Panasonic EB-GD96 - Manual

Further Information Contact: Panasonic UK, Panasonic House, Willoughby Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 8FP United Kingdom Tel: 08705 159159 www.panasonic.co.uk Main Kit Contents: The GD96 Digital Cellular Telephone Main Kit will contain the following items: Digital Cellular Telephone (EB-GD96) Ni-MH...

Contents Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Fitting the SIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Fitting the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . ...

Getting Started Thank you for purchasing this Panasonic digital cellular phone. This phone is designed to operate on the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), GSM900 or GSM1800. Ensure the battery is fully charged before use. Before operating this phone please read the “Important Informatio...

Fitting the Battery Locate the lugs in the top of the battery into the rear of the phone (1). Using light pressure, push the bottom of the battery into place until it locks into position (2). Removing the Battery Push the battery release latch down (1). The base of the battery will raise out of the ...

Getting to Know Your Phone Location of Controls g Navigation key - moving up/down/left/right navigates through the options in the Main Display area. Pressing this key activates the function currently displayed in the Main Option area B Cancel key - this key is mainly used to cancel the current opera...

T indicates the received GPRS signal strength: \ - weak signal, T - strong signal H indicates the battery level: H - full, G (flashing) - low battery Information Icons are used to indicate the current top level menu, the sub-menu number, text entry mode, Phonebook source, Phonebook location number, ...

In detail: 1 Press the Navigation key ( Q ) to enter the menu system 2 Use db to highlight the Personalise menu 3 Press Q to enter the menu 4 Use a three times to highlight the Display Setting menu 5 Press Q to enter the menu 6 Use a twice to highlight the Backlight Colour menu 7 Press Q to enter th...

Basic Operation Switching the Phone On/Off To switch the phone on or off. Press and hold E to switch power on A greeting will be displayed and then the phone will go into Idle mode. Press and hold E to switch power off Making a Call Ensure that the phone is switched on, the network operator logo is ...

Emergency Calls To make an emergency call the antenna symbol ( S ) must be present. Enter 112 D or if no SIM is fitted to the phone press QaQ Automatic Redial When a call is unsuccessful you may want the phone to redial the number again automatically. When your connection is unsuccessful, Press Q wh...

Caller Identification This feature allows you to identify incoming calls and accept or reject them. The caller’s phone number, and name if stored in Phonebook, will be displayed. Note: Caller Identification may not always be available. Earpiece Volume Control The volume level may be adjusted during ...

Using the PIN The PIN (Personal Identification Number) protects your SIM against unauthorized use. If you enable the PIN, every time the phone is turned on you will be prompted to enter the PIN.The PIN2 controls security for the Fixed Dial Store, Call Charge metering and Barred Dial. Enabling/Disabl...

Phonebook Phone numbers can be stored in two locations. You can store numbers in the SIM Phonebook (therefore the number of locations, length of name and number of phone numbers are SIM dependent). Alternatively you can store phone numbers in the Mobile Phonebook, this means that if you change the S...

You can choose not to enter a location number and the entry will be placed in the next available location. Simply press Q when Any is displayed. Overwrite Protection If a location is occupied you will be prompted to confirm that you wish to overwrite the current information. Press Q to overwrite the...

Speed Dial a Number Stored in SIM Phonebook 1 Enter location number – leading zeros may be left out 2 Press # 3 Press D Editing Phonebook Entries You can Detail, View, Recall, Edit, Delete or Create in the Phonebook. To access any of these functions you follow the same procedure. With a phone number...

Grouping Phonebook Entries The ability to group phonebook entries together is an extra function of the Mobile Phonebook. Retrieving a Number from a Group Groups are used to collect together types of Phonebook entries, for example business and personal. Each group can be suitably titled for quick acc...

5 Press Q 6 Use e to select the ring tone that you wish to use for this profile and press Q 7 Use e to select the picture and press Q 8 Use e to select the backlight colour and press Q Hot Key Phone Numbers It is possible to dial phone numbers from the Phonebook or Service Dial part of Phonebook ver...

