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- Page 2 This manual is published by Ericsson Inc., without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this manual due to typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Ericsson Inc. at any time and without notice.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Document Conventions ....1 Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use ..3 Safety .........3 Product Care and Operation . - Page 4 Messages Menu ....... . 35 Call Manager Menu ......36 Settings Menu .
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Page 5: Document Conventions
Document Conventions • Menu names are shown in the following typeface: • Submenu names are shown in the following type- face: • Keys names are shown in the following typeface: • Text that is seen in the phone’s display is shown in the following typeface: The quick access shortcuts to your phone menu and settings are identified... - Page 6 Document Conventions...
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Page 7: Guidelines For Safe And Efficient Use
Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use The mobile phone is one of the most exciting and inno- vative products ever developed. Your phone can help you to stay in touch with your office, your home, emergency services and others. Safety Exposure to Radio Frequency Signals Your wireless handheld portable telephone is a low power radio transmitter and receiver. - Page 8 • Pull off the road and park before making or answer- ing a call if driving conditions so require. In addition, Ericsson suggests the following safe driving tips if you are using your phone while driving: • Get to know your wireless phone and its features such as speed dial and redial.
- Page 9 want to consult your service provider (or call the cus- tomer service line to discuss alternatives). Other Medical Devices If you use any other personal medical device, consult the manufacturer of your device to determine if it is ade- quately shielded from external RF energy. Your physician may be able to assist you in obtaining this information.
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Page 10: Product Care And Operation
Product Care and Operation Ericsson suggests you read and observe the following for safe care and operation of your phone: • Do not allow children to play with your phone. They could hurt themselves or others, or could acci- dentally damage the phone. Your phone may con- tain small parts that could be detached and create a choking hazard. -
Page 11: Battery Information
Battery Information New Batteries The battery packaged with your phone is not fully charged. For maximum battery capacity, use your charger to condition the battery. Recycling Your Battery Your phone manufacturer is a member of the Recharge- able Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC), a non- profit service organization designed to assist in the recy- cling of rechargeable batteries. - Page 12 Note! The time required to discharge a battery varies based on the type of battery and the number and duration of your calls. 3 Completely discharge the battery and fully charge it, three times in succession to, complete the battery conditioning procedure.
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Page 13: Getting Started
• Turn your phone On by referring to the “Basic Operations” chapter. Attaching Your Standard or Swivel Belt Clip Your Ericsson mobile phone is equipped with either a standard or swivel belt clip: Standard Belt Clip 1 Remove the belt clip from the plastic bag. -
Page 14: Connecting And Removing Your Battery
Connecting and Removing Your Battery 1 Place the battery over the back of the phone. The label on the battery should face down. 2 Insert the top portion of the battery into the phone. The tab on the bottom of the bat- tery should be pointing toward the bottom of the phone. -
Page 15: Selecting Your Charger
result, the phone may not activate charge-only mode when the charger is connected. 1 Attach the charger to the phone for several hours to slowly (trickle) charge the battery. 2 After trickle charging the battery for several hours the phone should activate the charge-only mode automatically. - Page 16 6 Continue charging the phone until the battery is fully charged. Note! If the phone is powered On, the battery icon is replaced by the icon once the battery is fully charged. Note! If the phone is in charge-only mode, appears in the display once the battery is fully charged.
- Page 17 Note! Do not twist while inserting or removing the small plug on the charger cord! 3 Plug the AC adapter on the power cord into a wall outlet. Charging a Battery Attached to Your Phone If your phone is On, you can make and receive calls while using the desktop charger.
- Page 18 2 Press the light on the right rear side of the desktop charger. The light remains a steady orange while the desktop charger discharges the battery. It can take anywhere from two to six hours to discharge the battery, depending on the battery type. Note! The light turns a steady red when the desktop charger begins charging the battery.
