 6. To send the e-mail message immediately, select Send > Send now. To save the e-mail in the Outbox folder to be sent later, select Send >...
M e s s a g i n g E-mail folders Your phone saves e-mail that you have downloaded from your e-mail account in the Inboxes folder. The Inboxes folder contains the following folders: “Account name” for incoming e-mail, Archive for archiving e-mail, Custom 1—Custom 3 for sorting e-mail, Junk where all spam e-mail is stored, Drafts for saving unfinished e-mail, Outbox for saving e-mail that has not been sent, and Sent items for saving e-mail that has been sent.
M e s s a g i n g the network, the active IM conversation may consume the phone battery faster, and you may need to connect the phone to a charger. Register with an IM service You can do this by registering over the internet with the IM service provider you have selected to use.
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M e s s a g i n g Sessions When connected to the IM service your status as seen by others is shown in a status line: My status: Online, My status: Busy or Status: Appear offline — to change own status, select Change.
M e s s a g i n g Accept or reject an invitation In the standby mode, when you are connected to the IM service and you receive a new invitation, New invitation received is displayed. To read it, select Read. If more than one invitation is received, scroll to the invitation you want, and select Open.
M e s s a g i n g Block or unblock messages When you are in a conversation and want to block messages, select Options > Block contact. A confirmation query is shown, select OK to block messages from this contact.
M e s s a g i n g To call your voice mailbox, select Menu > Messaging > Voice messages > Listen to voice messages. To enter, search for, or edit your voice mailbox number, select Voice mailbox number. If supported by the network, indicates new voice messages.
M e s s a g i n g Graphical smileys > Yes—to set the phone to replace character-based smileys with graphical ones Text messages The text message settings affect the sending, receiving, and viewing of text and SMS e-mail messages. Select Menu >...
M e s s a g i n g Select Menu > Messaging > Message settings > Multimedia messages and from the following options: Delivery reports > Yes—to ask the network to send delivery reports about your messages (network service) Image size (multimedia)—to set the image size in multimedia messages.
C o n t a c t s Reply-to address—to enter the e-mail address to which you want the replies to be sent SMTP user name—to enter the name that you want to use for outgoing mail SMTP password—to enter the password that you want to use for outgoing mail Display terminal window >...
C o n t a c t s The first number you save is automatically set as the default number, and it is indicated with a frame around the number type indicator (for example, When you select a name from contacts (for example, to make a call), the default number is used unless you select another number.
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C o n t a c t s To delete a contact, search for the desired contact, and select Options > Delete contact. To delete a number, text item, or an image attached to the contact, search for the contact, and select Details. Scroll to the desired detail, and select Options > Delete and from the options available.
C o n t a c t s Subscribed names You can create a list of contacts whose presence status information you want to be aware of. You can view the information if it is allowed by the contacts and the network.
C o n t a c t s Unsubscribe a contact To unsubscribe a contact from the Contacts list, select the contact and Options > Unsubscribe > OK. View the subscribed To unsubscribe from the Subscribed names menu, see names p. 45 Business cards You can send and receive a person’s contact information from a compatible device that supports the vCard standard as a business card.
C a l l l o g Select Assign, or if a number has already been assigned to the key, select Options > Change. Select Search and the contact you want to assign. If the Speed dialling function is off, the phone asks whether you want to activate it. See Call p.
S e t t i n g s To view or delete the information on the 10 most recent privacy notifications and requests, select Menu > Log > Positioning > Position log > Open folder or Delete all. 9. Settings Profiles Your phone has various setting groups called profiles, for which you can customise the phone tones for different events and environments.
S e t t i n g s Select Options > Save to save the settings or Cancel to leave the settings unchanged. If you select the highest ringing tone level, the ringing tone reaches its highest level after a few seconds. A theme may contain a tone that sounds when you open and close the phone.
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S e t t i n g s Screen savers > Open camera—to take a new photo as screensaver Screen savers > Analogue clock or Digital clock—to use a clock as screensaver Graphic downloads—to download more images for the screen saver Time-out—to set the time after which the screen saver is activated Powersaver To automatically activate the screen saver time-out to optimise battery life,...
S e t t i n g s enable your phone to display the correct sending time of received text or multimedia messages. For example, GMT -5 denotes the time zone for New York (USA), 5 hours west of Greenwich/London (UK). My shortcuts With personal shortcuts you get quick access to often used functions of the phone.
S e t t i n g s Navigation key To select shortcut functions for the scroll keys, select Menu > Settings > My shortcuts > Navigation key. Scroll to the desired key, and select Change and a function from the list. To remove a shortcut function from the key, select (empty). Shortcuts in the standby To reassign a function for the key, select Assign.
