Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product T18LX Sony Ericsson
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Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 900677ae.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. R egister your ne w phone , purch ase Ericsson original accessories , and see the la test in products by visiting us a t h ttp:// www .ericsson.com/us/consu mer 8/99 PBM This m anual i s publi shed by Eric sson In c.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Document Conventio ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Guidelines for Safe and Ef ficient Use . . . . . 3 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Product Care and Operation .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Messages Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Call Mana ger Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Settings Men u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Document Conventions 1 • Menu names are shown in t h e follo wing typef ace : MENUS . • Subm e nu names are s hown in the following typ e - face: Submenu Na mes . • Keys names ar e shown in the follo wing typeface: .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 900677ae.book P age 2 Friday, August 4, 2000 4: 09 PM.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Us e 3 The mobil e phone is one of the most exciting and inno - vati ve prod uc ts ever devel op ed. Y ou r ph one can he lp y ou to sta y in to uch with yo ur off ice , your hom e, em erge ncy ser vices and other s.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Driving Check the laws an d regul ations on the use o f wirel ess teleph ones in the areas whe re you drive.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Us e 5 want to co nsult your service provider ( o r call the c us- tome r service line to discus s alternat ives).
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Pr oduct Care and Operat ion Eri csson su ggests y ou rea d and o bserve th e follo wing fo r safe care and operation of your phone: • Do not a llow childr en to play with y our phone.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Us e 7 Battery Inf ormation New Batteries The batte ry p ackaged with you r phone is not fully char ged. F or maxi mum bat tery capa city , use y our charg er to con dition the batt er y .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Not e ! The time r equir ed to disch arge a batt ery vari es based o n the typ e of batt ery and th e numbe r and dur ation of your calls.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Getting Started 9 Comple te the fo llowing proced ures to set up your mobile ph one fo r the first tim e: • Review th e doc ument co nvent ions used in this guide by referring to the “ Document Conventions ” cha pter .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Connecting and Removing Y our Batter y Place t he batt ery over the ba ck of the pho ne. Th e label on the batter y sho uld fac e down. In sert the top portion of the batter y into the pho ne.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Getting Started 11 res ult, the phone may not activ ate charge -only mode when t he charg er is conne cted . Atta ch the charge r to the phone fo r severa l hours to slo wly (tric kle) char ge the bat tery .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Continu e cha rging the phon e until the batt ery is fully charg ed. Not e ! If th e phone is powered On, th e batter y icon is replaced by th e icon onc e the batt ery is ful ly charged.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Getting Started 13 No t e ! Do not twist while inserting or remo ving the small plug on t he ch arg er co rd! Plug th e AC adap ter on the power cord into a wa ll outlet.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Pr e ss the lig ht on t he right rear side of the d esktop charger . The light remains a steady orange while the deskto p cha rger d ischar ges th e batt er y .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Learning About Your M obile Phone 15 Y our mobi le phon e offers the l atest in TDMA techno l- ogy , operating in digital and analog modes.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. !" #$ The P art s of Y our Phone The following is a list of the term.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Learning About Your M obile Phone 17 Phone Disp lay Icons a nd Displa y Indicator s Phone Displa y Icons The fo llowing icons ar e used to display the status o.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. !" #$ K ey Functio ns YES • Pr ess to answer a call. • Pr ess to make a ca ll after enterin g a phone nu m- ber . • Pr ess to store me nu settings .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Learning About Your M obile Phone 19 Upper Side Key • Press the u pper side ke y to t empo rarily mu te the ring tone when re ceiving a call. • Press to increase the ea rpiece volu me durin g a call. • Press to illuminat e the ba ck light (w hen th e flip is o pen).