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Page 19: Learning About Your Mobile Phone
Learning About Your Mobile Phone Your mobile phone offers the latest in TDMA technol- ogy, operating in digital and analog modes. Highlights of Your Mobile Phone Design • Small, contoured, and light-weight • Full graphics display • Active flip (answers and ends calls) •... -
Page 20: The Parts Of Your Phone
The Parts of Your Phone The following is a list of the terms used in this user’s guide to describe your Ericsson mobile phone: 1 Antenna 2 Indicator Light 3 Earpiece 4 Upper Side Key 5 Lower Side Key 6 Display... -
Page 21: Phone Display Icons And Display Indicators
Phone Display Icons and Display Indicators Phone Display Icons The following icons are used to display the status of your phone: 1 Voice Mail Waiting Icon 2 New Text Mail Icon 3 Keypad Locked Icon 4 Ringer Silent Icon 5 Active Profile Icon 6 Battery Icon 7 Digital/Analog Channel Indicator 8 Signal Strength Icon... -
Page 22: Key Functions
Key Functions • Press to answer a call. • Press to make a call after entering a phone num- ber. • Press to store menu settings. • Press (from the Standby screen) for the outgoing call log. • Press and hold after entering a phone number to make a calling card call. - Page 23 • Press the upper side key to temporarily mute the ring tone when receiving a call. • Press to increase the earpiece volume during a Upper call. Side • Press to illuminate the back light (when the flip is open). •...
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Page 24: Display Messages
Display Messages The following are common display messages on your mobile phone: Your phone is receiving a call. Your phone is dialing the number shown in the dis- play. You have an active call. The battery is reaching its lowest operational power level. -
Page 25: Basic Operations
Basic Operations Summary of Basic Operations Turn your phone On Press and hold Turn your phone Off Press and hold Decrease ear volume during a call Lower side key Increase ear volume during a call Upper side key Answer a call or open the flip End a call or close the flip... -
Page 26: Turning Your Phone On And Off
Turning Your Phone On and Off After you have installed a fully charged battery in your phone, turn your phone On by pressing and holding until your phone sounds a beep. Note! If you have the vibrate option activated, the phone will also briefly vibrate. -
Page 27: Setting The Ring Volume
7 When the appropriate ring sound is highlighted, press display. 8 Press to return to the previous screen. 9 Press to return to the Standby screen. Setting the Ring Volume To select the ring volume for your mobile phone: 1 Turn your phone On. 2 Press from the Standby screen to access the main menu. -
Page 28: Answering A Call
Answering a Call When your phone receives a call, the ring tone sounds (unless you have disabled it through menu), the words flash in the display, the dis- play and keypad back light flash, and the indicator light on top of the phone rapidly flashes green. If you have Caller Number Identification (Caller ID) service from your service provider, the caller's phone number is shown in the display. - Page 29 Unanswered Calls Your phone's display shows the number of calls you have received but did not answer. You can clear the number from the display by pressing any key or by turning the phone Off. If Caller Number Identification is available from your carrier, unanswered calls will be stored in the of the menu.
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Page 30: Emergency Calls
number and then another number, such as an access number for an answering machine or voice mail system. Stop Dialing A stop causes the phone to stop transmitting numbers until you press . You can enter a stop in a series of digits by pressing and holding until display. -
Page 31: International Calls
3 If police, fire, or medical assistance is needed. 4 The exact location of the emergency, including cross streets, mileposts, or landmarks. 5 How many people are involved, their condition, and if help is being administered. International Calls If allowed by your service provider, you can place inter- national calls with your phone just as you would from any other phone. - Page 32 Basic Operations...
