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  • Page 1 BenQ A500 Mobile Phone User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2004. BenQ Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of BenQ Corporation.

  • Page 3: Safety Information

    Safety Information For your safety, please read the guidelines below carefully before you use your phone: Exposure to Radio Frequency Signals Max. SAR measurement EU: GSM900: 0.783 mW/g; DCS1800: 0.276 mW/g. USA: PCS1900: 0.374 mW/g. To avoid exceeding the FCC RF exposure limits, please do not wear the phone in front of your chest.

  • Page 4: Antenna Care

    • Department of Health and Welfare Canada. Safety Code 6 These standards are based on extensive scientific review. For example, over 120 scientists, engineers and physicians from universities, government health agencies and industry reviewed the available body of research to develop the updated ANSI Standard. The design of your phone complies with these standards when used normally.

  • Page 5: Electronic Devices

    All batteries can cause property damage, injury or burns if a conductive material such as jewelry, keys or beaded chains touches exposed terminals. The material may complete electrical circuit and become quite hot. To protect against such unwanted current drain, exercise care in handling any charged battery, particularly when placing it inside your pocket, purse or other container with metal objects.

  • Page 6: Hearing Aids

    • Should use the ear opposite the pacemaker to minimize the potential for interference. If you have any reason to suspect that the interference is taking place, turn your phone OFF immediately. Hearing Aids Some digital wireless phones may interfere with some hearing aids. In the event of such interference you may want to consult your hearing aid manufacturer to discuss alternatives.

  • Page 7: Blasting Areas

    Blasting Areas To avoid interfering with blasting operations, turn your phone OFF when in a “blasting area” or in area posted “TURN OFF TWO-WAY RADIO.” Obey all signs and instructions. Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Turn your phone OFF and do not remove the battery when in any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere and obey all signs and instructions.

  • Page 8: European Union Directives Conformance Statement

    This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiated radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Safety Information ............i 1. Preparing Your Phone For Use........1 Inserting a SIM Card ............1 Installing a Battery and Charging the Phone ...... 2 Turning the Phone On ............5 2. Getting to Know Your Phone ........7 Your Phone at a Glance............
  • Page 10 Making an International Call..........33 Making an Emergency Call ..........34 Dialing an Extension Number ........... 34 Speed Dialing ..............34 Listening to Voicemails ............35 Phone Book................. 37 Adding Contacts to the Phone Book........37 Finding Contacts in the Phone Book ........39 Adding a Caller ID to a Saved Contact .........40 Setting a Ring Tone for a Saved Contact.......41 Last Missed, Dialed, and Received Calls......
  • Page 11 Symbol Input Mode ...............87 Direct Connection to URLs ..........88 4. Menus ................. 90 Phone Book................. 90 View ..................90 Find ..................90 Add..................90 Copy ..................91 Delete ..................92 Caller Group ................92 Privacy Manager ..............93 Speed Dial ................94 Phone Information..............95 Call Records ................ 97 Missed Calls ................97 Received Calls .................97 Dialed Calls................97...
  • Page 12 Media Center ..............113 Images ...................113 Video ..................115 Music..................116 Memory Status ..............116 Tools.................. 117 Alarm ..................117 World Clock .................119 Auto Time Zone ..............120 Calendar................121 Shortcuts ................125 Calculator................125 Currency Converter .............126 Stopwatch ................126 Countdown Timer ...............127 Hour Minder ................127 IrDA ..................127 Oper.Service..............
  • Page 13 Network ................150 Security .................151 Power Saving Mode..............155 Language ................155 Input Mode................155 Flight Mode ................155 Restore ..................155 5. Care and Maintenance ..........156 6. Troubleshooting............157 Table of Contents...
  • Page 14 Table of Contents...

  • Page 15: Preparing Your Phone For Use

    Preparing Your Phone For Use Inserting a SIM Card 1. Turn the phone over, and release the battery latch. Lift the battery off the phone. Battery latch Do not remove the battery when the phone is on. Doing so could cause you to lose personal settings or data stored either on your SIM card or in the phone's memory.

  • Page 16: Installing A Battery And Charging The Phone

    If you wish to remove the SIM card, you must first press down the stay, then push the SIM card out of the slot. SIM card Stay Installing a Battery and Charging the Phone 1. With the battery's metal contacts facing down, align the protruding tabs on the end with the holes in the battery bay of the phone.
  • Page 17 2. Insert the charger connector into the charger socket on the bottom of the phone. Make sure that the connector is inserted in the correct orientation. Charger socket Charger connector 3. Insert the charger into a power outlet. 4. Once the phone is fully charged, remove the charger from both the power outlet and the phone.
  • Page 18 • Charging requires approximately 4 hours. • When charging the phone while it is turned off, the external and main displays will be activated, showing the animation. If the charging is performed while the phone is on, the display will show the icon.

  • Page 19: Turning The Phone On

    Turning the Phone On 1. Open the phone's flip. 2. Press and hold to turn the phone on. The phone will display the welcome animation. You can select and set a welcome animation. Go to the menu: Settings > Display > Welcome Animation > Power On. For details, please refer to page 145.
  • Page 20 5. The standby screen will be displayed, as well as network signal strength and the name of the network operator. You can now use the phone. If the phone cannot detect the network, the on-screen signal strength meter will show no bars. If the phone links to a network that you are not authorized to use, the signal strength meter will show a level of zero.

