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Statement Thank you for choosing SLIK DS-197 from Brava, your best partner for wireless communication. The contents of this manual maybe different with the cell phone, when there is please according the cell phone. Brava reserves the right to revise this document or withdraw it at any time without prior notice.
Contents Getting to Know Your Phone ................6 Getting Started ..................... 9 Basic Functions ................... 11 Input modes ....................13 Phone Book ....................15 Messages ....................17 Call history ....................22 File Manager ....................24 Multimedia ....................25 10 Profiles ....................... 29 11 Tools ......................
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Safety Precautions Please read these simple guidelines. Not following them may be dangerous or illegal. For further information, see the section of “Safety information”. Do not switch the phone when the use of mobile phone is prohibited or may cause interference or danger. Do not place your phone and its accessories in containers with strong electromagnetic field.
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Keep the phone and all its parts, including accessories, out of the reach of small children. Use only Brava approved batteries and chargers. Disconnect the charger from the power source when it is not in use. Do not leave the battery connected to a charger for more than a week, since overcharging may shorten its Life Please remove the battery only after the phone is switched off normally, otherwise it could cause unpredictable damage for the phone.
1 Getting to Know Your Phone Package list Your phone package box contains the following items: One SLIK DS-197 mobile phone One battery One charger One Micro-USB data cable One 3.5mm Headset One user manual...
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Name Description Left soft key Press to activate the option shown above the key. Right soft key In standby mode, press right soft key to access Shortcuts. Up key In standby mode, press up key to access the Music Player. Down key In standby mode, press down key to access Contacts list.
Icon bar Icon Description The signal strength of the network. The phone is in call status. No network. The Phone is closed (network is disabled) You have one or more missed call. The phone is in data connection mode (GPRS). The keypad is locked.
2 Getting Started Insert the battery Before battery replacement, please confirm you have switched off the phone. Insert SIM card/cards: 1. Before SIM card installation or replacement, please make sure you have switched off your phone and taken the battery out. 2.
3 Basic Functions Lock/Unlock keypad Lock: Press LSK key and then press “*” key in standby mode. Unlock: firstly press unlock key and then press “*” key. Make a phone call Making phone call using the keypad 1. In the standby mode, enter the phone number you want to dial, and press the Send Key to make the call, then select through SIM1 or SIM2.
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2. Scroll to the number or name you wish to redial, and press the Send Key, then select to call via SIM1 or SIM2. Making phone call using speed dial In standby mode, long press a number key to make phone call. Make sure the speed dial option is enabled in the Phonebook settings.
4 Input modes Your Brava DS-197 mobile phone provides the following text input methods: English input method: To input English characters; Arabic input method: To input Arabic characters; Numeric input method: To input Numeric characters; Input method Icon Letter case Traditional (Arabic)
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Changing the input modes Press # Key for switching between the different input modes in the text editing mode. (Click the icon of the input mode on the screen to switch the input mode if there is no keyboard on the phone).
5 Phone Book You can save names, phone numbers, emails, and other details in your phone book. You can also save names with phone numbers in SIM card 1 or SIM card 2. Add new 1. In the standby mode, press Select Key to access the Main menu > Phone book > Add new contact;...
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Delete all contacts: Delete the contact from SIM1, SIM2, or phone memory. Copy: Copy the contact between phone memory and SIM1/SIM2 memories. Multi-copy: Copy contacts between phone memory and SIM1/SIM2 memories. Move: Move the contact between phone memory and SIM1/SIM2 memories. ...
6 Messages In the messages you can create, send, receive, view, edit, and organize text messages and multimedia messages. Create message Create and send messages. 1. In the standby mode, press Select Key to access the Main menu > Messages > Create message;...
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View: to view the message contents. Forward: Edit and forward the message to other people. Delete: Delete the message. Delete all: Delete all the inbox messages. Sort by: change the sorting criteria Move to favorites: Move the message to the favorites box. ...
