A520
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Safety Information For your safety, please read the guidelines below carefully before you use your phone: Exposure to Radio Frequency Signals Max. SAR measurement EU: GSM900: 0.81 mW/g; DCS1800: 0.34 mW/g. USA: PCS1900: 0.51mW/g (head); 0.69 mW/g (body). Your wireless handheld portable telephone is a low power transmitter and receiver. When it is ON, it receives and also sends out radio frequency (RF) signals.
The design of your phone complies with these standards when used normally. For body worn operation, this phone has been tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines when used with the A520 accessories supplied or designated for this product. Use of other accessories may not ensure compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines. Hence, when a carry case, belt clip or holder is used for body-worn operation, it will be better to position the product at least 1.5cm away from your body.
• All batteries can cause property damage, injury or burns if a conductive material such as jewelry, keys or beaded chains touches exposed terminals. The material may complete electrical circuit and become quite hot. To protect against such unwanted current drain, exercise care in handling any charged battery, particularly when placing it inside your pocket, purse or other container with metal objects.
Pacemakers The Health Industry Manufacturers Association recommends that a minimum separation of six (6") inches be maintained between a handheld wireless phone and a pacemaker to avoid potential interference with the pacemaker. These recommendations are consistent with the independent research by and recommendations of Wireless Technology Research. Persons with pacemakers: • Should ALWAYS keep the phone more than six inches from their pacemaker when the phone is turned ON.
Vehicles RF signals may affect improperly installed or inadequately shielded electronic systems in motor vehicles. Check with the manufacturer or its representative regarding your vehicle. You should also consult the manufacturer of any equipment that has been added to your vehicle. Posted Facilities Turn your phone OFF in any facility where posted notice so requires. Aircraft FCC regulations prohibit using your phone while in the air. Switch OFF your phone before boarding an aircraft.
For Vehicles Equipped with an Air Bag An air bag inflates with great force. DO NOT place objects, including both installed or portable wireless equipment, in the area over the air bag or in the air bag deployment area. If in-vehicle wireless equipment is improperly installed and the air bag inflates, serious injury could result. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. this device may not cause harmful interference, and 2.
Table of Contents Safety Information ...........................................................i 1. Preparing Your Phone For Use................................... 1 Inserting a SIM Card ............................................................ 1 Installing a Battery and Charging the Phone ...................... 2 Turning the Phone On ......................................................... 4 2. Getting to Know Your Phone ..................................... 7 Your Phone at a Glance..................
Dialing an Extension Number ........................................... 30 Speed Dialing ...................................................................... 30 Voice Dialing ...................................................................... 30 Listening to Voicemails ...................................................... 31 Phone Book......................................................................... 32 Adding Contacts to the Phone Book.....................................
Messages Menu................................................................... 57 New .........................................................................................59 SMS.............................................................................................. 59 MMS ............................................................................................ 61 SIM Folder ..............................................................................66 Inbox ................................
Add..........................................................................................83 Edit ..........................................................................................84 Copy ........................................................................................84 Delete ......................................................................................84 Caller Group ...........................................................................84 Privacy Manager ...................
Help ............................................................................................. 98 Tools.................................................................................... 99 Alarm ......................................................................................99 Calendar................................................................................101 To Do List .............................................................................103 Note.................................
Theme........................................................................................ 121 Wallpaper .................................................................................. 121 Welcome Message ..................................................................... 122 Contrast ..................................................................................... 122 Brightness .................................................................................. 122 Keypad Backlight .............
User Group ...........................................................................133 Restore ..................................................................................133 5. The A520 Tools Gallery CD-ROM.......................... 134 6. The WebCam Function ........................................... 136 7. Care and Maintenance ............................................ 139 8. Troubleshooting......................................................
