Bosch GSM 900 - Manual

LED (Status indicator) Slow green flash: Your phone is in contact with a network. Fast green flash: Indicates an incoming call.Slow red flash: Your phone cannot get in con-tact with a network. Fast red flash: The battery needs recharging. On/off key Press the key for one second to switch your teleph...

Introduction Making a callEnter phone number. Press C A L L Answering a callThe telephone rings. Press A N S W E R Ending a callPress E N D Back to standby modePress E X I T The telephone automatically returns to stand-by mode when no key has been pressed for 60seconds. Battery level indicator See p...

Insert rechargeable battery When changing the battery your phone shouldalways be switched off. Charge the battery The battery supplied with this telephone is com-pletely discharged. The telephone will initiatecharging as soon as you have inserted the chargerplug. The battery takes 1 to 4 hours to be...

Insert SIM card Before you can make a call on your mobile phone you have to insert the SIM card. Should you have forgotten to insert the SIM cardthe telephone will ask you to do so. Before inserting the SIM card into the phone please make sure that any plastic remains fromthe frame punching have bee...

Selection of language The display language of your phone is normallythe national language of the country in which youpurchased your SIM card. If this is not the case thedisplay language will be English. You have theoption of choosing between different languages. If by mistake you select a language w...

Phone numbers with extension number Extension numbers can be dialled by entering apause between the main number and the exten-sion number. To enter a pause, press the -key for one second until the pause code P appears on the display. Emergency calls In most cases emergency calls can be made withor w...

Muting the microphone While having a call, you may wish to have a pri-vate conversation with someone else. You willhear everything your caller says but you cannotbe heard by the caller. To switch off the microphone: 1. Press M E N U 2. Select M i c r o p h o n e o f f To return to your telephone con...

Switching between callsIf you select S w i t c h c a l l s , the active call will be put on hold and the call on hold will nowbe active. In this way you can switch betweenyour conversations. Ending an active call while another is on holdAn active call can be ended by selecting D r o p a c t i v e . ...

You can store names and telephone numbers in a phone book. The entries are stored on the SIMcard and the number of entries is dependent onthe capacity of the SIM card. The length of a name or a telephone number de-pends on your SIM card. There are several characters available on eachkey, as shown in...

15 PHONE BOOK EDITING If you have a voice mail number stored in yourphone book this should be stored under loca-tion 1. On some networks this has already beendone by the operator. How to find a name and a telephone number 1. Press 2. Enter one or more letters of the name you wish to find. 3. The nam...

How to see the status of your phone book The telephone can display the total number of locations on your SIM card and inform you howmany of these are free. 1. Press to enter the List menu system. 2. Select P h o n e b o o k and press S E L E C T 3. Select S t a t u s and press O K Prefix telephone n...

Depending on your SIM card you may have diffe-rent alternative phone books. These phone bookswill be visible in the phone display only if theyare available and enabled. Information numbers Numbers stored in this phone book typically giveinformation about taxis, airports, hotels, weather,news, etc. Y...

LIST MENU SYSTEM 18 Information about outgoing, answered and missedcalls as well as SMS messages are automaticallystored in lists: Outgoing calls • View names/phone numbers of your latest outgoing calls Answered calls • View names/phone numbers of your latest answered calls Missed calls • View names...

19 OUTGOING CALLS / ANSWERED CALLS Outgoing calls Your phone has memory for your last 10 dialledtelephone numbers. How to see the list of last outgoing calls 1. Press to enter the List menu system. 2. Select O u t g o i n g c a l l s and press O K 3. Scroll through the telephone numbers. 4. When the...

MISSED CALLS 20 Missed calls Your phone remembers the last 10 incoming callswhich you did not answer. The display will tell you how many missed callsyour phone has received. If, for instance, there are15 missed calls the standby display will show . 15 . As the telephone registers only identified cal...

21 MESSAGES Short Message Services (SMS) Your phone can receive and send short text mes-sages via the network. On some networks youhave to subscribe to this facility. There are two types of messages: point-to-pointmessages which you can both receive and send,and cell broadcast messages which you can...

MESSAGES 22 How to read a message again 1. Press to enter the List menu system. 2. Select M e s s a g e s and press S E L E C T 3. Select I n b o x by pressing O K 4. Scroll through the list of messages and confirm your choice by pressing S E L E C T How to send a message Before you can send a messa...

