Ericsson T68m User manual

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Contents
Getting started 3
Make and receive the first call.
Getting to know your phone 6
Key functions, quick keys, entering letters.
Personalizing your phone 15
Choose ring signal, theme and other settings.
Calling 23
Use the phone book, voice control, call options.
Setting up mobile Internet 41
Set up WAP, e-mail and Bluetooth wireless technology.
Messaging 48
E-mail and text messages.
Using mobile Internet 53
WAP browser, bookmarks.
Transferring and exchanging information 56
Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.
More features 62
Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.
Security 69
SIM card lock, phone lock.
Troubleshooting 70
Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?
Additional information 72
Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.
Icons 81
What do the icons mean?
Index 85

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Ericsson T68m
First edition (October 2001)
This manual is published by Ericsson Mobile
Communications AB, without any warranty.
Improvements and changes to this manual
necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies
of current information, or improvements to
programs and/or equipment, may be made by
Ericsson Mobile Communications AB at any time
and without notice. Such changes will, however, be
incorporated into new editions of this manual.
All rights reserved.
©Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2001
Publication number: EN/LZT 108 4788 R1A
INNOVATRON PATENTS
Please note:
Some of the services in this manual are not
supported by all networks. This also applies to the
GSM International Emergency Number 112.
Please contact your network operator or service
provider if you are in doubt whether you can use a
particular service or not.
Please read the Guidelines for safe and efficient
use and the Limited warranty chapters before you
use your mobile phone.
BLUETOOTH is a trademark owned by the
Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
T9™ Text Input is a registered trademark of Tegic
Communications.
T9™ Text Input is licensed under one or more of
the following: U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,818,437, 5,953,541,
5,187,480, 5,945,928, and 6,011,554; Canadian
Pat. No. 1,331,057, United Kingdom Pat. No.
2238414B; Hong Kong Standard Pat. No.
HK0940329; Republic of Singapore Pat. No.
51383; Euro.Pat. No. 0 842 463(96927260.8) DE/
DK, FI, FR, IT, NL, PT, ES, SE, GB; and additional
patents are pending worldwide.

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Getting started 3
Getting started
About this user’s guide
For ease of reference, the “Getting to know your
phone” chapter gives a quick overview of the main
functions of the phone, shortcuts and general
information.
Available services
Some services and functions described in this user’s
guide are network- or subscription-dependent. Because
of this, all menus may not be available in your phone.
This symbol indicates that a service or
function is network- or subscription-
dependent.
Please consult your network operator for
more information about your subscription.
The SIM card
When you register as a subscriber with a network
operator, you get a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module)
card. The SIM card contains a computer chip that
keeps track of your phone number, the services
included in your subscription, and your phone book
information, among other things.
Assembly
Before you can use your phone you need to:
• insert the SIM card.
• attach and charge the battery. See “SIM card and
battery information” on page 4.
Note: Always turn off the phone and detach the
charger before you insert or remove a SIM card.

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SIM card and battery information
It may take up to 30 minutes before an icon
appears in the display when charging.
1. Insert the SIM card. Make sure the SIM card is placed
under the silvery holders.
2. Place the battery on the back of the phone and push
until you hear a click.
3. Connect the charger to the phone at the flash symbol.
The flash symbol on the charger plug must face
upwards.
4. It may take up to 30 minutes before the battery
charging icon appears in the display.
5. Wait approximately 4 hours or until the icon indicates
that the battery is fully charged.
6. Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards.
You have to insert the SIM
card and charge the battery
before you can use the phone.
30 min.
4 h.

