Ericsson GH388/GF388 Handheld Telephone for the GSM Network User’s Manual EN/LZT 126 1298 R1A
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Safety Precautions Turn off your cellular telephone when in an aircraft. The use of cellular telephones in an aircraft may be dangerous to the operation of the aircraft, disrupt the cellular network and is illegal. Failure to observe this instruction may lead to suspension or denial of cellular telephone services to the offender, or legal action, or both. Turn off your cellular telephone when at a refuelling point.
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Table of Contents Introduction 9 1. Overview 9 2. Key Functions 10 3. Key Functions in the Menu System 11 To enter letters To enter lower-case letters 12 12 4. Protecting the SIM Card and the Phone 13 Card Lock The PIN can be changed PIN2 Phone Lock The factory-programmed security code should be changed Two levels of locking Keypad Lock Menus 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 5.
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15. The KEYLOCK Menu Automatic or Manual Key Lock To lock the keypad manually – Keylock On? To unlock the keypad manually – Keylock Off? 16.
23. Sending and Receiving Text Messages (SMS) Messages memory To set phone for text messaging To read a new message To reply to a message SIM card memory To store messages To call a phone number in a message To read stored messages To read messages Own messages To send messages To repeat a message when no answer To change message type 24.
Introduction 1. Overview Antenna Indicator light Antenna Beeper Indicator light Beeper Ear piece Ear piece Display Display Keypad Keypad Microphone Microphone This digital handheld cellular telephone is designed for use on a GSM network (Global System for Mobile Service). The most essential operations, such as turning the phone on and off, making and answering calls, and storing and recalling phone numbers, are described in the Basic Guide.
Introduction 2. Key Functions S (Send) Used to make a call after a phone number has been entered. Used to put a call on hold and to switch between two calls. Refer to chapter 19. Putting a Call On Hold and 20. Handling Two Calls Simultaneously. Voice Mail This key is only available on telephones with a flip. Press to recall the number of your answering service. Refer to chapter 24. Voice Messages. ON/OFF To turn the phone on, press and hold down the key until the display turns on.
Introduction Star and Hash Used to enter the characters * and #. Press and hold down * to enter a pause character (p). Refer to chapter 22. Sending DTMF Tones. # is used to terminate the input of PIN and security codes. # can be used to recall a phone number from the Phone Book (enter the number of the storage position and then press #). Press and hold down # to enter the character ¤ which precedes the storage positions in the phone memory. Refer to chapter 17. The PHONE BOOK Menu. 3.
Introduction To enter letters Press the appropriate key, 1 – 9, 0 or # (repeatedly) until the desired letter, character or digit appears in the display. 1 Space - ? ! , . : " ’ ( ) 1 2 AB C Å Ä Æ à Ç Γ 2 3 DEFèÉ∆ρ3 4 GHIì4 5 JKLΛ5 6 MNOÑÖØò6 7 PQRSßΠΣ7 8 TUVÜù8 9 WXYZ9 0 0+&@/$%£ΘΞϕΩ # #* To enter lower-case letters Enter the letter, for example an A, and then press * . An a appears. Lower-case letters will now appear until you press * again.
Introduction 4. Protecting the SIM Card and the Phone The SIM card contains a computer chip that holds information specific to your subscription and the services that you have requested from your network operator. Card Lock The card lock protects your SIM card. When you purchase your SIM card, you obtain a 4- to 8-digit PIN code. PIN stands for Personal Identification Number. Each time you turn the phone on, you have to enter the PIN code and then press #.
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Menus Menus and functions are listed in the order in which they appear in the display when you scroll with R (right arrow). Menus and functions marked with an asterisk (*) may not always be used. The reason may be that they are not available on the network you are using, or that you may not have subscribed to the service that the menu or function represents. If you are in doubt whether you can use a service or not, contact your network operator or service provider. 5.
Menus Press YES to select the Special Characters menu. SPECIAL CHAR ~ Enter + **21* Press YES to insert the “+” character. 4 2 A NET 7 8 **21*+ 4 2 A NET 7 8 0123456789p Enter the code you wish to send. For more information about DTMF signalling and the use of pauses, refer to chapter 22. Sending DTMF Tones.
Menus 7. The INFO Menu The Info menu lets you display: ● the voltage of the battery attached to the phone ● the time or cost of the last call ● the total call time or call cost It also lets you: ● reset the total call meter To display the battery voltage – Battery INFO ~ Battery 6.6 V The voltage of a fully charged battery is at least 6.9 – a battery that is almost empty has a voltage of 6.1 or less.
