Motorola A780 User manual

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Welcome
Welcome to the world of Motorola digital wireless
communications! We are pleased that you have
chosen the Motorola A780 GSM wireless phone.
Note: Your phone may not appear exactly as shown
above. All features and functions remain the same
regardless of your phone’s appearance.
TransFlash™ Memory Card Port
Loudspeaker
& Earpiece
Send Key
Power On/Off Key Home Key
Rocker
Switch
Clear/
Cancel
Key
Camera
Key
5-Way Navigation Key
End Key
Earpiece
LCD
Touch
Screen
Audio Jack & USB Port
Keypad
Voice
Recognition
Key
Battery
Door Latch
Camera
(on back)
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Check It Out!
Feature Description
Take Photo Open the flip to see the on-screen
view finder. Press the camera key to
activate the camera, point lens at
subject, then press the camera key
to take a photo.
Record Video Press the camera key to activate the
camera. Tap , then tap Record Video.
Tap Record to start video recording.
Tap Done to stop video recording.
TransFlash™
Memory Card
Used to store downloaded files
Camera Lens
Mirror
Stylus
(for use with the
touch screen)
Battery Door
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Send
Multimedia
Message
Send a multimedia message
with pictures, animations,
sounds, and videos:
Read
Multimedia
Message
Read a missed multimedia
message that you have
received:
Tap , tap Download, tap
to play.
Play Music or
Video Clip
Play a song or watch a video clip
stored on your phone:
Tap Media, tap , then tap Open.
Tap File, use the file manager to
navigate to the desired file, then tap
filename to play.
Bluetooth
Wireless
Connection
Set up a Bluetooth®wireless
connection to a headset accessory,
car kit, or external device:
Tap Bluetooth, tap , tap Setup. Tap
Turn On. Tap Search to locate the
Bluetooth device.
Feature Description
032380o
032380o
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Personal Communications Sector
(852)2506-3888 (Hong Kong)
www.motorola.com .hk (Hong Kong)
MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in
the US Patent & Trademark Office. The Bluetooth
trademarks are owned by their proprietor and used by
Motorola, Inc. under license. Java and all other
Java-based marks are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and
other countries. All other product or service names are
the property of their respective owners.
© Motorola, Inc. 2004.
Caution: Changes or modifications made in the radio phone,
not expressly approved by Motorola, will void the user's
authority to operate the equipment.
Software Copyright Notice
The Motorola products described in this manual may
include copyrighted Motorola and third-party software
stored in semiconductor memories or other media.
Laws in the United States and other countries preserve
for Motorola and third-party software providers certain
exclusive rights for copyrighted software, such as the
exclusive rights to distribute or reproduce the
copyrighted software. Accordingly, any copyrighted
software contained in the Motorola products may not
be modified, reverse-engineered, distributed, or
reproduced in any manner to the extent allowed by law.
Furthermore, the purchase of the Motorola products
shall not be deemed to grant either directly or by
implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license under
the copyrights, patents, or patent applications of
Motorola or any third-party software provider, except
for the normal, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to
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use that arises by operation of law in the sale of a
product.
Manual number: 6887301Z81
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Contents
Safety and General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing the SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Battery Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing the TransFlash Memory Card . . . . . . . . 25
Turning Your Phone On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Turning Your Phone Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Making a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Answering a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Viewing Your Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Highlight Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
CLI Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Global Navigation Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sending a Multimedia Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Receiving a Multimedia Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the RealOne Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using a Bluetooth® Wireless Connection . . . . . . 41
Learning to Use Your Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the Touchscreen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the 5-Way Navigation Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Opening Phone Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using the Handsfree Speakerphone . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Changing a Code, PIN, or Password . . . . . . . . . . 54
Locking and Unlocking Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . 55
If You Forget a Code, PIN, or Password . . . . . . . 56
Setting Up Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Storing Your Name and Phone Number . . . . . . . . 57
Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Setting a Ring Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Setting Backlight Brightness and Duration . . . . . . 59
Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Calling Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Changing the Active Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Redialing a Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using Automatic Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Canceling an Incoming Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Turning Off a Call Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Calling an Emergency Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Dialing International Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Direct Dialing an Extension or Voicemail Number 64
Dialing an Extension Number During a Call . . . . . 65
Dialing Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Calling With Turbo Dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Putting a Call On Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Muting a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Dialing Another Number During a Call . . . . . . . . . 67
Transferring a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Using the Message Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Setting Up Your Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Sending a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Sending a Multimedia Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
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Viewing the Status of Unsent Messages . . . . . . . 73
Tips For Sending Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Receiving a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Reading and Replying to Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 75
Storing an Object From a Multimedia Message . . 76
Viewing Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Viewing Draft Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Viewing Deleted Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Viewing Messages on Your SIM Card . . . . . . . . . 77
Creating and Using a Personal Folder . . . . . . . . . 78
Moving Messages Between Folders . . . . . . . . . . 79
Setting Up the Message Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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Setting Up Your Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Viewing Your Contact List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Adding a New Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Creating a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Calling or Sending a Message to a Contact . . . . . 87
Calling a Contact with Fast Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Searching for a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Deleting a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Copying Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Checking Address Book Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Sharing Contact Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Viewing and Editing Owner’s Information. . . . . . . 91
Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Using Mailboxes and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Sending an Email Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Receiving an Email Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Reading, Copying, or Moving Email Messages . . 97
Creating and Using a Personal Folder . . . . . . . . . 97
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Setting Up the Email Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Personalizing Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Setting the Display Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Setting Sound Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adjusting Text Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Calibrating the Touchscreen Display . . . . . . . . . 104
Resetting All Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Clearing All Stored Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Getting More Out Of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Viewing Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Making a Conference Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Forwarding Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Barring Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Using Fixed Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Monitoring Phone Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Using Handsfree Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Sharing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Using Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Using a Modem Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Managing Your Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Using Voice Instruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Setting Voice Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Personal Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Note Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Drawing Pad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Alarm Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
World Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Voice Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
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Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Locking the SIM Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
News and Entertainment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Micro-Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Games and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
MyMobileSoft.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Access to MyMobileSoft.com2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
STK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Specific Absorption Rate Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
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