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Making and receiving calls
• Press and hold until you hear a tone.
• Enter your PIN (Personal Identity Number), if you
have one for your SIM card, and press .
Your PIN is provided by your network operator.
If you make a mistake while entering your PIN, delete
the wrong number by pressing .
If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the
SIM card is blocked and the message PIN blocked
appears. To unblock it, you need to enter your PUK
(Personal Unblocking Key). Your PUK is provided by
your network operator.
• Enter the area code and phone number, and press
to make the call.
• Press to end the call.
• When the phone rings, press to answer the call.
On/off
My Network
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Getting to know your phone
Key functions
Volume
key Increase or decrease the volume of the earpiece or
handsfree loudspeaker during
a call. Scroll through menus,
lists and text. Enter the Status
menu. Slide up or down once
to temporarily turn off the ring
signal. Slide up or down twice
to reject an incoming call.
Make and answer calls. Select
a menu, submenu or an option.
Press for options.
1–9, 0 Enter the digits 0–9 and
letters. Press and hold to
enter the international prefix
+. Move through menus using
shortcuts.
Enter *. Shift between lower
and upper case.
Press the joystick up, down,
left or right to move through
the menus, lists and texts.
Press the joystick as an
alternative to .
Press and hold to turn the
phone on or off or to go back
to standby mode. Press to end
or reject a call, go back one
level in the menus or leave an
option unchanged.
(clear)
Delete numbers and letters
from the display. Delete an
item from a list. Press to mute
the ring signal. Press and hold
to turn off the microphone
during a call.
Enter #.

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Quick keys
The table describes some of the most useful key
combinations.
To... When in standby:
make an emergency call enter the international
emergency number and
press YES
enter and move through
the main menus press or
enter the Call list press YES
voice dial press and hold YES or say
your magic word
call your Voice mail press and hold
enter the +sign to make an
international phone call press and hold
set the phone to silent press and hold and
select Turn on silent, YES
reach a contact beginning
with a specific letter press and hold any of the
keys -
reach a phone number
saved on the SIM card at
a specific position.
press the position number
and
speed dial a phone number
saved on the SIM card press any of the number
keys - and
YES
find a contact in the
Call contact list press and hold
enter the first submenu of
the My shortcuts menu press and hold
see which profile you are
using slide the volume key up or down
see today’s date slide the volume key up or
down
change the language to
Automatic press 8888
change the language to
English press 0000
reject a call quickly slide the volume
key up or down twice
when receiving a call or
press NO
To... When in standby:

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enter a p(pause) press and hold when
saving codes
enter a p(pause) press when editing
melodies
To... During a call:
put a call on hold press YES
retrieve a call press YES again
turn off the microphone press and hold
To... When in the menus:
move through menus or
lists slide (and hold) the volume key up or down or
use the joystick
select a menu or setting press YES
enter a quick options menu press
delete an item press and
YES when
in lists
go back to standby press and hold NO
To... When in standby: To... When entering letters
using multitap text input:
reach the second letter or
character of a key slide the volume key up and hold and press any of
the number keys
reach the third letter or
character of a key slide the volume key down and hold and press any of
the number keys
shift between capital and
lower-case letters press , then the letter
enter numbers press and hold any of the
number keys
enter a question mark slide the volume key down
and hold and press
enter the @-sign slide the volume key down
and hold and press
enter a space press
delete letters and numbers press
shift between input
methods press and hold

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Using shortcuts
A quicker way to move through the menus is to use
shortcuts. Enter the menus by pressing or and
then simply enter the number of the menu to which you
want to go. To get back to standby, press and hold
.
You can quickly and easily reach the settings you
use most by placing them in the menu My shortcuts.
See “My shortcuts” on page 22.
Help Texts
Some menus have help texts with explanations.
• To view help texts, highlight the menu item, press
, select Help, YES.
Delete, edit and rename
If you add items, for example, a contact, an
appointment or a WAP bookmark, it can be deleted,
edited or renamed.
There are two ways of deleting items:
• Select an item and press .
• Select an item, press , select Delete or Delete all.
There are two ways of editing items:
• Select an item, press , select Edit.
• Scroll to the item you want to edit and press YES twice,
select Edit.
To... When entering letters
using T9 Text Input:
view alternative words press
accept a word and add a
space press
enter a full stop press
view alternative
punctuation marks press , then
repeatedly
shift between capital and
lower-case letters press , then the letter
enter numbers press and hold any of the
number keys
delete letters and numbers press
shift between input
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Tip: You can rename an item in the same way.
Online services
Online services are customized services
offered by network operators, independently
of mobile phones and mobile phone
manufacturers.
A SIM card which supports Online services works
in the same way as a normal SIM card. When you have
inserted your SIM card and turned on your phone, your
network operator can download data to your SIM card.
After the first data download and after restarting your
phone, a new menu appears in your phone as the first
submenu under the Connect menu.
• To enter your new menu system, scroll to Connect/
Online services.
Note: This menu only appears if your SIM card
supports this service. Some operators may not use the
name “Online services”. Your phone may not support
all of the services offered.

