Panasonic A500 Manuale utente

Operating Instructions Part 1

Digital Cellular Phone

Before operating this equipment

please read these instructions

(parts 1 and 2) completely.

Charge battery before operation

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Contents

Getting Started ................................................... 1

Inserting and removing the SIM....................... 1

Attaching and removing the battery................. 1

Charging the battery ........................................ 2

Operation of battery level indicator.................. 2

Low battery power warning.............................. 2

Keys & Displays ................................................. 3

Keys................................................................. 4

Shortcuts ......................................................... 5

Illumination light............................................... 5

Display............................................................. 6

How to Use This Phone ..................................... 7

Selecting a menu option .................................. 7

Symbols used in this manual........................... 8

Phone Basics and Managing Calls................... 9

Switching phone ON/OFF................................ 9

Displaying menu .............................................. 9

Making calls..................................................... 9

Answering calls.............................................. 10

Ending/rejecting calls..................................... 10

Voicemail ....................................................... 11

Activating Quiet mode ................................... 11

In-call options ................................................ 12

Call log........................................................... 15

Explore the Menus ........................................... 17

Settings Menu Structure ................................. 18

Settings............................................................. 19

Tone setting................................................... 19

Vibration Alert setting .................................... 20

Display setting ............................................... 21

Language setting........................................... 22

Data connections setting ............................... 22

Network setting.............................................. 22

Call settings................................................... 24

Security settings ............................................ 27

Time and date setting .................................... 29

Any key answer setting.................................. 29

Keyguard setting............................................ 30

Profiles Menu Structure .................................. 31

Profiles.............................................................. 32

Profile setting................................................. 32

Editing profile................................................. 32

Text Entry (Edit) ............................................... 34

Shift mode ..................................................... 34

Input mode..................................................... 35

Text input....................................................... 35

Messages Menu Structure .............................. 36

Messages.......................................................... 37

MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) .......... 37

SMS (Short Message Service) ...................... 43

Voicemail ....................................................... 47

Chat ............................................................... 47

Cell Broadcast ............................................... 48

Memory status ............................................... 48

Contacts Menu Structure ................................ 49

Contacts............................................................ 50

Browsing Contacts......................................... 50

Storing ........................................................... 51

Call log........................................................... 53

Speed dial...................................................... 54

Grouping Contacts entries............................. 55

My Number .................................................... 56

Group settings ............................................... 57

Memory status ............................................... 57

Copy from SIM............................................... 57

Service numbers............................................ 57

Browser Menu Structure ................................. 58

Browser............................................................. 59

Server setting................................................. 59

Viewing the contents...................................... 59

Browser options............................................. 60

Browser options (Bookmarks)........................ 60

Browser options (Enter address) ................... 61

Browser options (Save image)....................... 61

Browser options (Set as bookmark)............... 61

Browser options (Service Inbox).................... 61

Browser options (Reload page) ..................... 62

Browser options (Advanced).......................... 62

Browser options (Settings)............................. 63

Games Menu Structure.................................... 64

Games ............................................................... 65

Selecting games ............................................ 65

Downloading games ...................................... 65

Settings.......................................................... 66

Applications Menu Structure .......................... 67

Applications ..................................................... 68

STK (SIM Tool Kit)......................................... 68

Alarm ............................................................. 68

Sound recorder.............................................. 69

Calculator....................................................... 69

Infrared .......................................................... 70

Calendar............................................................ 72

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My Media Menu Structure................................ 73

My Media ........................................................... 74

Pictures (My Media > Pictures)...................... 74

Sounds (My Media > Sounds) .......................75

Shortcuts........................................................ 76

Text templates ............................................... 76

Memory status ............................................... 77

Personal WAP/MMS Settings .......................... 78

Troubleshooting ............................................... 80

Important error messages.............................. 81

Glossary of Terms............................................ 82

How to Change the X Changeable Cover....... 83

Index.................................................................. 84

1

Getting Started

Some services described in this manual are network dependent or may only be available on a subscription basis.