  • Page 21: Getting To Know Your Phone

    Getting to Know Your Phone Your Phone at a Glance The figure below shows the main parts of your phone: Front view 1 Antenna External display Camera lens Getting to Know Your Phone...
  • Page 22 Front view 2 Earpiece Main display OK key Left soft key Right soft key Clear key Input mode/WAP key Power on/off key Dial/Answer key Scroll key Alphanumeric keys Microphone Getting to Know Your Phone...
  • Page 23 Side view Hands-free headset/Data cable jack Volume key Side key Inserting handsfree headset/ data cable 1. Lift off the lid which covers the jack on the left side of the phone. 2. Insert the handsfree hadeset/ data cable connecotr into the jack.
  • Page 24 Bottom and back views IrDA port Charger socket Speaker Wrist strap hole For your safety, please do not wear the phone in front of your chest. Getting to Know Your Phone...

  • Page 25: Active Flip Feature

    Active Flip Feature • Opening the flip turns on the main display and turns off the external display; closing the flip wakes up the external display and turns off the main display. • Opening the flip allows you to answer an incoming call. Closing the flip ends a call, cancels dialing, or rejects an incoming call.

  • Page 26: Main Screen

    Main Screen Status bar Name of network operator User name Wallpaper Time and date Press to use the Press to enter Press to enter camera function. the Phone Book. the main menu. • You can set the animation or image you wish to use as the main display's wallpaper by going to the menu Settings >...

  • Page 27: Icons In The Standby Screen's Status Bar

    Icons in the Standby Screen's Status Bar Icon Function Description Signal strength of the network. The more Signal strength bars indicated, the stronger the signal. Shows the current level of battery power. The more bars indicated, the more power that remains. Four bars: fully charged. No Battery status bars: immediate charging needed.
  • Page 28 Icon Function Description In the standby screen, press and hold Silent activate the silent profile. See page 48, "Using the Silent Profile". Shows that the Normal profile is in use. To Normal set the profile, go to the menu Settings > Profile.

  • Page 29: Using The Keys In The Standby Mode

    Using the Keys in the Standby Mode In this user manual, "long-press" means to press and hold down a key for about two seconds before release. "Press" means to press a key and release immediately. The chart below is meant only to introduce the commands accessible with keys when the phone is in standby mode.
  • Page 30 Commands and functions OK key • Press to open up the main menu. Left soft key • Press to access the Phone Book (when Names is shown). • Press to save the phone number keyed in from the standby screen to the Phone Book (when Save is shown).
  • Page 31 Commands and functions Scroll key • Press to enter the Quick Access menu. For information about the Quick Access menu, see page • Press to retrieve photos stored in the Album menu. • Press to enter the Messages menu. For a description of the Messages menu, see page 61.
  • Page 32 Commands and functions Alphanumeric keys • Press to enter digits in a phone number. • Shortcut key: Long-press a key to immediately dial the number that it represents. See page 34, "Speed Dialing". Wap/input mode key • From the standby screen, pressing this key will launch the browser to connect to the Internet.
  • Page 33 Commands and functions Side key • When there is an incoming call and phone's flip is closed, press this key to reject the call and quick message templates will appear on the external display to allow you to send a SMS to the caller. •...
  • Page 34 Alphanumeric keys Digit Digit/Symbol/Function * + (long-press) # P(long-press after entering a phone number) Long-pressing an alphanumeric key will access the function it represents, or dial the number that has been assigned to it (shortcut function). Getting to Know Your Phone...

  • Page 35: Menu Navigation

    Menu Navigation When the phone is in standby mode, press to bring up the main menu and highlight the first item in that menu: Phone Book. For details on how to use the various functions listed in the menu, see page 90.
  • Page 36 List mode The highlighted Press to scroll row is the currently up or down to an selected menu. item. You can also go to the menu: Settings > Display > Menu Style, to determine whether the main menu is displayed in the icon mode or list mode.

  • Page 37: Sub-Menus

    Sub-menus The name of the current menu. Press to scroll up The highlighted row is or down to an option. the currently selected option. Press (Back) to return to the previous menu or Press (Select) or screen. access the highlighted option. The name of the current menu.

  • Page 38: Menu Navigation Example

    Menu navigation example The example given below demonstrates how to use menus to change the language setting. Regular access 1. In the standby mode, press to open the main menu. 2. If the main menu is displayed in the icon mode, press to scroll to the Settings icon and press to enter this...
  • Page 39 3. In the Settings menu, press to scroll to Language, then press to enter the Language menu. 4. Press to scroll to the language you wish to use. Then press to confirm your selection. 5. Press (Back) or repeatedly, or press once to return to the standby screen.
  • Page 40 Access through number shortcuts 1. In the standby mode, press to bring up the main menu. 2. The location of items in the main menu corresponds to the position of the keys in the alphanumeric keypad. Thus, pressing will bring up the Settings menu.
  • Page 41 3. In the Settings menu, the alphanumeric keys represent menu options 1 to 9. Since Language is item number 9 in the Settings menu, pressing will bring up the Language sub-menu. 4. Press to scroll to the language you wish to use. Then press to confirm your selection.

  • Page 42: Main Menu Map

    Main menu map Select To enter Phone Book Call Records Messages Entertainment Getting to Know Your Phone...
  • Page 43 Select To enter Digital Camera Media Center Tools Opers.Service Getting to Know Your Phone...
  • Page 44 Select To enter Settings Getting to Know Your Phone...

  • Page 45: Using Your Phone

    Using Your Phone Making a Phone Call Open the flip and make sure that the standby screen is shown on the main display. Enter the desired number using the alphanumeric keys . Press to dial your call. During a call, you can use the options. See page 48, "Using the Silent Profile".

