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Summary of Contents for CRYSTAL 650 - NETWORK

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Page 2: ... Philips provides this user guide as is and does not accept except as required by applicable law liability for any error omission or discrepancy between this user guide and the product described The device is meant to be connected to GSM GPRS networks Navigation 1 and keys mCamera 2 and MMS key Hang up and Screen s SMS and Sound recording key Back of the phone external screen How to ...

Page 3: ...key when in idle mode and when the phone is opened A short press on the side key will mute the ringer when you receive a call Quickly return to idle when browsing menus Press and hold c or press Activate a programmed Voice command Press and hold key Quickly open the MMS menu Press m in idle mode Quickly open the SMS menu Press s in idle mode ...

Page 4: ...a scroll bar located on the right hand side of the screen shows your actual position in the list With the navigation keys you can then select or adjust all the functions of your phone as Some events may modify the idle screen missed call new message etc Press to access the corresponding menu or press c to go back to the idle screen Events ...

Page 5: ... Switch on the phone 2 Set date and time 2 Copy the SIM phonebook 2 Charge the battery 3 2 Main features 4 4 Text or number entry 10 T9 Text input 10 Basic text input 11 5 Contacts 12 Settings 12 Add contacts in a phonebook 13 Fotocall see hear who s calling 13 ...

Page 6: ...ceive data 39 Use the phone as a modem 40 9 Multimedia 41 Sound album 41 Picture album 41 12 Call information 51 Call settings 51 Call list 52 Call counters 53 13 Operator services 55 WAP 55 Make a second call 58 Answer a second call 58 DTMF tones 58 Answer a third call 59 ...

Page 7: ...r GSM operator or retailer The SIM card contains your subscription your mobile number and memory in which you can store phone numbers and messages see Contacts page 12 2 Remove the battery by lifting it to the right using the black notches as shown below 3 Remove the SIM card from its holder and slide it in its slot until it stops Be careful that the ...

Page 8: ...to confirm press c if you make a mistake If you enter a wrong PIN code 3 times your SIM card is blocked To unblock it you must request the PUK code from your operator As prompted by the phone at first switch on set the date by pressing the appropriate numeric keys press c to erase a number then set the time Set date and time ...

Page 9: ... on 1 Once the battery and battery cover are clipped 2 The battery symbol indicates the state of charge during charging the 4 charge indicators scroll it takes around 1 45 hours to fully recharge your mobile phone when all 4 bars are steady the battery is fully charged disconnect the charger Depending on the network and condition of use talk time goes from 2 to 8 5 hrs and stand by time from 200 t...

Page 10: ...hen receiving a call the number of the caller may be displayed If the number is stored in the selected phonebook the corresponding name is displayed instead of the number 1 To answer the call press or open the phone if the Active flip option is On see page 51 2 To reject a call press If you have activated Call forward see page 51 the call is diverted to Access and view the phonebook Contacts Answe...

Page 11: ...t Call handsfree If you are already on the phone long press to switch to handsfree mode and back If you want your phone to vibrate when you receive a call activate the vibra alert by selecting Settings Sounds Vibra alert then On Activating the vibra doesn t mute the ringer If you want to both mute it and keep the vibra On activate the Silent mode as described above The vibra alert is automatically...

Page 12: ... the microphone during a call press select Unmute and confirm by pressing If you select Mute then Record dialogue only the caller s voice is recorded To clear your call list press and select Call Info Call list Reset Press twice to reset the call list To clear the whole messages list at once press Adjust the earpiece volume Mute unmute the microphone Clear the call list Clear the SMS list Reset ...

Page 13: ...ference you should refer to for more information concerning each feature or setting Settings p16 Sounds p16 Network p20 GPRS attach Register again Preferred list Access settings Time and date p22 Clock display Set date Own time zone Daylight saving Set time Language p23 List of available languages ...

Page 14: ...tion Topics District codes SMS chat p34 MMS p34 New MMS Inbox Draft s Template s Outbox Settings Business p47 Calculator p47 International clock p47 Local settings Foreign settings International clock display Alarm clock p48 ...

Page 15: ...lboxes Auto redial Any key answer Call waiting Caller ID Call list p52 Call list Reset Call counters p53 GSM counters GPRS counters TV Slideshow p43 Camera p60 This menu is available when a camera is plugged in Operator services p55 Service numbers ...

