Huawei T261L User manual

T261L
Mobile Phone
USER GUIDE
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Address: Huawei Industrial Base, Bantian, Longgang, Shenzhen 518129, People's Republic of China
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Table of Contents
Your Phone ...............................................................................1
Keys and Functions ..................................................................2
Screen Icons..............................................................................1
Menu Tree.................................................................................2
Installing the SIM Card and Battery.........................................3
Removing the Battery and SIM Card.......................................3
Charging the Battery.................................................................3
Using the Function Menu.........................................................4
Making a Call ...........................................................................4
Answering a Call......................................................................5
Security.....................................................................................5
PIN and PUK............................................................................6
Locking the Keypad..................................................................6
Changing the Text Input Modes ...............................................7
Entering English (eZiEn)..........................................................7
Entering English (ABC, Abc and abc) .....................................8
Entering Numbers.....................................................................8
Entering Symbols .....................................................................8
FM Radio..................................................................................8
Warnings and Precautions ........................................................9

1
Your Phone

2
Keys and Functions
Press… To…

View the phone numbers dialed, received or missed.

Make or answer a call.

Power on or off the phone (by pressing and holding
it).

End a call or reject an incoming call.

Return to the standby mode.

Confirm a selection.

Enter Fun &Tools interface in the standby mode.
Select the option displayed on the lower left corner
of the screen.
Select the option displayed on the lower right corner
of the screen.
Display the Calendar interface ( ), the Browse
interface ( ), the Alarm clock interface ( ), the
Write message interface ( ).

3
Press… To…
－

Enter numbers and characters.

Speed-dial phone numbers in the standby mode (by
pressing the 2-9 keys and press to make a call).

Select a submenu item labeled with the
corresponding number.

Enter the * symbol.

Enable or disable the Conference profile (by
pressing and holding it).

Provide different functions according to the phone
features being used.

Enter the # symbol.

Lock the keypad in the standby mode (by pressing
and holding it).

Provide different functions according to the phone
features being used.

1
Screen Icons
Icon Description Icon Description
or
Network signal strength Voice Message
or
No network
Network search Conference profile
Battery power level Mute profile
Roaming Outdoor profile
Short Message
Flashes when the storage is
full. Earphone
Alarm clock on Missing calls
Call forwarding

2
Menu Tree

3
Installing the SIM Card and Battery.
Make sure that the angled corner is on the lower right-hand side with
the golden metallic contact surface facing downward.
Removing the Battery and SIM Card
Make sure that your phone is powered off.
Charging the Battery
1. Connect the charger to the charger interface at the bottom of your
phone.
2. Connect the charger to an AC power socket
3. During the charging, the charging icon is displaying in animation.
4. When the charging icon becomes static, the battery is fully
charged. Disconnect the charger from the AC power socket. If the
phone is powered off, it will inform you with the message of
"Charging completed" displayed on the screen.
5. Disconnect the charger from the phone.

4
Using the Function Menu
1. In the standby mode, press (
Menu) to display the menu
interface.
2. Press to scroll to a menu item.
3. Press (
Select) to display the menu.
4. Display the submenu in either of the ways:
 Press to scroll to a submenu item and press (
Select) to
display the submenu.
 Press the number key corresponding to the number of a submenu
to display it.
5. Press (Back) to return to the previous menu or quit the
function menu.
Press to return to the standby mode.
Making a Call
1. In the standby mode, enter a phone number.
To make an international call, enter the prefix and the phone
number as follows: Press and hold "0", and "+" appears. Then
enter the number to be dialed, in the format of "country code +
region code + phone number".
2. Press to make the phone call.
3. Press to end an active call or stop dialing.

5
Note  When the phone is locked, enter the lock code to unlock
the phone first; otherwise, you can make emergency calls
or answer calls only.
 In the standby mode, press to view all call records.
Select a record and press to dial.
 Select a contact from the contacts and press to dial.
 Select a message in the inbox and press (
Option),
then select Dial back to make a call.
Answering a Call
When there is an incoming call, you can press to answer it;
Press to reject the call.
 If the Any-key Answer function is enabled, you can press any
key except , and to answer an incoming call.
 If the Divert call function is enabled, any incoming call will be
diverted to a specified number. For example, divert the incoming
calls to your voice mailbox. When an incoming call is refused, the
call will be diverted too.
Security
There are a number of security features provided to protect against
any unauthorized use of your SIM card and some certain features.
With the options of On, Off and Change PIN 1, you can set whether
a Personal Identification Number (PIN) is requested while the phone
is switched on, or edit your PIN code.
If PIN Control is activated, your phone will ask for the PIN the next
time you switch on the phone.