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Preparing Your Phone For Use Inserting a SIM Card Slide the SIM card in under the metal plate in the SIM card slot, with the SIM card's metal contacts facing down and the cut corner at the top right. Metal plate SIM card A SIM card can be easily damaged if its metal contacts become scratched. Therefore, take special care when holding or inserting it. If you wish to remove the SIM card, you must first press down the stay, then push the SIM card out of the slot.
Installing a Battery and Charging the Phone 1. With the battery's metal contacts facing down, push the battery toward the top of the battery bay and then press down to lock the battery in place. 2. Place the battery cover on the back of the phone and slide toward the top of the phone to lock the cover in place. 3. Plug the charger into a power outlet.
4. Insert the charger connector deep into the phone until the connector locks into place. Make sure you insert the connector in the correct orientation (the side showing the "UP"/arrow icon faces you). • Charging requires approximately 4 hours. • When charging the phone while it is turned off, the status indicator light will flash blue and the external and main displays will be activated: a. The external display will show the time and cycle through animations, then turn off temporarily. This is normal. b.
5. Once the phone is fully charged, remove the charger from both the power outlet and the phone. • Do not remove the battery while the phone is charging. • When the battery is out of power, the phone will play an alert sound to remind you to recharge it and then will automatically turn off. Turning the Phone On 1. Open the phone's flip. 2. Press and hold to turn the phone on. The phone will display the welcome animation.
The PIN (Personal Identification Number) is a password provided by a network operator with a SIM card. You need this password in order to use the SIM card. If you enter the PIN incorrectly 3 times in a row, the SIM card will lock down and no longer be usable. If this happens, you must enter the PUK (Personal Unblocking Key) for that SIM card in order to unlock it. Please contact your network operator to obtain a PUK.
7. The standby screen will be displayed, as well as network signal strength and the name of the network operator. You can now use the phone. If the phone is not able to detect the designated network, or links to a network that you are not authorized to use, the on-screen signal strength meter will show no bars. You will only be able to make emergency calls.
Getting to Know Your Phone Your Phone at a Glance The figure below shows the main parts of your phone: Front view 1 Antenna Status indicator light External display External speaker Getting to Know Your Phone 7
Front view 2 Earpiece Main display OK key Left soft key Dial/Answer key Camera key Scroll key Right soft key Power on/off key Alphanumeric keys Microphone 8 Getting to Know Your Phone
Side and back views Hands-free headset/Data cable/WebCam cable jack Volume key Mirror used to take a self portrait. Camera lens Battery cover To avoid potential RF interference, please do not wear the phone in front of your chest.
Status Indicator Light The status indicator light has the following functions: • Flashes blue when the phone detects a network or is charging. • Flashes purple when the battery is fully charged. • Shows red when battery power is too low. • Flashes blue rapidly when there is an incoming call. To turn off the status indicator light, you must start up the power saving mode. Go to this menu: Settings > Power Saving Mode.
Standby Screen External Display The external display's status bar will show icons for network signal strength, battery power, alarm (if active), etc. The current time and animations will appear in sequence. The external display also alerts you to incoming calls, messages, and missed calls. • If you wish to set the time shown on the external display, go to the menu Settings > Date & Time > Time. See page 119.
Icons in the External Display's Status Bar Icon Function Description Signal strength Signal strength of the network. The more bars indicated, the stronger the signal. Battery status Shows the current level of battery power. The more bars indicated, the more power that remains. Four bars: fully charged. No bars: immediate charging needed.
Icon Function Divert Roaming Description The call divert function is active.
Main Screen Status bar Name of the network operator Time and date Wallpaper Soft key bar Press to enter the Phone Book 14 Press to enter the main menu. Getting to Know Your Phone Press to use enter the Games menu.
• You can set the the wallpaper used for the main display's standby screen by going to the menu Media Center > Picture or Animation, or Settings > Display > Wallpaper. See page 92 and page 121. • To set the current time and date, as well as the format in which they will be shown in the main display's standby screen, go to the menu Settings > Date & Time. See page 119. • You can press from the standby screen to enter the Profiles menu, and then change the Personal profile's name to your own user name.
