P31 Smart Phone User Manual Welcome
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ate most efficiently, do not touch the antenna unnecessarily when the phone is in use. Contact with the antenna affects call quality and may cause the phone to operate at higher power level than otherwise needed. Batteries 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.
Aircraft FCC regulations prohibit using your phone while in the air. Switch OFF your phone, or change to the Flight mode before boarding an aircraft. Blasting Areas To avoid interfering with blasting operations, turn your phone OFF when in a “blasting area” or in area posted “TURN OFF TWO-WAY RADIO.” Obey all signs and instructions.
Table of Contents Introduction ...................................................1 ...................................................1 Getting to Know Your P31 ...........................................2 Front View ...............................................................2 Rear View.................................................................4 Left Side View ........................... 5 Right Side View .......................... 5 The Main Screen................................................
Talking Privately to a Calling Party..................................... 27 Releasing a Calling Party During a Conference Call .......... 27 Ending a Conference Call .................................................... 27 Call Logs ........................................................................ 27 Call Logs Options ................................................... 27 Viewing Total Call Information .......................................... 27 Deleting All Call Logs..............................
Managing Contacts Folders ....................................42 Managing Contacts .................................................42 Finding a Contact .................................................................42 Editing a Contact ..................................................................42 Deleting a Contact ................................................................42 Copying Contacts .................................................................43 Pasting Contacts ................
Saving Pages for Off-Line Browsing ...................... 61 Going to Bookmarked Pages.................................. 61 Operations When Viewing Pages........................... 61 Pages and Bookmarks .......................................................... 61 Links to Pages ....................................................................... 62 Links to Phone Numbers ..................................................... 62 Links to Email..............................................................
Adding Frames......................................................................78 Using Greeting Card Templates...........................................78 Adding Warping Effects .......................................................79 Time ................................................................ 80 Viewing Current Time and Date ............................80 Setting Time and Date ............................................80 Specifying Your Current Location..................................
File Management .......................................................... 90 Personalizing Your P31 ................................................ 91 Customizing User Profiles...................................... 91 Changing Themes................................................................. 91 Changing Appearance .......................................................... 91 Selecting a User Profile ...........................................
Introduction Thank you for purchasing BenQ P31 Smart Phone. With P31, you will be able to get your life organized and synchronized, whether for daily business or personal entertainment. This User Manual will provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to use the various functions of your P31. Please follow us to get familiar with your P31, and keep this manual in a safe place for future reference.
Getting to Know Your P31 No. Name Front View (1) Internet key (7) (1) (2) (8) Touch-sensitive screen (9) (3) Call key (2) (4) Left key (5) Keypad (3) (10) (4) (11) (6) Microphone (7) Earpiece (5) (6) 2 Introduction Description Press this key to launch the Internet browser for surfing the Internet. The interface for displaying information and operating functions. • In the Main screen, press this key to go to the Phone screen.
Battery/ appointment/ (8) message indicator Network status/ (9) incoming call indicator (10) Power/End key (11) Right Key • Lights up in yellow: there is an unread message or unattended appointment. • Lights up in red: the battery is being charged. • Flashes red every 3 seconds: the battery is running low. • Flashes yellow every second: there is a new message or upcoming appointment. • Flashes blue every 3 seconds: you are under your home network or P31 is in Sleep mode.
Rear View (1) (2) (8) (3) (4) (9) (5) (6) (7) (11) 4 Introduction (10) No. Name Description Stylus and stylus (1) Accommodates the stylus. housing (2) Loudspeaker Generates audio. Used when taking your self (3) Self-taking mirror photo. Built-in type camcorder set for (4) Camcorder taking pictures and video clips. (5) SIM card socket Allows you to install a SIM card. (6) SIM card stay Holds the SIM card in place. (7) Battery latch Fixes the battery in place.
Left Side View Right Side View (1) (2) (1) (3) (4) (2) No. Name (1) (2) (3) (4) Description Allows you to set as a hotkey to Function side key your desired function. Volume control Allows you to control volume. key Allows you to install an SD or Memory card slot MMC memory card. Headset connecConnects to the headset. tor No. Name (1) Camcorder key (2) Infrared window Description Press this key to go to the Camcorder screen for taking pictures or capturing video clips.
The Main Screen No. Name (1) (2) (5) (1) (3) Application shortcut bar (2) Menu bar (3) Application program icons (4) Status bar (6) (4) 6 Introduction (5) Folder menu (6) Scroll buttons Description Contains shortcut icons for instant access to frequently used application programs. You can also customize this shortcut bar. Displays menu options in each application program screen. Allows you to access application programs in your P31. Tap an icon to open the application program it represents.
Status Bar Icons Icon Description Indicates signal strength. The more the vertical green bars displayed, the better the signal reception. Appearance of the blue bars indicates that the GPRS network is connected. • The icon indicates that GSM network signal is available but no GPRS network is attached. • The icon indicates that GPRS network is available but no GSM network is attached. Appearance of this icon indicates that you are now under your home network zone. Tap this icon to open the virtual keyboard.