  • Page 46: Answering A Phone Call

    Answering a Phone Call When a call is received, your phone rings or vibrates, with the display showing the caller's number (if supported by your network vendor). If the caller is a contact stored in the Phone Book, the phone will show the name recorded in the Phone Book.

  • Page 47: Rejecting An Incoming Call

    Rejecting an Incoming Call • When the flip is closed, you can reject an incoming call by long pressing the side key or upper portion of the side key on the left side of the phone. When you press the side key to reject a call, a list of message templates will appear on the external display to allow you to send a quick message to the caller.

  • Page 48: Making An Emergency Call

    Making an Emergency Call To call emergency services, enter 112 (the international emergency number) and then press to dial the call. You can make an emergency call even if your phone is locked or cannot access your network, or there is no SIM card inserted, so long as you are within range of a network of the type supported by your phone.

  • Page 49: Listening To Voicemails

    Listening to Voicemails When your voicemail box receives a voicemail, your operator gives you a call or sends you an SMS alert to remind you of the new voicemail. Depending on how you are notified, there are two ways to access and listen to the voicemail: 1.
  • Page 50 2. If the text of the operator's SMS alert does not match the text of the SMS alert stored in the Alert Match option, long-press from the standby screen to directly dial the voicemail phone number and listen to your voicemails. Alternatively, you can go to the menu: Message >...

  • Page 51: Phone Book

    Phone Book Adding Contacts to the Phone Book The phone book in your phone's memory can store up to 500 contacts. The capacity of a phone book on your SIM card depends on the particular service provided by your network vendor. 1.
  • Page 52 The contact's home phone number. The contact's e-mail address. Used to select a caller group for the contact. Press to select a group and then press When there is an incoming call from this contact, the ring tone assigned to this group will sound and the display will show the animation/image associated with the group.

  • Page 53: Finding Contacts In The Phone Book

    Finding Contacts in the Phone Book In the standby mode, press (Names) to display contacts stored in the Phone Book. There are two ways to locate a specific contact in the Phone Book: • Press to scroll through the names (listed in alphabetical order) until the one you want is highlighted.

  • Page 54: Adding A Caller Id To A Saved Contact

    • Press to view the contact's data. You can then perform the tasks below: Scroll to highlight the phone number you want and press dial that number. While viewing a contact's data, you can press to view the next/previous contact's data. will appear on the left of the contact's name if the contact is stored in your SIM card's memory;...

  • Page 55: Setting A Ring Tone For A Saved Contact

    • In the standby mode, press (Names) to show contacts saved in (Option) and select Edit to edit the selected the phone. Press contact. Press to scroll to Image, and then press (Edit) and (Set). • In the Media Center, you can choose to enter Image or Video. Select your desired image or video, press to confirm selection.
  • Page 56 • Press twice until "Saved" appears on the screen to show that setting has been saved in the contact. • The ring tone is played when you receive a call from the given contact. Using Your Phone...

  • Page 57: Last Missed, Dialed, And Received Calls

    Last Missed, Dialed, and Received Calls There are two ways you can view the last missed, dialed, and received calls on your phone, as well as information on their date and time: 1. If there have been any missed calls, the display will show a missed call message along with the number of calls that were missed.
  • Page 58 • If the phone number for the call has not been stored in the Phone Book, press (Option) and select View to create a contact for this number in the Phone Book. If this phone number is already stored under a contact in the Phone Book, press (Edit) to edit the information for this contact.

  • Page 59: Operations During A Call

    Operations During a Call The following options marked with an asterisk (*) are dependent on network support and may require a subscription. Adjusting the Earpiece Volume During a call, you can press the volume key on the left side of the phone to adjust call volume.

  • Page 60: Putting A Call On Hold

    Mute/Unmute Mutes the microphone so the person you are speaking with cannot hear your voice. DTMF On/Off When the phone is connected with other devices or services, you can send DTMF (Dual Tone Modulation Frequency) strings. DTMF strings are keypad tones that can be sent via the microphone as you dial another number.

  • Page 61: Making A Second Call

    b. Press to show on the display a list of calls that you can end. Making a Second Call* Enter a phone number, or select one from the phone number or call record, and then press to dial it. The currently active call will automatically be placed on hold.

  • Page 62: Using The Silent Profile

    Using the Silent Profile From the standby screen, you can long-press to activate the Silent profile. Once it is activated, the phone will alert you to an incoming call by vibrating with no ring tone. 1. When you long-press to activate the Silent profile, the phone will vibrate for one second.