Menus PRICE ~New price ( 1.0) INFO ~ Price GBP 0.25 Press YES. Press YES. Enter new currency PRICE ~New price Home Enter the currency with the numeric keys, for example GBP for Pounds Sterling, and press YES. Enter new value GBP Enter the price per call unit, for example 0.25, and press YES. To enter the decimal point, press * or #. a. To revert to displaying call units, press YES. b. To change the price, press R . PRICE ~New price (GBP 0.
Menus 9. The DIVERT Menu* If you want to make certain that your incoming calls are taken care of when you are unable to answer them, you can use the Call Divert service of the cellular network to divert (forward) them to another phone number, for example, the number of your answering machine.
Menus Press YES and scroll with R /L to the Get status option. ON BUSY ~Get status Press YES to check the status. The message Please wait appears, followed by either the phone number and (Active) if the call divert is activated, or (Off) if it is not activated. To cancel the call divert DIVERT ~Cancel all Press YES to cancel all activated call diverts. The message Please wait appears, followed by a message which informs you that all call diverts have been cancelled.
Menus with the message Current, Preferred, Available or Forbidden. – Current means that the network is currently used. – Preferred means that the name of the network is included in a list of preferred networks on your SIM card. Refer to the description of the Edit List function below. – Available means that you are allowed to use the network. – Forbidden means that you are not allowed to use the network. You can, however, make emergency calls. See also the next section, List of Forbidden Networks. c.
Menus You can scroll through the other networks in the list with R/L. To add a network to the list EDIT LIST AB CDEF * ~ 1 Press YES to delete the network from the list. To re-arrange the order of the networks in the list EDIT LIST AB CDEF * ~ 1 Scroll with R /L to the position where you wish to insert the network. a. If you scroll to the first free position, the question Add net? appears b.
Menus To bar: all outgoing calls – All outgoing calls* outgoing international calls – All outgoing int calls* all outgoing international calls except to your home country – Int outgoing when roam* all incoming calls – All incoming calls* all incoming calls when you are abroad (when roaming) – All incoming when roam* BARRING All outgoing ~ calls The first type of call bar is All outgoing calls. To choose another type of call bar, scroll with R /L . Press YES to select the desired type of call bar.
Menus Enter your password and then press YES. The message Please wait appears, followed by a message that confirms that all call bars are cancelled. To activate, review the status or cancel the Call Waiting function – Call Waiting* ~ To change your password – Change password* The password for the Call Bar service comes with your subscription. You can easily change the password as often as you like. BARRING All outgoing ~ calls Scroll with R /L to the Change password option.
Menus Press YES. Enter PIN Enter your PIN and press #. Unlocked The card lock is now turned off. CHANGE PIN2 CODE To change the PIN2 code – Change PIN2 code ACCESS ~ Change PIN2 code Proceed as described above under CHANGE PIN CODE. CHANGE PIN CODE To change the PIN code – Change PIN code ACCESS ~ Change PIN code Press YES. Enter old PIN Enter the current PIN and press #. Enter new PIN Enter the new PIN and press #. Repeat new PIN Enter the new PIN again. New PIN The PIN has been changed.
Menus Enter new code PHONE LOCK CHANGE CODE To change the security code – Phone lock Change code The phone factory-programmed with a security code of 0000. To improve security, you should change this to any 4- to 8-digit personalised code. Enter the new security code (4 to 8 digits) and press #. Repeat new code Enter the new security code again and press #. ACCESS ~Phone lock Change code New code Press YES. The security code has been changed.
Menus To choose manual or automatic key lock – Keylock SETTINGS ~ Keylock (Manual) You can choose either manual or automatic key lock. Refer to chapter 15. The KEYLOCK Menu. To set the key sound – Key sound SETTINGS ~Key sound (Click) You can choose whether clicks, tones or neither (silent) will be heard when you press the keys.
Menus To choose automatic answering – Auto If you choose automatic answering mode, an incoming call will be answered automatically after one ringing signal if the phone is used with handsfree equipment. To personalise the greeting displayed each time the phone is turned on – Greeting SETTINGS ~ Greeting (On) Instead of the greeting Welcome, which is displayed each time the phone is turned on, you can have your phone display a welcome greeting that you choose yourself.
Menus LANGUAGE ~ Deutsch To activate data menus – Data menus SETTINGS ~Data menus (Off) and press YES. This function lets you turn the phone’s data menus on or off. You should not turn the data menus on unless you use the phone with the Mobile Office kit. 13. The Calculator Menu The calculator supports the four fundamental rules of arithmetic and percentages. To make a calculation (134 / 32) MENU LCalculatorR Enter 32. Press L / R to find the equal sign, and press YES for the result.