Icons in the Main Display's Status Bar Icon Function Description Signal strength Signal strength of the network. The more bars indicated, the stronger the signal. Battery status Shows the current level of battery power. The more bars indicated, the more power that remains. Four bars: fully charged. No bars: immediate charging needed. GPRS network GPRS services have been activated on your SIM card.
Icon Function Description Meeting Th Meeting profile is in use. Outdoors Th Outdoors profile is in use. Personal The Personal profile is in use. Handsfree The Handsfree profile is in use. Divert The call divert function is active.
Using the Keys in the Standby Mode The chart below is meant only to introduce the commands accessible with keys when the phone is in standby mode. For information on other key commands available in other operating modes, see the pertinent sections in this user manual. Function keys • When any key is pressed, the phone will provide aural feedback through keypad tones. To activate or cancel this aural feedback, press to enter the Profiles menu from the standby screen.
Key Commands and functions Power on/off key • Long-press to turn the phone on or off. • Press this key to reject incoming calls or cancel a call being dialed. • Press this key to delete all digits entered and return to the standby screen. Send/Answer key • Press to send or answer a call. • Long-press and your phone will automatically call the last number dialed. • Press to access the list of last missed/dialed/received calls. OK key • Press to open up the main menu.
Key Commands and functions Right soft key • Press this key to open the Games menu (when Games is shown). For details on the Games menu, see page 78. • Press this key to delete entered digits one by one; longpress to delete all digits entered (when Clear is shown). • Long-press to turn the silent profile on or off. Camera key • Press to use the camera function. Scroll key • Press to enter the menu for function and phone number shortcuts. For information about the Shortcuts menu, see page 52.
Key Commands and functions Asterisk key • Press this key to enter an asterisk " * ". • To make an international call, long-press this key until the display shows "+" ,Then enter the recipient's country code, area code and phone number. Voicemail key • Long-press to dial your voicemail number. # key • Press to enter "#". • For extensions: After entering a phone number, longpress to enter a "P" and then enter the extension number. Alphanumeric keys • Press to enter digits in a phone number.
Alphanumeric keys Key 22 Digit Key Digit/Symbol/Function 1 7 2 8 3 9 4 0 5 * + (long-press) 6 # P(long-press after entering a phone number) Getting to Know Your Phone
Menu Navigation From the standby screen, press to bring up the main menu. For details on how to use the various functions listed in the menu, see page 83, "Menus". You can choose a display color for the menus by going to the menu Settings > Display > Theme. See page 121. Main menu The main menu icon to which you have scrolled will be displayed as an animation. Each icon represents a sub-menu. Indicates that Press to enter the sub-menu represented by the animated icon.
Sub-menus The highlighted row is the currently selected item. The name of the current menu. Press to scroll up or down to an item. Press to bring up the previous screen. Press to enter the sub-menu represented by the highlighted item or to activate the highlighted function. Press to bring up the next screen. Press to return to the previous menu or screen. Pop-up menus Press to scroll up or down to an item. Press to close a pop-up menu. Press to open a pop-up menu.
Turning a function on or off Press to turn the selected function on or off (the currently selected function will be highlighted). After the selected function is activated, the display will usually show further setting options. Press to scroll to the desired setting option. Press to cancel and return to the previous screen. Press setting. Press or to edit the setting.
Menu navigation through number shortcuts The example given below demonstrates how to change the language setting by the menu number shortcuts. 1. In the standby mode, press to bring up the main menu. 2. The location of items in the main menu corresponds to the position of the pressing to keys in the alphanumeric keypad. Thus, will bring up the Settings menu. to 3. In the Settings menu, the alphanumeric keys represent menu items 1 to 10.