  • Page 63: Taking A Photo

    Taking a photo Your phone's embedded camera enables you to take photos to use as wallpapers for the phone's external and main displays, photo caller ID images, or send them through MMS. 1. From the standby screen, press (Camera) or long press side key will activate the camera view finder.
  • Page 64 • Quality: Set the quality (compression ratio). High: Default settings. Lower compression rate. Normal: Higher compression rate. • Environment: Enables you to load preset settings for different environmental conditions. • Exposure: This setting allows you to lighten or darken the entire image.
  • Page 65 • Brightness: Press to decrease the brightness level; press to increase brightness level. Image Size Brightness Level Zoom 5. When you are ready to take a photo, press the shutter button the side key to photograph the object. The photo will then show up on the main display.
  • Page 66 Please note the following while shooting photos • When taking photos, do not block or touch the camera lens on the back of the phone's flip. • Always photograph your object with the source of light behind you. • Do not shake the phone when taking photos. •...
  • Page 67 6. Press (Delete) if you do not wish to save the photo. Otherwise the photo will be automatically saved in your image library. Press (Option) you can manage this photo using the options below: • Edit: allow you to enter the Edit Mode and select (Option) for the four options: Option...
  • Page 68 effects for a person's face shown in the photo, according to the four red spots you have manually positioned over the photo. After you have entered the Face Morph option, the selected photo will appear in full screen, along with the first red spot displayed on it.
  • Page 69 will bring up the original photo with that person's face remaining unchanged. At this point, you can press a corresponding number key to generate the desired facial expression effects for the person's face. The chart below shows each number key and their matching expression effects: Expression Expression...
  • Page 70 number keys to create more photos showing various facial expressions. • The Face Morph function may not create desired outcomes when used to change your pets or dolls' facial expressions. • When you apply face morph to an image larger than 128 x 160, the image will then be saved in a smaller size.

  • Page 71: Shooting A Video Clip

    • Go To Image: See page 113 for information on the options you can manage the images. • Rename: Give this photo a new file name. A photo's name can't be left empty, nor can it share the same name with another photo already stored in your phone. •...
  • Page 72 • Go To Video: This is the video library where your video clips are placed. You can choose the menu: Media Center > Video to access this video library as well. See page 115 for information on the options you can manage the videos. 4.
  • Page 73 • Play: To play the video. • Rename: Give this video a new file name. • Go To Video: This is the video library where your video clips are placed. See page 115 for information on the options you can manage the videos.

  • Page 74: Quick Access Menu

    Quick Access Menu The Quick Access menu contains twelve commonly used functions and menus represented by their respective images. To set up the access menu, choose the menu Tools > Shortcuts. See page 125. 1. From the standby screen, press to enter the Quick Access menu.

  • Page 75: Message Menu

    Message Menu Your phone supports various messaging services including SMS (Short Messaging Service) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging service). SMS allows you to insert simple animations and ring tones into your short messages, while MMS enables you to send photos, colored images and music through your phone.

  • Page 76: Sms

    You can use this SMS menu to read, edit and send SMS. Editing and Sending a New Short Message 1. Go to menu: SMS > New to bring up the message editing screen so you can write a new short message. Use the alphanumeric keys to enter text.
  • Page 77 • Animation: You can select an animation from the animation library to insert into your message. Press to select the name of the animation you wish to insert, and then press (Select) to insert the animation into your message. You can also scroll towards the end of the animation library and choose from the last five animations that you previously received and stored.
  • Page 78 1. Scroll to the name of the contact, and then press select it. Repeat the step to select multiple contacts. 2. When finished selecting, press (Done) to save those contacts to your send list. To add a new contact to the list or to delete a selected contact, press (Option) to Add or Delete contacts.
  • Page 79 Receiving and Reading a Short Message 1. When new messages are received, the icon will appear on the external display, along with a text indicator of the number of messages received. After you open the flip, the main display will show the number of messages that have been received.
  • Page 80 • Press to read the message's content. If the message has a ring tone attached to it, the phone will play the ring tone. Then press (Option) to : Reply: Allows you to write and send a reply message. Delete: Deletes the selected message. Call Sender: You can use the phone number used to send the message to call the sender.

  • Page 81: Managing Drafts

    Managing Sent Items > Go to menu: SMS Sent Items. Sent Items preserve messages that you previously sent. Scroll to the desired message, and then you can: • Press (Option) to delete messages, create a new folder, or to move the message to a another folder. •...

  • Page 82: Managing Archive

    Managing Archive Go to menu: SMS > Archive. This option preserves messages saved from the Inbox. Scroll to the desired message record, and then you can: • Press (Option) to delete, create a new folder, or to move the message to a new folder. •...
  • Page 83 Settings This menu item includes a number of options for adjusting message settings: Message Center This feature allows you to save the message center's phone number for sending your messages. The messages that you send are sent to recipients through this message center. Enter the message number provided by the network vendor.

  • Page 84: Mms

    You can edit and send MMS messages using this menu. Before you start to use MMS, you must subscribe to both GPRS and MMS services provided by your operator. Some operators may complete needed MMS settings for you after you subscribe to MMS. If this is not the case, you need to manually configure MMS settings in your phone to be able to use MMS.
  • Page 85 Editing and Sending MMS Messages > > Go to menu: Messages New , and follow the steps below to edit and send a new MMS message. 1. Scroll to Create to bring up the MMS editor. Press (Option) to execute the following tasks: •...
  • Page 86 • To : You can send your message to a recipient's phone or e-mail address. Enter the recipient's phone number or email address directly and press . Alternatively, you can press ( Option ) and select Names to select the phone numbers you want to send the message to.
  • Page 87 • Press to start downloading. After downloading you can go to Inbox to read the message. • If you press to reject immediate download, the notification will be stored in Notify box. Later when you need to download the MMS message, you can go to Notify box and select the notification then that matches the MMS message.
  • Page 88 MMS Settings Before you start to use MMS, go to menu: MMS > Settings to adjust the following settings: MMS Server Configure the web address of operator’s MMS server. Please following the steps below: 1. Choose one from the three default server settings as your server and press 2.