23 MESSAGES Cell broadcast messages To select whether you want the cell broadcast op-tion to be on or off you must enter the Messagesetup menu and select B r o a d c a s t s e t u p (see page 34). These are general messages broadcast to a groupof telephones and are available to network sub-scribers ...

How to access the Setup menu system 1. Press M E N U 2. Select the menu you want to access using 3. Confirm by pressing S E L E C T 4. Select the sub menu you want to access using 5. Confirm by pressing S E L E C T Menu numbers On the right hand side in the first line of the dis-play you will always...

You have the option of diverting all calls or choosing to divert incoming calls only if un-answered. The unanswered calls option divertscalls – if you are busy– if you do not reply– if there is no contact RegistrationTo enable a call divert you must register it first.You will be asked to specify whe...

CALL BARRING 28 You can set up call barring for different types ofoutgoing and incoming calls to restrict the use ofyour phone. You have to activate the type of call barring youwish to set up. You are asked to specify whetheryou want the call barring to apply for all ser-vices, speech, data services...

29 CALL WAITING Incoming call barring Select A l l c a l l s if you want to bar all in- coming calls. Select R o a m i n g if you want incoming calls to be barred only when you areconnected to a foreign network. Cancelling call barrings Call barrings can be cancelled individually or byselecting C a ...

How to adjust tones 1. Press M E N U 2. Select T o n e s s e t u p using 3. Confirm by pressing S E L E C T 4. Select using either R i n g i n g t o n eT r e m b l e r (Optional extra) M e s s a g e t o n eB r o a d c a s t t o n eK e y t o n eF a c t o r y s e t t i n g s 5. Confirm by pressing S E...

PHONE SETUP 32 This menu offers you the possibility of setting someof the telephone's options according to your ownpersonal wishes. How to set up options 1. Press M E N U 2. Select P h o n e s e t u p using 3. Confirm by pressing S E L E C T 4. Select using either L a n g u a g eA u t o r e d i a lN...

MESSAGE SETUP 34 Send message setup Before you can send a message you have to enteryour network operator's telephone number forthis special service. Contact your network opera-tor to obtain this number. 1. Press M E N U 2. Select M e s s a g e s e t u p using and confirm by pressing S E L E C T 3. S...

35 PHONE BOOK SETUP / CALL TIMERS AND CHARGE Fixed dialling In order to enable you to make use of fixed dial-ling numbers stored in an alternative phone bookdefined by you, select F i x e d d i a l l i n g o n . Having selected F i x e d d i a l l i n g o n your ordinary phone book will not be visib...

SECURITY 36 PIN code To prevent misuse of your SIM card, e.g. if it is lostor stolen, you can select a PIN code to be enteredeach time you switch on the phone. The PIN code is a 4 to 8-digit number of yourown choice, which you can change any time you like. If you enter an invalid PIN code three time...

37 SECURITY How to change password If you subscribe to a call barring service your net-work operator will have supplied you with a 4-digit password. If you want to change this, select N e t w o r k p a s s w o r d in the Security menu. Encryption indication If you connect to a network which does not...

You can use your mobile phone as an ordinarycalculator. How to use the calculator 1. Press M E N U 2. Select C a l c u l a t o r using 3. Confirm by pressing O K Your telephone now acts as a normal calculator. The equal-sign ( = ) is found on the right hand function key. Hold down the relevant key f...

39 ACCESSORIES Hands-free car installation When your phone is placed in the cradle, it willswitch on automatically with the car ignition. Youcan select whether you want the telephone toswitch off automatically with the car ignition aftera delay of 1 hour or whether you want to switch itoff manually....

Desk top charge stand The desk top charge stand is powered by meansof the charger supplied with your telephone.When the desk top charge stand is on the powerlamp will always show green. When you place the telephone in the desk topcharge stand you have to make sure that the battery symbols on the dis...

INDEX 42 Accessories 39 Alternative phone books 17 Answered calls 19 Answering a call 7, 11 Any key answer 33 Auto answer 39 Automatic redial 32 Automatic switch off 39 Band selection 33 Barred numbers 17 Battery 8 Battery level indicator 8 Before sending messages 22 Before you start 8 Belt clip 41 ...