Some functions are SIM dependent. For more information contact your service provider.

Inserting and removing the SIM

The SIM is inserted into the back of the phone.

(See “Attaching and removing the battery” below to remove or attach the battery.)

Attaching and removing the battery

Before removing the battery, ensure that the phone is switched off and the charger is disconnected from the

phone.

NOTE If you are upgrading your phone and your previous phone did not support new services, such as

MMS (Multi Media Messaging), you may need to insert a new SIM. Contact your service provider.

SIM

Inserting the SIM

Slide your SIM card (with the

gold contacts facing

downwards) into its holder,

making sure that the cutout

corner is aligned.

SIM

Removing the SIM

Slide out the SIM.

A

ttaching the battery

1 Insert the battery, ensuring the 3 gold contacts

align with the 3 gold pins in the phone.

2 Replace cover on the phone and slide upwards

to the top of the phone.

Removing the battery

1 Press top part of the cover and remove. 2 Lift the battery out.

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Getting Started

Charging the battery

Connecting and disconnecting the Fast Travel Charger

The battery must be attached in the phone before the charger is connected.

Connect the charger to the mains power supply. When the phone is charging, the charging indicator will light and

a scrolling icon will appear in the main display.

When charging is complete switch off the mains power supply and disconnect the charger by pressing the button

on the connector

and remove from the base of the phone .

Operation of battery level indicator

Charging Indicator will go out when charging is completed.

Low battery power warning

When the battery power is low, a warning tone will sound and a Battery low message will be displayed. Charge

the battery, or the phone will be switched off in 2 minutes. (See “Charging the battery” above.) Calls can be made

and received while the phone is charging.

Do not force the connector as this may damage the phone and/or the charger.

Some settings may be lost if the battery is removed or remains discharged for more than 1.5 hours.

While charging Charging complete

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Keys & Displays

Send key

To answer a call or to

make an outgoing call

1 key/Voicemail key

Press and hold to call

voicemail

Right Soft key

Power/End key

Press and hold to switch your

phone on/off

Earpiece (Receiver)

Charging Connector

Pause key/

Quiet Mode key

Navigation key

Select/scroll/move/

Alert mute/Keyguard

Main Display

Left Soft key

Asterisk key

International Dialling

Prefix key

Personal Handsfree

Connector

Alert Mute key

Press to mute Alert

Microphone

One Push Auto Open

button

Press to open the handset

Speaker

Illumination Light/

Charging Indicator

Lights red during charging

Infrared Port

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Keys & Displays

Keys

Key Function

0

Navigation key: Select and save settings, and scroll/move through menus, text and

Contacts. Also controls movements while playing games.

<

Select key: Press centre to select option or to save.

Keyguard key: From Idle mode, press and hold to lock the keypad, or press

to unlock the keypad.

Alert Mute key: Turns ring tone off and stops vibration when receiving a call

(Alert mute).

4

Scroll key: Press top or bottom edge to move screen cursor up or down.

2

Move key: Press left or right edge to move screen cursor left or right.

A

Left Soft key: Perform function displayed in lower left corner of the display. From Idle

mode, press to open Messages menu.

@

Right Soft key: Perform function displayed in lower right corner of the display. Mainly

used to cancel and return to previous menu level or to delete text/number entries. Press

and hold to delete all characters in text entry mode. From Idle mode, press to open

Browser menu.

C

Send key: Make a call, recall recently dialled phone numbers or answer a call.

D

Power/End key: Press and hold to switch phone on/off. When the phone is on, press

briefly to end a call. During key operation, press to return to Idle mode.

$

to

,

1 key/Voicemail key: Press and hold $ to retrieve voicemail messages.

1-9 Number keys: Enter numbers. Press and hold a single key (2-9) for Speed dial. In

text entry mode, enter text, numbers and characters.

#

0 Number key: Enter number. In text entry mode, enter number and characters.

International Dialling Prefix key: Press and hold

# to enter + (the international

dialling prefix) while entering a phone number.