  • Page 89: Sms Chat

    Message Life Time Set the length of time your outgoing MMS messages stays on the server before it reaches the recipient successfully. Security Check When you turn on this option, you can reject MMS messages from certain senders. You should set up the Reject List first under the menu: MMS >...
  • Page 90 highlight the number you want to use and press to enter the number. c.Write your message. When you finish, press to send the message to invite the recipient to a chat. The display shows your nickname followed your message “nickname>message”. d.When the chat message is sent, you can press to enter the next chat message.
  • Page 91 2. Press to join the chat. Enter your nickname and message, and press to send your message. The display will show your name and message followed by your partner’s previous message. Leaving a chat session If you want to leave a chat session, press .

  • Page 92: Voicemail

    Voicemail Your network vendor will provide you with your voicemail inbox number and a number for accessing any other voicemail services. For detailed information about voicemail services, contact your network operator to see if you need to save a specific phone number to your phone in order to access your voicemail inbox.
  • Page 93 Voicemail settings > You can use the following options in Voicemail Settings to determine how your voicemail box works: Box Numbers Here you can store your voicemail box number as well as the numbers controlling the voicemail feature: • Home Mbox : This is your voicemail box number that you dial to listen to a voicemail.
  • Page 94 Alert by SMS Here you can request your operator to inform you of a new voicemail with a SMS alert. Select this option and your phone will automatically dial the number previously stored in Box numbers > Message no. . Alert Match Here you can manually store the SMS alert to match the one sent by your operator when a new voicemail is received.

  • Page 95: Cell Broadcast

    Cell Broadcast Cell broadcast messages are general messages that your network operator broadcasts to all phones within a particular area. These messages are broadcast in numbered channels. For example, channel 030 might be for local weather, 060 for traffic reports, 080 for information about local hospitals, taxis, pharmacies, and so forth.
  • Page 96 Create Topic Here you can list all of the cell broadcast topics available from your operator. If you have not previously saved any topics, you can press (Option) and then select Add option so that you can enter the desired range of topic numbers (that is, the channel numbers).
  • Page 97 Language You can limit the cell broadcast information that you receive from your network operator to a specific language. Press highlight the language and press to select. To deselect simply press again on the highlighted language. When you are done with the selection of languages press (Done) to save the setting.

  • Page 98: Input Modes

    Input Modes Changing the Text Input Mode When the display shows the editing screen, you The text input mode currently in use will be able to see the name of the current text input mode in the upper right corner of the screen.

  • Page 99: Predictive Input Mode (Itap)

    Predictive Input Mode (iTap) iTap analyzes letters as they being inputted, making intelligent predictions about the words you are attempting to enter, and speeding up text entry. Press to switch to uppercase or lowercase letters. How to use iTap 1. Press once the alphanumeric key corresponding to the first letter of the word you wish to enter without considering where that letter falls in the sequence of characters available through that key.

  • Page 100: Letter Input Mode (Abc)

    Letter Input Mode (ABC) Press the key containing the desired letter repeatedly to scroll through the available characters in order until it is reached. Press switch to uppercase or lowercase letters. How to use the letter input mode • You must press the key corresponding to the desired letter the correct number of times in order to enter the letter you want.

  • Page 101: Symbol Input Mode

    Symbol Input Mode When editing messages, press to open the symbols table. Use to highlight the desired symbol and press to scroll page by page. Press to place the symbol in the text. Press letter keys you can still input letters while the symbol table is open. Press to close the symbol table.

  • Page 102: Direct Connection To Urls

    Direct Connection to URLs Your phone provides handy preset URL text hotkeys, enabling you to enter a complete URL more quickly and conveniently, and making Internet access more efficient and enjoyable. From the standby screen, you can rapidly key in numerical URLs. If, for example, you wish to enter "http://123.com"...
  • Page 103 • After you press to enter "http://" press to enter "/" and "-". For example, if after you enter "123" and then press once-causing "http://123.com" to appear on the screen-you press again, the URL will change to "http://123.com/". Pressing again will switch between "/"...

  • Page 104: Menus

    Menus The phone's menus provide various features. The main menu consists of 9 icons. Each icon represents a particular menu item, which is used to access related sub-menus. For information about navigating menus, see page 21, "Menu Navigation". Phone Book View You can either open up the Phone Book by pressing (Names) from...

  • Page 105: Copy

    Copy Your phone has two memories where you save data of phone book contacts: your SIM card memory and your phone memory. This feature allows you to copy and move your phone book contacts between the two memories so that you can take them with you if you change phone. SIM to Phone Copies or moves phone book contacts saved on your SIM card to your phone memory.

  • Page 106: Delete

    Delete Deletes contacts from the Phone Book. SIM Record Deletes contacts from the Phone Book stored in your SIM card's memory. 1. Scroll to highlight the contact to delete and press to select it; scrolling to All and then pressing will select all of the contacts.

  • Page 107: Privacy Manager

    1. Press (Option): Used to select the ring tone or image that will help you identify the caller group to which a particular caller belongs, or to rename the caller group. 2. Press : Allows you to view a list of all contacts that belong to the caller group.

  • Page 108: Speed Dial

    Accept no number will set the phone to accept calls with no number displayed on the screen; selecting Accept strange number will set the phone to accept calls made by people not listed in the phone book. 3. When you are finished setting up the list, press .

  • Page 109: Phone Information

    3. From the list of phone numbers for this contact, select the one that you wish to access through the shortcut key. 4. The selected entry will display the name of the contact to whom the phone number accessible by the shortcut key belongs. 5.

  • Page 110: Own Number

    Phone New contacts will be stored in your phone memory if you select this option. The benefit of saving numbers to your SIM card memory is that you can easily remove your card with all your stored information and insert it into another phone at a later date. However if you need to change your SIM card or need more memory for phone book entries you can use your phone memory.