Page 16: ...uation marks are also available Icons appearing on the screen show the active text mode T9 predictive Text Input is an intelligent editing How to use it Alphabets and symbols represented by each key are as follows T9 Text input 2to 9 To key in letters or To browse the list of candidate words or 1 To confirm entry c Short press to clear one entry long press to clear all text ...

Page 17: ... second letter on the 4 key so you must press it twice to enter h Example how to enter the word home Press 4 4 GHI 6 6 6 MNO 6 MNO 3 3 DEF Press when the message is completed Letters numbers and symbols are located on each key as follows Basic text input Short press Long press 1 space 1 2 a b c 2 à ä å æ ç 2 3 d e f 3 é è Φ 3 4 g h i 4 Γ ì 4 ...

Page 18: ...acts they will only be added to the phonebook you have selected 999 is the maximum number of names and events cards provided that other features memos sounds phonebooks and if you delete it in the phone it remains unchanged in the SIM Delete all To delete all contacts at one This option only applies to the phonebook in phone NOT to the SIM phonebook Copy to phone If you cancelled or aborted the au...

Page 19: ...ook A number is limited to 40 digits depending on your 3 If needed choose the group you want this contact to belong to Own numbers The Own numbers option that appears in each phonebook should contain your own phone number If not we advise that you enter your mobile number as well as any other relevant information Although all its fields can be empty the Own numbers item cannot be deleted Add conta...

Page 20: ...setting Rename the group to be identified Friends Kids etc and select the Melody and the Picture to be associated to this group 2 Long press c to go back to idle then press to access the phonebook In the SIM card Choose a contact of your phonebook in the SIM card and press to access the following options Or press enter the first letters of the name you are searching and press to jump directly to t...

Page 21: ...t The first number you enter becomes the default number it appears in first position in the list and is automatically dialled when pressing the pick up key This option allows you to make another number default Copy to SIM To copy a contact of your phone Show To display the details of the selected field Change type To change or to define the field type of the selected number ...

Page 22: ...see page 23 Silent melodies you saved Scroll through the list and wait to hear the selected melody being played You will not hear the melody if the volume ringer is set to Off or if the Silent mode was activated see above Messages ringer Allows you to set an alert beep On or Off for each time you receive a new message When On this option also allows you to select the alert of your choice from the ...

Page 23: ... the caller This menu only allows you to set the alert sounds On or Off NOT the alerts themselves E g setting the Organiser alert Off will not prevent your phone from Animation Allows you to set the animation of the menus On or Off When On this option will also scroll texts such as a message selected in the Read SMS menu Deactivating this function increases the autonomy of your phone Display Anima...

Page 24: ...en the menu e g Send message or E mail or launch the function such as Calculator or Record If the selected key is already set you can reprogram it by pressing twice and selecting Change This will bring you to the list of available functions To use the hotkeys press and hold the key corresponding to the function you want to launch or to the number you want to dial while in idle mode Voice command S...

Page 25: ...t will call the corresponding name when pronounced Proceed as described in the previous section select the contact of your choice in the list then press Public names Allows you to manage a specific names list called Public Names list and restrict calls to this list via the Call restriction option This feature is subscription dependent and requires a PIN2 code see page 20 Voice Dial Security Public...

Page 26: ...d both to Incoming calls All calls or When roaming and to Outgoing calls All calls International calls and Intl Exc Home from your operator or retailer If you enter an incorrect PUK code 10 times in a row the SIM card will be blocked and unusable If this happens contact your operator or retailer PIN protection This allows you to set the PIN protection On or Off When On you will be asked to enter y...

Page 27: ...AP or when sending MMS the selected profile will be used to connect to the GSM or GPRS network Options described below are operator and or subscription dependent Error messages during connections are mainly due to incorrect parameters Always on Your phone will always register to the GPRS service This option allows faster GPRS connection However it will increase energy consumption For data calls Yo...

Page 28: ...ht savings should be set first double check date and time if previously set Allows you to set the time zone you GSM Settings To change the GSM settings Login Password Phone number needed to establish the connection and provided by your operator ISDN or Analogue Inactivity time a value of over 30 seconds after which the phone disconnects auto Set date ...

