Introduction ................................. Table of contents TCT Mobile Limited would like to thank you for purchasing this mobile phone. Safety and use...................................................................... 6 General information .........................................................
6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 7 8 9 Inbox.....................................................................................................34 Outbox.................................................................................................34 Sent .......................................................................................................34 Drafts....................................................................................................34 Available options..............................
18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 Call settings .......................................................................................78 Security ................................................................................................78 Network ..............................................................................................79 Connectivity........................................................................................79 19 Making the most of your mobile ....................................
Emergency call numbers may not be reachable on all cellular networks. You should never rely only on your phone for emergency calls. Do not open, dismantle or attempt to repair your mobile phone yourself. Do not drop, throw or bend your mobile phone. Do not paint it. Use only batteries, battery chargers, and accessories which are recommended by TCT Mobile Limited and its affiliates and are compatible with your phone model (see Accessories List, page 86).
• RADIO WAVES: Proof of compliance with international standards (ICNIRP) or with European Directive 1999/5/ EC (R&TTE) is required of all mobile phone models before they can be put on the market. The protection of the health and safety for the user and any other person is an essential requirement of these standards or this directive. THIS MOBILE PHONE COMPLIES WITH INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES. Your mobile phone is a radio transmitter/receiver.
General information ................... • Internet address: www.alcatel-mobilephones.com • Hot Line Number: see “TCT Mobile Services” leaflet or go to our Internet site. On our Internet site, you will find our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section. You can also contact us by e-mail to ask any questions you may have. An electronic version of this user guide is available in English and other languages according to availability on our server: www.alcatel-mobilephones.
1 Getting started ..................... 1.1 Set-up Removing or installing the back cover Installing or removing the battery • Insert and click the battery into place, then close the telephone cover. • Unclip the cover, then remove the battery. Charging the battery Inserting or removing the SIM card (1) You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls. Please power off your phone before inserting or removing the SIM card.
1.2 Power on your phone Hold down the key until the telephone powers on, type in your PIN code if necessary and then confirm. The main screen is displayed. 2 Your mobile .......................... If you do not know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it, contact your network operator. Do not leave your PIN code with your telephone. Store this information in a safe place when not in use. If cell broadcast messages are displayed, tap to browse through them or to return to the main screen.
• Pick up • Send a call • Access call log (Redial) (short key press) • • • • 2.1 Status bar icons (1) Battery charge level Switch on/Switch off the telephone (long key press) End call Return to the main screen Lock the screen from the main screen (short key press) Vibrate alert: your phone vibrates, but does not ring or beep with the exception of the alarm (see page 62). Bluetooth status (Activated). Bluetooth status (Connected to an audio device).
2.2 Roaming. Status list SIM card missing. The Status list contains information about significant events, like Missed calls, Unread messages, E-mails as well as the Radio & Music player current playing information., etc. The purpose is to allow you faster access to the interactive applications. Line switching (1): indicates the selected line. Touch status bar and drag it downward to open it; GPRS connection status (Activated). To hide it, tap Memory card scanning completed. or drag it upwards.
Wallpaper from tool bar or long press To personalize your wallpaper, press blank area from the main screen, tap "Wallpaper". You will be directed to "My images" with this option. You may choose one image as your favourite wallpaper (see page 48). 2.4 Toolbar Tool bar with menu items as a shortcut for quick access. 3 Dialer .............................. To access this feature, you may select one of the following: • Select directly from tool bar on Home screen.
Making an emergency call Muting the ringtone If your phone has network coverage, dial emergency number and press the You may mute ringtone of current incoming call by tapping key or tap to make an emergency call. This works even without a SIM card and without typing the PIN code. Answer the call by pressing the . key. Rejecting a call 3.2 Calling your voicemail (1) Your voicemail is provided by your network to avoid missing calls.
WARNING: move the handset away from your ear while turn on the speaker because the amplified volume might cause hearing damage. To hold on a call, tap . You can switch the audio function from handset to Bluetooth device when connected. 3.6 Line switching (1) Your SIM card can contain two distinct telephone numbers. Under “Call log”, choose “Line switching” and then select a default line; all your outgoing calls will be made from this number.
4 5 Menu arrange ................. The main menu is designed to vary according to your preference. To access this function, select to enter the main menu, tap Messages ........................ You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS with this mobile phone. . MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, animations and sounds to other compatible mobiles and e-mail addresses.
5.3 Create message 5.5.2 Voicemail Press from tool bar on the main screen or select "Messages\Write msg" from the main menu to create text/multimedia message. One or more recipients can be added in the list. To remove a recipient, move the key. Press to select a cursor to the back of recipient, and press recipient from Directory.
5.6.3 Settings Multimedia messages Conversational mode Edit This option enables you to switch on/off conversational message view mode. Set slide timing, edit mode, image size signature, etc. Sending Set the values for validity period, Read report, etc. Retrieve Set the values for Home network, Roaming network, etc. Text messages Profile settings Profiles can be retrieved directly from SIM card. Alternatively, you can create your own profile.