  • Page 111: Call Records

    Call Records Your network operator must support this feature in order for you to be able to use it. This menu includes a list of your missed calls, dialed calls, and received calls. Call costs and time are also recorded. Missed Calls Shows your most recent missed calls.

  • Page 112: Call Display

    Call Display Your phone can display duration and cost information during a call or when a call ends, or in both circumstances. Network support dependent. Show Call Timer • Call Active : Selecting this option will set the phone to display duration during a call.
  • Page 113 The first line under this option shows the last call cost and the second line shows the last call duration. Scrolling to the first line and pressing (Reset) will reset the cost of the last call to 0. Scrolling to the second line and pressing (Reset) will reset the duration of the last call to 0.

  • Page 114: Message

    Cost units Allows you to first enter the unit price and then a currency for calculating call costs. Requires entry of the PIN2 code. Max cost Allows you to set a limit for total call costs. If call costs exceed this limit, the phone will no longer be able to dial pay calls.

  • Page 115: Entertainment

    Entertainment Your phone provides a number of exciting games that you can use to entertain yourself when you have a spare moment. Games Cherry Boy This game contains five levels and in each level the player has three lives. To pass one level you must collect all the cherries before time is up, or you must obtain the key to the next level.
  • Page 116 Game screen Cherry boy you are controlling Cherry or the Monkey or the treasure in this enemy in this game game Remaining Number of time remaining Number of treasures remaining lives Your score Game controls Press to move the player left or right. Press to move the player up or down on a ladder.

  • Page 117: Eda Mouse

    Eda Mouse This game contains eight levels and to pass each level player has to eliminate the fruit to a certain amount. To eliminate the fruit, player has to arrange at least three identical fruits in a row. You lose the game when the fruit reach the eda mouse's head.
  • Page 118 Puzzle Game This is a jigsaw puzzle, in which a selected image will break into rectangular pieces--you must restore the image by putting the pieces together correctly. Game menu You can start the game either using the phone's pre-stored images--Predefined 1 and Predefined 2--or using the images you have previously saved--User Defined.

  • Page 119: Java

    3. Pressing to display the complete image; pressing will show the image in pieces again. JAVA Your phone provides Java support, allowing you to download and install Java applications that you like, such as various Java games, from sites provided by your network operator. You can then run these Java applications directly on your phone.
  • Page 120 2. Before you start to download JAVA applications, the browser will show the details about the available applications. Follow the instructions shown on the WAP browser to download the JAVA applications. Use only BenQ-certified Java applications in order to ensure that they will run properly on your phone. Menus...

  • Page 121: Melody Composer

    Managing and running JAVA applications To manage and run Java applications installed on the phone, choose JAVA Applications Lists . All Java applications will be listed in this > menu. Press (Option) to add a new folder, move an application to a different group, delete an application, or to view the details on a particular Java application.
  • Page 122 The number “1” you see on the right of a pitch symbol indicates one beat. Nothing is shown on the display for the Middle octave as the Middle octave does not have a representative symbol. Entering a rest Press to enter an one beat rest: 01 . Adjusting a note's length The default note length is an one beat note.
  • Page 123 Represented note Shown as Lower octave 1 beat So Adding a sharp to a note Press to add a sharp '#', which raises the note a semitone. To remove a sharp from a note, press A sharp cannot be added to an E or B note.Following is an example: Description Shown as...
  • Page 124 • To modify a note after you have entered several notes, scroll to highlight the note that you wish to change. You can then proceed with adjusting the length, octave, sharp/unsharp, and so on. • Press to delete a highlighted note. 4.

  • Page 125: Voice Ring Tone

    • Delete: Selecting this option will delete the selected ring tone from the phone's memory. • Delete All: Selecting this option will delete all ring tones produced. Voice Ring Tone This is where you produce actual audio recordings to use as ring tones for incoming calls.

  • Page 126: Digital Camera

    • Delete: Selecting this option will delete the selected recording from the phone's memory. • Rename: You can change the selected recording's name here. Digital Camera The digital camera function you access through the main menu is the same as pressing (Camera) from the standby screen.

  • Page 127: Media Center

    Media Center Images The image formats supported by the phone are JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, WBMP(progressive marithmetic-encoded saves supported). This image library contains images, animations and photos stored in the phone memory. After entering this menu, the most recently saved images will be displayed as thumbnails--small miniature versions of photos, and the bottom of the screen will display the file name of the currently highlighted image thumbnail.
  • Page 128 • Face Morph: For the description on the face morph features, see page 53. • Facemation: For the description on the Facemation features, see page 56. • Send by MMS: Enables you to send the image by MMS. You can also do so by selecting the menu: Messages Create >...

  • Page 129: Video

    Video The video format supported by the phone is AVI. Please note that no sound will be recorded in the video. This video library contains video clips stored in the phone memory. After entering this menu, the most recently saved videos will be listed. 1.

  • Page 130: Music

    • Delete all: Deletes all of the videos stored in the Video menu. • Details: Shows the video's name, format, and file size. Music The music formats supported by the phone are MMF, Midi, and iMelody. This music library stores all the audio files stored in the phone memory. You can press (Option) to organize the audio files using the available options, which are identical to the options for the video...

