User's Manual Part 1

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Mail
This service enables you to receive reports such as emergency
earthquake alerts distributed from the Japan Meteorological Agency.
≥You can receive Area Mail messages without i-mode contract.
≥You cannot receive Area Mail messages in the following cases
※1
:
・During Omakase Lock
・During Self Mode
・During international roaming
・During a voice call
・During a videophone call
・While copying data files between FOMA terminal and the microSD card
・During infrared communication
・During iC communication
・When you are out of the service area
・When the power is off
≥You might not be able to receive Area Mail messages in the following cases
※1※2
:
・During i-mode communication
・During data communication
・During PushTalk communication
・While accessing the Data Storage Center
・While updating software program
・While updating the pattern data
※1 You cannot receive the message once you failed to receive it.
※2 Even when you could receive it, the contents are not automatically displayed.
≥The contents are not automatically displayed when you receive them in the following
cases:
・While the camera is activated
・While an i-αppli program is running
・During Public Mode (Drive Mode)
・While operating the microSD card
・During streaming playback of PC movie or i-motion movie
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Early Warning “Area Mail”
When you receive an Area Mail message, the ring tone for Area Mail
sounds. “Ring volume”, “Ring time”, and “Vibrator” follows the settings
of “Mail”.
When you receive an emergency earthquake alert, a dedicated buzzer
(alert) sounds, and the vibrator works to notify you. Further, the contents
are automatically displayed. “Ring volume” is fixed to “Level 4”, and
“Vibrator” is fixed to “Melody linkage”, so you cannot change their
settings. You can use “Area mail settings” to set “Beep time”.
Up to 30 Area Mail messages are saved separately from i-mode mail
messages and SMS messages in the Inbox.
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When an Area Mail message arrives,
“ ” lights, the message telling its
arrival appears, and the Call/Charging
indicator flickers.
≥If you press any key, the former display returns.
≥The contents of some Area Mail messages might be automatically displayed
when you receive them. To clear it, press Oo, r, or h.
≥See page 160 for displaying Area Mail messages.
Receiving Early Warning “Area Mail”
Reception Result
display
Information
≥The buzzer does not sound when you receive an emergency earthquake alert with the
manner setting set by “Manner mode” or “Super silent”. However, the buzzer sounds
with “Original” set to sound any of the following tones. When every setting is set to
mute, the buzzer does not sound:
・Phone volume ・Mail volume ・Alarm volume
・Memo tone ・Keypad sound
≥Even when “Vibrator” of “Original” is set to “OFF”, the vibrator works if you receive an
emergency earthquake alert.
≥When a new Area Mail message comes in with 30 Area Mail messages saved, they
are deleted from the read oldest one. When all 30 messages are not read, they are
deleted from the oldest one.
≥Whether the details of a received Area Mail message are displayed or not depends on
the setting by the Area Mail message provider.
≥Depending on the radio wave conditions, you may not be able to receive Area Mail
messages.