Huawei C2831 User manual

C2831
CDMA 1X Mobile Phone
USER GUIDE

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Contents
1 Installing the UIM Card and the Battery ............................1
2 Charging the Battery...........................................................1
3 Getting to Know Your Phone..............................................2
4 Keys and Functions ............................................................3
5 Screen Icons........................................................................4
6 Locking the Keypad ............................................................5
7 Call Function........................................................................5
Making a Call.......................................................................5
Answering a Call.................................................................6
8 Creating and Sending a Text Message..............................6
9 Enabling the Power-Saving Mode......................................7
10 Enabling the Phone Lock .................................................7
11 PIN and PUK.......................................................................7
12 Text input............................................................................8
Entering an English Word (in "En" Mode)........................8
Entering English Letters (in "Abc" Mode)........................8
Entering a Number..............................................................9
Entering a Symbol ..............................................................9
13 Alarms ................................................................................9
14 FM Radio ..........................................................................10
Switching On/Off the Radio .............................................10
Automatic Tuning..............................................................10
Manual Tuning...................................................................10
Listening to a Radio Program..........................................11
Recording a Radio Program ............................................11
15 Recording an Audio Clip.................................................11
16 Warnings and Precautions.............................................12

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1 Installing the UIM Card and the
Battery
Contact your network operator to check whether a User Identity
Module (UIM) card is required for the phone.
When installing the UIM card, ensure that the gold contact area
on the UIM card is facing downward and that the beveled edge
of the UIM card is properly aligned with that of the UIM card
slot.
2 Charging the Battery
1. Connect the charger to the charger connector of the phone.
2. Connect the charger to a power socket. Charging starts and
the charging icon is displayed in animation.

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3. When the charging icon animation stops, indicating that the
charging is complete, disconnect the charger from the
phone.
3 Getting to Know Your Phone
1. Strap hole
2. Earpiece
3. Screen
4. Confirm key
5. Right soft key
6. End key
7. Number keys
8. Charger
connector
9. # key
10.Microphone
11.* key
12.Headset jack
13.Call key
14.Left soft key
15.Navigation keys
Note
The preceding figure is provided for your reference only.

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4 Keys and Functions
Press... To...
End key zPower on or off the phone (press and hold
the key).
zEnd or reject a call.
Call key Dial a number or answer a call.
Left soft
key zAccess the main menu in standby mode.
zSelect the option displayed in the lower
left corner of the screen (directly above
the key).
Right soft
key zReturn to the previous menu or exit the
function menu from a menu screen.
zSelect the option displayed in the lower
right corner of the screen (directly above
the key).
Navigation
keys In standby mode,
zUp navigation key: access Contacts.
zDown navigation key: access Messages.
zLeft navigation key: access Scheduler.
zRight navigation key: access Alarms.
During a call,
zUp navigation key or Right navigation
key: increase the volume.
zLeft navigation key or Down navigation
key: decrease the volume.
Confirm
key Confirm a selection or display a menu.

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Number
keys zEnter numbers, letters, and symbols.
zSpeed-dial phone numbers (press and
hold the desired key 2-9in standby mode
after a phone number is assigned to the
number key).
zAccess the submenu labeled with the
corresponding number.
* key Activate or deactivate the Meeting profile
(press and hold the key in standby mode).
# key Lock the keypad (press and hold the key in
standby mode).
5 Screen Icons
Icon Indicates... Icon Indicates...
Signal strength Battery power level
No signal
Code division
multiple access
(CDMA) 1X
network available.
Domestic roaming International
roaming
Call in progress Keypad locked
New message
received Memory full
Emergency
message received General profile
activated
Silence profile
activated Meeting profile activated

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Outdoor profile
activated My Profile profile activated
Alarm on Voicemail
message received
6 Locking the Keypad
To prevent unintentional operations, you can press and hold the
# key in standby mode to lock the keypad. When the keypad is
locked, you can press the Call key to answer an incoming call
and make an emergency call.
To unlock the keypad, press the Left soft key and then the * key.
7 Call Function
About This Chapter
Note
You can only dial emergency numbers and answer incoming
calls when the keypad is locked. Unlock the keypad to make
calls.
Making a Call
1. In standby mode, press the Number keys to enter a phone
number.
zTo make an international call, press the * key twice to
enter a plus sign (+), and then enter the country or region
code, area code, and phone number in sequence.
zTo dial an extension number, enter the phone number,
press the * key three times to enter P or four times to enter
T, and then enter the extension number.
2. Press the Call key to dial the number.
3. Press the End key to end the call or cancel the dialing.