Alcatel OT-255 User Guide

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Your mobile

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Voicemail

Sym key

Vibration alert

Del key

Side key

Power on/off

End call

Pick up/Send call

Navigation key

(1)

:

Main menu,confirm

an option

Profiles

Calendar

New Messages

FM Radio

Shift key

Left softkey

Space key

Fn key

Enter key

Right softkey

Prolonged exposure to music at full volume on the music player may

damage the listener's hearing. Set your phone volume safely. Use only

headphones recommended by TCT Mobile Limited and its affiliates.

1.1

Keys

Navigation key

Confirm an option (press the middle of the key)

Access to menu (short keypress)

Show/hide shortlist menu(long keypress)

Pick up

Send a call

Access call memory (short keypress)

Access to Fake call (long keypress)

Switch on/Switch off the telephone (long keypress)

End call

Return to the idle screen

Left softkey

Right softkey

Access your voicemail (long keypress)

Input the "#" in Idle

Side key in idle screen

Short Push :

Show/hide shortlist menu

In idle screen:

Long/short keypress: Lock/Unlock the keypad

In edit mode:

Short keypress: input space

Long keypress: switch language

Fn key + Space: switch input mode

In idle screen:

Press to access shortcuts

Fn + P: access to Profiles

Fn + Q: access to Clock

Fn + S: access to Notes

In edit mode:

Press once to input top-half character.

Press twice to lock top-half inputting mode, then press once to

unlock top-half inputting mode.

Long keypress: access to Dictionary.

In edit mode:

Short press: popup symbol page to select special character by

navigation key

Long press & Fn+SYM: popup smileys page to select special

smileys by navigation key

Delete one by one (short keypress)

Delete one by one quickly (long keypress)

Switch the uppercase and minuscule (in edit screen)

Return a cursor to the next line.

1.2

Main screen icons

(1)

Battery charge level

Vibrate alert

: Your phone vibrates, but does not ring or beep

with the exception of the alarm.

Headset connected

.

Keypad locked

.

Call forwarding activated

: your calls are forwarded.

Alarm clock

.

Level of network reception

.

Voicemail message arrived

.

Missed calls

.

Radio is on

.

Stopwatch is active

.

WAP alerts

(1)

.

Roaming

.

Line switching

(2)

: indicates the selected line.

GPRS connection status

(Blue - Activated).

GPRS attached

.

GPRS connecting

.

Message receipt in progress

.

Sending a message

.

Silence mode

: your phone neither rings, beeps nor vibrates

except for the alarms.

Message unread

.

Message list is full

: your terminal cannot accept any new

messages. You must access the message list and delete at least

one message on your SIM card.

Flight mode

.

(1)

Depending on your network operator.

(2)

Contact your network operator to check service availability.

Installing or removing the battery

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Getting started

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2.1

Set-up

Removing or installing the back cover

Inserting or removing the SIM card

Place the SIM card with the chip facing downwards and slide it into its

housing. Make sure that it is correctly inserted. To remove the card, press

the bottom and slide it out. Please power off your phone before you

remove the SIM card.

2.2

Power on your phone

Hold down the

key until the telephone powers on.

2.3

Power off your phone

Hold down the

key from the main screen.

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Calls

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3.1

Making a call

Dial the desired number then press the

key to place the call. If you

make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by pressing the right

softkey or

key.

To hang up the call, press the

key.

Making an emergency call

If your phone has network coverage, dial emergency number and press the

key to make an emergency call. This works even without a SIM card

and without typing the PIN code or unlocking the keypad.

3.2

Call memory

You can access your call memory by pressing the

key from the idle

screen. Check "

Outgoing calls

", "

Missed calls

", "

Answered calls

".

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Menu arrange

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Main Menu is designed to vary according to your preference.

Change the order

From main menu, press left softkey and select "

Move

" or long keypress

key till tick "

√

" is shown, then move the cursor to your favorite

destination and confirm with

key.

Show/Hide

Access "

Menu arrange

", press

key till tick ("

√

") show or off, it will

show/hide some main menu.

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Messages

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5.1

Messages: Text/Multimedia message

5.1.1

Create message

From the main menu select "

Messages

" to create text/multimedia

message.

You can type a message and you can also modify a predefined message in

Templates

or customise your message by adding pictures, photos, sounds,

titles, etc (only available while editing a MMS). While writing a message,

select "

Options

" to access all the messaging options.You can save your

messages that you send often to

Drafts

or

Templates

(MMS only).

(1)

The icons and illustrations in this guide are provided for informational purposes

only.

(1)


(1)

The quality of the radio depends on the coverage of the radio station in that

particular area.

(2)

HTML email and image in email

not supported.

5.1.2

Inbox

All received messages (read and unread) are stored in the same Inbox.

Group by sender/Group by receiver

(1)

Messages can be grouped by sender/receiver ("

Options\Group by

sender

"/"

Options\Group by receiver

"). And you are enabled to quick

search the messages by pressing the key associated with the first letter of

sender/receiver’s name.

5.2

SMS Conversation (chat)

(2)

Access to "

Advanced

" and select "

Switch view mode

", keep the

conversation going in real time using SMS chat. You may separate chat for

every contact with whom you exchange short text messages.