6 Email ............................... Your phone has an email client with the settings predefined for a few popular email services like – GoogleMail, Windows live, Yahoo, AOL, etc. Besides this, you can set up other POP3 or IMAP4 email accounts that you may be using. 6.1 Access Tap from tool bar to enter the main menu, select “Email”. 6.2 Email account set-up 6.3 Select “Email\Options\Create Email” to enter write email interface. Select 6.4 to add receiver from Directory.
6.8 Available options 7 Palringo (1) .............................. Send and receive all accounts To connect all email accounts’ server in order to receive/send mails. Create Email To create a new Email. Edit account To edit the detailed configuration information of the selected account. Delete account To delete the current selected account. New account To create a new email account. Empty folder Delete all emails in “Inbox/Outbox/Sent/ Drafts”.
7.4 Add service Various services (Yahoo, Google, ICQ etc.) can be added by “Menu\ Services\Add Service”. 7.5 Chat To start a chat, select one online contact, then “Menu\Private chat”. During chat, you can also exchange voice or photo messages with your community. 7.6 Directory ........................ 8.1 Consulting your directory To access the Directory, tap from tool bar on the main screen, or select “Directory” from the main menu.
8.2 Adding a contact 8.3 You can add a new contact by tapping . Following fields are accessible when you create a new contact in the directory: Name, Mobile, Copy to SIM/Not copy to SIM, Home, Work, Email, Birthday, Birthday reminder, URL, Address, Ringtone, Group. You can move from one field to another by scrolling up and down or using the Volume key.
9 Call log .......................... 9.1 Access You can access different items with this option: Last call cost/Total You can view the total cost of charged calls, cost/Max cost/Reset modify it or reset it and enter the cost of a call cost/Price per unit in the currency of your choice. You may access this function from the main menu "Call log" or by . Once enter this menu, following list will be displayed: pressing Missed calls Outgoing calls (Redial) Answered calls/Rejected calls 9.2 9.2.
Call forwarding Caller ID You can activate, cancel or verify the status of the call forwarding to the voicemail or to a specified number. The following configurations are possible: Activate/deactivate CLIR. • Unconditional: systematic forwarding of all your calls. The displayed. Line switch between line 1 and line 2. icon is • Conditional: if your line is busy, if you don’t answer or if you are outside the network range.
10 Media applications ............. 10.1.1 Music playing mode 10.1 Music .......................................................... To access this function, tap to enter the main menu and select . You will have full flexibility of managing music both on your mobile and memory card. Play/pause You can have access to your music files through one of the following: All songs Contains all songs both on phone memory and memory card.
10.1.2 Settings 10.2 Image .......................................................... Access by pressing the right navigation key for following options: A library links to the images in “My creations” in phone to be shown in list, slide, or thumbnail, set as Wallpaper, Screen saver, Power on/off display, and Contact ID, or sent by MMS, Email, Bluetooth. Play mode Equalizer Normal, Repeat current, Repeat all, Shuffle and Repeat shuffle. You may also customise it simply on the screen.
10.3 Video ............................................................ To use it, you must plug in your headset, which works as an antenna connected with your phone. “My videos” album contains video clips recorded, received or downloaded. All video clips in this folder can be played, set as contact ID, sent, deleted, renamed, sorted. Available options: Useful icons/keys: Turn off Stop playing the radio. Channel list Open the list of saved stations.
11 Internet ............................ (1) 11.3.3 Go to URL Enter the URL of Wap site. 11.3.4 Recent pages 11.1 My friends .................................................... Pages which you recently browsed. It migrates self-contained sub-trees of the websites to let you stay in touch with your friends by flicking through Bebo, Friendster, Hi5, Myspace, etc. 11.3.5 Offline pages Pages available for offline viewing. 11.2 Opera .............................................................
11.4 News ............................................................. 11.5 Weather .................................................... It is a huge time saver providing news updates from a website in a simple form. Your phone is equipped with a weather function for consulting up to 3-day forecasts of favourite cities.
11.6 Facebook ...................................................... Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them.
To avoid character corruption, please ensure that the encoding format is correct (Global settings or Settings\Encoding format). 12.3.4 Trusted certificates View detailed information of the trusted certificates supported by your phone. Disclaimer 12.3 Java ............................................................... 12.3.1 Launch an application Select “Java applications” to launch applications. 12.3.
13 Camera ..................... Your mobile phone is fitted with a camera for taking photos and shooting videos that you can use in different ways: • store them in your “File manager\My creations”. • send them in a multimedia message (MMS) to a mobile phone or an email address. • send them directly by Email or Bluetooth. • customise your main screen (see page 75). • select them as incoming call image to a contact in your directory. • transfer them by data cable or microSD card to your computer. 13.2.
13.3.1 Framing mode When you enter the “Video” function, you are in Framing mode. Use for the Capture mode, the mobile screen as a viewfinder and press Exposure Value, Night mode, Quality, Record audio, Color mode, and Storage settings, and to access “File manager/My videos”. 13.3.2 Recording mode Once you have chosen your settings, you can launch the recording of your or by tapping anywhere on the screen other video-clip by pressing the than the left and bottom bar.
