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Getting to know and operating your phone

Unlock the display

You can select different security levels for the screen lock. 

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Menu  

 

 

 

 

Settings 

      

 

Security

     

Screen lock

.

The following settings are possible: 

None

Slide

 (default setting), 

Pattern

PIN

Password

.

Operate touchscreen

The phone is mainly operated using the display. Icons, list entries, switches and selection fields shown 

on the display are touch-sensitive areas. By tapping on or touching these areas and swiping over the 
display, you can set up and launch functions, key in or select call numbers and navigate between the 
various screens. Use the following actions to operate the touchscreen:

Tap 

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Tap on an icon on the menu screen, an entry in a list or an 

option to activate the function or to select the list entry.

Touch and hold 

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Touch an object for longer than 2 seconds to initiate 

an action. 

Example:  

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Touch an app on the menu screen to copy it to the start 

screen.

Drag 

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Touch an object and drag it over the display to another posi-

tion. 

Example:  

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Touch an app on the start screen and drag it up onto 

Remove

 to delete it from the start screen.

For setting "Slide"

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Touch lock icon 

and drag to the 
right. 

For setting "Pattern" 

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Connect four dots 
in the set order.

For setting "PIN" or "Password"

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Enter 

PIN

 or 

password

.

Sound

Clock

Display

Remove

Swipe 

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Swipe up/down or right/left over the display to scroll 
through lists or from screen to screen.

While you are scrolling, a scroll bar is displayed on the right/

at the bottom. It displays the size and position of the visible 
area.

Zoom 

Some apps allow you to zoom into or out of the partial view on 
display, e.g. to display images or to zoom into maps.

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Touch the display with two fingers and pinch them together 
(zoom out) or drag them apart (zoom in).

Prerequisite:

 The app must support zooming. 

Rotate display

Some apps, e.g the browser or the calendar are better to operate in landscape format. To do this you can 
rotate the handset. 

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Rotate handset. After a few seconds the content of the display is shown in landscape format.

Prerequisite: 

The function 

Auto-rotate screen

 must be activated.

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Menu  

 

 

 

 

Settings 

 

  

    

Display

 

  

     

Auto-rotate screen

.

Start screens (example)

Google search function 

Application area, configurable 

Five screens, which can be individually laid out. 

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Place functions here that you would like to have 
quick access to.

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Swipe horizontally over the display to switch 
between screens. 

Whichever of the five screens is currently displayed 

can be identified from the orange bar when 
scrolling.

Options bar

Frequently used functions (the same on all start 
pages) 

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In the middle: Menu with all apps and widgets 
available on your phone.

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You can freely select the other functions, e.g. 

Phone, People, Browser.

Application menu (example)

Adjust start screens 

The start screens are the starting point for all functions of your phone. In addition to the Google search 

function and an options bar for frequently used apps, the start screens consist of five individually 
configurable screens. 
After switching on, the middle one of the five screens is displayed. 

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In any application situation, open the start screen last displayed using the Start screen key 

 . 

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Swipe right or left over the display to scroll through the start screens.

Assemble important apps and call numbers on the start pages, which you can immediately wake up 
from idle state with a "touch" or call, and customise the options bar according to your requirements.

In addition to calling functions, your phone has many other 
applications (apps and widgets). They are arranged in 
alphabetical order (cannot be changed).

Apps

 are the applications that are available on your phone.

Widgets

 are components, which are specifically intended to 

be displayed on a start screen, e.g. a clock, a calendar extract 
for the current day, an important entry from the contact list 
or a direct dial.

Open application menu

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Open start screen 

. Tap on 

.

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Tap on 

APPS

 or 

WIDGETS

Load other apps and widgets onto the phone

Your phone is based on the Android

TM

 platform (Android is a trademark of Google Inc.). 

You can expand the functionality of your phone by installing other apps and widgets. 

Copy app to start screen

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Select menu 

      

APPS

 or 

WIDGETS

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Touch desired app or widget and hold. The item is copied to the start screen. You can switch to 

another start screen by dragging the object to the right or left edge of the screen. 

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Drag the item to the desired position on the start screen.

Set up direct dial (speed dial) on the start screen 

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Open 

WIDGETS

 tab. 

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Touch and hold icon 

Direct dial

 and position on start screen. As soon as you 

release the icon, the contact list is opened.

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Scroll to the desired entry or 

Find contacts

.

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Tap on the desired contact. If there are multiple call numbers, select the call 

number. 

The direct dial is created on the start screen complete with the name of the 

contact and, if available, their picture. The associated call number is dialled when 
you tap on the icon.

Remove app/widget from start screen 

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Touch icon on the start screen and drag upwards onto 

Remove

.

A direct dial is deleted. The associated entry in the contact list remains 
unchanged. The settings for all other functions (e.g. wake time) remain 
unchanged.

Set background for start screen 

You can use images from your image gallery or the pre-installed background images or live 

backgrounds as a background for the start screen.

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Touch background on the start screen.    

Gallery

Wallpaper

 or 

Live Wallpaper

.

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Select desired motif.    

Set wallpaper

.

Start screen

Direct dial

Ben

Mobile

Remove

Status bar and Status screen

Icons display the phone's operating state and its current settings in the status bar. 

Status bar

Other application-specific icons may be displayed.

Status screen

 

The status screen provides detailed information about the 
status of the phone and event occurrences, e.g. incoming 
calls, new messages, available downloads or.other messages 
from apps.

The status screen can always be displayed when the status 

bar is visible

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Touch status bar and drag status screen down. 