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Drafts Save incomplete text messages in the draft box. 1. In the standby mode, press Select Key to access the Main menu > Messages > Drafts; 2. Press <Options> to access the following options: Send, Edit, Delete, Advanced options and Edit options. Outbox Save the “sending”...
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Delete messages In the standby mode, press Select Key to access the Main menu > Messages > Delete messages and have the following options: Inbox, Outbox, Sent items, Drafts, Favorites, and Delete all. Settings In the standby mode, press Select Key to access the Main menu > Messages > Settings and have the following options: 1- Text messages: same settings are for SIM1 and SIM2: Profile settings: change the SMS profile settings...
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SIM1/SIM2 SMS counter Show the count of sent and received text messages by SIM2 and SIM2.
7 Call history Call history stores information about the missed, rejected, answered, or dialed calls. It also adds the total duration of all calls. When the number of calls exceeds the maximum, the latest call replaces the oldest. There are two call history menus, SIM1 call history and SIM2 call history. The following details for SIM1 calls history which are same with SIM2 call history.
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Delete all: Delete all records. Calls durations: show the calls durations, calls cost, and GPRS counter. Dialed calls The dialed calls are previous calls you have dialed from your phone. Dialed calls have the same options as the Missed calls. Answered calls The answered calls are calls that have been answered or rejected.
8 File Manager Manage your file and folder in your memory using file manager. You can create folders, rename, copy, move, and delete files and folders. By using file manager, you can also send files via multimedia messages or Bluetooth. You can also show the details of the selected file.
9 Multimedia Music player Your device includes a music player for listening to music files or other MP3 sound files that you have saved to the device memory. Music files stored in your memory card can be added to the music libraries of the music player. Play music files In the standby mode, press Select Key to access the Main menu >...
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( # , *) keys To increase and decrease the volume level. Music player list options Play: Play selected track in the list. Details: Display selected file details. Add to ringtones: Add the selected file to the ringtones list. ...
Select key To Pause or resume playback. Image viewer Use this menu to view images stored in your memory. Viewing images In the standby mode, press Select Key to access the Main menu > Multimedia > Image viewer. Use the star * key to rotate the photo, use the keys 1 and 2 to zoom in/out the photo. Voice recorder Use this menu to record voice memos.
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Play radio In the standby mode, press Select Key to access the Main menu > Multimedia > FM Radio > FM radio Receiver. Radio options Channel list: View the channels list. Set frequency: Manually set the frequency of a known radio station. ...
10 Profiles Profiles define how your phone reacts when you receive a call or message, and other settings. Your phone has various setting groups of profiles, for which you can customize the phone tones for different events and environments. Activate a profile: In the standby mode, press Select Key to access the Main menu >...
11 Tools This menu contains some organizing functions. In the standby mode, press Select Key to access the Main menu > Tools to open the Tools menu. Alarm There are 5 alarms in your mobile phone. The functions and using methods of the 5 alarms are completely same.
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Add event: add new event, you should select corresponding task type and input the relative information first. Delete event: delete an event(s), you can delete all, expired, or events of specific period. Jump to date: input the date need to be switched (in a valid period of time), there will ...
12 Network Services This menu contains the network services provided by your network operator. Press Select Key to access the Main menu > Network services to open this menu. Internet service The mobile phone has WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) function, with which you can browse websites through WAP service.
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the cache. Please erase the temporary files recording your internet surfing message. Clear cookies: remove the browsed website message stored in the cache of the mobile phone. Clear auth. info: remove the authentication information. Preferences: Set the preferred settings for your browser. ...
13 Camera Video recorder Your mobile phone supports video recorder function by its 2MP camera, Press Select Key to access the Main menu > Camera > Video Recorder. Press Left soft key to access the following options: To player: play video Camcorder Settings: set related parameters for camcorder.