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Directory

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6.1

Consulting your directory

To access the

Directory

from the main screen, press the

key and

select the

icon.

6.2

Adding a contact

Select the contacts list in which you wish to add a contact to, press the

"

Options

"

softkey, select

"

Add contact

"

then Save.

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Fake Call

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Protect yourself from annoying situations with the "

Fake Call

". In this

meun, you can set "

Caller name/nb

", "

Call time

" and "

Ringtone

".

When the timer reaches, the phone will ring and display like receiving a

real phone call. Press

key, pretend answering a call, the screen will

display just like have an ongoing call. Press

key, pretend to reject the

call, the call will terminate automatically.

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Radio

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Your phone is equipped with a Radio

(1)

with RDS functionality. You can use

the application as a traditional Radio with saved channels or with parallel

visual information related to the radio program on the display, if you tune

to stations that offer Visual Radio service. You can listen to it while running

other applications.

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Internet

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9.1

Email

(2)

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Your phone has an email client with the settings predefined for a few

popular email services like – GoogleMail, Windows live, Yahoo, AOL, etc.

9.2

WAP

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Access WAP options:

Homepage

,

Bookmarks

,

Go to URL

,

Recent

pages

,

Offline pages

.

9.3

Weather

(1)

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Your phone is equipped with a weather function for consulting up to 3-day

forecast of favorite cities.

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ICE

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ICE (in case of emergency) are 3 numbers emergency services can call if

you have an accident, you can also add useful information such as blood

type, allergy. Access to "

ICE

" menu from main menu and below options

are available: View, Add/Edit, Delete.

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Games

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Your phones includes some games, Select "

Game settings

", it allows you

to manage settings, in which you may set background audio and vibration

alert.

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Profiles

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With this menu, you may personalise ringtones for different events and

environments.

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Media album

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You will have an access to all audio and visual files stored in phone or in

Medium Album. You can access a number of items with this option:

My

audios

,

My images

,

Unknown files

and

Memory status

.

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Services

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Contact your network operator to check service availability.

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Others

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15.1

Calendar

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Once you enter this menu from main menu, there is a monthly-view

calendar for you to keep track of important meetings, appointments, etc.

Days with events entered will be marked in color.

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Calculator

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Access this feature by selecting "

Calculator

" from the main menu.

Enter a number, select the type of operation to be performed using the

navigation keys, and enter the second number, then press

key or left

softkey to display the result.

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Notes

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You can create a note in text or voice format by accessing "

Notes

" from

main menu.

15.4

Tasks

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Enables you to easily manage and track the progress of an task with

priorities. All the tasks will be sorted by due date.

15.5

Clock

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15.5.1

Alarm

Your mobile phone has a built-in alarm clock with a snooze feature.

15.5.2

Clock

Allows you to have settings of date and time, including 12/24h format.

15.5.3

World clock

The World clock shows current local time and the time zone in different

cities.

15.5.4

Stopwatch

The stopwatch is a simple application for measuring time with the possibility

to register several results and suspend/resume measurement.

15.6

Converter

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Unit converter and Currency converter.

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Settings

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From the main menu, select the menu icon

and select the function of

your choice in order to customise your telephone:

Display, Languages,

Headset mode, Input mode, Vocabulary, Keys, Security, Network,

Connectivity, Restore default set, Call settings.

16.1

Keys

You may set the keypad to which you prefer to.

Fn + Keys: you may define the combined Fn key function and to get

shortcuts with below options: Edit/Add/Delete.

16.2

Call settings

My numbers

Type in or modify your telephone number and confirm by pressing

.

Your telephone number is usually written on your SIM card.

Billings

(1)

You can access different items with this option:

Amount

,

Duration

,

GPRS counter

,

Beep duration

.

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Latin input mode

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To write messages, there are two writing methods:

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Normal: this mode allows you to type a text by choosing a letter or a

sequence of characters associated with a key.

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Predictive with the Zi mode: This mode speeds up the writing of your text.

Fn key

:

Press once: input top-half character,

Press twice: lock top-half character inputting mode, then

press once to unlock top-half character inputting mode.

Long press: access to Dictionary

Sym key

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Short keypress: access the Symbols table

Long keypress & Fn + Sym: popup smileys page

Space key

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Short press: input space

Long press: press to switch language

Fn+Space: switch input mode

Shift key

:

In abc (Multitapabc) input mode (no Abc mode):

Short press once: only switch one character from

minuscule to uppercase

Short press twice: lock uppercase input mode

Short press once: unlock the uppercase

In eZiabc (Smartabc) input mode:

Short press once: to eZi ABC

Short press twice: to eZi Abc

Del key

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Short keypress: delete one by one

Long keypress: delete one by one quickly

ALCATEL is a trademark of Alcatel-Lucent

and is used under license by

TCT Mobile Limited.

All rights reserved © Copyright 2010

TCT Mobile Limited.

TCT Mobile Limited reserves the right to alter

material or technical specification without prior notice.

English - CJB21EAALAAB

(1)

The option of Group by receiver is available in Outbox, Sent, and Draft folders

only.

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(1)

Depending on your network operator. May cause additional network charges

for data flow to provide this service. Extra fees might also be charged in

roaming states.

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