S e t t i n g s devices supporting Bluetooth technology, use Nokia approved enhancements for this model. Check with the manufacturers of other devices to determine their compatibility with this device. There may be restrictions on using Bluetooth technology in some locations.
S e t t i n g s Bluetooth settings To define how your phone is shown to other Bluetooth devices, select Menu > Settings > Connectivity > Bluetooth > Bluetooth settings > My phone's visibility or My phone's name. If you are concerned about security, turn off the Bluetooth function, or set My phone's visibility to Hidden.
You can also set the EGPRS dial-up service settings (access point name) on your Nokia PC Suite p. 80 PC using the Nokia Modem Options software. See . If you have set the settings both on your PC and on your phone, the PC settings are used.
Synchronise from a compatible PC Before you synchronise data from calendar, notes, and contacts from a compatible PC, you must install the Nokia PC Suite software of your phone on the PC. Use Bluetooth wireless technology or a USB data cable for the synchronization, and start the synchronization from the PC.
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S e t t i n g s Slide call handling > Open slide to answer calls—to answer an incoming call by opening the slide Automatic redial > On—to make a maximum of 10 attempts to connect the call after an unsuccessful call attempt Speed dialling >...
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S e t t i n g s Phone updates—to receive phone software updates from your service provider (network service). This option may not be available, depending on your phone. Phone software updates p. 60 Operator selection > Automatic—To set the phone to automatically, select one of the cellular networks available in your area.
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S e t t i n g s Activ. default in all apps.—to activate the default configuration settings for supported applications Preferred access point—to view the saved access points. Scroll to an access point, and select Options > Details to view the name of the service provider, data bearer, and packet data access point or GSM dial-up number.
S e t t i n g s Access codes—to change the security code, PIN code, UPIN code, PIN2 code, or barring password Code in use—to select whether the PIN code or UPIN code should be active Authority certificates or User certificates—to view the list of the authority or user Certificates p.
G a l l e r y Install a software update To start the installation when the installation was cancelled after the download, select Install software update. The software update may take several minutes. If there are problems with the installation, contact your service provider.
M e d i a 11. Media When taking and using images or video clips, obey all laws and respect local customs as well as privacy and legitimate rights of others. Camera You can take photos or record video clips with the built-in camera. Take a photo To start the camera, press the scroll up key, or select Menu >...
Your phone includes a music player for listening to music tracks, recordings, or other mp3 or aac sound files that you have transferred to the phone with the Nokia PC Nokia Audio Manager application, which is part of Nokia PC Suite. See Suite p. 80...
M e d i a Music files stored in a folder in the phone memory or in a folder of the multimedia card will automatically be detected and added to the default track list. To open the music player, select Menu > Media > Music player. Play the music tracks Warning! Listen to music at a moderate level.
M e d i a Music downloads—to connect to a browser service related to the current track. This function is only available when the address of the service is included in the track. Radio The FM radio depends on an antenna other than the wireless device antenna. A compatible headset or enhancement needs to be attached to the device for the FM radio to function properly.
M e d i a Loudspeaker or Headset—to listen to the radio using the loudspeaker or headset. Keep the headset connected to the phone. The lead of the headset functions as the radio antenna. Set frequency—to enter the frequency of the desired radio station You can normally make a call or answer an incoming call while listening to the radio.
O r g a n i s e r To view, edit, or rename a selected set, select Options > View, Edit, or Rename. Not all sets can be edited or renamed. Stereo widening Stereo widening enhances the audio output of the phone by enabling a wider stereo sound effect.
O r g a n i s e r device or Yes to make and receive calls. Do not select Yes when wireless phone use may cause interference or danger. Calendar Select Menu > Organiser > Calendar. The current day is indicated by a frame. If there are any notes set for the day, the day is in bold type, and the beginning of the note is shown below the calendar.
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O r g a n i s e r You can sort the notes by priority or by deadline, send a note to another phone as a text message or a multimedia message, save a note as a calendar note, or access the calendar.
A p p l i c a t i o n s displayed when the time expires. To start the countdown timer, select Start. To change the countdown time, select Change time. To stop the timer, select Stop timer. If the alarm time is reached when the phone is in the standby mode, the phone sounds a tone and flashes the note text if it is set or displays Countdown time up.
You can download new Java applications and games in different ways. Use the Nokia Application Installer from PC Suite to download the applications to your phone, or select Menu > Apps. > Options > Downloads > Application Bookmarks p. 75 downloads;...
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Your device may have some bookmarks loaded for sites not affiliated with Nokia. Nokia does not warrant or endorse these sites. If you choose to access them, you should take the same precautions, for security or content, as you would with any internet site.