Using Your Phone Making a Phone Call Open the flip and enter the desired number using the alphanumeric keys to . Press to dial your call. Ending a Phone Call Press or close the flip to end a call. The display will show the total call time, and then return to the standby screen. To cancel a call that is being dialed, press or close the flip. If the flip function has not been activated, you cannot end a call or cancel dialing by closing the flip.
Answering a Phone Call When a call is received, your phone rings or vibrates, with the display showing the caller's number (if supported by your network vendor). If the caller is a contact stored in the Phone Book, the phone will show the name recorded in the Phone Book. • If the caller is a member of a caller group, the ring tone assigned to this group will sound. The display will show the animation/image that is associated with this group as well, to help you identify the caller.
Rejecting an Incoming Call • Regardless of whether the flip is open or closed, you can reject an incoming call by long-pressing the upper portion of the volume key on the left side of the phone. • When the flip is open, you can reject an incoming call by closing the flip or pressing . Turning Off the Ring Tone for an Incoming Call Regardless of whether the flip is open or closed, you can temporarily mute the ring tone for an incoming call to avoid disturbing others.
Making an Emergency Call To call emergency services, enter 112 (the international emergency number) and then press to dial the call. You can make an emergency call even if your phone is locked or cannot access your network, or there is no SIM card inserted, so long as you are within range of a network of the type supported by your phone. Dialing an Extension Number After you enter a telephone number, long-press . The phone display will show "P".
a. If there is only one phone number stored for the contact identified, your phone will automatically dial this number. b. If there are two or more phone numbers stored for the contact identified, the display will show the contact's Phone Book data. You can then scroll to the number you wish to dial, pressing or to make the call. To use voice dialing to make a call, you must have stored a voice dialing prompt for the desired number in Phone Book.
Phone Book Adding Contacts to the Phone Book The Phone Book will have different formats and data headings depending on whether you have chosen to use a phone book stored on your SIM card or in your phone's memory. The phone book in your phone's memory can store up to 500 contacts. The capacity of a phone book on your SIM card depends on the particular service provided by your network vendor. SIM card Phone Book 1. From the standby screen, enter the phone number to store, then press 2. Press (SSave).
Used to select a caller group for the contact. When there is an incoming call from this contact, the ring tone assigned to this group will sound and the display will show the image associated with the group. To set a ring tone and image for each caller group, go to the menu Phone Book > Caller Group. See page 84. Phone Book in the phone's memory 1. In the standby screen, enter the phone number you wish to store, and then press (SSave). The display will show the default data fields for a new contact. 2.
• The default data fields for a contact are as follows: The contact's name. The contact's mobile phone number. The contact's home phone number. The contact's e-mail address. Used to assign a contact to a caller group. Used to assign a voice dialing prompt to a phone number. After the beep, speak the contact's name into the microphone. After it is successfully recorded, the phone will play back this voice dialing prompt.
The contact's job title. Used for notes about the contact. Used to mark dates of special significance associated with the contact. Used to set a ring tone for the contact. When there is an incoming call from the contact, the phone will play this ring tone. A ring tone set in this field will replace the one associated with the contact's caller group, if any. Used to set the photo that will appear on the phone's display when there is an incoming call from the contact.
When the desired contact's name is highlighted, you can do one of the following: • Press to dial the first phone number saved in that contact. • Press (O Option) to bring up a pop-up menu, which contains the following items: Edit: Edit the Phone Book data for this contact. Copy to SIM (P Phone): If you are currently using a phone book stored in the phone's memory, you can copy the contact's data to the phone book stored on your SIM card.
Scroll to the desired data field. If the complete contents cannot be displayed on the screen, press to display the complete contents (if the data field is for a voice dialing prompt , you can press to play the sound of this voice dialing prompt. Press (O Option) to bring up a pop-up menu that contains the following items: • Edit: Used to edit the Phone Book data for this contact.
The icon will appear beside missed calls; the icon appear beside dialed calls; the calls. will will appear beside received If a phone number has already been stored in the information for a contact in the Phone Book, the display will show the name of this contact. If a call for the same number has been missed, dialed, or received two or more times, a note such as "x02" will appear beside the record of the call to show the number of times it was missed, dialed, or received.