Review the Phonebook The Review function in the Phonebook menu shows how many locations are available in the Phonebook. 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Phonebook > Review and press Q 2 Use e to select SIM Phonebook or MobilePhonebook and press Q A summary of the selected Phonebook will be displ...

Personalising Your Phone Add a Start-up Greeting A personalised greeting can be programmed for when the phone is switched on. 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Personalise > Display Setting > Greeting and press Q 2 Use the text entry facility to add your greeting and press Q twice - see “Text ...

Key 1st press 2nd press 3rd press 4th press 5th press 6th press 1 C C# low C low C# high C high C# 2 D D# low D low D# high D high D# 3 E low E high E 4 F F# low F low F# high F high F# 5 G G# low G low G# high G high G# 6 A A# low A low A# high A high A# 7 B low B 8 9 0 rest * (duration) 1/8 1/16 1...

Voice Dial Entry Setup This function allows you to recall and dial numbers from your Phonebook using voice commands. 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Personalise > Voice Command > Voice Dial and press Q 2 Press Q to add a new Voice Dial entry to the list 3 Browse through the Phonebook to sele...

Editing the Voice Dial Entries You can add to, play or delete any of the Voice Dial entries. With a Voice Dial entry displayed: Press Q and use e to select Add , Play or Delete and press Q to select the desired option Add To add a new Voice Dial entry Play To listen to the recording of a Voice Dial ...

Phone Security The phone features a number of security functions that protect against unauthorized use, and enable you to restrict access to certain features - see “Using the PIN” page 11. It is recommended that you memorize your security codes. If you need to make a note of your security codes, nev...

Restricting Calls Call Barring The Call Bar function is used to restrict certain outgoing and/or incoming calls. Call Bar is controlled by a security password that is supplied by your Service Provider. When updating or checking the status of Call Bar the phone must be registered with a network. Diff...

“Wild” Numbers Wild numbers are spaces that can be stored in a phone number. The “wild” numbers must be filled before the phone number is dialled. Used in conjunction with Fixed Dial calls can be restricted, for example, to a specific area by storing the area code of a phone and when recalled the re...

Applications Clock This phone incorporates a clock with date/time, an alarm and a power on/off feature.A second clock for dual time is also included - see “Second Clock” page 60. Initially Setting the Home Time 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Applications > Clock Function > Clock Set > Ho...

Adjusting the Alarm Time 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Applications > Clock Function > Alarm Set and press Q 2 Use e to select the alarm to be adjusted and press Q 3 Press and hold B to remove the current alarm time 4 Enter the digits for the time and press Q 5 Use e to select the frequenc...

5 If you use g to select another arithmetic operation to perform, an intermediate calculation will be performed and the result displayed on the upper line 6 Press Q to complete the calculation when = is displayed in the main option area Note : Press and hold 1 to add a decimal point. Currency Conver...

Short Text Messages You can receive, display, edit and/or send short text messages, of up to 160 characters to mobile phones on the same network or any network that has a roaming agreement. Setting the Phone for Text Messages Before you can send a message you must enter the Message Centre number int...

The default setting for delivery confirmation can be enabled/disabled using the Report parameter in the Short Message > Parameters menu. Receiving Text Messages When a Short Text Message is sent to your phone the message indicator ( N ) will flash in the display, with an audible tone or vibration...

Creating a User Defined Message It is possible to create a user defined message which, once generated, can be used as any other pre-defined message. 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Messages > Short Message > User Defined Msg and press Q 2 Edit the message as required and press Q twice The us...

Received Any - will overwrite the oldest message even though it may not have been read. Lifetime This is the duration that your message is stored at the Message Centre. Delivery attempts will be repeated until the message has been delivered or the Lifetime expires. Message Centre Allows the Message ...

Enabling/Disabling Broadcasts 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Messages > Short Message > Broadcasts and press Q 2 Select Receive and press Q Once enabled, following the same procedure will disable broadcasts. Message List This is a store for the last received broadcast messages. Messages can...

Call Information Recent Numbers Recently dialled phone numbers will be stored in Last Dialled . If Caller Identification is available the caller’s phone number for an answered call will be stored in Answered and an unanswered call will be stored in Unanswered . If Caller Identification is not availa...