Page 29: ...me for an automatic switch on or switch off of your phone The auto switch off will be launched only when the phone is in idle mode This menu allows you to select a language for all menu texts Press or to select the language of your choice then press to confirm This menu allows you to access a group of predefined Auto switch on off Set time Autoswitch on off Language Profiles ...

Page 30: ... phone may differ from the table Each box of the table refers to the settings as stored in the Personal menu whether you have changed the settings or not When connecting an accessory the settings Headset and Car also become available When disconnecting the accessory the phone goes back to the Personal profile Profiles Personal Autonomy Outdoors Meeting Headset Car ...

Page 31: ...t available from the idle mode when 2 Choose from 3 different types of messages SMS SMS New To send a new message Last message To edit modify and re send the last message you have sent Template To select a pre configured message such as Can you ring me back at this number including your number if it is the first one of the Own num option see page 13 ...

Page 32: ...recipients This menu allows you to send an SMS to one or several contacts When a message is displayed press to access the following options Add To select your recipient s in the names Send tomultircpt Delete To delete the selected message Move to archive To store messages in the phone memory You can then consult them in Messages SMS Archive Moving a message to the archive list deletes it from the ...

Page 33: ...e the number of the sender if it is attached to the message Call handsfree To call the sender of the message handsfree Call back To call the sender of the message operator dependent SMS centre To select your default SMS centre If not available on your SIM card you must enter your SMS centre number Signature By default your signature is your phone number added at the end of your message which lengt...

Page 34: ...provider In this case all parameters are communicated to you by your provider and or operator as described below and must Reply path Allows you to set On or Off this option which allows you to transmit the number of your SMS message centre together with the message Your correspondent can then reply using your own SMS centre and not theirs This speeds up the rate of transmission This feature is sub...

Page 35: ...venting renaming E mail server To configure the settings needed to connect to the e mail server of your Advanced This menu features advanced settings that you shouldn t have to change If the fields of these menus are empty or if you encounter connection problems contact your ISP The SMPT authenticat menu should be Off in most European countries your e mails will NOT be sent if set to On Contact yo...

Page 36: ...e If you exit the Send e mail menu before sending your e mail or if you cancel the sending while it takes place the e mail content is deleted without being stored GSM Settings To change the GSM settings Login Password Phone number ISDN or Analogic needed to establish the connection and provided by your operator Auto disconnect a value of over 30 seconds after which the phone disconnects automatica...

Page 37: ...f the available options and press to retrieve them An e mail without any attachment may be automatically displayed in the details screen 3 Select a header and press to display the Add Media Allows you to design your message enter the Subject and Text then press to access the next options Add sound or Add Graphics to attach a sound or a picture to your e mail Send now to send it to the selected rec...

Page 38: ... delete other items name event or picture to release enough memory to be able to save the new picture A picture may not be accepted by your mobile phone if it is too large or if it doesn t have the right file format When receiving a picture via e mail proceed as follows to obtain optimal results Contains the details of the e mail header date and time sender s e mail address etc press to display th...

Page 39: ...s on the network It give you access to the following options Add to names To add the sender s e mail address to your phonebook even when you haven t yet downloaded his e mail Select New to create a new contact or a name in the list to add or change the e mail address You must have selected the phonebook in the phone in this case this menu Broadcast SMS Reception To set the reception of cell broadc...

Page 40: ...y full appears you must delete messages e g template draft received message etc New MMS District codes To select the type of messages you want to be permanently displayed on the idle screen in this case enter the type in both District code and Topics menus SMS chat SMSChat Add contacts To select a name in the Contacts list or to insert a New number or e mail address Then select one of the numbers ...

Page 41: ...tically selected press to access the corresponding menu and create more slides by pressing 2 Send now to send the MMS to the selected recipient s 3 Access the MMS Options Add slide To create a new slide and add it to your slide show Press or to browse slides once you have created several You can also press when the last page of the message you are currently designing is selected ...

Page 42: ...l modes If the sender of the message has asked for a Read report a prompt will ask you to press to send it or to press c to cancel Once the MMS is downloaded select it in the Inbox list and press to play it Press to access the following Player options Preview MMS To preview the slide show you have created Slide duration To change the value of slide duration set in Settings Application settings see...