  • Page 131: Tools

    Tools Alarm If you activate the Alarm Clock feature, when the specified date and time arrive, the phone will sound the alarm, even if your phone is turned off. 1. Select the alarm you wish to set and activate. 2. Complete the alarm settings as shown in the chart below: Enter the time when an alarm will go off.
  • Page 132 snooze mode. When alarm goes off, press (Snooze) to stop the alarm and then go back to sleep. The alarm will then ring again. Scroll to highlight this option and press to turn the snooze mode on (Snooze On) or off (Snooze Off). When the snooze mode is turned on, you may also want to do the following settings: a.

  • Page 133: World Clock

    World Clock This World Clock feature simultaneously displays current local time and date for major cities around the world. To make use of the World Clock feature you firstly must set your phone's time and date correctly. To do this please choose the menu: Settings >...

  • Page 134: Auto Time Zone

    Auto Time Zone If during travel, you move between time zones, the phone will automatically adjust the time displayed on the screen based on the time zone prompts provided by the local network operator so that you always have access to accurate local time. To check current local time for various locations around the world, choose the World Clock option.

  • Page 135: Calendar

    Calendar You can use the Calendar to set up memos for forthcoming events such as a meeting, an appointment, or a friend's birthday. The Calendar will also remind you about events you have previously scheduled. Setting up memos using the Calendar 1.
  • Page 136 3. In the memo editor screen, scroll to the data field you wish to edit to begin entering data. You can enter data in these fields: Change the memo's assigned date using the appropriate number keys. Enter the scheduled time for the event associated with the memo, or the time when you wish to be reminded about the event, by using the appropriate number keys.
  • Page 137 You can decide whether the memo will regularly remind you about the event you must remember for not just the selected date, but also the days following it. For example, if a meeting is held every Thursday starting 2004/08/ 05, you can firstly select 2004/08/05, and then by selecting Weekly set the reminder to go off on Thursdays beginning with 2003/08/05.
  • Page 138 c. Press (Back) to return to the Calendar menu and choose from the following options: Day's Memos Selecting this option lets you view the current date's memo(s). Add Memo Selecting this option lets you add a new memo. View All You can browse all of the memos set up for different dates.

  • Page 139: Shortcuts

    Shortcuts This is where you set up the Quick Access menu described on page 60. 1. Scroll to the function to add to the Quick Access menu, and then press to mark it. 2. When all of the desired functions are selected, press (Done) to save the settings.

  • Page 140: Currency Converter

    Currency Converter 1. Set the exchange rate. Press (Set) to bring up the pop-up menu. Select Set Foreign Rate to enter the rate for converting the amount to the desired foreign currency; select Set Local Rate to enter the rate for conversion to your local currency.

  • Page 141: Countdown Timer

    Countdown Timer 1. Press (Set) to enter the amount of time to count down. 2. Press and the timer starts counting down to zero. You can then use the timer in the same way you would the stopwatch. Hour Minder Once this option is activated, the phone will emit a beep per hour.
  • Page 142 5. Press to terminate the infrared connection. The infrared device of this phone does not support transmission of multiple files at one time. Menus...

  • Page 143: Oper.service

    Oper.Service Your phone includes a built-in WAP browser, allowing you to use the phone for mobile Internet connectivity. You can browse the online services offered by the network operator or ISP, such as information on financial news, sports, travel, and entertainment. To use the phone to get online, necessary WAP and GPRS settings must be made in this menu.
  • Page 144 Browsing a webpage Referring to the soft key commands at the bottom of the screen, press to perform needed tasks while browsing a webpage. Press to scroll up or down a webpage. For details on browsing a webpage, inquire with the network operator providing WAP services.
  • Page 145 Home Returns to the home page. To designate a particular page to be your home page, go to 9 Settings 1 Homepage. → Bookmarks You can open the Bookmarks menu and select webpage bookmarks. View Allows you to see the current bookmarks and bookmarks folders.
  • Page 146 Hotkeys: Allows you set a numerical key as a hotkey for a bookmark. After completing the setting, you can long press this numerical key to directly link to the webpage represented by the bookmark. Mark Site Adds the current webpage to your bookmarks list. SnapShots Saves the current webpage you are viewing.
  • Page 147 Reload Reloads the current webpage. Settings You can enter this item to making the following settings: For detailed information about the following settings, contact your ISP. Homepage Designates a homepage. When you start up the WAP browser or if you select Home from the browser's menu, the screen will display the homepage you designate.
  • Page 148 Key Press Timeout This option sets the amount of time that the phone waits during text entry before automatically advancing the cursor to the next entry position. As long as the same key is re-pressed within the interval of time set here, it will continue to cycle through the characters available through that key.
  • Page 149 CA Certificates Displays information on the built-in certificate. A certificate is a digital ID issued by a trusted third party known as a certificate authority (CA). The phone uses CA certificates to authenticate websites that send information to the phone. Authentication You can decide whether your phone should store your user name and passwords for websites that require...
  • Page 150 View Title Region You can choose whether or not to have the browser display webpage titles. You can also set this option so that titles exceeding a certain length will be split into separate lines. (The first line of the browser displays a "G"...

  • Page 151: Stk Menu

    • Gateway Address: Enter the IP address used for accessing the mobile Internet. For example: 10.1.1.1. • Port Number: Enter the connection port specified by the network operator — for example, 9201. 2. To rename a group of server settings, scroll to the name of the (Option), and then select Rename.

  • Page 152: Connect Settings

    Connect Settings There are six groups of settings in total, three for GPRS networks, three for CSD networks. Before connecting to the Internet, you must set this item according to whether your Internet connection bearer mode is a GPRS network system or a GSM dialup network.
  • Page 153 1. To edit GPRS settings, scroll to the name of the desired group and press , or press (Option) and select Edit. GPRS settings include the following fields: • User ID: If needed, enter the user name provided by your network operator.