The Stylus The touch-sensitive screen and stylus design allows you to easily and comfortably enter and browse information on your P31. You can take out the stylus from P31 by gently pulling it from the stylus housing as illustrated below: The stylus can be further stretched to facilitate the convenience of use. When you want to put the stylus back, slowly insert it back into the stylus housing.
Getting Your P31 Ready For Use Installing the SIM Card Upon the completion of your subscription to your network service provider, you receive a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card. This card is used to store the services you have subscribed to your network service provider as well as your phone number and phone book information..., etc. 2. 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 bottom right.
A PIN (Personal Identity Number) is associated with the SIM card. The four-digit code is supplied with the SIM card from your service provider and may have to be entered when entering the Phone on mode. For more information, contact your network service provider. 2. Place the battery on P31 with the battery’s contacts facing downwards and the teeth on the top edge of the battery in alignment with the holes on P31. Installing and Charging the Battery Installing the Battery 1.
4. Push the battery door down on the phone and slide it into place. Removing the Battery 1. Turn off the power of P31. 2. Press the button at the bottom of the battery door and slide the door off the phone.
3. Slide the battery latch backward and lift the battery upward. Charging the Battery 1. Insert the charger connector into the battery charger socket at the bottom of P31. Make sure you insert the connector with the arrow sign on the top. Arrow sign 4. Remove the battery from P31. 2. Plug the charger into a mains outlet. 3. After your phone is fully charged, disconnect the charger from the mains outlet and your phone. • It takes approximately 8 hours for the travel charger to fully charge a new battery.
Initial Setup 1. Press and hold the key for approximately 3 seconds. 2. The initial setup screen will follow within a few seconds, asking you to select the language you want to use. Use the stylus to tap the appropriate buttons and options, and then follow the instructions on the screen to proceed. 3. The Power menu will appear within a few seconds. Use the stylus to tap an appropriate option: • Phone on on: normal operation mode with the phone and Bluetooth functions enabled.
Basic Operations Turning On/Off Your P31 Navigating the Main Screen Turning On Your P31 In the Main screen, you can: 1. Press and hold the key for approximately 3 seconds. The welcome screen will appear. • Use the stylus to tap the desired icons in order to open a program or select options. • Use the keys on the phone to perform simple selection and confirmation: 2. The Power menu will appear within a few seconds.
• Press the key to go to the last page. Entering Text and Numbers • Press the key to go to the previous page. • Press the key to go to the next page. Entering Text and Numbers Using the Virtual Keyboard Whenever you want to enter/edit text and numbers, or when you tap the icon, the virtual keyboard will appear on the screen. Please refer to the illustration below for a detailed description of each part of the virtual keyboard and their functions.
(d) Tap this button to hide the virtual keyboard. Text display Displays the text you entered. area Input mode Tap these buttons to switch among buttons different input modes. Done button (e) (f) Entering Latin Alphabets and Numeric Characters 1. Tap the or the mode. 3. The candidates that match the phonetic symbols/pinyin combination or strokes you tapped will appear in the Candidate area.
Entering Latin Alphabets and Numeric Characters 1. Tap to change among Latin alphabet, numeric character or symbol input modes. If the current field is a numeric field the mode is automatically switched to number. 2. Write from left to right and continuously on any part of the screen. When you stop writing, your strokes will be recognized and text will be placed in the input field automatically. • Tap to open a menu that allows you to quickly enter certain punctuation marks.
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Using the Phone Functions Your P31 provides the phone functions with which you can: • Make and receive phone calls. • View phone records, including incoming calls and outgoing calls. • Use voice dialing to initiate calls. • Access advanced phone features, such as call barring and call divert..., etc. 2. Tap to select a contact record that contains the number you want to call. The contact record will appear on the screen. 3. Tap the phone number of the record, and the call will be initiated automatically.
P31. For example, to call contact #7, press , , . Adjusting Volume Making a Call Using Voice Control Before you can use the voice control function to make calls, you need to create voice tags for your contacts (see "Creating a New Contact from the Contacts Screen" on page 41) and activate the voice dialing function (see "Voice Control" on page 56). 1. Press and hold the key for about 3 seconds. A message box will appear on the screen prompting you to speak the name (voice tag) after the beep. 2.
Conference Call To make a conference call: 1. During a call, make a new call to another new calling party, or answer a new incoming call. Repeat this step if there are multiple calling parties. If you have missed call(s), the Missed calls dialog will stay on the screen letting you know about the number of calls missed. Tap the View button to enter the Missed Call Logs screen. If Cancel is tapped, the icon will stay on the screen and you can tap it to open the Missed calls dialog box.
2. Tap the Transferring Sound tab to open the Call Logs screen. 3. Tap Phone and select Delete all calls. calls During a call, you can use this option to transfer the call sound to an available Bluetooth headset. Miscellaneous Operations 1. Press the Ending All Calls 2. Tap Phone and select Transfer sound. sound 1. Return to the Phone screen. Calling Emergency Numbers 2. Tap Phone and select End all calls. calls This operation allows you to easily access 3 pre-stored emergency numbers.