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Menu overview
Phone book
Call contact
Find and send *
Add contact
Edit contact
Business cards
Call from SIM
Groups
Calling cards
Options
Memory status
Special numbers
Messages
SMS
Call voice mail
E-mail
Options
Calls
Missed calls
Calling local
Call list
Call costs
Call timers
Data counters
Next call
Options
Fun & Games
Themes
Background
Games
My melodies
Pictures
Settings
Sounds & alerts
Profiles
Call options
Display
Language
Time and date
Locks
Voice control
Handsfree
Master reset
Ongoing call *
Transfer sound
Turn off tones
Hold call
Switch calls
Release active
Retrieve call
Join calls
Transfer call
Extract part
Release all
Release part
Parties in conf.
WAP services
Homepage
Bookmarks
Push inbox
Enter address
Resume
Select profile
Clear cache
WAP settings
Organizer
Calendar
Voice memo
Alarms
Timer
Stopwatch
Calculator
Code memo
Connect
Online services
Infrared port
Bluetooth
Synchronization
Networks
Data comm.
Phone name
Accessories
My shortcuts
Select profile
Ring volume
Switch to line
My numbers
Edit shortcuts
Calls
* Only available during a call
Please note that some menus
are network- and subscription-
dependent.

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Entering letters
You can enter letters, for example, when you add
names to the phone book, write text messages or enter
WAP addresses.
Apart from the way you normally enter letters in
your phone, using multitap text input, you can use
T9™ Text Input for entering text messages and e-
mail, for example, if the input language you select
supports this. T9 Text Input is a predictive input
method and is a quicker way to write texts. See “T9™
Text Input” on page 14.
Input languages
Before you start entering letters, you need to select the
input languages that you want to use when writing.
To select input languages
1. Scroll to Settings, YES, Language, YES, Input, YES.
2. Scroll to the language that you want to use for entering
letters and press .
3. Press YES to exit the menu.
When writing, you can switch to one of your selected
input languages by pressing and then selecting
Input language. See “The list of options” on page 12.
The list of options
If you press when writing, you enter a list of
options:
•Add symbol – Symbols and punctuation marks such as
?and ,are shown. Move between the symbols by using
the joystick.
• Insert object – Such as pictures, melodies and sounds.
•Text format – Change style, size and alignment.
•Rel. caps lock/Caps lock – Switch between capital and
lower-case letters.
•Input language – Input languages that you selected
earlier is shown.
•Input method – A list of input methods is shown.
•Edit word – for T9 Text Input only
Edit the suggested word by using multitap text input.
•Accept word – for T9 Text Input only
Accept the suggested word.
•Candidates – for T9 Text Input only
A list of alternative words is shown.
•Help.
Multitap text input
When saving names in the phone book or when writing
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input. You press each key as many times as needed to
show the letter you want.
In the following example, we are going to write
aname:
To enter letters using multitap text input
1. Scroll to Phone book, YES, Add contact, YES.
Press YES again.
2. Press the appropriate key, – , or
, repeatedly until the character you want appears
in the display.
See the table of the Latin alphabet below: Example:
• To enter an ‘A’, press once.
• To enter a ‘B’, quickly press twice.
• To shift between capital and lower-case letters, press
, then enter the letter.
Tip: You can also use the volume key as a shortcut to
certain letters:
To enter a ‘B’, slide the volume key up and hold and
press .
To enter a ‘C’, slide the volume key down and hold and
press .
Press… to get…
Space - ? ! ‚ . : ; " ’ < = > ( ) _ 1
A B C Å Ä Æ à Ç 2 Γ
D E F è É 3 ∆ Φ
G H I ì 4
J K L 5 Λ
M N O Ñ Ö Ø ò 6
P Q R S ß 7 Π Σ
T U V Ü ù 8
W X Y Z 9
+ & @ / ¤ % $ € £ ¥ \ § ¿ ¡ 0 Θ Ξ Ψ
Ω
# * ↵ ¶
to delete letters and numbers
to shift between capital and lower-
case letters
- press and hold to enter numbers
Press… to get…

