Doro 540X User manual

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The items supplied with your phone might vary depending on the soft-
ware and accessories available in your region or offered by your service
provider. You can obtain additional accessories from your local Doro deal-
er. The supplied accessories provide the best performance with your
phone.
1. Earpiece
2. Volume
3. Display
4. Left selection button
5. Call button
6. Voice mail
7. Symbols
8. Microphone
9. Input method/Silent
10. End call/Power on/off
11. Right selection button
12. Four-way navigation key
13. USB charging socket
14. Headset socket
15. Torch button/Assistance
button
16. Torch
17. Strap mount eyelet (strap
not included)
18. Second microphone
19. Camera lens
20. Loudspeaker
21. Back cover lock
22. Back cover

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Contents
Congratulations on your purchase ............................................................... 1
Get started..................................................................................................... 1
Insert SIM card, memory card and battery.......................................... 1
Charge the phone.................................................................................. 3
Get to know your phone ................................................................................ 4
Turn the phone on and off .................................................................... 4
Keypad lock ........................................................................................... 4
How to navigate the phone................................................................... 5
Enter text................................................................................................ 6
Volume control....................................................................................... 7
Calls................................................................................................................ 7
Make a call............................................................................................. 7
Call from the phonebook ...................................................................... 8
Receive a call......................................................................................... 8
Call options ............................................................................................ 8
Call information ..................................................................................... 9
SOS calls ................................................................................................ 9
Call log.................................................................................................... 9
Phonebook...................................................................................................10
Add new contact..................................................................................10
Manage phonebook contacts.............................................................10
Phonebook settings ............................................................................11
Assistance button........................................................................................13
Make an assistance call .....................................................................14
Assistance settings .............................................................................14
Messages..................................................................................................... 17
Create and send a message (SMS/MMS) ......................................... 17
Inbox, Drafts, Outbox and Sent messages ........................................ 17
E-mail ...........................................................................................................18
Create and send e-mail.......................................................................18
E-mail settings .....................................................................................19
Camera.........................................................................................................20
Camera (take photos) .........................................................................20
Video recorder .....................................................................................20

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Images..........................................................................................................21
Profiles .........................................................................................................21
Connect the phone to a computer .............................................................22
Settings ........................................................................................................23
Phone settings.....................................................................................23
Call settings .........................................................................................26
Data settings .......................................................................................28
Security settings..................................................................................29
Restore factory settings......................................................................30
Reset all ............................................................................................... 31
Sound effects ...................................................................................... 31
Connectivity ......................................................................................... 31
Bluetooth®............................................................................................32
Files ......................................................................................................34
Torch button setting ............................................................................35
Organiser......................................................................................................35
Calendar...............................................................................................35
Alarm ....................................................................................................36
Notes....................................................................................................36
Tasks ....................................................................................................36
Additional functions .................................................................................... 37
Media ................................................................................................... 37
FM Radio ............................................................................................. 37
More .....................................................................................................37
Safety instructions.......................................................................................38
Network services and costs................................................................38
Operating environment .......................................................................39
Medical units .......................................................................................39
Areas with explosion risk ....................................................................39
Li-Ion battery........................................................................................40
Protect your hearing............................................................................40
Emergency calls...................................................................................40
GPS/Location based functions ..........................................................40
Vehicles................................................................................................ 41
Protect your personal data ................................................................. 41
Malware and viruses........................................................................... 41

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Care and maintenance ...............................................................................42
Warranty.......................................................................................................43
Specifications ..............................................................................................43
Copyright and other notices................................................................44
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) ..........................................................45
Correct disposal of this product .........................................................46
Correct disposal of batteries in this product .....................................46

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Congratulations on your purchase
Looking for a classic, bar style phone that can keep up with your active
lifestyle? Then treat yourself to a tougher phone that won't flinch even
after being dropped onto a concrete surface or exposed to wet, sandy or
muddy surroundings. For more information about accessories or other
Doro products please visit www.doro.com.
Get started
Insert SIM card, memory card and battery
IMPORTANT!
Turn off the phone and disconnect the charger before removing the
battery cover.
