Sony Ericsson T18LX - Manual

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use 3 The mobile phone is one of the most exciting and inno-vative products ever developed. Your phone can help you to stay in touch with your office, your home, emergency services and others. Safety Exposure to Radio Frequency...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Driving Check the laws and regulations on the use of wireless telephones in the areas where you drive. Always obey them. Also, if using your phone while driving, please: • Give full attention to driving - driving safely is your first responsibility. • Use hands...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use 5 want to consult your service provider (or call the cus-tomer service line to discuss alternatives). Other Medical Devices If you use any other personal medical device, consult the manufacturer of your device to determine ...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Product Care and Operation Ericsson suggests you read and observe the following for safe care and operation of your phone: • Do not allow children to play with your phone. They could hurt themselves or others, or could acci-dentally damage the phone. Your phone...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use 7 Battery Information New Batteries The battery packaged with your phone is not fully charged. For maximum battery capacity, use your charger to condition the battery. Recycling Your Battery Your phone manufacturer is a mem...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Getting Started 9 Complete the following procedures to set up your mobile phone for the first time: • Review the document conventions used in this guide by referring to the “Document Conventions” chapter. • Attach the belt clip to the phone by referring to the ...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Connecting and Removing Your Battery Place the battery over the back of the phone. The label on the battery should face down. Insert the top portion of the battery into the phone. The tab on the bottom of the bat-tery should be pointing toward the bottom of the...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Getting Started 11 result, the phone may not activate charge-only mode when the charger is connected. Attach the charger to the phone for several hours to slowly (trickle) charge the battery. After trickle charging the battery for several hours the phone should...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Continue charging the phone until the battery is fully charged. Note! If the phone is powered On, the battery icon is replaced by the icon once the battery is fully charged. Note! If the phone is in charge-only mode, Charging Com- plete appears in the display o...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Getting Started 13 Note! Do not twist while inserting or removing the small plug on the charger cord! Plug the AC adapter on the power cord into a wall outlet. Charging a Battery Attached to Your Phone If your phone is On, you can make and receive calls while u...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Learning About Your Mobile Phone 15 Your mobile phone offers the latest in TDMA technol-ogy, operating in digital and analog modes. Highlights of Your Mobile Phone Design • Small, contoured, and light-weight • Full graphics display • Active flip (answers and en...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. !" #$ The Parts of Your Phone The following is a list of the terms used in this user’s guide to describe your Ericsson mobile phone: Antenna Indicator Light Earpiece Upper Side Key Lower Side Key Display Key Key (press and hold to turn power On or Off) Down...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Learning About Your Mobile Phone 17 Phone Display Icons and Display Indicators Phone Display Icons The following icons are used to display the status of your phone: Voice Mail Waiting Icon New Text Mail Icon Keypad Locked Icon Ringer Silent Icon Active Profile ...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. !" #$ Key Functions YES • Press to answer a call.• Press to make a call after entering a phone num- ber. • Press to store menu settings.• Press (from the Standby screen) for the outgoing call log. • Press and hold after entering a phone number to make a cal...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. !" #$ Display Messages The following are common display messages on your mobile phone: Your phone is receiving a call. Your phone is dialing the number shown in the dis-play. You have an active call. The battery is reaching its lowest operational power leve...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Basic Operations 21 8 Summary of Basic Operations Basic Operations To Do This : Press This: Turn your phone On Press and hold Turn your phone Off Press and hold Decrease ear volume during a call Lower side key Increase ear volume during a call Upper side key An...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. %&' Turning Your Phone On and Off After you have installed a fully charged battery in your phone, turn your phone On by pressing and holding until your phone sounds a beep. Note! If you have the vibrate option activated, the phone will also briefly vibrate....

