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Your Phone
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Icons
Icon Description
Shows the received signal strength. The
greater the number of bars, the stronger
the signal.
Appears when a call is in progress.
Appears when you are entering text to
indicate the current text input mode.
Appears when you are out of your home
area and have registered onto a different
network, for example, when travelling in
other countries.
Appears when a new text message is
received.
Appears when a new voice mail message is
received.
Appears when the IrDA port is active. For
details, see page 83.
Appears when you set an alarm.
Appears when silent mode is active or
when you set the phone to vibrate when a
call comes in via the
Alert Type
menu
option (
Menu 3.3
).
Appears when mute mode is active.
Shows the level of your battery. The more
bars you see, the more power you have
left.
Your Phone
15
Backlight
The display is illuminated by a backlight. When you
press any key, the backlight illuminates. It turns off
if no key is pressed within a given period of time,
depending on the
Back Light
option in the
Phone
Settings
menu.
To specify the length of time for which the backlight
is active, set the
Back Light
menu option (
Menu
4.7.2
); see page 90 for further details.
You can also set the phone to use the backlight only
during a specified period time via the
Auto Light
menu option (
Menu 4.7.3
); see page 90 for
further details.
External Display
Your phone has an external display on the folder. It
indicates when you have an incoming call or a
message. It also alerts you when you set an alarm
at the specified time.
When you press and hold down one of the volume
keys on the left side of the phone with the folder
closed, the backlight of the external display
illuminates.