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Page 33: Using Menus
Using Menus Read this chapter thoroughly to understand how to use your phone’s menus, how to navigate through the menu system, and how to change the menu settings. Your phone's menus are an easy way for you to: • Store and recall phone numbers from your phone- book •... -
Page 34: Exiting The Menu
indicated by a filled radio button ( ). Some set- tings have two choices, such as On and Off for the setting in the menu. Other settings have a list of choices, such as setting in the 3 Press to scroll through the list of choices Ñ... -
Page 35: Menu Descriptions
Menu Descriptions The main menu has six icons that display the top-level menu options. The corresponding option title of the selected option is displayed below the menu tabs when highlighted. Each menu is represented by an icon. Option 1 is the menu. - Page 36 submenu by pressing and holding from the Standby screen. Phone Groups submenu allows you to organize the members of your phonebook into categories. Each cate- gory can then have a ring sound associated with it and can be used for call screening if your network supports Caller ID.
- Page 37 Note! You will be prompted to enter your security code to enter the menus. Setting Up Your Calling Cards To set up your calling cards, make sure you have the Calling Card Access Numbers (numbers provided by your long distance carrier) and the Verification Numbers (numbers you must enter to allow the calling card call to be completed) To set up your calling cards, complete the following...
- Page 38 Placing a Calling Card Call 1 Enter or recall the phone number you want to call. 2 Press and hold . The calling card number and the active calling card are shown in the display. 3 Release the key after the number has been displayed. 4 If you are using stops between numbers, you must press or any number key to send the next...
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Page 39: Messages Menu
4 Press to open the 5 Press until the appropriate phone number is Ñ Ô highlighted. 6 When the appropriate phone number is high- lighted, press to switch to that phone number. 7 Press to return to the previous screen or press to return to Standby screen. -
Page 40: Call Manager Menu
Call Manager Menu Ñ Ô menu allows you to view infor- mation and establish dialing and answering preferences for your phone (some selections available in this menu are dependent on your service provider). It also enables you to view and edit system options and call statistics. Last Call submenu indicates the approximate dura- tion of the last call, in minutes and seconds. - Page 41 For example, if you save 123 as the auto prefix and the function is On, you can call 123-7654 by simply dialing 7654. The prefix 123 is automatically added to the phone number after you press to dial the phone number.
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Page 42: Settings Menu
Note! You will be prompted to enter your security code to enter the submenu. Lock Receive submenu allows you to restrict incom- ing phone calls. The two options are Allow and Restrict. If Restrict is selected, the phone does not ring for incom- ing calls. - Page 43 Time/Date submenu allows you to retrieve the time and date from the system, if this feature is available from the service provider. Language submenu allows you to select the display language used in the phone display. The languages vary between markets. Your mobile phone supports Ameri- can English, Canadian French, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Hebrew.
- Page 44 Find Network Your phone should be configured by your service pro- vider for optimal network selection during roaming. If your service provider allows, you can override the pre- configured selection by doing the following: 1 Press from the Standby screen to highlight Ñ...
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Page 45: Sounds Menu
and unavailable systems. If you want to switch to another system, do the following: 1 Press from the Standby screen to highlight Ñ Ô menu. 2 Press to open the 3 Press until the Ñ Ô highlighted. 4 Press to open the 5 Press until Manual Search is highlighted. - Page 46 is selected. The two options for On or Off. and # toggles Ñ Ô on and off. Ring Sound submenu allows you to choose the type of sound or melody for the ringer. Each sound or melody is demonstrated as you scroll through the selec- tions.
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Page 47: Profiles Menu
Non pro- file-dependent settings (for example, language) apply to all profiles. Note! When you use your Ericsson vehicle or portable hands- free kit, the handsfree profile ( ). Each profile vated. When you connect your phone to a data or fax device, the Data/Fax profile ( vated. - Page 48 desired group ( ). Once you have selected all the groups to be screened, press to exit. Screen calls is a profile-dependent feature. You can spec- ify groups of callers that will be restricted from ringing through in each of the 9 profiles. Next Call Type Use the submenu to specify what type of...