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T9™Text Input
You can use T9 Text Input when writing, for example,
text messages and e-mail. The T9 Text Input method
uses a built-in dictionary to recognize the most
commonly used word for each sequence of key
presses. This way, you press each key only once, even
if the letter you want is not the first letter on the key.
The following example shows how to start writing a
text message:
To enter letters using T9 Text Input
1. Scroll to Messages, YES, SMS, YES, Write new, YES.
2. For example, if you want to write the word “Ericsson”,
press , , , , , , ,
.
3. If the word shown is the one you want:
• press to accept and add a space.
(To accept a word without adding a space,
press .)
If the word shown is not the one you want:
• press repeatedly to view alternative words
(candidates). Accept a word and add a space by
pressing .
If you do not find the word you want by pressing
:
• press to go to a list of options.
• Select Edit word, YES.
• Delete the entire word by pressing , or delete
one letter at a time by pressing and holding the
joystick to the right,and then repeatedly.
• Write the new word using multitap text input and
press YES.
The word is added to the dictionary. The next time
you enter , , , the word you just
added to the dictionary will appear as one of the
alternative words.
4. Continue writing your message. See also “Sending text
messages” on page 48.
Tip: Press to enter a full stop. To enter other
punctuation marks, press and then
repeatedly. Accept by pressing .
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Turning off the T9 Text Input
If you wish, you can turn off the T9 Text Input. This
setting is valid for all input of texts – not only for the
text you are currently writing.
• To turn T9 Text Input on or off, scroll to Settings/
Language/Predictive.
Personalizing your phone
You can adjust the phone settings to suit your own
requirements.
Note: If you change a setting which is included in a
profile, the active profile is also changed. See
“Profiles” on page 22.
Master reset
You can reset all the settings in the phone to the way
they were when you bought your phone by selecting
Reset settings. If you also want to delete all contacts,
messages and other personal data, select Reset all
instead.
To reset the phone
1. Scroll to Settings, YES, Master reset, YES.
2. Select Reset settings or Reset all, YES.
3. Enter the phone lock code (0000 or the new code if you
have changed it) and press YES.
Themes
You can change the appearance of the display, for
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comes with some pre-set themes. To select a theme,
select Themes from the Fun & Games menu.
Pictures
Your phone comes with a number of pictures. You can
• Have a picture as background when in standby mode.
• Enclose a picture in a text message.
The pictures are saved in Pictures or Background, in
the Fun & Games menu.
Handling pictures
You can add, edit or delete pictures in My pictures.
The number of pictures that can be saved depends on
the size of the pictures.
To view your pictures
•ScrolltoFun & Games, YES, Pictures, YES, select a
picture group, YES.
To edit and save a picture
1. Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, Pictures, YES, select a
picture group, YES.
2. Select a picture, YES.
3. You can now start to edit the picture. See the table
below.
4. Press YES, select Save, YES. The picture is saved in
My pictures.
When editing or drawing a picture:
Press… to…
move the cursor up and left.
move the cursor up.
move the cursor up and right.
move the cursor left.
lift up or put down the pen.
Press and hold to switch between zoom and
full size view.
move the cursor right.
move the cursor down and left.
move the cursor down.
move the cursor down and right.
switch line thickness.
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The pictures can also be added to My favourites.
To add a picture to My favourites
1. Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, Pictures, YES, select a
picture group, YES.
2. Select a picture and press .
3. Press YES to add the picture.
Background pictures
Your phone comes with a number of background
pictures but you can also download or receive pictures
sent by others.
To view your background pictures
1. Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, Background, YES,
Select picture, YES, select a picture and press YES
to get a full view.
To select a picture as background
1. Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, Background, YES,
Select picture, YES.
2. Select a picture and press YES twice.
Exchanging pictures
You can exchange pictures via text messages. For more
information on sending pictures in messages, see
“Messaging” on page 48. Background pictures can be
exchanged via IR, Bluetooth wireless technology or
WAP.
To send a picture
1. Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, Background, YES,
Send my picture, YES.
2. Select a transfer method.
If you use infrared make sure that the infrared ports are
facing each other.
save and exit the picture.
exit the picture editor.
press and hold to clear the picture.
move the cursor 1, 5 or 10 spaces.
switch between black and white pen colour.
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To receive and save a picture
1. From standby, press and scroll to Receive, YES.
The infrared port is activated for 10 minutes and the
Bluetooth function is activated for three minutes.
2. Save picture? appears. Press YES to save the picture in
My picture under Fun & Games/Background/Select
picture.
• When you receive a picture via a text message, a new
message appears in your Inbox. To save the picture in
My pictures under Fun & Games/Pictures, highlight
the picture, press and select Save picture.
Ring signals and melodies
Your phone comes with a number of ring signals and
melodies. You can edit your ring signals and melodies,
and send them to a friend, in a text message. It is also
possible to download melodies via WAP, Bluetooth
wireless technology, IR.
•SelectVoice calls from the Settings/Sounds & alerts/
Ring signals menu and select a ring signal.
To set the ring signal volume
1. Scroll to Settings, YES, Sounds & alerts, YES,
Ring volume, YES.
2. Press or to increase or decrease the volume.
3. Press YES to save the setting.
To edit a ring signal or melody
1. Scroll to Fun & Games, YES, My melodies, YES.
2. Select one of the melodies, YES.
3. Select Edit, YES.
• Press to remove notes.
• Press a key to enter a note.
• Press and hold a key to enter a
long note. The longer you press
a key the longer that note will
be. There are four different
lenghts of notes.
• Press to change octave. There are three
different octaves.
• Press once to raise the note one semitone.
• Press twice to lower the note one semitone.
• Press to enter a pause.
4. To listen to your melody, press YES.
5. Press YES again to save it, or press NO to continue
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Note: To send a ring signal or melody in a text
message, see “To insert an object in a text message”
on page 48.
Receiving melodies
When you receive a sound or melody via IR, Bluetooth
wireless technology or WAP, the message “New
melody Save melody?” appears. Press YES to save it in
My melodies.
If you use infrared make sure that the infrared ports
are facing each other.
• To turn the ring signal on or off, press and hold
from standby and select Turn on silent or
Turn off silent.
All signals except the alarm and timer signals are
turned off.
Increasing ring
You can choose a ring signal that rises in steps
from the lowest volume to the highest.
• To turn increasing ring On or Off; scroll to
Settings/Sounds & alerts/Increasing ring.
Specific ring signals for personal calls
If you subscribe to the Two Line Service, you
can set different ring signals for the two voice
lines. Line 1 and Line 2 are displayed instead
of Voice calls. If your SIM subscription supports fax
and data calls, you can set different ring signals for
voice, fax and data calls respectively.
If your subscription includes the Calling Line
Identification (CLI) service, you can assign a Personal
ring signal to up to ten callers.
To set a specific ring signal for a caller
1. Scroll to Settings, YES, Sounds & alerts, YES,
Ring signals, YES, Personal rings, YES, Add new?, YES.
2. Enter the first letter of the contact name, YES.
3. Select a contact, YES.
4. Select a ring signal, YES.
Sounds & alerts
You can choose to be notified of an incoming call by
the buzzing of the vibrating alert. You can set the
phone’s vibrating alert to one of the following:
•On – all the time.
•On if silent – on when the ring volume is turned off or
when you have set the phone to silent.
•Off – all the time.