"

Asterisk key: During text entry mode, press to switch between upper case and lower case

letters. Changes Input mode (Hold).

!

Pause key: Press and hold to enter a pause (P) while entering a phone number.

In text entry mode, press to enter a space. Press and hold to enter a line feed.

Quiet Mode key: From Idle mode, press and hold to turn Quiet profile on/off.

Alert Mute key (located on the left side of the phone): Turns ring tone off and stops

vibration when receiving a call (Alert mute).

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Keys & Displays

Shortcuts

When you are familiar with the menu system, you can use the keypad to access features instead of navigating

through the display menus.

Short press (from Idle mode)

Long press (from Idle mode)

Illumination light

Key Function

A or 7 Messages

@ or 3 Browser

<

Menu/Alert mute/

Keyguard off

1 Shortcuts

5 Contacts

Key Function

$ - #

"!

Call dial field

C Dialled numbers

Alert mute

Key Function

< Keyguard on

$ Voicemail

% - , Speed dial

! Quiet mode on/off

Function

Luminous

colour

Light goes out

Incoming call Purple if call is missed (Yellow) or switched over to voice call (Blue)

Call in progress Blue if call ended

Missed call notification Yellow

Mobile phone status: Closed

if phone is opened or the Alert Mute key is pressed

Mobile phone status: Open

if phone is closed or any key is pressed

Message notification

(SMS or MMS or WAP

Push)

Green

Mobile phone status: Closed

if phone is opened or the Alert Mute key is pressed

Mobile phone status: Open

if phone is closed or any key is pressed

Alarm notification Red after alarm is ended (30 seconds) or any key is pressed

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Keys & Displays

Display

Icon Meaning

Car profile is active

SMS message storage area is full

MMS message storage area is full

Java™ (Suspended)

Unread SMS message

Unread MMS message

Unread WAP push message

Call Diverts is on

Infrared is active

New voicemail message received

Incoming Volume 0

Vibration Alert is on

Alarm is set

On-line browsing during CSD

(Non-Secure)

On-line browsing during CSD

(Secure)

On-line browsing during GPRS

(Non-Secure)

On-line browsing during GPRS

(Secure)

Keyguard is on

With some operations, the display automatically

clears after 2.5 seconds or after pressing any key.

Status icons

Different icons are shown, depending on the features

you are using and the options you have selected.

Icons appear on the main display as shown in the

following table.

Icon Meaning

Signal strength

The more bars visible, the stronger

the signal.

Battery charge level

Battery is charging

GPRS is active

Quiet profile is active

Meeting profile is active

Outdoor profile is active

Main display

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How to Use This Phone

Selecting a menu option

From Idle mode, press the centre of the Navigation key

<

to open the main menu display. The main menu

display has 9

options.

Main menu

Press to Cancel/Exit

or to perform

function displayed

in lower right corner.

Press to perform

function displayed in

the lower left corner.

Main menu screen

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How to Use This Phone

Symbols used in this manual

The table below shows the symbols used throughout these instructions and the corresponding meanings in the

column on the right.

Symbol Meaning

< Press centre of the Navigation key to select option or to save

1537 Direction in which you can move on the display screen with the Navigation key

0

Shows possibility of moving in any direction (up, down, left and right) on the display

screen with the Navigation key

4 Shows possibility of moving up and down on the display screen with the Navigation key

2 Shows possibility of moving left and right on the display screen with the Navigation key

A Press Left Soft key

@ Press Right Soft key

</A Press centre of Navigation key or Left Soft key

$ - # Press Number keys

" Press Asterisk key

! Press Pause key / Quiet Mode key

C Press Send key

D Press Power / End key

E Indicates that a function is SIM dependent

F Indicates that a function is network dependent

Press Alert Mute key

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Phone Basics and Managing Calls

Switching phone ON/OFF

Press and hold D for 3 seconds to switch phone on

• When the phone is switched on, a greeting may be displayed

and the phone enters Idle mode.