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Page 49: Using The Phonebook
Using the Phonebook You can store phone numbers and associated names in your phone’s phonebook to use for , and . Each phone number you store can be up to 32 digits in length, and any names you store can be up to 24 characters in length. Note! When accessing the mum of 250 phone numbers that your phone can store... - Page 50 10 To store a number in a specific position, press access the position field. Enter the number of the phonebook position to which you want the entry stored. Press to store the number in that particu- lar position. Entering Letters and Symbols Press the appropriate key, 0-9, #, or * repeatedly until the desired letter, character, or digit appears in the dis- play.
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Page 51: Recalling A Phone Number Or Name
Phone numbers stored in positions 1 through 9 can be used with the Super Dial feature. All 1- and 2-digit phonebook positions can be used with the Speed Dial feature. Storing a Phone Number in Secure Memory A phone number stored in secure memory cannot be recalled unless you enter the correct security code. -
Page 52: Editing A Phone Number
Recalling a Phone Number From Secure Memory 1 Follow the previously described steps for opening from the 2 Press until the line is highlighted. Ô 3 Enter the position of the phone number stored in secure memory. 4 Press appears in the display. 5 Enter your security code. -
Page 53: Phone Groups
Phone Groups submenu allows you to organize your phonebook into groups by assigning individual phone numbers to 1 of 10 Phone Groups. For each Phone Group, you may define the group Members and the group Ring Sound. If you receive a call from a par- ticular group Member, the group Ring will sound. - Page 54 6 Press until the Ñ Ô to select is highlighted. 7 Press to select the want to assign group options. 8 Press until Members is highlighted. Ñ Ô 9 Press to select Members. 10 Press to scroll through your list of phone- Ñ...
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Page 55: Message Services
Message Services Text messages and voice mail are the two types of mes- sage services your Ericsson mobile phone can support. The message services are provided by your service pro- vider and subject to availability. Text Message Service Your phone can store a maximum of 2KB of message text in its memory. -
Page 56: Text Message Memory
Text Messages With Callback Numbers Callback phone numbers are one or more phone num- bers that are attached to or contained within a text mes- sage. These phone numbers are specified by the person sending the message. If you press while reading a message that contains a callback phone number, a message appears in the display prompting you to call the phone number. - Page 57 Status of Text Messages A text message can have the following status: • Unread ( ) - The text message has not been read. Existing unread text messages will not be overwrit- ten by a new message. • Read ( ) - The text message has been read, but has not been saved.
- Page 58 6 Press until the new message is highlighted. Ñ Ô 7 Press to open the message. Once the message is open, you can scroll through the message one line at a time by pressing . You can also scroll up or Ñ...
- Page 59 To call the phone number shown, press credit card call, press and hold Standby screen, press If you have not stored an access number, you will see when you receive a voice mail notice. After this screen has been displayed for five seconds, another screen appears that gives you the opportunity to store an access number.
- Page 60 1 Press from the Standby screen to access the Ñ Ô main menu. 2 Press until the Ô 3 Press to open the 4 Press until the Ñ Ô lighted. 5 To dial your voice mail access number, move the cursor to the submenu and press You can make a credit card call by pressing and...
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Page 61: Data, Fax, And Internet Calls
When a data call is made, the connection will remain in place until it is closed by one of the computers involved. To make or receive data calls with your Ericsson mobile phone, you must have a properly configured communi- cations program running on your computer. -
Page 62: Before You Start
• Make sure that you have the required hardware and software components. Note! You must have an Ericsson DA 18 Phone Book Manager Accessory Kit, which includes a serial interface cable, to connect your Ericsson mobile phone to your computer. -
Page 63: Operation
Connect one end of the cable to your Ericsson mobile phone and the other end to the serial port on your computer. Note! If you are trying to connect to a 25-pin serial interface port on your computer, you will need an adapter. You can purchase a 25-pin serial interface port adapter at most computer supply stores. - Page 64 Use With Other Ericsson Accessories Rapid or Travel Charger To charge your phone’s battery with an Ericsson rapid or travel charger during data operation, do the following: 1 Plug one end of the cable from your DA 18 Phone Book Manager Accessory Kit into your phone.
