Motorola Tarpon V. 120C User manual

1
Welcome
Welcome to the world of Motorola digital wireless
communications! We are pleased that you have chosen the
Motorola
V
Series 120c wireless phone to keep you
connected with ease.
Power Key
Turn the phone
on and off.
Display
Headset Jack
Insert headset
accessory for
hands-free use.
Volume Keys
Adjust earpiece
and ringer volume.
End Key
End phone calls,
exit menu system.
Left Soft Key
Perform functions
identified by left
display prompt.
Earpiece
Menu Key
Voice Key
Record and activate
voice notes,
phonebook and
shortcut names.
Right Soft Key
Perform functions
identified by right
display prompt.
Scroll Keys
Move through
menus and lists.
Send Key
Send and answer
calls, view recent
dialed calls list.
Accessory Connector Port
Insert charger, FM Stereo Radio
Headset, and phone accessories.
Microphone
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Personal Communications Sector
600 North U.S. Highway 45
Libertyville, Illinois 60048
1-800-331-6456 (United States)
1-888-390-6456 (TTY/TDD United States)
1-800-461-4575 (Canada)
www.motorola.com
MOTOROLA, the Stylized M Logo and all other trademarks
indicated as such herein are trademarks of Motorola, Inc. ® Reg.
U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. All other product or service names are the
property of their respective owners.
© 2001 Motorola, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
Computer Program Copyrights
The Motorola products described in this manual may include Motorola
computer programs stored in semiconductor memories or other media
that are copyrighted with all rights reserved worldwide to Motorola.
Laws in the United States and other countries preserve for Motorola,
Inc. certain exclusive rights to the copyrighted computer programs,
including the exclusive right to copy, reproduce, modify, decompile,
disassemble, and reverse-engineer the Motorola computer programs in
any manner or form without Motorola's prior written consent.
Furthermore, the purchase of Motorola products shall not be deemed to
grant either directly or by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any
license or rights under the copyrights, patents, or patent applications of
Motorola, except for a nonexclusive license to use the Motorola product
and the Motorola computer programs with the Motorola product.
Manual number: 6809435A47-O
Cover number: 8988485L07-O
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✂
Menu Map
Main Menu
• Recent Calls
• Received Calls
• Dialed Calls
• Notepad
• Call Times
• Phonebook
• Quick Dial
• Radio
• Messages
• Voicemail
• Text Msgs
• Browser Alerts
• Quick Notes
• Outbox
• Drafts
• Shortcuts
• Voice Notes
• Browser
• Settings
(see next page)
Note: This is the standard phone
menu layout.You or your service
provider may have changed the
menu layout or changed some
feature names. Not all features
may be available for all users.
For example, the
Radio feature
on the main menu (left) is
displayed only when the FM
Stereo Radio Headset accessory
is plugged into the accessory
connector port on your phone
(see phone illustration, page 1).
For a description of the standard
menu features, see pages 43 to
54.
Shortcuts
Change display zoom:
Press M , then
press and hold M
Lock/unlock keypad:
Press M *
Display my phone number:
Press M #
Go to dialed calls list:
Press N
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✂
Settings Menu
• Ring/Vibrate
• Alert
•
Alert Detail
• Phone Status
• My Tel. Number
• Battery Meter
• Other Information
• Connection
• Incoming Call
• In-Call Setup
• In-Call Timer
• Answer Options
• Security
• Phone Lock
• Lock Keypad
• Lock Application
• Restrict Calls
• New Passwords
• Other Settings
• Personalize
• Main Menu
• Keys
• Greeting
• Banner
• Quick Dial
• Initial Setup
• Time and Date
• Auto PIN Dial
• Auto Redial
• Backlight
• Zoom
• Scroll
• Animation
• Language
• Contrast Setting
• DTMF
• Master Reset
• Master Clear
• Network
• Car Settings
• Headset
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Contents
Menu Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety and General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
What’s in the Box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Turning Your Phone On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Sending a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Ending a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Receiving a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Displaying Your Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
About Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Changing the Zoom Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Volume Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Battery Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Sending and Receiving Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Redialing a Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using Automatic Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Dialing an Emergency Number When the Phone is Locked 28
Dialing With Speed Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Dialing With One-Touch Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Additional Dialing Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Features While On a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using Call Waiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Making a Three-Way Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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Additional On-Call Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Navigating to a Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Selecting a Feature Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Entering Feature Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Choosing a Text Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Tap Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Predictive Text Entry with iTAP™ Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Menu Feature Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Main Menu Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Settings Menu Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fields in a Phonebook Entry Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Storing a Phonebook Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Recording a Voice Name For a Phonebook Entry . . . . . . . . 58
Dialing a Phonebook Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Turning the Radio On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Tuning a Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Storing a Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting a Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sending and Receiving Calls With the Radio On . . . . . . . . 62
Messages—Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Storing Your Voicemail Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Receiving a New Voicemail Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Listening to a Voicemail Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Messages—Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Setting Up the Text Message Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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Contents
Receiving a New Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Reading, Locking, or Deleting a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . 68
Sending a New Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Sending a New Text Message to More Than One Person . . 71
Sending a Quick Note Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sending a Quick Note to More than One Person . . . . . . . . 73
Voice Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Recording a Voice Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Playing a Voice Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Micro-Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting a Micro-Browser Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Interacting With Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Adjusting Your Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Ring/Vibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Reordering Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Customizing a Soft Key Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Assigning a New Code or Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Locking and Unlocking Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Locking and Unlocking Your Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Programming Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Specific Absorption Rate Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
FDA Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Export Law Assurances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Wireless Phone Safety Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
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AboutThis Guide
UsingYour Phone’s Features
This user guide introduces you to the many features in your
Motorola
V
phone.A reference guide for your phone is also
available that explains the phone’s features in more detail. To
obtain a copy of the reference guide or another copy of this user
guide, see the Motorola Web site at:
http://motorola.com/consumer/manuals
or contact the Motorola Customer Call Center at
1-800-331-6456 in the United States or 1-800-461-4575 in
Canada.
NavigatingTo a Menu Feature
You can access many of your phone’s features through the menu
system.This guide shows you how to navigate to a specific menu
feature as follows:
The > symbol means that you should scroll to and select the
feature.This example shows that you must press M , scroll to
and select Recent Calls , then scroll to and select Dialed Calls
to view the dialed calls list.
Find the Feature
M
> Recent Calls
> Dialed Calls
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About This Guide
Optional Features
Features marked with this label are optional network
and/or subscription-dependent features.These
features may not be offered by all service providers in
all geographical areas. Contact your service provider
for information about availability.
Optional Accessories
Features marked with this label require the use of an
optional Motorola Original™ accessory.
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Safety and General
Information
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SAFE AND EFFICIENT
OPERATION. READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE USING YOUR
PHONE.
RF Operational Characteristics
Your phone contains a transmitter and a receiver. When it is ON,
it receives and transmits radio frequency (RF) energy. The phone
operates in the frequency range of 824 MHz to 849 MHz in
analog and digital mode and 1851.25 MHz to 1908.75 MHz in
digital mode.
When you communicate with your phone, the system handling
your call controls the power levels at which your phone
transmits.The output power level typically may vary over a range
from 0.05 watts to 0.44 watts in analog mode and 0.0 watts to
0.24 watts in digital mode.
ExposureTo Radio Frequency Energy
Your Motorola phone is designed to comply with the following
national and international standards and guidelines regarding
exposure of human beings to radio frequency electromagnetic
energy (EME):
• United States Federal Communications Commission, Code
of Regulations; 47 CFR part 2 sub-part J
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI) / Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) C95. 1-1992
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