Press and hold D again to switch phone off

Displaying menu

1 To access the menu, press < in Idle mode

2 The menu will be displayed

(The menu may vary depending on your SIM.)

Making calls

• To make a call, start in Idle mode.

• Ensure network name and appear on the display.

Standard dialling

1 Enter phone number (# - ,, ", !)

2 C / <

Contacts dialling

1 5 Contacts (see “Shortcuts” on page 5)

2 4 required contact C

Recent number dialling (Calls made or received)

1 C

2 2 Dialled numbers, Answered calls or Missed calls

3 4 required contact C

When switching the phone off, use only D to avoid damaging the phone.

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Phone Basics and Managing Calls

International dialling

The international code for the destination country/region should be entered, followed

by the area code and phone number.

1 Press and hold #

2 Enter country/region code

3 Enter area code and phone number C / <

Emergency call

To make an emergency call, the antenna ( ) must be present.

When SIM is inserted:

Enter emergency number 112 C / <

When SIM is not inserted:

Enter emergency number 112 C / < / A

or

1 A

2 4 SOS < / A

Answering calls

Press any key except D / / < / @ (Any key answer)

Ending/rejecting calls

D / @ or fold the phone during an incoming call to reject the call or end a call in

progress.

NOTE Many countries/regions include an initial “0” in the area code. This

should, in most cases, be omitted when dialling international numbers. If

you have difficulties making international calls, contact your service

provider.

Most countries support the international emergency number 112. If you find the

number does not work on your phone, please call your service provider.

Making emergency calls without a SIM is country or network operator

dependent.

NOTE Any key answer can be disabled. (See “Any key answer setting” on page

29.) In this case, calls can only be answered by pressing C or A.

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Phone Basics and Managing Calls

Voicemail

You need to subscribe to the voicemail service through your service provider before

you can retrieve voicemail messages. To check if voicemail access has been

configured, press and hold

$. See “Voicemail” on page 47 on how to programme.

1 When a new voicemail message is received, an alert sounds and appears in

lower part of the display or you receive an SMS notification (depending on the

local service)

• remains on the display until you have listened to all your voice messages.

2 Press and hold $ to automatically dial your voicemail number

• If the number is not valid, contact your service provider.

3 Follow the recorded instructions for your voicemail

4 D when finished

Activating Quiet mode

1 To quickly set the phone to your preset Quiet mode settings, press and hold !

• To change Quiet mode settings, see “Editing profile” on page 32.

2 To disable, press and hold ! again

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Phone Basics and Managing Calls

In-call options

During a call: A for options

4 required option < / A

Earpiece volume

During a call: 4 / 2 to adjust earpiece volume

Desktop Handsfree

Desktop Handsfree allows you to have a conversation without holding the phone to

your ear.

Swapping between Handsfree and Handheld calls:

During a Handheld call:

A, 4 Handsfree < / A

During a Handsfree call:

A, 4 Handheld < / A

DTMF tones

DTMF tones can be sent during a conversation. These are often used to access

voicemail, paging and computerised home banking. For example, you may need to

input a number to remotely access voicemail messages. A phone number may be

stored in Contacts together with a DTMF tone sequence, allowing the number to be

dialled upon recall and the DTMF tone sequence to be sent automatically.

Send DTMF tones during a call:

Press digits (# - ,, !, ")

Pause dial:

Using pauses allows you to send DTMF tones automatically.

1 Enter phone number

2 Press and hold ! until a P is displayed at the end of the phone number entered

3 Enter the DTMF digits after the pause, e.g. enter the number to access voicemail

messages

4 C / <

When the call is connected the DTMF tone sequence will be sent after 3 seconds.

Do not hold the phone to your ear in Handsfree mode.