Remove the back cover
•Slide the lock to the right to the unlock posi-
tion
and remove the back cover.
•Be careful not to damage your fingernails
when you remove the cover. Do not bend or
twist the cover excessively as it may be
damaged.
Insert the SIM card (required)
Remove the battery if it is already installed.
Locate the SIM card holder.
SIM
micro
SD
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IMPORTANT!
This device accepts micro SIM or 3FF SIM card. Use of incompatible
SIM cards may damage the card or the device, and may corrupt data
stored on the card.
Press the card’s lid carefully down until it
clicks. Lift the lid to an upright position.
Place the card in the compartment with the
cut-off corner up to the left. Make sure the
card’s contacts are facing down. Close the lid.
Carefully press down and slide the lid up until
it clicks into place.
Insert the memory card (optional)
Locate the memory card holder and and follow the instructions for the SIM
card. The device works with or without a memory card installed.
IMPORTANT!
Use only compatible memory cards for use with this device. Compatible
card type: microSD, microSDHC.
Incompatible cards may damage the card itself, the device and corrupt
data stored on the card. Depending on the market some phones may
have a pre-installed memory card.
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Insert the battery and replace the back cover
Insert the battery by sliding it into the battery
compartment with the contacts facing down to
the left. Replace the back cover. To maintain
the water- and dust-protection (IP67) of the de-
vice, make sure that the phone’s red rubber
seal and the back cover is clean and free from
foreign objects. Also ensure that all the covers
are properly aligned and tightly closed. Remem-
ber to slide the lock back into the lock position.
Charge the phone
CAUTION
Only use batteries, chargers and accessories that have been approved
for use with this particular model. Connecting other accessories may
be dangerous and may invalidate the phone's type approval and
warranty.
When the battery is running low, is displayed and a warning signal is
heard.
1. Open the water sealed flap coverage ( / ) by using a nail to
gently lift the cover.
Note! Be careful not to damage your
fingernails when you remove the cover.
Do not pull or twist the cover
excessively as it may be damaged.
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2. Gently lift the cover from the headset symbol ( ) to not damage the
strap that’s holding the cover.
3. Connect the mains adapter to a wall socket and to the charging
socket .
Alternatively connect the cable to the charging socket on the
phone and to a USB port on a computer.
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The battery charge indicator is animated while charging. It takes ap-
proximately 3 hours to fully charge the battery.
4. When charging is completed,
is displayed on the screen.
If the phone is turned off with the charger connected the battery
charge indicator is displayed.
Note! To save power the LCD backlight goes off after a while. Press any
button to illuminate the display. Batteries degrade over time, which
means that call time and standby time will normally decrease with
regular use.
Save energy
When you have fully charged the battery and disconnected the charger
from the device, unplug the charger from the wall socket.
Get to know your phone
Turn the phone on and off
1. Press and hold
on the phone to turn it on. Select to turn off.
2. If the SIM card is valid but protected with a PIN code (Personal Iden-
tification Number), Input PIN is displayed. Enter the PIN code and
press OK (upper left corner of keypad). Delete with Clear (
upper right corner of keypad).
Note! If PIN and PUK codes were not provided with your SIM card, please
contact your service provider.
Trials remain: # shows the number of PIN attempts left. When no more
attempts remain, PIN blocked is displayed. The SIM card must then be
unlocked with the PUK code (Personal Unblocking Key).
1. Enter the PUK code and confirm with OK.
2. Enter a new PIN code and confirm with OK.
3. Re-enter new PIN code and confirm with OK.
Keypad lock
The keypad is on to prevent the keys being accidentally pressed.
Long press *to lock the keypad.
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How to navigate the phone
Standby mode
When the phone is ready to use, and you have not keyed in any charac-
ters, the phone is in standby.
Tip: You can always press to return to standby.
Navigation keys
In this document, press Menu and press OK refers to pressing the
icon/key.
•A– The central Menu key is used to enter
the main menu and to confirm (OK) an
action.
•B– The four-way-navigation key around the
central Menu key itself is used to navi-
gate up {, down }, left 8and right 9.