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To set the vibrating alert
1. Scroll to Settings, YES, Sounds & alerts, YES,
Vibrating alert, YES.
2. Select the setting you want, YES.
From the Settings/Sounds & alerts menu, you can also
select Message alert, Key sound and turn on the
Minute minder.
If you turn on the minute minder, you hear a beep
once every minute during a call.
Menu language
Most SIM cards automatically set the menu language
to the language of the country where you bought your
SIM card. If this is not the case, the preset language is
English.
To change the menu language
1. Scroll to Settings, YES, Language, YES, Menus, YES.
2. Select a language, YES.
Note: You can always choose Automatic by pressing
8888 in standby.
You can always choose English by pressing 0000
in standby.
Display light
The display light can be set to automatic, off or on. In
automatic mode, the display light is turned off a few
seconds after you press the last key.
• To set the display light, scroll to Settings/Display/
Light.
• To set the display contrast, scroll to Settings/Display/
Contrast.
Time settings
The time is always displayed in standby mode.
• To set the time, scroll to Settings/Time and date/Set time.
You can choose a 12-hour clock or a 24-hour clock.
• To set the time format, scroll to Settings/Time and
date/Time settings/Time format.
If you select the 12-hour clock, you can alternate
between am and pm by pressing .
Date
When the phone is in standby mode, you can slide the
volume key up or down to see today’s date in the
Status menu.You can set the date and date format in the
Settings/Time and date menu.