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. !" #$ Displa y Messages The foll owing are com mon dis play messag es on your mobile phone : Y our phone is receiving a call.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Basic Operations 21 8 Summary of B asic Operations Basic Oper ations To D o T h i s : Press This: Tu r n y o u r p h o n e O n P r e s s a n d h o l d T.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. %&' T urning Y our Phone On and Off After you have ins talled a fully charged battery in your phon e, tu rn yo ur ph one On by pres sin g an d ho lding until your phone sounds a be e p.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Basic Operations 23 When t he appropriat e ring sou nd is hig hlighted , pre ss . Selection Stored! ap pe ars in th e display . Pr e ss to r eturn to the pr evious sc reen. Pr e ss to retu rn to th e Standb y screen .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. %&' Answ ering a Call When your p hone receives a call, the rin g tone sounds (unless you have disabled .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Basic Operations 25 Unan swered Call s Y our p hone' s di splay sh ows the numb er o f cal ls yo u have received but did no t answer. Y o u can clea r the nu mber from the displa y by press ing any key or by t urning the phone Off.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. %&' number and then another number , such as an access number fo r an answering machine or voice mail sys tem. Stop Dialing A stop ca uses the phon e to sto p transm itti ng num bers until you pre ss .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Basic Operations 27 If police , fire, or medi cal assistan ce is ne eded. The ex act lo cation of th e emer gen cy , inc luding cross streets , mile post s, or la ndm arks . How many people are inv olved, their condition, and if help is being administered.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. %&' 900677ae.book P age 28 Frid ay, August 4 , 2000 4: 09 PM.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Using Menus 29 Read th is chap ter th oroughl y to und erst and how to use your phone ’ s men us, how to navi gate throu gh the menu syste m, and how to chan ge the menu sett ings.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. ( " indicate d by a filled r adio button ( ). S ome set- tings have two cho ices, such a s On and Off for the Speed Dial setting in the CALL MANAGER menu. Ot her sett ings have a list o f choices, such as the Ri ng V olum e setting in the SOUNDS menu.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Menu Descriptions 31 The ma i n menu h as six icon s that dis play the t o p-lev el menu op tions. T he corres pondi ng option ti tle of the sele cted op tion is disp laye d below the menu tab s when highligh ted.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 32 Menu Descriptions the Re c a l l E nt r y subm enu by pressing and holdin g Ô from the Standby scre en. Phone Gr oups The Phone Groups su b m e n u a l l o w s y o u t o o r g a n i z e t h e members of your phoneb ook int o categorie s.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Menu Descriptions 33 Not e ! Y o u wi ll be prom pted to ente r you r s ecuri ty code to enter th e Calling Card 1 and Calling Card 2 sub- menus.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 34 Menu Descriptions Placing a Ca lling Card Cal l Enter or recal l the phon e number you want t o call. Pre ss a n d h o l d . The cal ling card numb er an d the acti ve calling card are shown in the display .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Menu Descriptions 35 Pr e ss to ope n the Phone Number submenu. Pr e ss Ñ or Ô unti l the appr opriate ph one number is highli ghted. When th e appropriat e phone number is high- light ed, p ress to sw itch to tha t pho ne numbe r .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 36 Menu Descriptions Call Man ag er M enu The CA LL MANAG ER menu all ows yo u to vi ew info r- mation and establish dial ing and answering prefe rences for your p hone (some sel ections available in this menu are depen dent on you r ser vice p rovider).
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Menu Descriptions 37 F or example, if you save 1 23 as the aut o prefi x and the function is On, you can ca ll 123-7 654 by s imply dia ling 7654. Th e prefix 123 is aut omatic ally added to the phon e number aft er you pr ess to di al the ph one number .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 38 Menu Descriptions Not e ! Y o u wil l be prom pted to ente r you r se curit y code to enter th e Lo ck Di al subme nu . Loc k Receive The Lo ck R e cv submenu allows you to restrict incom - ing p hone cal ls.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Menu Descriptions 39 Time/ Date The Ti m e / Da te submenu all ows you to retrie ve the time and date from the system, if th is feature is availab le from the se rvic e provider . Langua g e The Langu age s ubmenu allows you to select the display lang uage used in the p hone di spla y .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 40 Menu Descriptions Find Netw ork Y our pho ne sh ould be con figure d by your se rv ice pro - vider for optimal ne twork selectio n during roaming.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Menu Descriptions 41 and unavailable s y stems. If you want to switch to another s ystem , do the fol lowing: Pr e ss Ñ or Ô from the S tandby screen to highli ght the SET TINGS me nu. Pr e ss to open th e SET TINGS menu.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 42 Menu Descriptions Silen t is s el ecte d . Th e tw o op tio ns for Phone Silent ar e On or Off. Ring So und The Rin g Sound submenu all ows you to ch oose th e type o f so und o r m elody for t he rin ger . Ea ch sound or melody is demo nstrated as you scroll through the selec - tions.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Menu Descriptions 43 Messag e Al er t The Msg Alert submenu allows y ou to turn On o r Off the tone that sounds when an incoming text message or a message waiting sig nal is received. The two op tions for Msg Al ert are On and Off.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 44 Menu Descriptions desi red g roup ( ). Once y ou h ave sele cted all th e group s to be scr eened, pre ss to exit . Screen ca lls is a profile- depen den t feature . Y o u can spec- ify groups of callers that wil l be res tricted from ringing thr ough in ea ch of the 9 pro files.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Using the Phonebook 45 Y ou can store phone numbers and as sociated names in your phone ’ s phon ebook to u se for Re c a l l D i a l i n g , Speed Dial , and Super Dial . Each ph o ne number y ou store can be up to 32 d igits in leng th, and any names you stor e can be up to 24 characters in l ength.