Menus 14. The CLOCK Menu Read this first Clock (time of day) The time is shown continuously in the bottom line of the display when the phone is in stand-by mode. The hours and minutes are presented in the 24-hour format. 4 2 A NET 7 8 17:00 The Set clock function lets you set the time. The Clock mode function lets you choose the a.m./p.m. format instead of the 24-hour format.
Menus SET ALARM Off (14:30) ~ To set today’s date – Set date CLOCK ~ Set date (07-Nov-95) Press YES. CLOCK ~Set alarm (Off) To turn the alarm function on without changing the time of the alarm CLOCK ~Set alarm (Off) The current date is shown within brackets. The date is presented in the format you have chosen in the Date mode function. To set the today’s date, press YES. SET DATE Enter year: _ Enter the year (two digits) and press YES. Press YES. Scroll with R /L until On is displayed.
Menus DATE MODE ~ 30/11/95 The date will also be presented in the format selected in messages that you receive. Press YES. The date will then be presented in the middle line of the display when the phone is in standby mode. 15. The KEYLOCK Menu You can lock the keypad so that unintentional key action has no effect if the phone is turned on when you are carrying it in a pocket or bag. This function is useful if you have a phone without keypad protect flip.
Menus 16. The MAIL Menu To call your answering service – Voice mail* To send text messages – Send messages* The Voice Mail function lets you call your answering service to listen to recorded voice messages. The function appears only if you have activated it using the the Set VoiceM(ail) function. Refer to chapter 24. Voice Messages. Refer to chapter 23. Sending and Receiving Text Messages. To read area messages – Area Messages* To activate the Voice Mail function – Set VoiceM* Refer to chapter 25.
Menus b. Store the number in the selected position, thus erasing the old number (and name). Press YES. whether the phone number is stored in the Card or Phone memory. Alternative method to recall a phone number using the name If you try to store a phone number when all positions are occupied, a position number in the Phone memory will be suggested in the top line of the display. Press CLR to erase any digits from the display. Press L , followed by a numeric key and YES.
Menus ERASE Position: _ Enter the position number or scroll with R /L until you find the position number with the (name) and phone number you wish to erase. ERASE ~ BCD Erase? 11 Press YES to erase the (name) and number. Alternative method to erase a phone number Recall the (name) and number using Name or Position recall. BCD ~ (11) 023456789012 Press CLR. The question Erase? appears. Press YES to erase the (name) and number. TOM 1 Copy to ¤10? Press YES to copy.
Menus How to recall the numbers from the dialled number memory is described in the Basic Guide. Press YES to turn the dialled number memory off and erase the stored phone numbers. To turn the dialled number memory off To turn the dialled number memory on again If, for some reason, you do not wish the phone numbers called to be stored, you can turn the dialled number memory off. LAST CALL ~ 0123456789 Scroll with R /L until Off appears.
Advanced Functions 18. Rejecting Incoming Calls Sometimes, it may be inconvenient to answer an incoming call. To reject a call, press E , and the message Busy Tone appears in the display. If the caller’s network supports it, the caller will hear an engaged (busy) tone. You can activate Divert On Busy (see DIVERT menu) to automatically divert rejected calls to another phone number, for example your answering service. The message Diverted appears on the display to indicate that a rejected call is diverted.
Advanced Functions There may be a short delay before the network responds. In the meantime, the message Please Wait is displayed. This is followed by the message Call Waiting ON, Not available, or Call Waiting OFF. To switch between two calls When one call is active and the other is on hold, you can switch between them by pressing S . To make a second call while a call is in progress Method 1 If anything else but the time is shown in the bottom line of the display, erase it with the CLR key. 1.
Advanced Functions 21. Who Is Calling? This service may not be available on all networks. In addition, a special subscription may be required to use the service. The Calling Line Identification (CLI) service enables you to see the caller’s phone number in the display, giving you a chance to identify the caller. The call must, however, be originated from a phone in a network that supports this service, and the caller must have agreed to present the number.
Advanced Functions 22. Sending DTMF Tones Tone signals can be used for a variety of purposes, such as tele-banking or to control an answering machine. This telephone sends tone signals by DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency). To set phone to DTMF Signalling You can send DTMF signals automatically during a call if the DTMF function is selected (see SETTINGS menu). You can send the characters 0 – 9, *, and # as DTMF signals by pressing the corresponding keys. DTMF pause function If you wish to send a code, i.