Call Duration 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Phone Menu > Call Service > Calls and press Q Note: The Calls function is SIM dependent. If the SIM does not support this function then items under Calls menu will be found directly under Call Service menu. 2 Use e to select one of the functions ...

Setting the Maximum Unit Level This function is SIM dependent 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Phone Menu > Call Service > Service Charges > Max Cost and press Q 2 Press Q twice to edit the values At this point you will be asked to enter your PIN2 or lock code then press Q . 3 Enter a valu...

Advanced Operation Diverting Calls Voice, fax and data calls can be diverted using different circumstances and to different numbers. For example you may wish voice calls to be diverted to Voicemail in the event that the phone is switched off. 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Phone Menu > Call Di...

Call Transfer With two calls connected, Call Transfer enables you to connect them together ending your connection, leaving the other parties to talk together without you.When you have two calls: 1 Press Q 2 Use e to select Trans. and press Q The two calls will be connected to each other and your cal...

Splitting a Multi-party You can select an individual from the Multi-party and remove their connection. This enables you to talk privately without the participation of the rest of the Multi-party.During a Multi-party call: 1 Press Q 2 Use e to select Option and press Q 3 Use e to select a caller in t...

Changing to a New Network When not in your home Country / Region, you may use a network that you do not directly subscribe to, this is called ROAMING. National Law may not permit roaming in your home region.The New Network function is used to manually select a network that is available in your curre...

Schedule The Scheduler can be used to register reminders for personal events as well as planning holiday periods. A maximum of 100 reminders can be set, each of up to 96 characters long. Caution : Ensure that any settings made in the Scheduler will not contravene any regulations whereby the phone ma...

Deleting Reminders 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Schedule and press Q 2 Use g to select the required date of the reminder and press A 3 Use e to select the reminder to be deleted and press Q 4 Use e to select Delete press Q twice Setting a Holiday Reminder 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Sched...

Jump to Future Date 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Schedule and press Q 2 Press Q 3 Use e to select Jump press Q 4 Press and hold B to remove the current date 5 Using 0 - 9 enter the date (using chosen date format) to which you want to ‘jump’ to and press Q twice 46 Schedule

Games Mogular The object of the game is to hit a character as it appears from a hole, scoring points for each hit. The holes relate directly to the layout of the keypad ( 0 – 9 , * and # ). By pressing the appropriate key the character will be hit. A life is lost for each miss. Play the Game 1 From ...

WAP Browser The phone’s WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) Browser enables you to access Internet services supported by the network, such as news, weather reports, sport etc. Server Settings Before you can access Internet services, your SIM must be data enabled and the relevant configuration inform...

Switching between Circuit Switch and GPRS 1 From Idle mode press Q > Browser > Browser Setting 2 Use e to select a server and press Q 3 Select Edit and press Q 4 Select Bearer Type , press Q and use e to select Circuit Switch or Packet (GPRS) and press Q Note: When using GPRS it is possible to...

The Browser Menu The Browser also contains its own menu which is applicable when content is currently being displayed (either on-line or off-line).The Browser menu is accessed by pressing A when Menu is displayed at the bottom left of the display.This menu is used as follows: Home Deck Displays the ...

5 Press and hold B to remove the bookmark name, then re-type the name required and press Q twice Deleting Bookmarks 1 With content displayed press A 2 Use e to select Bookmark then press Q 3 Use e to select the relevant bookmark from the list, and press A 4 Use e to select Delete and press Q twice D...

Last Status If an error should occur when using the Browser, use this function to inform the network operator of the last status that occurred with the phone to assist with a diagnosis of the problem. From Idle mode press Q , select Browser > Last Status and press Q 53 WAP Browser

Create a New Message 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Messages > E-mail and press Q 2 Use e to select Create and press Q 3 Enter the relevant details in the To , CC , Subject and Message fields, using g to navigate between them and press Q to select each in turn 4 Press Q , use e to select Phone...

Read Messages From Idle mode press Q , select Messages > E-mail > Inbox and press Q The header fields of the most recent messages will be displayed. Use e to scroll through previous message headers and press Q . Use e to select View and press Q to read the current message, using e to scroll th...