Respond to an event

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Tap on a list entry to open the associated app or setting. 

Example: 

Tap on 

Missed calls

 opens the call list. 

Delete all events

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Tap on 

 to delete all entries on the status screen.

Change the settings

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Tap on 

 to open the settings menu. 

Close status screen 

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Press 

 key or touch the circle at the bottom of the 

status screen and drag the screen up.

Icon

Meaning

Battery charge status 
(off the charging cradle)

Battery is charging 
(current charge status)

DECT reception strength 
(

No radiation

 off );

White: 

Maximum range

 on,

Green:

 Maximum range

 off.

DECT reception strength 
(

No radiation

 on);

White: 

Maximum range

 on,

Green:

 Maximum range

 off,

Red cross: no connection to the base
(irrespective of 

No radiation

 setting).

WLAN reception strength

Current call

Missed calls indicated

Answer machine activated

New message(s) available

New e-mail received

Connected to computer via USB

Ringtone deactivated 

Alarm activated

Software update completed

Icon

Meaning

Example

11:03

8 March

Connected as a media device

Touch for other USB options

Missed calls

5 missed calls

New messages

3 new messages

18:15

16:30

Enter text

For functions involving  text entry, a keyboard is displayed. 

The keyboard layout depends on the language setting.

Enter text and numbers 

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Tap on the key icons to enter letters or digits.

Tap on:

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  (Shift): To switch between lowercase and uppercase. 

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  / 

: To switch between entering numbers and 

special characters or letters. 

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Space bar: Enter a space.

With some apps you can select one of the characters dis-

played above the keyboard (e.g. a colon).

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Next

: Jump to the next input field.

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Any position: position the insertion point at this point.

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Done

: End data entry.

Correct incorrect entries

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Delete characters to the left of the cursor: Tap 

briefly

 on  

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Delete the entire content of the numeric or text field: Press and 

hold

 . 

Enter special letters

Special letters (diacritical characters) are language-dependent variants of certain 
letters, e.g. umlauts. 

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Touch and hold the base letter. Select the desired character from the pop-up 

list. 

The availability of characters depends on the language setting and the keyboard 

setting.

Cut, copy and paste text

Select word: 

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Touch word or tap on it twice. The word is highlighted.

Select an entire text field: 

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Touch word or tap on it twice.      Tap on 

. All text in the text 

field is highlighted

Cut marked text: 

     Tap on 

.

Copy marked text: 

     Tap on 

.

Paste text from clipboard: 

     Tap on 

.

Done

Done

Example

My local profile

Search phone and Internet

Search your phone or the Internet for any information using Google search.

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Open start screen 

.      Touch the Google search field at the 

top of the Start screen.

Or

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Menu  

 

 

 

 

Search

 

.

Below the search field, the areas which are being searched or the results from previous search opera-
tions are displayed first.

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Enter search string. While entering text, suggestions from the Internet search and search results from 
your phone (apps and contacts) are displayed below the search field.

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Tap on a suggestion to immediately search for it or open the app.

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Tap on the pen icon to the right of an entry to add the string to the search field without starting a 

search.

Change search options

Specify the areas, which are to be searched.

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Touch Google search field.      Press and hold the menu key 

.

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Tap on 

Search Settings

 at the bottom edge of the display.      

Searchable items

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Select desired areas (

Web

Apps

Contacts

Music

).

Clear short cuts

You can delete links to previously found screens and apps. After doing so only the areas are displayed 

below the search field, which are being searched.

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Touch Google search field.      Press and hold the menu key 

.

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Tap on 

Search Settings

 at the bottom edge of the display.      

Clear short cuts

Switch the display on/off

If you do not press any keys and do not touch the display, after some time the display 

automatically

 

switches to idle state, i.e. it goes dark and data entry is no longer possible. Even the regular functionality 
of the keys is disabled. The period of time after which the display automatically switches to idle state, 
can be modified. 

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Menu  

 

 

 

 

Settings 

      

 

Display

      

Sleep

.

Manually switch display to idle state

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Briefly

 press the End call key 

.

Switch display on

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Press any key. If a screen lock is activated, this is displayed.

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Unlock the screen.

Please refer to online Help 

 on how to use the integrated 

answer machine of your SL930A.

An incoming call automatically switches the display on. You can accept the call. After the end 
of the conversation, the display goes back into idle state. 

Making calls

To make calls use the 

Phone

  

app.

Open via the start screen: 

     Press on start screen key 

.     Tap on 

.

Open from the menu:

      Open application menu 

.     Tap on 

Phone 

You may need to scroll through the pages of the application menu. The apps are sorted alphabetically.

Call (example)

Accepting a call

Functions when making calls

Switch hands-free on/off: 

     Press the Talk key 

Initiate a call

using the dialling page

from the call list (contains outgoing, incoming 
and missed calls) 
from the contact list

internally (call handsets registered to the same 
base)

Initiate call using dialling page

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Enter the telephone number using the keypad. 

When you tap on a digit, it is displayed in the 

number field.

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Tap on 

 to delete what has been entered.

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Tap on 

 to dial a phone number that has been 

entered.

You have the following options:

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Touch ringtone icon and drag to the 

right

.

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Press .

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If 

Auto answer

 is switched on, remove the handset 

from the charging cradle. 

Switch off the ring tone: 

     Drag the telephone icon 

to the 

left

 or press on 

End call (or press End call key 

).

Extend the call number (when controlling 
hotline menus or to remotely access an answer 
machine).
Change speaker and hands-free volume.

Mute microphone.

Initiate ringback.

Initiate a three-way conference call.

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