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Press Left soft key to access the following options: Photos: go to the album. Camera Settings: set related parameters for photo taking. Image Settings: set photo’s size and quality. White Balance: choose a light mode for photo taking. ...
14 Entertainment Beside the built-in games, your SLIK mobile phone provides you with the Java runtime environment to enable you install and run variety of Java applications and games, in addition to the pre-installed game in your phone. Press Select Key to access the Main menu > Entertainment to open this menu.
15 Connections Bluetooth Using the Bluetooth feature, you can connect the phone wirelessly to other Bluetooth devices and exchange data with them. Bluetooth technology allows free wireless connections between all Bluetooth-compliant devices within a range of 10 meters. In the standby mode, press Select Key to access the Main menu > Connections > Bluetooth.
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My address: show my address. My services: show supported services by the Bluetooth. Data accounts In this menu, you will see a list of GPRS accounts. Select one account and you can edit the contents of Account name, APN, User name, Password and Authentication type. In the standby mode, press Select Key to access the Main menu >...
16 Settings The settings menu provides you with various setting options to customize the phone to your preferences and needs. You can also reset the settings to their default status. In the standby mode, press Select Key to access the Main menu >Settings to open the Settings menu. Dual SIM settings In this function you can select the mode for your mobile phone, such as: Dual SIM active, Only SIM1 active, Only SIM2 active, Flight mode.
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choose one as the default original input method for text editing. Encoding Enter this menu to change the text encoding either ASCII or Windows-1252 Shortcuts Use this menu to set some usually functions. The phone can set 9 shortcuts at most. Press Option to go to the options for changing a shortcut or to change shortcuts order.
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Set by Network: Use the network default settings. Hide ID: hide own number while calling (requires service provider’s support). Send ID: show own number while calling. Call waiting Call waiting service notifies you of an incoming call while you are in a call. You can accept or ignore the incoming call.
Network settings In SIM 1/2 network settings, you can select how your phone can search and select the network. Network selection: New search: re-search for the network according to the network searching mode set in the mobile phone. Select network: searching for network; you can select the network you need from the network list.
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Fixed dial After the function is activated, the mobile phone is only allowed to be used to dial the telephone numbers existing in the list. To turn on the function, you need to input your PIN2 code. Please consult your network service provider for specific situations. Note: When Fixed dial function is active, the function of SIM card will be restricted, such as dial call, send SMS, and send MMS and so on.
In the Black list, you can add numbers to the list and then you can change the mode to turn the black list on/off. In the White list, you can add numbers to the list and then you can change the mode to turn the white list on/off.
17 Other Functions Mass Storage Function Your SLIK mobile phone supports Mass Storage function, if the memory card is inserted. Connect the mobile phone and PC with the attached USB cable, then the mobile phone becomes a mass storage. If you connect USB cable to PC under the power on status, you will get an options menu by which you can select Mass Storage to enable USB mass storage function or select Back to maintain the power on status, and charging the mobile phone.
18 Maintenance Guideline Welcome to using SLIK DS-197 from Brava. If there is any problem while using your mobile phone, please contact the nearest Brava customer service center to you, try to check Brave website for more details, or submit your problem through Brava website. If...
19 Safety Information Electronic Device Most modern electronic equipments are shielded from radio frequency (RF) signals. However, certain electronic equipment maybe is not shielded against the RF signals from your Mobile Phone. Consult the manufacturer to discuss alternatives. Hospital Do not take your phone into the operating room (OR), intensive care unit (ICU), or coronary care unit (CCU).
vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas, such as propane or butane, areas where the air contains chemicals or particles, such as grain, dust or metal powders, and any other area where you would be advised to turn off your vehicle engine. Children Safety ...
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If you use the phone near the network’s base station, it uses less power. Talk and standby time are greatly affected by the signal strength on the cellular network and the parameters set by the network operator. Your device is powered by a rechargeable battery. The full performance of a new battery is achieved only after two or three complete charge and discharge cycles.
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