Mute Press (M Mute) to turn off the microphone. The person on the other end of the line will not be able to hear your voice. To restore the microphone's function, press (U Unmute). Putting a Call on Hold* 1. When the only call is active: a. Press b. Press (H Hold) to hold this call. to end this call. 2. When the only call is on hold: a. Press b. Press (U Unhold) to resume the call. to end this call. 3. When there is an active call and a call on hold. a.
Call Waiting* If there is an incoming call while you are on the phone, a tone will sound through the earpiece and the display will show that a second call is currently waiting. You can handle the waiting call and currently active call in the following ways: 1. Answer the waiting call: Press The currently active call will automatically be placed on hold. However, if there is already another call on hold, a menu will appear on the display allowing you to select a call to end and then answer the waiting call.
Conference* Conference calls allow you to converse with more than one party at a time. The conference menu contains the following options: The maximum number of parties that can be accommodated during a conference call depends on the particular service provided by a network vendor. Hold/Unhold/Swap* Toggles the call status. Join/Private Adds a party that is on hold to the current conference call, or isolates a single party in a conference call and puts all other parties on hold.
End Call End All Ends all calls, whether active or on hold. End Active Ends only the active call. End Hold Ends only a call or calls on hold. End One Ends only a single call. Hold/Unhold/Swap Toggles the call status. Mute/Unmute Activates/cancels the silent mode. Messages Enters the SMS (Short Message Service ƞ i.e. text message) menu. For details on the SMS menu, see page 57, "Messages Menu". Calculator Allows you to use the calculator. For information about the calculator, see page 105.
Using the Silent Profile From the standby screen, you can long-press to activate the Silent profile. Once it is activated, the phone will alert you to an incoming call by vibrating with no ring tone. • When you long-press to activate the Silent profile, the phone will vibrate for one second. The icon will appear in the main display's status bar (the external display will show ) to remind you that your phone is currently using the Silent profile.
Camera Function Taking a photo Your phone's camera enables you to take photos to use as wallpapers for the phone's main display, photo caller ID images, or send them through MMS. 1. Press from the standby screen or choose the menu Camera > Camera to bring up the view finder. 2. Press (Option) to make the following settings for the camera: • Resolution: Sets the desired resolution for photographing.
5. When your object is in focus, press to photograph the object. Its photo will then show up on the main display. Please note the following while shooting photos • The camera does not have a flash. Please take photos in a well-lit area. • When taking photos, do not block or touch the camera lens on the back of the phone. • Always photograph your object with the source of light behind you. • Do not shake the phone when taking photos. • Please be sure that the lens is perfectly clean before taking photos.
Exist Entry: Uses this photo as an existing contact's caller ID. Select the contact you want and press to that contact. to attach the photo This function is only available for contacts saved in the phone memory's phone book. Please go to the menu: Phone Book > Database to select the Phone Book for use. • Rename: Give this photo a new file name. • Details: Shows the photo's name, date, resolution, and file size. Shooting a video 1. Go to the menu: Camera > Video to activate the video mode. 2.
Using the Album From the standby screen press to enter the Album menu. You can also access the Album menu by choosing Media Center > Album. Photos taken using the phone's digital camera are stored in this menu. After entering this menu, the two most recently saved photos will be displayed on the left of the screen as thumbnails (i.e. small miniature versions of photos), and the top of the screen will display the file name of the currently highlighted photo thumbnail.
• Adjust: Enables you to adjust your photo's brightness, contrast, Saturation, etc. Press press to select the desired setting item and adjust the setting. • Set to Wallpaper: Designates this photo as the wallpaper for the main display's standby screen. • Set to Phonebook: You can use this photo as a Phone Book contact's visual caller ID. When there is an incoming call from that contact, the phone's display will show this photo.