Option Explanation

Hold Call

Put a call on hold. To resume,

A, 4 Resume < / A

From Contacts Access the Contacts list

Create SMS Access Create SMS

Inbox (SMS) Access Inbox (SMS)

Calendar Access Calendar

Handsfree / Handheld Switch to Desktop Handsfree or Handheld

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Phone Basics and Managing Calls

Incoming call while on a call

During a call, you may receive another call. To enable this, Call Waiting must be on.

(See “Call Waiting” on page

25.)

Accept a second call:

C / A (The second call is active, the current call is put on hold)

When two calls are connected, the following options are available by pressing

A

.

4 required option < / A

Reject a second call:

@ to reject the incoming call and to resume the call in progress.

End current call and receive second call:

D to end the call in progress, then press any key except D / / < / @ to

answer the incoming call.

Making a second call

During a call:

Enter second phone number and C / <

or

A for options and select required contact from the Contacts list and C

• The first call is put on hold.

Call Waiting is network dependent (F).

Making a second call is network dependent (F).

Option Explanation

Swap Switch between two connected calls

Merge

Enable multi-party conversation when two calls are

connected (one active, one on hold). All three parties can

then talk to each other

From Contacts Access the Contacts list

Create SMS Access Create SMS

Inbox (SMS) Access Inbox (SMS)

Calendar Access Calendar

Handsfree / Handheld Switch to Desktop Handsfree or Handheld

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Phone Basics and Managing Calls

Multi-party call

A multi-party call has 3 or more people in conversation at the same time. (F)

1 Establish a multi-party call by merging two calls

2 Continue to add people to the multi-party call (up to 5 connections in total) by

calling others or by accepting incoming calls

When making a call or accepting an incoming call, the multi-party call is placed on

hold. The callers already in the multi-party call can continue to talk with each other

while on hold. Each additional connection can then be merged into the multi-party call

by

A, 4 Merge < / A.

Multi-party call options

You can select an individual from the multi-party call and split the conversation,

allowing you to talk privately without the participation of the rest of the parties in the

multi-party call.

1 During a multi-party call, A

2 4 Option < / A

3 4 desired caller in the multi-party list

4 desired option A

5 4 required option < / A

To end the call’s connection, @ (End)

6 D to end the multi-party call and all connections

Option Explanation

Split

Split the selected caller from the multi-party call so you can talk

privately. The remaining multi-party callers are placed on hold and

can still talk with each other. To rejoin the call,

A, 4 Merge < / A

Ok Close the options list

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Phone Basics and Managing Calls

Call log

Recently dialled phone numbers, answered calls and missed calls are stored in the

Call log. The numbers in the Call log list can be used to call, send messages or add

to Contacts. You can also delete the numbers from the list.

Viewing Call log

1 C

2 2 Dialled numbers, Answered calls or Missed calls

3 4 required phone number <

Dialling from Call log

1 C

2 2 Dialled numbers, Answered calls or Missed calls

3 4 required phone number <

4 A

5 4 Call < / A

Sending messages

1 C

2 2 Dialled numbers, Answered calls or Missed calls

3 4 required phone number <

4 A

5 4 Send message < / A

6 4 MMS or SMS < / A

7 Enter a message

For details on creating a message, see “Creating a new MMS” on page 37 or

“Creating a text message” on page 43.

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Phone Basics and Managing Calls

Saving a phone number from Call log into the Contacts list

1 C

2 2 Dialled numbers, Answered calls or Missed calls

3 4 required phone number <

4 A

5 4 Add to contacts < / A

6 4 Phone or SIM < / A

7 4 required icon <

8 Enter as appropriate <

(If required, repeat steps 7 and 8)

9 A

Options in Call log

In each Call log list, the following options are available by pressing A.

4 required option < / A

Option Explanation

Call Call selected number

Send message Send MMS/SMS message to selected number

Add to contacts Store number to Contacts

Delete Delete selected log

Delete all

Delete all logs in the list

(This option is available in the Call log list.)

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Explore the Menus

Games

Download

Settings

Applications

(SIM Tool Kit)

Alarm

Sound recorder

Calculator

Infrared

Messages

Create new

Inbox

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