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Basic Operations 23 When the appropriate ring sound is highlighted, press . Selection Stored! appears in the display. Press to return to the previous screen. Press to return to the Standby screen. Setting the Ring Volume To select the ring volume for your mobil...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. %&' Answering a Call When your phone receives a call, the ring tone sounds (unless you have disabled it through the SOUNDS menu), the words Incoming Call flash in the display, the dis- play and keypad back light flash, and the indicator light on top of the ...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Basic Operations 25 Unanswered Calls Your phone's display shows the number of calls you have received but did not answer. You can clear the number from the display by pressing any key or by turning the phone Off. If Caller Number Identification is available fro...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. %&' number and then another number, such as an access number for an answering machine or voice mail system. Stop Dialing A stop causes the phone to stop transmitting numbers until you press . You can enter a stop in a series of digits by pressing and holdin...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Basic Operations 27 If police, fire, or medical assistance is needed. The exact location of the emergency, including cross streets, mileposts, or landmarks. How many people are involved, their condition, and if help is being administered. International Calls If...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Using Menus 29 Read this chapter thoroughly to understand how to use your phone’s menus, how to navigate through the menu system, and how to change the menu settings. Your phone's menus are an easy way for you to: • Store and recall phone numbers from your phon...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. ( " indicated by a filled radio button ( ). Some set- tings have two choices, such as On and Off for the Speed Dial setting in the CALL MANAGER menu. Other settings have a list of choices, such as the Ring Volume setting in the SOUNDS menu. Press Ñ or Ô to ...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Menu Descriptions 31 The main menu has six icons that display the top-level menu options. The corresponding option title of the selected option is displayed below the menu tabs when highlighted. Each menu is represented by an icon. Option 1 is the PHONE LISTS m...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 32 Menu Descriptions the Recall Entr y submenu by pressing and holding Ô from the Standby screen. Phone Groups The Phone Groups submenu allows you to organize the members of your phonebook into categories. Each cate-gory can then have a ring sound associated wi...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Menu Descriptions 33 Note! You will be prompted to enter your security code to enter the Calling Card 1 and Calling Card 2 sub- menus. Setting Up Your Calling Cards To set up your calling cards, make sure you have the Calling Card Access Numbers (numbers provid...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 34 Menu Descriptions Placing a Calling Card Call Enter or recall the phone number you want to call. Press and hold . The calling card number and the active calling card are shown in the display. Release the key after the number has been displayed. If you are us...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Menu Descriptions 35 Press to open the Phone Number submenu. Press Ñ or Ô until the appropriate phone number is highlighted. When the appropriate phone number is high-lighted, press to switch to that phone number. Press to return to the previous screen or press...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 36 Menu Descriptions Call Manager Menu The CALL MANAGER menu allows you to view infor- mation and establish dialing and answering preferences for your phone (some selections available in this menu are dependent on your service provider). It also enables you to ...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 38 Menu Descriptions Note! You will be prompted to enter your security code to enter the Lock Dial submenu. Lock Receive The L ock Recv submenu allows you to restrict incom- ing phone calls. The two options are Allow and Restrict. If Restrict is selected, the p...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 40 Menu Descriptions Find Network Your phone should be configured by your service pro-vider for optimal network selection during roaming. If your service provider allows, you can override the pre-configured selection by doing the following: Press Ñ or Ô from th...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Menu Descriptions 41 and unavailable systems. If you want to switch to another system, do the following: Press Ñ or Ô from the Standby screen to highlight the SETTINGS menu. Press to open the SETTINGS menu. Press Ñ or Ô until the System Select submenu is highli...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Menu Descriptions 43 Message Alert The Msg Alert submenu allows you to turn On or Off the tone that sounds when an incoming text message or a message waiting signal is received. The two options for Msg Alert are On and Off. Profiles Menu Your Ericsson mobile ph...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 44 Menu Descriptions desired group ( ). Once you have selected all the groups to be screened, press to exit. Screen calls is a profile-dependent feature. You can spec-ify groups of callers that will be restricted from ringing through in each of the 9 profiles. ...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Using the Phonebook 45 You can store phone numbers and associated names in your phone’s phonebook to use for Recall Dialing , Speed Dial , and Super Dial . Each phone number you store can be up to 32 digits in length, and any names you store can be up to 24 cha...