Step-by-step instructions
In this document, the arrow ( ) indicates next action in step-by-step in-
structions. To confirm an action, press OK. To select an item, scroll or
highlight the item using the four-way-navigation key and then press OK.
Example:
•Press Menu Contacts Options Add new contact.
Selection buttons
Selection buttons ( ) have multiple functions. The current function is
shown above the selection button on the display. For example during a
call the selection buttons give access to additional functions.
•From standby mode, press the left selection button Messaging to
access the Messages menu.
•From standby mode, press the right selection button Contacts to
access your contacts.
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Enter text
Enter text manually
Select character
•Press a numerical key repeatedly until the desired character is
shown. Wait a few seconds before entering the next character.
Special characters
1. Press *for a list of special characters.
2. Select the desired character with the arrow keys and press OK to
confirm.
Move the cursor within text
•Use the arrow keys to move the cursor within the text.
Upper case, lower case and numerals
•Press #to choose between upper case, lower case and numerals.
See Input mode, p.7.
Change writing language
1. Press Options
Writing language for a list of available languages.
2. Select language with the arrow keys and press OK to confirm.
Enter text with predictive text
You can use the Smart ABC (T9®) input method which uses a dictionary to
suggest words.
•Press each key once, even if the displayed character is not the one
you want. The dictionary will suggest words based on the keys you
have pressed.
Example
1. Press 3,7,3,3to write the word “Fred”. Complete the word be-
fore looking at the suggestions.
2. Use the arrow keys to view the suggested words.
3. Press Select and continue with the next word.
Alternatively, press 0to continue with the next word.
4. If none of the suggested words is correct, switch to manual input
mode by pressing #.
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Input mode
Press #to change input mode. The icon on the top left of the display in-
dicates the input mode.
ABC UPPER CASE with predictive text
abc lower case with predictive text
Abc Sentence case with predictive text
ABC UPPER CASE
abc lower case
Abc Sentence case
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Volume control
During a call
Use the side buttons +/–to adjust the sound volume. The volume level is
indicated on the display.
Silent
Silent is a fixed profile with all sounds disabled.
•Press and hold shortcut button #to activate or deactivate silent
mode.
Headset
When a headset is connected, the internal microphone in the phone is
automatically disconnected. If available, use the answer key on the head-
set to answer and end calls.
CAUTION
Using a headset at high volume may damage your hearing. Adjust the
volume level carefully when using a headset.
Calls
Make a call
1. Enter the phone number. Delete with Clear.
2. Press
to make a call. Press Cancel to cancel the call.
3. Press to end the call.
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Tip: For international calls, always use +before the country code for best
operation. Press and hold 0for the international prefix +.
Call from the phonebook
1. Press Contacts to open the phonebook.
2. Use arrow keys to scroll through the phonebook, or quick search by
pressing the key corresponding to the first letter of the entry, see En-
ter text, p.6.
3. Press Options Call to dial the selected entry. If needed, select
the number.
Alternatively, press to dial.
4. Press Cancel or to cancel the call.
Receive a call
1. Press to answer.
Alternatively press Reject or to reject the call (busy signal).
2. Press to end the call.
Call options
Options (left selection button)
•Hold/Retrieve to hold/retrieve the current call.
•End single call to end the current call (same as ).
•New call to call another number (Swap, Conference/Split, Transfer).
•Phonebook to search the phonebook.
•Call history to view the call log.
•Messaging to write or read text messages.
•Mute to disable/enable the microphone.
Note! Mute can also be enabled/disabled with the central Menu key.
•DTMF to set the sending of DTMF tones On/Off.
•Enable noise reduction/Disable noise reduction to switch noise re-
duction On/Off.
H-Free (right selection button)
The loudspeaker allows you to speak without holding the phone close to
the ear.
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1. Press H-Free to activate. Speak clearly into the phone microphone at
a maximum distance of 1 m. Use volume keys to adjust the loud-
speaker volume.
2. Press H-Held to return to normal mode.
Note! Loud background noises (music, etc.) may interfere with the sound
quality.
Call information
During a call, the outgoing or incoming phone number and the elapsed
call time is displayed. If the identity of the caller is withheld, Restricted is
displayed.