Page 43: ...ou will never be able to do so Messages you have saved can only be sent from the Draft or Outbox folders You can NOT recover an item whether message notification or report that you have deleted Press c to cancel deletion Settings Close To close the MMS and go back to the list of options Templates Lists all messages saved as templates You can Play Edit and Delete them Drafts Lists all messages save...

Page 44: ...d MMS in the Inbox Select the MMS and press to play it This mode is deactivated when roaming Delivery report This option can be set On or Off and informs you via an SMS the status of delivery e g if your MMS was received or rejected Auto save This option can be set On or Off and allows you to automatically save the messages sent from the Outbox menu Slide duration Allows you to select the duration...

Page 45: ...cting with a PC make sure you have activated its infrared option To send data via IrDA from your mobile phone you must first select the item to be sent when selecting a picture a sound a name or an event a sub menu then gives you access to the Send option As soon as your phone finds another IrDA compliant device to communicate with the sending automatically takes place Messages are displayed on th...

Page 46: ...hone together with a PC or a PDA e g to surf the Internet or send faxes To fully benefit from the services available via IrDA send and receive SMS e mail and fax upload pictures and MIDI sounds in your phone phonebook synchronization GPRS Wizard etc you must install Mobile Phone Tools on your PC This software is available on the CD Rom shipped with your phone Save To save the data then go back to ...

Page 47: ...available sub menus select a sound and press to access the following options JPEG pictures must have the correct size and format for your mobile phone to store and display them Sound album Sound Album As SMS MMS ringer To set the selected sound as Messages ringer this option must be set On in Settings Sounds see page 16 Rename To Rename the selected sound Picture album ...

Page 48: ...ime long press for 5 pixels Press c to go back to the text editor or to validate and go to Save To save the picture with all the changes you have applied Delete To Delete the selected picture Pictures in the Standard Pictures folder cannot be deleted If there isn t enough space to store a new picture you must delete some other pictures to release memory ...

Page 49: ...nternal screen of your phone TV Link may not supplied with your product In this case you must purchase it separately See Philips TV Slideshow TV Slideshow 2 In the list that appears Choose Un Check all by pressing or to select all pictures at once or Browse the list and select dese lect the pictures of your choice by pressing or selected pictures feature checked boxes In both cases press to start ...

Page 50: ...y space for your own sounds and pictures Press to check the memory status The display shows you the percentage of memory free and the phone s total memory in KB Press again and access the detailed list of memory used by each feature If List full appears when saving a new item or to free memory space you must delete an item to be able to create or add a new one Demo mode Memory status Demo mode ...

Page 51: ... game which object is to destroy the bricks by hitting them with the ball Your mobile phone features JAVA which allows you to run JAVA compatible applications such as games downloaded on the network Brick game Brick Game 0 To pause the game up to 2 min after which the screen returns to idle mode and the game is lost JAVA JAVA ...

Page 52: ...hange them Java applications A message will warn you that the very first installation will take a few minutes Press to continue and Bearer To select the type of network used when launching a connection and to configure the corresponding settings GSM or GPRS your mobile will only use the GSM or the GPRS network for e mail connections GPRS first your mobile will first try to connect to the GPRS netw...

Page 53: ...er selected time zone on the idle screen Press or to activate or deactivate this option This feature is not available when No clock display is selected see page 17 or when the SMS chat option is on see page 34 Local settings Calculator Addition Press or the key Substraction Press or the key twice Calculator Own time Move or to select the time ...

Page 54: ...snooze mode is On the alarm will stop ringing temporarily when you press any key except or when the ringing time is out then it will ring again around 7 minutes later To stop the alarm Foreign time zone Move or to select the time zone of your choice Foreign daylight saving Allows you to set the daylight saving option On or Off for a foreign time zone See page 22 for details Alarm clock Snooze ...

Page 55: ...e triggered at the chosen time The reminder only applies to Meeting and To Do events It will be updated when changing time zones see Time and date page 22 Events views The Day view Week view and Month view display in Change To change the selected event Changing a repeated event will also modify all instances of this event Send by infrared To transmit the selected event to another IrDA compatible d...

Page 56: ...cannot be sent by MMS You can also access this menu with a long press on the s key when in idle mode These menus allow you to convert a sum from or into Euros by entering the amount and pressing The currency used for the conversion is determined by the country where you have subscribed The Euro converter is available upon subscription and only in countries using the Euro Euro converter Euro ...