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. $#$ ) T o store a number in a specific po sition, press Ô to access t he positio n field . Enter the nu mber of the phoneboo k po sition to wh ich yo u want the entr y stored.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Using the Phonebook 47 Phone numbers stored i n positi ons 1 th rough 9 can be used wit h the Supe r Dial featu re.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. $#$ ) Recall ing a Phone Number From Se cure Memory F ollow th e previousl y described ste ps for opening Recall Entry from the PHON E LISTS menu . Pre ss Ô unti l the Position: line is highl ighted.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Using the Phonebook 49 Phone Group s The Phone Groups submenu allows you t o orga nize your phoneboo k into groups by ass igning indiv idual pho ne number s to 1 of 10 Phone G roups . F or each Phone Group, you may define the group Members and the group Ring Sou nd.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. * $#$ ) Pre ss Ñ or Ô until the Ph one Gr oup that you w ant to sele ct is high light ed. Pre ss to selec t the Phone G roup to which you want to assign grou p option s.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Message Services 51 T ext messages and voice mail are t he two type s of mes- sage ser vices your Ericss on mobil e phone can sup port. The mess age se rv ices are provided by your ser vice pro- vider and subject to availability .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. * " T ext Me ssag es With Call ba ck Numbe rs Callback phone num bers a re one or more phone num- bers that ar e attached to or co ntained within a text mes- sage.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Message Services 53 Stat us of T ext M es sage s A text me ssage can have th e following status: • U n read ( ) - The t ext mess age ha s not be en read. Existin g unread text messag es will not be over wr it- ten by a new me ssage.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. * " Pre ss Ñ or Ô u ntil t he ne w mes sage is h ighlight ed. Pre ss to open the mes sage. Once th e message is open, yo u can s croll throu gh th e messa ge one li ne at a time by pressing Ñ or Ô .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Message Services 55 T o ca ll the p hon e num ber shown , press . T o m a ke a credit card cal l, pr ess an d hold . T o retu rn to the St andby s creen, press . If you have no t stored an a ccess numbe r , you wi ll see Voice mail acces s number not stored .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. * " Pre ss Ñ or Ô from the Standby scre e n to access the main menu. Pre ss Ô unti l the MESSAGES menu is hig hligh ted. Pre ss to ope n the MESSAGES menu.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Data, Fax, and Int er net Calls 57 Y our E rics son m obil e phone cont ains a mod em simi lar to th e modems you u se to conne ct your comp uter to your hom e or o ffi ce tele phon e ser vic e.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. * +,-+. procedure. Once a connec tion to your I SP is establ ished, it will remain in place until you disconnect or until it is automa tica lly disc on nected d ue to the degra dation of signal quality or due to inactivity .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Data, Fax, and Int er net Calls 59 connector . Connect one end of the cable to your Ericsson mobile phone and th e other end t o the serial po rt on your computer . Not e ! If you are trying to connect to a 25-pin serial interface port on your computer , you will need an adapter .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. +,-+. Pre ss to select th e highligh ted call type. Selection sto red! appears in the display . Y our phone is now configured to a specific type for your next incoming call.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Data, Fax, and Int er net Calls 61 Plug th e other end of the cable from your DA 18 Phon e Book Manage r Ac cessory Ki t into the ser ial port on your computer . Plug th e char ger ca ble int o the bot tom of th e co n- nect or fr om your DA 18 P hone Boo k Manag er Acce ssory Kit cabl e.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. +,-+. signal will gen erall y be stro nger when the pho ne is near a window . In a V ehic le It is possi b le to receive data calls from your v ehicle.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Data, Fax, and Int er net Calls 63 Not e ! If nei ther the New H ard wa re Fou n d nor the Up d a t e Device Driver Wizar d scre ens app ear , refer to the Man- ual I nstall ation Ins truction s at the end of thi s chapter .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. +,-+. Connec t one end of your serial ca ble to you r Erics- son mobi le pho ne and t he other end to your com- puter ’ s s eria l por t .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Data, Fax, and Int er net Calls 65 j Cl ick OK to retu rn t o th e Connection tab. k Cl ick OK to retu rn t o Modem Properties .
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Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. # ! / Displa yed Messa ges and Explanations Pr oblems and P ossible Solutions The phon e does n ot turn On. Ch arge o r repl ac e t he ba tte r y .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. # ! The signal strength var ie s . This is a commo n occurrence. T ransmitters are set in geographic areas and coverage is not 100% all of the ti me.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Index 69 $ Access Tone , 42 Accessorie s , 68 Answer Option , 36 Antenna , 16 Auto Area , 36 Auto Prefix , 36 Auto Retr y , 23 , 37 % Back Light , 39 Battery I.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. / . - Display Icons , 17 Display Messages , 20 Highlights , 15 Illustration , 16 Key Functions , 18 Learning About , 15 Erro r Mess ages , 67 ) Fax.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Index 71 Entering Letters/Symbol s , 46 Erasin g Entrie s , 48 Recalling N ames/Numbe rs , 47 Secu re Memory , 47 Specify ing Posi tion s , 46 Storing Name s/N.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. / . - < YES Key , 16 , 18 900677ae.book P age 72 Frid ay, August 4 , 2000 4: 09 PM.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 0 Making and Answering C alls Turn Phone On/Off Pr e ss an d h ol d Answ er a C all *Ope n flip or pr ess End a Call *Close fli p or p ress .
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Y our Phone’s Display Contrast Ñ or Ô 4 9 Back L ight Ñ or Ô 4 8 Language Ñ or Ô 4 5 Y our Phone’s So unds Phone Sil ent Ñ or Ô 5 1 Ring Sound Ñ o.
Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 0 The T18LX Menu .
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