Motorola TIMEPORT 280 User manual

DIGITAL WIRELESS
TELEPHONE
User's Guide >

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Welcome
Welcome to the world of Motorola digital wireless
communications! We are pleased that you have chosen the
Motorola Model 280 wireless phone.
Display
Headset Jack
Insert headset
accessory.
End Key
End phone calls,
exit menu system.
Left Soft Key
Perform functions
identified by left
display prompt.
Earpiece Menu Key
Voice Key
Record voice notes,
phonebook and
shortcut names.
Right Soft Key
Perform functions
identified by right
display prompt.
4-Way
Navigation Key
Scroll through
menus and lists,
set feature values.
Send Key
Send and answer
calls, view recent
dialed calls list.
Accessory
Connector Port
Insert charger and
phone accessories.
Antenna
Microphone
Power Key
Volume Keys
Adjust earpiece
and ringer volume.

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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 (United States)
www.motorola.ca (Canada)
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such herein are trademarks of Motorola, Inc. ® Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off.
TrueSync, Sidekick, Starfish and the Stylized Starfish Logo are registered
trademarks of Starfish Software, Inc., a wholly owned independent
subsidiary of Motorola, Inc. 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.
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Manual number: 6809438A11-O
Cover number: 8988485L49-O

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Menu Map
Main Menu
• Recent Calls
• Received Calls
• Dialed Calls
• Notepad
• Call Times
• Call Cost
• Service Dial
• Fixed Dial
• Phonebook
• Datebook
• Quick Dial
• Radio
• Messages
• Voicemail
• Text Msgs
• Browser Alerts
• Info Services
• Quick Notes
• Outbox
• Drafts
• Shortcuts
• Voice Notes
• SIM Applications
• Browser
• Calculator
• Games
• 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 optional FM Stereo
Radio Headset accessory is
plugged into the accessory
connector port on your phone (see
phone illustration, page 1).
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
Exit menu system:
Press O

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Settings Menu
• Ring/Vibrate
• Alert
•
Alert Detail
• My Tones
• Call Forward
• Voice Calls
• Fax Calls
• Data Calls
• Cancel All
• Forward Status
• Phone Status
• My Tel. Numbers
• Credit Info/Available
• Active Line
• Battery Meter
• Other Information
• Connection
• IrDA Link
• Browser Setup
• In-Call Setup
• In-Call Timer
• Call Cost Setup
• My Caller ID
• Talk and Fax
• Answer Options
• Call Waiting
• Security
• Phone Lock
• Lock Keypad
• Lock Application
• Fixed Dial
• Call Barring
• SIM Pin
• New Passwords
• Other Settings
• Personalize
• Main Menu
• Keys
• Greeting
• Quick Dial
• Initial Setup
• Time and Date
• 1-Touch Dial
• Auto Redial
• Backlight
• Zoom
• Scroll
• Animation
• Language
• Battery Save
• Contrast Setting
• DTMF
• Master Reset
• Master Clear
• Network
• Car Settings
• Headset

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Contents
Menu Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Safety and General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
What’s in the Box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing the SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Removing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Turning Your Phone On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Sending a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ending a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Receiving a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Displaying Your Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
About Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Changing the Zoom Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Volume Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4-Way Navigation Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Battery Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sending and Receiving Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Redialing a Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using Automatic Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Returning an Unanswered Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Dialing an Emergency Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Entering Numbers in the Notepad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Terminating an Incoming Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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Dialing With Speed Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Dialing With 1-Touch Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Dialing a Number In a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Additional Dialing Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using Features While On a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using Call Waiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Making a Conference Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Transferring a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Additional On-Call Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Navigating to a Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting a Feature Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Entering Feature Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Choosing a Text Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Tap Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Symbol Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Predictive Text Entry with iTAP™ Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Menu Feature Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Viewing the Received Calls or Dialed Calls List . . . . . . . . . 79
Using the Notepad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Viewing and Resetting Call Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Viewing and Resetting Call Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Fields in a Phonebook Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Storing a Phonebook Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Recording a Voice Name For a Phonebook Entry . . . . . . . . 91
Dialing a Phonebook Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

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Contents
Editing a Phonebook Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Deleting a Phonebook Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Copying Phonebook Entries Between the Phone and SIM Card
94
Checking Phonebook Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Synchronizing with TrueSync Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Setting Up the Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Datebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Week View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Day View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Event View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Storing a New Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Changing Event Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Copying an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Turning the Radio On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Tuning a Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Storing a Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Selecting a Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sending and Receiving Calls With the Radio On . . . . . . . 107
Messages—Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Storing Your Voicemail Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Receiving a New Voicemail Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Listening to a Voicemail Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Messages—Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Setting Up the Text Message Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Receiving a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Reading, Locking, or Deleting a Text Message . . . . . . . . . 114
Sending a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

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Sending a Quick Note Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Viewing the Status of Sent Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Standard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
User-Settable Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Creating a Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Using Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Voice Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Recording a Voice Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Viewing the Voice Notes List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Playing a Voice Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Locking and Unlocking a Voice Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Deleting a Voice Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Micro-Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Starting a Micro-Browser Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Interacting With Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Calculating Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Converting Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Selecting and Starting a New Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Ending a Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Playing a Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Adjusting Your Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Ring/Vibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Call Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Reordering Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Customizing a Soft Key Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151