Page 57: ... flip transfer which takes place when one several calls are in progress Call settings Call settings Unconditional Will divert all the incoming calls Warning When selecting this option you will not receive any calls at all until you deactivate it Conditional Allows you to choose in which circumstance s you want to divert incoming calls If no reply If not ...

Page 58: ...The phone beeps at the beginning of each attempt and emits a special beep if the connection is successful The time between redials increases with each attempt Caller ID To Show or Hide your identity to your correspondent The Status option will inform you if this function is activated or not With GPRS call Allows you to Activate or Deactivate the call waiting for voice incoming calls while a GPRS c...

Page 59: ...our calls Reset To reset the whole list at once Call counters Call counters Info at call end To set On or Off the systematic display of the length and or cost of each call when hanging up Total cost To display the accumulated cost and to set the counter to zero may be protected by PIN PIN2 codes Show will show how much has been spent having established the charge rate Reset allows to reset the cur...

Page 60: ... e g after a WAP connection over GPRS Last PC session This option will display the last connection session or transfer volume of your PC transmission The call counters managed by your mobile phone might differ from the ones used by your operator You should therefore consider the call counters displayed on the screen as informative items but NOT as the actual charge rate basis ...

Page 61: ... operator for details The services provided may involve making a phone call or sending a SMS for which you may be charged Your mobile phone connects to the network according to the Access settings you have defined in the menu WAP Press To select a highlighted item Press c To return to the previous page Press and hold c To end the WAP session You can also select Options Exit and press ...

Page 62: ...ed the same way to enter the URL address The Manage bookmarks menu allows you to Delete or Edit the selected bookmark Enter address Select profile To select one of the available profiles then define the connection settings for each of them press to select deselect All connection settings described below apply to the selected profile Security To display the list of installed security Certificates t...

Page 63: ...g press or key to access Connection Select connection allows you to select one of the data profiles you have defined in Settings Access settings see page 21 Bearer allows you to select the type of network used by the selected profile when launching a connection see page 21 Proxy address and Proxy port allow you to define a gateway Homepage To access the default homepage Back Brings you back to the...

Page 64: ...s The phone number and the DTMF part must be separated by a wait character To obtain a pause or wait character press and hold The display shows w for wait and p for pause Subscription dependent When you receive a second call while already on the phone the phone emits an alert beep and the screen displays Call waiting You can then DTMF tones Press To hang up the active line the call on hold remains...

Page 65: ...eone then a second one see above Press and select Conference Repeat the process until five members are connected If there is an incoming call during the conference call and there are less than five members you can accept this new call and add this member to the Conference call if five members are already connected you can answer the call but not add it to the conference The Conf members options al...

Page 66: ...d in the present chapter will be available if you re not using a camera with your phone Your mobile phone supports a digital camera that Change the camera mode Press to switch from VGA to QVGA to Wallpaper to Clip to Fotocall Change the special effect Press or to switch from a special effect sepia blue etc to another Access the camera settings Press when the camera is active Take a picture Press m...

Page 67: ...ed in the bottom Zoom Effects Camera mode Shot Pictures shots Camera mode The default picture size of the standard format is VGA 640 x 480 pixels Press to switch to QVGA 320 x 240 pixels to Wallpaper 128 x 160 pixels to Clip 128 x 128 pixels to Fotocall 96 x 64 pixels The icon of the Camera mode you select is displayed in the bottom of the screen ...

Page 68: ...the option is Off 2 The countdown starts at 10 seconds this value cannot be changed A sound is played 3 seconds before the picture is taken then again when it s actually shot Press c to stop the timer and go back to preview mode or press 0 to just stop the timer c To ignore the picture you have just taken and go back to preview mode m To save it in the Picture album To access the list of available...

Page 69: ...nes available directly within the preview screen Settings you last define are saved and available when reusing the camera or until you change them again Send by MMS To Send your clip via MMS Play clip To Play it Saving clip To Save the clip you have created the picture in Picture album and the recorded sound in Sound album Change clip To Change the clip you made Settings ...

Page 70: ...e you take Normal Grey Sepia and Blue Vision mode To choose one of the two modes available Normal and Night The default mode is Normal Self timer Set this option to On to activate it and press c to go back to the camera preview and take pictures see page 62 ...