SOS calls
As long as the phone is switched on, it is always possible to place an SOS
call by entering the main local emergency number for your present loca-
tion followed by .
Some networks accept calls to emergency numbers without a valid SIM
card. Contact your service provider for more information.
Call log
Received, missed and made calls are saved in a combined call log.
For multiple calls related to the same number, only the most recent call
is saved.
1. Press .
Alternatively, press Menu Calls.
2. Use arrow keys to select:
All calls
Dialled call
Missed call
Received call
3. Press to call, or Options:
•View to show details for the selected call.
•Send message to send a text message.
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•Save to Phonebook to save the number in the phonebook
Add new contact to create a new contact, or Replace existing
to edit an existing contact.
•Add to Blacklist to block the number.
•Edit before call to change the number before dialling.
•Delete to delete the call.
•Delete all to delete all calls in the call log.
•Advanced to reach Call timers and Text msg. counter.
Phonebook
Add new contact
1. Press Menu Contacts Options Add new contact.
2. Enter a Name for the contact, see Enter text, p.6. Delete with Clear.
3. In tab :
•Use the arrow keys to select Number to enter a Mobile number.
•Select New number and enter the number to add additional
numbers for Home number,Office number or Fax number.
4. In tab , select Email address 1 enter an e-mail address for the
contact, see E-mail settings, p.19.
You can also add Email address 2 and Company name.
5. In tab , enter the relevant post address information.
6. In tab , enter the contact birthday.
7. In tab , if you want you can add Caller picture and Caller ringtone.
8. Press Options Save.
Manage phonebook contacts
1. Press Menu Contacts.
2. Select a contact, then press Options:
•Add new contact to add contact. See Add new contact, p.10.
•View to show details for the selected contact.
•Send message to create text message, see Create and send a
message (SMS/MMS), p.17.
•Call to call the contact.
•Edit to edit the contact.
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•Add to favourite to set the entry as one of the first 10 contacts
listed in the phonebook.
•Delete to delete the selected contact. Press Yes to confirm or
No to abort.
•Copy
To Phone to copy all phonebook contacts from the
SIM card to the phone memory, or To SIM to copy all contacts
from the phone memory to the SIM card.
•Send business card:
•As text message, see Create and send a message (SMS/
MMS), p.17.
•As multimedia message, see Create and send a message
(SMS/MMS), p.17.
•As Email, see Create and send e-mail, p.18.
•Via Bluetooth, see Bluetooth
®, p.32.
•Add to Blacklist to block the contact from calling.
•Mark several to select and do actions for more than one
contact.
•Phonebook settings see Phonebook settings, p.11.
3. Press OK to confirm.
Phonebook settings
1. Press Menu
Contacts.
2. Select a contact, then press Options Phonebook settings for the
following settings:
Preferred storage
Select Preferred storage to set where to save new contacts:
•SIM to save up to 1 phone number per contact.
•Phone to save 1500 contacts with 3 phone numbers each as well
as other contact information.
•Both to always get a question on where to save a contact.
Speed dial
Use 2-9to speed dial an entry from standby.
•Press and hold the corresponding key until dialling starts.
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Add speed dial numbers
1. Press Speed dial.
2. Press Status
On to enable the feature.
3. Press Set numbers and select 2Edit and select an entry from
the phonebook.
4. Repeat to add speed dial entries for buttons 3–9.
Voicemail 1
If your subscription includes an answering service, callers can leave a voi-
cemail message when you are unable to answer a call. Voicemail is a net-
work service and you may need to subscribe to it first. For more
information and for the voicemail number, contact your service provider.
1. Press the Voicemail-button and select service already available on
your SIM.
2. Alternatively: Select Empty Edit and and enter name and
number.
Call voice mail
•Press and hold shortcut button 1.
Owner numbers
The phone number assigned to your SIM card is saved as Owner num-
bers if this is allowed by the card.
Add numbers
1. Press Owner numbers
Empty Options Edit.
2. Enter name and number.
Extra numbers
Fixed dial
You can limit calls to certain numbers saved on the SIM card. The list of
allowed numbers is protected by your PIN2-code.