  • Page 154: Settings

    Settings Date & Time Used to set the time and date, as well as the format in which the time and date will be displayed on the standby screen. Set Time Sets the current time to display on the standby screen. If you select the 12-hour format in the Time format option, you can switch between AM or PM by pressing Time Format...

  • Page 155: Auto Power On/Off

    Lunar Date If you choose to activate this option, the standby screen will display the current date on both the solar and lunar calendars. Set Time Zone Allows the standby screen to display another designated city's local time. Scroll to highlight the preferred city and press Auto Power On/Off Allows you turn the phone on and off at specified times to conserve power.

  • Page 156: Profile

    PowerOff Time Designates a time for the phone to be automatically turned off, and then determines whether your phone is automatically turned off once or daily. Profile A profile is a group of settings that determine whether the phone will alert you to incoming calls through a ring tone or a vibrating alert, and how ring tones in general are used on the phone.
  • Page 157 2. Press to scroll to the desired profile, and then press (Edit) to modify the settings listed below and adjust the profile to suit a particular environment. Vibration Decides whether the phone will use a vibrating alert when there is an incoming call. Ring Tone Your phone includes various types of ring tone melodies.

  • Page 158: Display

    Ring Volume Press to adjust the ring tone volume or mute the ring tone. When finished, press Speech Volume Press to adjust the adjust call volume. Display Theme A display theme consists of a combination of display color and the standby screen wallpaper.
  • Page 159 image/animation. After you press ( View ) to enter the preview mode, pressing will display the next or previous image/animation. Press to confirm your selection. • You can also select User Defined to create an animated wallpaper made up of the images or photos you have previously saved to the phone: 1.

  • Page 160: Call Settings

    Power Off Used to configure the animation that is displayed when the phone is turned off. Menu Style Determines whether the main menu is displayed in the icon mode or list mode. Contrast Press to adjust the contrast of the screen's display.

  • Page 161: Minute Minder

    Connected Alert This feature allows the phone to provide a ring tone or vibrating alert, or flash the backlighting when the recipient of a call has answered. Minute Minder If you turn this function on, the phone will emit a beep per minute during a call.
  • Page 162 To enable this divert mode, enter the phone number or press (Names) to select a number to divert to and press Cancel Selecting this option will disable this diverting mode. Enquire Status Shows the status of this diverting mode. By Service Here you can decide the service type you wish to divert.
  • Page 163 Divert When Unfound This option will transfer incoming calls when your phone is off or roaming in an area beyond the coverage range of your network. Settings are the same as for Divert All calls . Cancel All This option will enable you to cancel the diversion of incoming calls.

  • Page 164: Network

    Network Generally speaking, the choice of the network that your phone uses is configured automatically. When turned on, the phone will automatically connect to the network provided by your network operator, or will automatically connect to the roaming network when you are outside the coverage of your regular network.

  • Page 165: Security

    Security You can use a PIN code, phone password, and SIM card lock authentication to prevent unauthorized use of the phone. In addition, you can set limitations on particular outgoing and incoming phone calls. • To protect your phone, the Security menu requires you to enter the handset code (phone password) before you can access the menu to set options.
  • Page 166 be able to make emergency calls. Once the phone password is activated, you must enter the password each time the phone is turned on in order to unlock the phone (there is no limit on the number of attempts to enter the phone password).
  • Page 167 Fixed Dialing Number After this feature is activated, the phone will only be able to dial numbers on the Fixed Dial Number list. If a number is not on the list, calls cannot be made to this number. When you activate or cancel this feature, you must enter the PIN2 code.
  • Page 168 Stops outgoing international fax calls. Messages Stops outgoing international SMS messages. All Except Msgs Stops all types of outgoing international calls except SMS messages. You must enter the network password available from your operator to enable/disable any of the above options. Bar Incoming Calls This option stops all incoming calls to your phone.

  • Page 169: Power Saving Mode

    Power Saving Mode After you activate the power saving mode, keypad and display backlighting will be turned off, in order to conserve power. Language You can select the language that the phone will use to display information. Input Mode You can set the default input mode that will be automatically activated whenever you open the editing window for entering information into a message, the Phone Book, and so forth.

  • Page 170: Care And Maintenance

    • If your phone or its accessories are not operating normally, contact an authorized dealer immediately. • Use only genuine BenQ accessories such as batteries, battery charger and hands-free kit to ensure the phone's normal operation and preserve battery life, as well as protect the safety of your person and belongings.

  • Page 171: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting If you encounter problems while using the phone, or if it performs erratically, you can consult the information in the chart below. If your particular problem cannot be resolved using the information in the chart, contact the dealer where you purchased the phone. Problem Possible cause Solution...
  • Page 172 Problem Possible cause Solution • If you are located in an area The standby time is where signaling is weak, related to your network temporarily shut operator's system phone. configuration. The same phone used with different network operators' systems will not provide exactly the same length of standby time.
  • Page 173 Problem Possible cause Solution • Contact your network SIM card invalid. operator. Unable to • Check the service area with You are not within the connect to the your network operator. network's service area. network. • Move to an open space, or if Poor signal.
  • Page 174 Problem Possible cause Solution • Contact the dealer. The battery or battery charger is damaged. • Adjust the battery charging The phone's temperature Battery will environment to avoid is below 0 °C or higher not charge. extremes of temperature. than 45°C. •...

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