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. $#$ ) To store a number in a specific position, press Ô to access the position field. Enter the number of the phonebook position to which you want the entry stored. Press to store the number in that particu- lar position. Entering Letters and Symbols Press the ...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Using the Phonebook 47 Phone numbers stored in positions 1 through 9 can be used with the Super Dial feature. All 1- and 2-digit phonebook positions can be used with the Speed Dial feature. Storing a Phone Number in Secure Memory A phone number stored in secure...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. $#$ ) Recalling a Phone Number From Secure Memory Follow the previously described steps for opening Recall Entry from the PHONE LISTS menu. Press Ô until the Position: line is highlighted. Enter the position of the phone number stored in secure memory. Press . ...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Using the Phonebook 49 Phone Groups The Phone Groups submenu allows you to organize your phonebook into groups by assigning individual phone numbers to 1 of 10 Phone Groups. For each Phone Group, you may define the group Members and the group Ring Sound. If you...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Message Services 51 Text messages and voice mail are the two types of mes-sage services your Ericsson mobile phone can support. The message services are provided by your service pro-vider and subject to availability. Text Message Service Your phone can store a ...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. * " Text Messages With Callback Numbers Callback phone numbers are one or more phone num-bers that are attached to or contained within a text mes-sage. These phone numbers are specified by the person sending the message. If you press while reading a message...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Message Services 53 Status of Text Messages A text message can have the following status: • Unread ( ) - The text message has not been read. Existing unread text messages will not be overwrit-ten by a new message. • Read ( ) - The text message has been read, bu...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. * " Press Ñ or Ô until the new message is highlighted. Press to open the message. Once the message is open, you can scroll through the message one line at a time by pressing Ñ or Ô . You can also scroll up or down through the message three lines at a time b...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Message Services 55 To call the phone number shown, press . To make a credit card call, press and hold . To return to the Standby screen, press . If you have not stored an access number, you will see Voice mail access number not stored. when you receive a voice...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Data, Fax, and Internet Calls 57 Your Ericsson mobile phone contains a modem similar to the modems you use to connect your computer to your home or office telephone service. Rather than con-necting to standard telephone lines, however, the modem in your mobile ...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. * +,-+. procedure. Once a connection to your ISP is established, it will remain in place until you disconnect or until it is automatically disconnected due to the degradation of signal quality or due to inactivity. Note! Throughout this chapter, references to d...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Data, Fax, and Internet Calls 59 connector. Connect one end of the cable to your Ericsson mobile phone and the other end to the serial port on your computer. Note! If you are trying to connect to a 25-pin serial interface port on your computer, you will need an...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. +,-+. Press to select the highlighted call type. Selection stored! appears in the display. Your phone is now configured to a specific type for your next incoming call. Note! The NextCallType setting will be reset to Voice call after every incoming call. If you ...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Data, Fax, and Internet Calls 61 Plug the other end of the cable from your DA 18 Phone Book Manager Accessory Kit into the serial port on your computer. Plug the charger cable into the bottom of the con-nector from your DA 18 Phone Book Manager Accessory Kit ca...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. +,-+. signal will generally be stronger when the phone is near a window. In a Vehicle It is possible to receive data calls from your vehicle. Operation from a moving vehicle may not be satisfac-tory because data may be lost when your call is trans-ferred from o...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. +,-+. Connect one end of your serial cable to your Erics-son mobile phone and the other end to your com-puter’s serial port. From the Start menu on your Windows desktop, click on Settings , then Control Panel . Double-click the Modems icon. Click Add . At the I...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. # ! / Displayed Messages and Explanations Problems and Possible Solutions The phone does not turn On. Charge or replace the battery. The phone is not ringing when a call is received. Check the SOUNDS menu to make sure the phone is not set for Phone Silent . If ...

Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. Index 69 $ Ac c es s T on e , 42 Ac c es s or i es , 68 Ans we r Op t i on , 3 6 Ant enn a , 1 6 Aut o Ar ea , 36 Aut o P re fi x , 36 Aut o R et ry , 23 , 37 % Back Ligh t , 3 9 Batte ry In for mation B a t te ry L ocat i on , 1 6 C ha r g e- On l y M o d e , ...

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Not for commercial use – Ericsson Inc. 0 The T18LX Menu Ñ Ô Ring Volume Ñ Ô 3 1. Last Call2. Call Totals3. Answer Option4. Auto Area5. Auto Prefix6. Auto Retry7. Speed Dial8. Super Dial9. Lock Dial0. Lock Receive 1. New Messages2. Old Messages3. Erase All4. Memory Used5. Voice Mail 1. Activate2. Scr...