Profiles From the standby screen, press to enter the Profiles menu. A profile is a group of settings that determine whether the phone will alert you to incoming calls through a ring tone or a vibrating alert, and how ring tones in general are used on the phone. These settings allow the phone's operation to best suit the environment you are in. 1. Press to scroll to the desired profile and then press to activate this profile.
Airplane When you are on a plane, you can select this profile to turn off the phone. Once this profile is activated, the phone will automatically be powered off, and all alarms will be suspended. If the phone is turned off by long-pressing still turn the phone at the appointed times. , the alarms will Personal You can use this profile as a group of custom settings, and rename the profile if desired. If however you have renamed this profile, the name you chose will appear on the standby screens.
• Vibrate Only: When there is an incoming call, the phone will use a vibrating alert but no ring tone. Call Ring Scroll to the desired ring tone, and then press your selection. to confirm Message Tone The ring tone that your phone uses when a message is received. Alarm Tone The ring tone used by the Alarm Clock. Calendar Tone The ring tone used for Calendar events for which you have set an alarm. Keypad Tone Determines whether keypad tones are played when keys are pressed. Ring Volume Press tone.
• Flip Answer: Allows incoming calls to be answered by opening the flip. Rename Allows you to provide a new name for the profile (only available for the Personal profile). Restore Returns the above settings for the profile to their factory default values. Requires entry of the phone password, whose default value is 1234. Shortcuts Menu You can use the Shortcuts menu to assign 9 alphanumeric keys as shortcuts to commonly used functions or frequently dialed numbers.
3. From the Add Function menu, select the function to be represented by the shortcut key, and then press . Alternatively, you can press a corresponding alphanumeric key to select the function you want. 4. Repeat the above step to add or modify function shortcut key assignments. To cancel a shortcut key and restore the key's original function, use to move the selection box to the icon for the shortcut key that you wish to cancel, and then press the shortcut. (Option).
Using Function and Phone Number Shortcuts There are two ways to use shortcuts: 1. From the standby screen, long-press to to access the function represented by that key or dial the number it represents. 2. From the standby screen, press You can then: a. Press to enter the Shortcuts menu. to move the selection box to the icon corresponding to the desired key. Then press to access the assigned function or dial the assigned phone number. b.
iTap (predictive input mode) for uppercase letters. iTap (predictive input mode) for lowercase letters. Numeric input mode (123). You can set the default input mode to the one you most frequently use. Go the menu Settings > Input. See page 133. Letter Input Mode (ABC) In this mode, press the key containing the desired letter repeatedly to scroll through the available characters in order until it is reached.
Predictive Input Mode (iTap) iTap analyzes letters as they being inputted, making intelligent predictions about the words you are attempting to enter, and speeding up text entry. How to use iTap • Press once the alphanumeric key corresponding to the first letter of the word you wish to enter without considering where that letter falls in the sequence of characters available through that key. Then press the key corresponding to the second letter, and so forth.
4. Press to enter "HOME". 5. Since "GOOD" is not the word that you wish to enter, press display the next candidate word, "HOME". 6. Press to to place "HOME" into the message. Symbol Input Mode When editing messages, press bottom of the screen. Use to open the symbols field along the to move the selection box to the symbol you wish to enter, and then press to place it in the message text.
• When a message has arrived, it will be saved either to the the phone's memory or to your SIM card's memory, depending on the preferred memory you have selected in the menu: Messages > Settings > SMS > Save Msg To (See page 73). Messages saved to the phone's memory will be stored in the menu: Messages > Inbox; messages saved to your SIM card's memory will be stored in the menu: Messages > SIM Folder > Inbox.
New SMS 1. Used to bring up the message editing screen so you can write a new SMS/EMS message. Use the alphanumeric keys to enter text. From the standby screen, you can press editing screen directly. to open this message For information on how to use the input methods provided by the phone for writing messages, see page 54, "Input Modes". 2.