Advanced Functions 23. Sending and Receiving Text Messages (SMS) This service may not be available on all networks. In addition, a special subscription may be required to use the service. The Short Message Service (SMS) of the cellular network allows you to send and receive text messages to your phone. SMS may contain up to 160 characters. Text messages can be received when the phone is in standby mode, when you are engaged in a call, or when incoming calls are diverted to another phone number.
Advanced Functions SIM card memory You can store read messages on your SIM card. The number of messages that can be stored is SIM-dependent. You can retrieve these messages regardless of which phone you use. If the SIM card memory is full, you will be informed of this by a low beep and a text in the display. You then need to erase read messages to provide free memory space. You are prompted when no messages are stored. The message received/sent/written will always be presented first.
Advanced Functions To repeat a message when no answer To change message type You can set the phone to repeat a message for a certain amount of time: 1 hour, 12 hours, 1 day, 1 week, or maximum (operator dependent). 1. Choose Options and Valid per in the Send Message menu. 2. Scroll to the desired repeat length. You can send other types of messages, such as telex, fax, or voice messages. OPTIONS LValid per R (1 day) 3. Press YES. MAIL Send L messages R 1.
Advanced Functions 24. Voice Messages This service may not be available on all networks. In addition, a special subscription may be required to use the service. Voice Mail function The voice mail function works like an answering machine which records any voice messages. To activate and set phone number of your voice mail 1. Scroll with R/L to the Mail menu and press YES. MAIL ~Set VoiceM (Off) 2. Scroll with R/L to Set VoiceM(ail) and press YES. SET VOICEM ~New number ( ) 3.
Advanced Functions 25. Using Area Information This feature may not be available on all networks. In addition, a special subscription may be required to use the service. The ordinary Short Message Service can be said to be a personal service, with messages specifically and exclusively directed to you. The Area Information (AI) is another, impersonal, type of Short Message which is sent to all subscribers in a certain cell of a network at the same time.
Advanced Functions 4. Enter the new code. (You only need to enter 40 for code 040, since the phone will add the leading zero automatically.) To erase or replace a code If you wish to erase a code or replace a code, press YES when that specific code is shown in the display. The question Erase? appears. a. To erase the code, press YES. 46 b. To replace the code, press R , followed by YES. Enter the new code and press YES. An AI is only displayed once, unless its content has changed.
Supplementary Information 26. Batteries and Recharging Batteries Recharging a battery Batteries with different capacities are available. They are all of the NiMH type. (NiMH stands for Nickel Metal Hydride.) Compared to the commonly used NiCd (Nickel Cadmium) batteries, the NiMH batteries have a higher capacity and they are much more friendly to the environment. Besides the charger delivered with the phone, there are a number of other chargers available that can be used to recharge a battery.
Supplementary Information ● ● A hint: Do not disassemble a battery. A battery may explode if disposed of in a fire. If you are uncertain of the state of charge of a battery, you can attach the battery to the phone. If the phone does not come on, when you press and hold down the ON/OFF key, the battery is probably empty. On the other hand, if the phone comes on, enter the PIN and then observe the battery icon in the display. 27. Accessories A number of accessories are available for use with your phone.
Supplementary Information Portable handsfree Mobile Office kit The portable handsfree set is plugged into the socket at the bottom of the phone. The Mobile Office kit contains all the equipment you need to make your phone and your personal computer or laptop the perfect couple in a Mobile Office environment. Any Key and Automatic Answering facilities The Any Key and Automatic Answering facilities, described in the preceding section, are available when the portable handsfree set is used.
Supplementary Information 28. Problems You Can Solve This chapter lists some simple things you should check before calling for service personnel. This could save the cost of unnecessary service. Phone does not come on Handheld phone: Wrong PIN or Wrong PIN2 is displayed Wrong PIN Wrong PIN2 Recharge or replace the battery. If the phone comes on, but not the handsfree equipment, ensure that the phone is properly inserted in its holder. Check the fuse.
Supplementary Information If you entered both the unblocking key and the PIN code correctly, the message New PIN appears. Alternative method to unblock the SIM card Card blocked Unblock? To unblock the SIM card, enter the following sequence: * * 0 5 * UNBLOCK KEY * NEW PIN * NEW PIN # BLOCKED. Contact card provider is displayed BLOCKED Contact card provider The SIM card is permanently blocked after the unblocking code has been entered incorrectly ten times in succession.