Store an Address An e-mail address can be stored in the Mobile Phonebook - see “Store a Number” page 12 Add a Signature This Signature function enables a pre-defined signature to be added to your outgoing e-mails. Once the signature has been setup, each time a new e-mail is created it will have the ...

Additional Features Desktop Handsfree Desktop Handsfree enables you to hold a conversation without having to hold the phone to your ear. Note : Do NOT hold the phone to your ear in Handsfree mode. Swapping Between Handsfree and Handheld Calls During a Handheld call: 1 Press Q 2 Use e to select H’fre...

Play Back a Voice Memo From Idle mode press Q , select Applications > Voice Memo Play > Playback and press Q To stop playing, press Q twice The Note Pad function is available during playback - see “Note Pad” page 60. Volume Control During Playback While playing back: Use e to adjust the volume...

When the call is successful DTMF tones will be sent after 3 seconds or when D is pressed. If the DTMF tones are unsuccessful then the destination of your call may require that the length of the tones be increased. 5 From Idle mode press Q , select Personalise > DTMF Length and press Q 6 Use e to ...

Enabling Auto Adjustment From Idle mode press Q , select Applications > Clock Function > Clock Set > Second > Auto Adjustment > Auto Adjustment and press Q Repeat to disable Auto Adjustment. Setting Manual Adjustment 1 From Idle mode press Q , select Applications > Clock Function &...

T9 ® Text Input Using this mode of text entry dramatically reduces the number of key presses required:Press a key once for any letter you require on that key. The desired letter may not be displayed . Continue pressing other keys until the end of a word is reached; then check that the word has been ...

Menu Structure From Idle mode pressing Q will display a menu of phone features. To select a feature press g so that icon of the feature that you require is highlighted then press Q . To exit the current menu and return to the previous level press B . To exit completely out of the menu structure, pre...

Calls cannot be received The phone is not switched on Switch the phone on Incoming calls are barred Disable the incoming call barring The phone is not registered to a network Move to a coverage area and operate your phone after it has registered with a network. Emergency calls cannot be made You are...

Important Information We, Matsushita Communication Industrial UK Ltd., declare, that the EB-GD96 conforms with the essential and other relevant requirements of the directive 1999/5/EC. A declaration of conformity to this effect can be found at www.panasonicmobile.co.uk/support Safety Considerations ...

Specifications Phone Type GSM900 Class 4 GSM1800 Class 1 Temperature range Charging Storage +5°C to +35°C -20°C to +60°C Phone (Including Battery) Weight 84 g Dimensions Height x Width x Depth 125.6 x 45.6 x 14.4mm Supply Voltage 3.7V DC, 650mAh Li-Ion Standby Time - Idle Mode (h) Talk Time (h) Up t...

Panasonic GSM Mobile Telephone Warranty Terms 1 This warranty is in addition to and does not in any way affect any statutory or other rights of consumer purchasers. This warranty applies to the United Kingdom, Isle of Man & Cannel Islands only, for users in Eire, please contact your retailer or ...

Important Write your mobile telephone number and lock code here: Telephone number: Lock code: Your Panasonic GSM mobile telephone has a warranty for 12 months from date of purchase. If you feel your phone is faulty and your service provider or air time retailer cannot resolve the problem, please con...

EU Warranty EU/EEA-Wide guarantee is applicable in the EU/EEA and Switzerland. Panasonic GSM European Service Guarantee ConditionsDear Customer, Thank you for buying this Panasonic digital cellular telephone. The Panasonic GSM European Service Guarantee only applies while traveling in countries othe...

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Personal Record E-mail Settings Use the table below to record your E-mail settings. The list may vary depending on the Internet Service Provider. Item Hint Current Setting Profile Name Service Provider Name Mail Account Your E-mail Address SMTP Server Domain Name or IP Address POP3 Server Domain Nam...

WAP Settings Use the table below to record your GPRS/GSM WAP settings. Item Provisioning Information Setting No 1 Provisioning Information Setting No 2 Name Home URL Security Non secure / Secure (Delete One) Bearer Type Circuit Switched (GSM) Circuit Type Digital Dial Analogue Dial User Name Passwor...