Bosch GSM 908 - 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 5 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 Voice mail number 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. Contact your network operator for further details on how to activateyour voice mail. How to find a 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. Fixed numbers With the help of this alternative phone book youcan restrict the use of your phone only to num-bers stored in this sp...

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 How to edit an old message 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 , O u t b o x or F a v o u r i t e s by pressing O K 4. Select the message you wish to edit and confirm by pressing SELECT 5. Press O P T I O N 6. Select...

The setup menu system offers you the possibilityof setting the individual sub menus and optionsaccording to your own personal wishes. Network services (Menu 1) 11 Call divert12 Call barring13 Call waiting14 Closed user group15 Outgoing call identification Tones setup (Menu 2) 21 Ring tone22 Trembler...

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 DIVERT 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 eD i a l s e t u pN e...

33 PHONE SETUP To do this, you must access the Selection of net-work sub menu, select the Set preferred list op-tion and use to select the empty location in which you want to store the new network. Pres-sing E D I T will give you a list of available net- works. Scroll through the list using . When y...

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. Select S e n d m e...

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...

CALCULATOR 38 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 ...

39 ACCESSORIES Professional Handsfree Car Kit Remove the rubber plug covering the antenna holeon the back of the handset. When placing the phone in the cradle, make surethat the antenna catch is open (slider in left handside position). When the phone is in place, movethe slider to the right hand sid...

ACCESSORIES 40 If you want to switch from hands-free mode tonormal mode, just lift the handset and cradle asone complete unit – and back again for returningto hands-free. The switching is performed auto-matically. Basic Car Kit Remove the rubber plug covering the antenna holeon the back of the hands...

41 ACCESSORIES Simple Car Holder Using the Simple Car Holder will require a spe-cial knob to be fitted on the back of your phone.The necessary parts come with the package. How to fit the knob:Remove the label from the back of the phone. Theknob can now be fitted by means of a screwdriver.Place the n...

Desktop charger The desktop charger is powered by means of thecharger supplied with your telephone. When you place the telephone in the desktopcharger you have to make sure that the batterysymbols on the display start flashing. The batterytakes 1 to 5 hours to become fully charged de-pending on type...

INDEX 44 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 Barred numbers 17 Basic car kit 40 Battery 8 Battery level indicator 8 Before sending messages 22 Before you start 8 Belt clip 43 B...

For the car Professional Handsfree Car KitBasic Car KitSimple Car HolderCigarlighter Charger 12V/24V For the computer Data Interface For charging Desktop ChargerTravel Charger - EUTravel Charger - UKTravel Charger - AUSTravel Charger - US For power Extra Light 350 mAh Li-Ion batteryLight 650 mAh Li-...