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6185•Manual 7/19/99 8:19 AM Page 1
Nokia Mobile Phones, Inc.
6200 Courtney Campbell Causeway, Ste.900
Tampa, FL 33607
Telephone: 1-888-NOKIA2U (1-888-665-4228) or
(813) 288-3800
Facsimile: (813) 287-6612
TTY Users: 1-800-24NOKIA (1-800-246-6542)
www.nokia.com
OWNER’S
Printed in Canada 9352105 N1243 MANUAL
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Keys Fixed (Power key) antenna Press and hold to turn your phone on Nokia 6185 Do not or off. attempt to extend or remove! User Guide Earpiece Version 2 May, 1999 Press the scroll keys up or down during a call to adjust the lis- (Softkeys) tening volume. Their current function is dis- played above the key; these labels change when accessing the various (Scroll keys) phone features. Scroll through menus, sub- Menu Names menus, and the phone book. Push this key to Press and hold
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Indicators and Icons You have an active call. The phone is waiting for you to enter numbers or text. You have turned off your phone’ s keypad tones, warning tones, message alert tones, and set your ringing tone to Silent. Keyguard has been activated to help prevent any accidental keypresses. . You have one or more voice messages waiting. You have one or more unread text messages waiting. Digital service is available. Your phone is roaming outside of your home system/ area. Any characters you
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Table of Contents Safety At A Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Getting Connected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Attaching your battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Charging your new battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Removing the battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Important Battery Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Cool Features . . . . . .
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Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Calling card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Received calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Clear call lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Restore factory settings . . . . . .
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Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 NOKIA One-Year Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 v ii
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1. Safety At A Glance Read these simple guidelines before using your phone. Failure to comply with these guidelines may be dangerous or illegal. For more detailed safety information, “Important Safety Information” on page 86. Road Safety Comes First Don’ t use a hand-held phone while driving; park the vehicle first. Switch Off In Hospitals Switch off your phone when near medical equipment. Follow any regulations or rules in force. Switch Off On Aircraft Mobile phones can cause interference
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Accessories and Batteries 2. Getting Connected Use only approved accessories and batteries. Do not connect incompatible products. This section will help you understand the ins and outs of charging and using your battery. FCC/Industry Canada Notice Attaching your battery Your phone may cause TV or radio interference (e.g. when using a telephone in close proximity to receiving equipment). The FCC/ Simply place the battery Industry Canada can require you to stop using your telephone if in the
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If your phone displays Not charging, charging is Charging times depend on the type of battery and suspended. Check that the battery is connected only to an charger used. approved charging device. If the battery is very hot or For approximate charging and operating times, see “Batteries” on cold, wait for a while; charging will automatically resume page 81. after the battery is restored to its normal operating temperature. If charging still fails, contact your dealer. Can you make calls wh
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Important Battery Information Cool Features • The battery can be charged and discharged hundreds of All the features in your phone are cool. It’ s just that some times but it will eventually wear out. When the operating are cooler than others! time (talk time and standby time) is noticeably shorter than normal, it is time to buy a new battery. For example, did you know that you can lock the keys on your phone to prevent accidental key presses and phone • Use only batteries approved by the
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Scroll key 3. Using Your Phone Your phone has a scroll key located just below your display. It has two arrows on it that look like s and t . The first few days you have your phone, play with it to Press the scroll key up or down to navigate through your learn how the menu and submenu system works. The phone’ s menus and submenus. You can also use it to more you learn how to access these menus and scroll through names and numbers in your phone book. submenus, the more fun you’ ll have wit
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Menu & submenu numbering Summary of Menu Items 01Messages When you scroll to a menu or submenu, the menu 01-1Text Messages number and/or submenu number appears on the display 01-1-1 Inbox above the scroll bar. If you become familiar with these 01-1-2 Saved numbers, you can use them as shortcuts for accessing 01-1-3 Erase all different menus. 01-2Voice messages For example, when you scroll to Menu 2 (Call log) the 01-2-1 Listen to voice messages number 2 appears in the top right-hand corner
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3-4 Outdoor 4. The Basics 3-5 Pager 3-6 Car (appears only after phone is connected to a car kit once) You have purchased a powerful phone, with lots of 3-7 Headset (appears only after connected to a headset once) features. Read this section for some very basic 4 Settings information on how to use your phone. 4-1 Call settings A more comprehensive description of your phone is 4-1-1 Emergency key 9 covered in “Your Phone A to Z” starting on page 17. 4-1-2 Automatic redial 4-1-3 Calling card 4 2
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Checking signal strength Answering a call When at the start screen (see page 10) or in a Press any key except or call, the strength of the radio signal is Note: If Keyguard is on (see indicated by the signal indicators on the left next paragraph), only side of your phone’ s display. These indicators answers calls. will move up as the strength of the signal Tip: You can stop your phone from ringing without increases and down as it decreases. answering the call. Press when the phone ri
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Answering a call with Keyguard active 5. Your Phone A to Z Only the key will answer the call. After you end the call, Keyguard automatically becomes active again. ABC/abc mode This allows you to enter upper and lower case alphanumeric Some notes about Keyguard characters into your phone. This is necessary for entering • Calls may be possible to the emergency number programmed names and numbers into your phone book, as well as into your phone (e.g. 911 or other official emergency num- edit
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3. Press OK Automatic answer Note: Step 4 appears only if you have selected am/pm format; This is a setting found in your phone’ s profile settings, see “Selecting time format” on page 31 for more information. under the Car and Headset profiles (see page 55). When 4. Select either am or pm and press OK this feature is turned on, your phone answers incoming voice calls after one ring. When the alarm goes off Note: Car and Headset profiles will not appear in your phone Press Stop to shut o
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Calculator Using the calendar 1. Press Menu 8 (Calendar) Your phone’ s calculator adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides. 2. If you are not in a digital network, you will be prompted to set your phone’ s time and date Remember! Your phone must be switched on to use this feature. Do not switch on When your phone prompts you for the time with the phone when wireless phone use is hh:mm, enter the time in hours and minutes prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger. (using tw
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Note: Before you can activate this feature, you should first store Option 2: Make note the feature code given to you by your service provider. Otherwise, With this option, you’ ll need to choose Reminder, Call, this feature may not appear in the menu or function properly. Meeting, or Birthday. Your phone will prompt you for However, you can use the feature code manually, if you choose, by more information depending on which one you choose. including the feature code in front of the phone
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Call log Call settings This feature automatically keeps This feature allows you to access and activate some of your track of numbers you’ ve dialed, phone’ s features. numbers that have called you, and Using call settings the amount of time you’ ve spent on calls. 1. Press Menu 4-1 (Settings - Call settings) 2. Press t to reach one of the following options, then press Using call log Select 1. Press Menu 2 (Call log) 4-1-1 Emergency key 9 - See page 34. 2. Press t to reach one of the fol
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When Caller ID is active, your phone may display the Call waiting caller’ s phone number. The caller’ s name may also display If you have subscribed to call waiting, your phone will if their name and number has been stored in the phone beep during a call to let you know you have an incoming book or if the wireless network supports it. call. Your phone may also display the incoming caller’ s Call or Call-caller ID unavailable will display when the identification wireless network doesn’ t