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Page 65: Achieving Best Performance
Accessory Kit cable. 4 Plug the charger cable into the wall outlet. Desktop Charger To charge your phone’s battery with an Ericsson desktop charger during data operation, do the following: 1 Plug one end of the cable from your DA 18 Phone Book Manager Accessory Kit into the back of your desktop charger. -
Page 66: Installing Your Modem Driver From Your Compact
(INF file) on your computer if you are running Windows 95: 1 Turn On your Ericsson mobile phone. 2 Connect one end of your serial cable to your Erics- son mobile phone and the other end to your com- puter’s serial port. -
Page 67: Manual Installation Of Your Modem Driver Or Voice Call Dialer
Complete the following steps to install the INF file on your computer if you are running Windows 98: 1 Turn On your Ericsson mobile phone. 2 Connect one end of your serial cable to your Erics- son mobile phone and the other end to your com- puter’s serial port. -
Page 68: Troubleshooting
10 At the Install New Modem screen, select Ericsson Voice Call Dialer, then click Next. 11 Select the COM port to which your Ericsson mobile phone is connected and click Next. 12 When Your modem has been set up successfully appears, click Finish. - Page 69 From the Start menu on your Windows desktop, click on Settings, then Control Panel. b Double-click the Modems icon. c Select the General tab. d Select Ericsson Voice Call Dialer from the pull- down list. e Click Properties. f Select the Connection tab.
- Page 70 Data, Fax, and Internet Calls...
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Page 71: Problems You Can Solve
Problems You Can Solve Displayed Messages and Explanations The signal is too weak to make a call. Try again when the signal strength is one bar or stronger. Your phone is searching for a mobile service pro- vider. You called a number for which you have set call restrictions. - Page 72 1-800-ERICSSON (374-2776). If you need to speak with someone in Customer Care, call the Customer Care Center from the following locations: • In North America, call 1-800-ERICSSON • In Latin America, call (305) 755-6789 • Elsewhere, call 1-919-472-7908 Problems You Can Solve...
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Page 73: Index
Diagram , 16 Indicators , 17 Display Language , 22, 39 Document Conventions Down Arrow Key , 16, 18 Earpiece , 16 Earpiece Volume , 19, 24 Emergency Calls , 26 Erasing Messages , 35 Ericsson Phone Diagram , 16... - Page 74 Display Icons , 17 Display Messages , 20 Highlights , 15 Illustration , 16 Key Functions , 18 Learning About , 15 Error Messages , 67 Fax Calls , 57 Features , 15 Flip , 19 Getting Started Greeting , 39 Group Rings , 49 Icons...
- Page 75 Entering Letters/Symbols , 46 Erasing Entries , 48 Recalling Names/Numbers , 47 Secure Memory , 47 Specifying Positions , 46 Storing Names/Numbers , 45 Power , 38 Power On Lock , 38 Power On/Off , 16, 18, 22 Problems You Can Solve , 67 Profiles Menu , 43...
- Page 76 YES Key , 16, 18 Index...
- Page 77 T18d/T18ds Turn Phone On/Off Press and hold Answer a Call *Open flip or press End a Call *Close flip or press *Flip must be enabled: Ñ Ô Call the number Press shown in the display Activate Speed Dial Ñ Ô...
- Page 78 Contrast Ñ Ô Back Light Ñ Ô Language Ñ Ô Phone Silent Ñ Ô Ring Sound Ñ Ô Ring Volume Ñ Ô Vibrate Ñ Ô Ear Volume Ñ Ô Key Sound Ñ Ô Lock Dial Ñ Ô Lock Receive Ñ Ô...
- Page 79 The T18d/T18ds Menu You can quickly access several com- monly used menus by pressing Ñ . The menus are organized in a cir- Ô cle. Quickly access menus and set- tings using the numbers that appear next to each menu and setting. For...