Page 71: ...hone will not ring when receiving a call Vibra Your phone will vibrate when receiving SMS full Memory for messages is full Delete old messages to receive new ones Call Forward Unconditional to number All your incoming voice calls are being forwarded to a number other than voice mail Call Forward to voice mailbox All your calls are being forwarded to voice mail Home zone A zone designated by your n...

Page 72: ...y page 3 Then charge the phone until the battery icon has stopped scrolling The symbol is not displayed The network connection is lost Either you are in a radio shadow in a tunnel or between tall buildings or you are outside the network coverage area Try from another place try to reconnect to the network especially when abroad check that the antenna is in place if your mobile has an ...

Page 73: ...scription dependent If the network doesn t send the caller s number the phone will display Call 1 or Withheld You can t receive and or store JPEG pictures A picture may not be accepted by your mobile phone if it is too large if its name is too long or if it doesn t have the correct file format See page 32 for complete information on this subject During battery charge the battery icon Only charge t...

Page 74: ...nformation on this subject The display shows INSERT YOUR SIM Check that the SIM card has been inserted in the right position see page 1 If the Your phone doesn t work well in your car A car contains many metallic parts that absorb elector magnetic waves which can affect the phone s performances A car kit is available to provide you with an external antenna and enables you to make and receive phone...

Page 75: ...twork The network controls the power Furthermore to prevent unauthorised use of your phone Keep your phone in a safe place and keep it out of small children s reach Avoid writing down your PIN code Try to remember it instead Switch off the phone and remove the battery if you are going to leave it unused for a long time Use the Security menu to change the PIN code after purchasing the phone and to ...

Page 76: ...Before boarding an aircraft and or when packing the phone in your luggage the use In areas where you are requested to turn off radio transmitting devices such as quarries or other areas where blasting operations are in progress Check with the vehicle manufacturer that electronic equipment used in your vehicle will not be affected by radio energy If you are a user of a pacemaker Always keep the pho...

Page 77: ...l operating position when not using in hands free mode or with a hands free accessory network Setting the backlight for a shorter period of time as well as avoiding unnecessary navigating in the menus will also help to save the battery s energy for longer phoning and stand by performances Your phone is powered by a rechargeable battery Use specified charger only Do not incinerate Do not deform or ...

Page 78: ... vehicle install the hands free car kit which is designed especially when featuring a metallic finish Be very careful in this case when picking up your phone and also avoid using it with an ambient temperature over 40 C Remember to observe the local regulations regarding the disposal of your packaging materials exhausted batteries and old phone and please promote their recycling Philips has marked...

Page 79: ...s a consequence the package content may vary To maximise the performance of your Philips phone Designed to operate your Philips mobile phone hands free and easy to use this compact hands free solution offers a high audio quality Simply plug the kit into the vehicle auxiliary outlet In certain countries telephoning whilst driving is prohibited For safe and trouble free installation we recommend tha...

Page 80: ...ideo end to the video IN connector of your TV See TV Slideshow page 43 for detailed information on how to select pictures and display them in a slideshow Easy data connection to your Philips mobile phone The USB cable enables high speed connection between your phone and your computer Just connect your phone to the cable for an automatic organiser and phonebook synchronization within a few seconds ...

Page 81: ... RF energy recommended by the Council of the European Union These limits are part of comprehensive guidelines and establish permitted levels of RF energy for the general population The guidelines were developed by independent scientific organisations through periodic and thorough evaluation of scientific studies The limits include a substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all pe...

Page 82: ...frequency RF recommended by international guidelines ICNIRP These limits are part of comprehensive guidelines and establish permitted levels of RF energy for the general population The guidelines were developed by independent scientific organisations through periodic and thorough evaluation of scientific studies The guidelines include a substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of al...

Page 83: ...JAVA is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc T9 is a trademark of Tegic Communications Inc In Fusio and the games engine Exen are trademarks of In Fusio France ...

Page 84: ...s have been carried out and that the above named product is in conformity to all the essential requirements of Directive 1999 5 EC The conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 10 and detailed in Annex V of Directive 1999 5 EC has been followed related to articles 3 1 and 3 2 with the involvement of the following Notified Body BABT Claremont House 34 Molesey Road Walton on Thames KT12...

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