Note! The PIN2-code is needed to apply fixed dial. Contact your service
provider to get the PIN2-code.
1. Press Extra numbers
Fixed dial:
•Mode On to enable the feature.
•Fixed dial list Add and enter the first allowed number.
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2. If needed, enter PIN2 and press OK to confirm.
Note! You can save parts of phone numbers. For example, if you save
01234, allows calls to all numbers starting with 01234. It is possible to
place an SOS call by entering the main local emergency number followed
by
even when fixed dial is activated. When fixed dial is activated you
are not allowed to view or manage any phone numbers saved on the SIM
card. You are not able to send any text messages either.
Memory status
Press Memory status to display the memory space used on the SIM card
and in the phone memory.
Copy contacts
Press Copy contacts to copy multiple contacts between SIM and phone.
Move contacts
Press Move contacts to move multiple contacts between SIM and phone.
Delete all contacts
Press Delete all contacts to delete all contacts on SIM or phone.
Assistance button
CAUTION
When an assistance call is activated the phone is pre-set to handsfree/
speakerphone mode. Do not hold the device near your ear when the
handsfree mode is in use, because the volume may be extremely loud.
The assistance feature and torch shares the same physical button. When
you first startup the phone the button is set for the torch feature. You
must firstly change function of the button to Assistance mode before it’s
possible to configure the assistance feature. See Torch button setting,
p.35.
The assistance button is a great companion for anyone who works alone
in an isolated environment and allows easy access to contact your prede-
fined help numbers (Number list) should you need help. Make sure that
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the assistance function is activated before use, enter recipients in the
numbers list and edit the text message.
Make an assistance call
1. When help is needed, press and hold the assistance button for 3
seconds, or press it twice within 1 second.
The assistance call begins after a delay of 5 seconds. In this time
you can prevent a possible false alarm by pressing
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2. An assistance text message (SMS) is sent to all recipients.
3. The first recipient in the list is called. If the call is not answered with-
in 25 seconds, the next number is called. Calling is repeated 3 times
or until the call is answered, or until is pressed.
Note! Some private security companies can accept automatic calls from
their clients. Always contact the security company before using their
phone number.
Tip: The assistance function may be configured so that the recipient of
the call must press 0(zero) to confirm, in order to stop the alarm
sequence. See Confirm with 0, p.16.
IMPORTANT!
Information to the recipient of an assistance call, when Confirm with 0
is activated.
•After receiving the assistance message, each number in the
Number list is called sequentially.
•To confirm the assistance call, the recipient needs to press 0.
•If the recipient doesn’t press 0within 60 seconds (after
answering) the call will be disconnected and the next number
in the sequence will be called.
•If the recipient presses 0within 60 seconds, the call is
confirmed and no further call attempts will be made
(assistance sequence interrupted).
Assistance settings
You must firstly change function of the button to Assistance mode before
it’s possible to configure the assistance feature. See Torch button setting,
p.35.
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Assistance
Select how to activate the assistance function using the assistance
button.
1. Press Menu
Settings Assistance Activation:
•On Normal to press and hold the button for approximately 3
seconds, or press it twice within 1 second.
•On (3) to press the button 3 times within 1 second.
•Off to disable the assistance button.
2. Press OK to confirm.
Number list
Add numbers to the list that is called when the assistance button is
pressed.
IMPORTANT!
Always inform recipients in the Number list that they are listed as your
assistance contacts.
1. Press Menu
Settings Assistance Number list.
2. Select Empty Add Phonebook to add a contact from the
phonebook.
Alternatively, press Manual to add names or numbers manually. See
Add new contact, p.10.
3. Press OK to confirm.
4. Repeat until you have 5 contacts (maximum).
Tip: To edit or delete an existing entry, select it and press Options
Edit or Delete.
Activate text messages (SMS)
A text message can be sent to the contacts in the numbers list when the
assistance button is pressed.
Activation
1. Press Menu
Settings Assistance SMS Activation:
•On to send a text message before calling.
•Off to call without sending a text message first.
2. Press OK to confirm.
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