14.2 Meeting When this is selected the phone will not ring or beep unless an alarm has been set. A new event will cause it to vibrate. 15 File manager .............. 14.3 Outdoor You will have access to all audio and visual files stored in phone or memory card in File manager. It is a profile designed for outdoor users who require louder ringtones. Two icons behind will indicate the saving locations of each file: Saved in phone 14.
15.2 My images 15.8 Memory card You can select an image or a photo as wallpaper, ON/OFF screen, or assign it to a contact in the directory. You can access all files stored in the memory card here. When a memory card is inserted for the first time, it will be scanned and default folders will be created. The images will be displayed in alphabetical order. Inserting the memory card: 15.3 My videos “My videos” album contains video clips recorded, received or downloaded 15.
15.9 Managing audios, images, videos and others Activate DRM file option. According to the item chosen, you can access some of the functions below: Copy to phone/ memory card Copy a file to the phone memory or the memory card. View View the selected image. Play Play the selected video/audios. 15.10 Formats and compatibility (1) Send the audio/image/video/Java. • Sounds: mp3, m4a, aac, midi, wav, amr, wma Delete Delete the audio/image/video selected (not applicable for embedded items).
16 Bluetooth™ (1) ............. Access this feature by pressing “Bluetooth”. to enter the main menu, then selecting To use your phone with a Bluetooth device, you need to proceed in two steps: • Pair and register the device to your phone, • Select it to use hands-free communication. Only one Bluetooth audio device (your Bluetooth headset or your Bluetooth car kit) can be connected during the communication. Available functions Data transmit Exchange files with another bluetooth device.
17 Others................................. 17.3 Notes ............................................................. You can create a note in text or voice format by accessing “Notes” from the main menu. 17.1 Calendar ....................................................... Available options: To access this function, tap to enter the main menu and select , there is a monthly-view calendar for you to keep track of important meetings, appointments, etc. Days with events entered will be marked in color.
17.5 Clock ............................................................ 17.6 Converter .................................................. 17.5.1 Alarm 17.6.1 Unit converter Your mobile phone has a built-in alarm clock with a snooze feature. You can set up to five separate alarms and choose whether or not the alarm should repeat. You can use the Weight and Length conversion by selecting the unit you , then tap to input the digits.
18 Settings ....................... From the main menu, select the menu icon and select the function of your choice in order to customise your telephone. Brightness You may adjust black level with respect to LCD display by pressing the key . Backlight • Screen Allows you to reduce brightness for enhanced battery performance and to save power during periods of expected inactivity. • Keypad You may customise your keypad light by selecting On/Off or inputting your preferred duration directly. 18.
18.1.4 Touch settings 18.2 Call settings LCD Touch Calibration To calibrate the touch screen, tap anywhere on the screen to start calibration. See page 42. Touch Vibration When “On”, the phone vibrates when the screen is touched. 18.3 Security Activate PIN The SIM card protection code is requested each time the phone is powered on if this code is activated. Change PIN Change PIN code. Change PIN2 A protection code for certain SIM card features (Billing/Cost/FDN, etc.
19 18.4 Network Network selection Preferred network List of networks to which you wish to be connected in order of priority. Select network The choice of network connection is left up to the user. Search mode Network connection can be switched between “Manual” and “Automatic”. GPRS connection (1) When needed GPRS mode active depending on connection requirements. Always GPRS mode continuously active. GPRS international GPRS data services can be used while roaming roaming overseas.
20 Latin input mode/ character table .................. Touch inputting There are two text entry methods that can be used to write messages • Normal • Predictive with the eZi mode Normal This mode allows you to type text by choosing a letter or a sequence of characters. Predictive eZi mode This mode speeds up the writing of your text. Press the key once and the word will be modified each time you press a key. As you go on, the word will keep changing.
Symbol & Number table Tap the key to display the symbols & number table; Tap emoticon list (1). to access 21 Telephone warranty.......... Your phone is warranted against any defect which may occur in conditions of normal use during the warranty period of twelve (12) months (1) from the date of purchase as shown on your original invoice.
This warranty shall not apply to defects to your phone and/or accessory due to (without any limitation): 1) Non-compliance with the instructions for use or installation, or with technical and safety standards applicable in the geographical area where your phone is used, 2) Connection to any equipment not supplied or not recommended by TCT Mobile Limited, 3) Modification or repair performed by individuals not authorised by TCT Mobile Limited or its affiliates or your vendor, 22 Accessories (1) ............
23 Troubleshooting ................ Before contacting the aftersales department, you are advised to follow the instructions below: • You are advised to switch off the telephone from time to time to optimise its performance. • You are advised to fully charge ( ) the battery for optimal operation. • Avoid storing large amounts of data in your telephone as this may affect the performance of your telephone.
I am unable to use the features described in the manual • Check with your operator to make sure that your subscription includes this service • Make sure this feature does not require an Alcatel accessory When I select a number from my directory, the number is not dialled • Make sure that you have correctly recorded the number in your file • Make sure that you have selected the country prefix when calling a foreign country I am unable to add a contact in my directory • Make sure that your SIM card directory
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