W e b mouse pointer. To return to the list of applications, select Options > Applications list. To quit the presenter, select Options > Exit. 14. Web You can access various mobile internet services with your phone browser. Important: Use only services that you trust and that offer adequate security and protection against harmful software.
W e b Make a connection to the service in one of the following ways: • Select Menu > Web > Home; or in the standby mode, press and hold 0. • To select a bookmark of the service, select Menu > Web > Bookmarks. •...
Your device may have some bookmarks loaded for sites not affiliated with Nokia. Nokia does not warrant or endorse these sites. If you choose to access them, you should take the same precautions, for security or content, as you would with any internet site.
W e b Character encoding > Content encoding—to select the encoding for the browser page content Character encoding > Unicode (UTF-8) web add. > On—to set the phone to send a URL as a UTF-8 encoding. You may need this setting when you access a web page created in foreign language.
W e b To access the Service inbox in the standby mode, when you have received a service message, select Show. If you select Exit, the message is moved to the Service inbox. To access the Service inbox later, select Menu > Web > Service inbox.
W e b Security module The security module improves security services for applications requiring a browser connection, and allows you to use a digital signature. The security module may contain certificates as well as private and public keys. The certificates are saved in the security module by the service provider. To view or change the security module settings, select Menu >...
S I M s e r v i c e s Digital signature You can make digital signatures with your phone if your SIM card has a security module. Using the digital signature can be the same as signing your name to a paper bill, contract, or other document.
With Nokia PC Suite you can synchronise contacts, calendar, notes, and to-do notes between your phone and the compatible PC or a remote internet server (network service). You can find more information and PC Suite on the Nokia website at www.nokia.com/support. Download version 6.83 or higher for your device.
The battery can be charged and discharged hundreds of times, but it will eventually wear out. When the talk and standby times are noticeably shorter than normal, replace the battery. Use only Nokia approved batteries, and recharge your battery only with Nokia approved chargers designated for this device.
B a t t e r y i n f o r m a t i o n Nokia battery authentication Always use original Nokia batteries for your safety. To check that you are getting an original Nokia battery, purchase it from an authorised Nokia dealer, look for...
You should receive a message indicating whether the code can be authenticated. What if your battery is not authentic? If you cannot confirm that your Nokia battery with the hologram on the label is an authentic Nokia battery, please do not use the battery. Take it to the nearest authorised Nokia service point or dealer for assistance.
A d d i t i o n a l s a f e t y i n f o r m a t i o n • Do not touch the display with hard or angular materials. Objects like earrings or jewelry may scratch the display.
A d d i t i o n a l s a f e t y i n f o r m a t i o n Medical devices Operation of any radio transmitting equipment, including wireless phones, may interfere with the functionality of inadequately protected medical devices. Consult a physician or the manufacturer of the medical device to determine if they are adequately shielded from external RF energy or if you have any questions.
A d d i t i o n a l s a f e t y i n f o r m a t i o n remember that air bags inflate with great force. Do not place objects, including installed or portable wireless equipment in the area over the air bag or in the air bag deployment area.
SAR values may vary depending on national reporting and testing requirements and the network band. Additional SAR information may be provided under product information at www.nokia.com. Your mobile device is also designed to meet the requirements for exposure to radio waves established by the Federal Communications Commission (USA) and Industry Canada.
A d d i t i o n a l s a f e t y i n f o r m a t i o n Technical information Dimensions: Width 45 mm (1.77 inches), Length 107 mm (4.21) inches, Depth 15.9 mm (0.62 inch) Weight: <...
Index waiting 23 call log 47 access codes 8 call register. See call log. accessories. See enhancements. camera active standby 18 record a video clip 62 alarm clock 67 take a photo 62 answer calls 22 care 83 antenna 16 certificates 78 applications certification information 87...
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20 navigation key 52 keypad lock 20 network selection keys 18 name on display 18 services 6 Nokia contact information 10 notes 69 language settings 57 light indicator 50 lights 58 location information 47 offline mode 21 log 47...
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overview functions 8 SAR 87 vehicles 85 SAR 87 screen saver 49 pacemakers 85 scrolling 23 packet data 54 security parts 17 codes 8 PC connectivity 80 module 78 PC Suite 80 settings 59 phone selection keys 18 care 83 service configuration 58 commands 39...
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software updates 57 tones 48 spam filter 34 traditional text input 25 speed dialling 21 standby time 88 unlock keypad 20 standby mode 18 UPIN 14 status indicators 18 stereo widening 67 stopwatch 70 streaming service 63 vehicles 85 subscribed names 45 voice support 10 commands 52...
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