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Phone Settings
Many different features of your phone can be
customised to suit your preferences. All of these
features are accessed via the Phone Settings menu.
Greeting Message
(Menu 4.1)
This option allows you to set a greeting message to
be displayed briefly when the phone is switched on.
The current message is displayed.
For further details about how to enter characters,
refer to page 41.
Own Number
(Menu 4.2)
This feature allows you to:
• Assign a name to each of your own phone
numbers registered on your SIM card.
• Edit the names and numbers.
This function is a memory aid, which you can use to
check your own phone numbers if you need to do
so. Any changes made here do not in any way affect
the actual subscriber numbers on your SIM card.
To...
Press the...
Clear the existing
message
C key and hold it down until
the message is cleared.
Enter a new
message
Appropriate alphanumeric
keys.
Change the text
input mode
soft key.
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Language
(Menu 4.3)
You can select a display language. When the
language option is set to
Automatic, the language
is automatically selected according to the language
of the SIM card you are using.
Light
(Menu 4.4)
Back Light
You can select whether or not the phone uses the
backlight. A marginal increase in standby/talk time
can be achieved by turning the backlight off.
The following options are available:
OFF: the backlight is not used.
Short: the backlight goes on when you press a key
or receive a call and switches off 10 seconds after
the last key is pressed.
Long: the backlight comes on when you press a
key or receive a call and switches off 20 seconds
after the last key is pressed.
Service Light
This option allows you to select whether or not the
service light at the top right of the phone is used.
The following options are available.
OFF: the service light is not used.
ON: the service light flashes when the phone is
ready for use.