NEC NEX 2600 User manual

NEC 2600
Owner’s Manual

NEC 2600/2610 Quick Reference Guide
Battery
Thephonebatteryshould
be charged before being
used for the first time.
Turn On Phone
Press and hold the Pkey
for approximately two
seconds to turn on the
phone.
Turn OffPhone
Press and hold the Pkey
for approximately two
seconds to turn off the
phone.
Standby Mode
Oncethephoneispowered
on, the phone enters the
standby mode.Thephone
stays in the standby mode
until a call is placed or
received, a menu is
accessed,or the phone is
powered off.
Place a Call
Enter in the telephone
number and press S.
Note that the phone must
have cellular service to
place a call.
Answer a Call
When the phone rings,
press Sto answer the
call. Note that the phone
must have cellular service
to receivea call.
End a Call
Press E.
Access and Navigate
Menus
Press Mto display the
mainmenu.PressItoview
the contents of the menus
andsubmenus.Selecta
menu item by pressing
either Mwhen the item is
highlighted or by pressing
the corresponding menu
itemnumber.
Storing a Phone
Numberinto the
Phone Book
Press M21.Enterthe
phone number; press M.
Use the keypadto enter a
name associated with the
phone number; press M.
Press Magain to accept
the displayed phone book
location; or enter a specific
location and press M.
Dial a Phone
Number Storedin
the Phone Book
Press B. Use Ito locate
the desired phone number
and press S.
Adjust Earpiece
Volume
Withacallinprogress,press
Ito increase or decrease
the earpiece volume.
Adjust Keypad
Volume
With the phone in the
standby mode, press Ito
increase or decrease the
keypad volume.

NEC 2600/2610 Quick Reference Guide
Set Ringer Volume
Press M441.
Select one of fivesettings.
Press E.
Set Ringer Type
Press M442.
Select one of six settings.
Press E.
Store Voice Mail
PhoneNumber
You can easily store the
voice mail service phone
number into your phone.
Enter in thevoice mail
phone number and press
M34to store the
number into the phone.
Once the voice mail
number isstored, you can
press and hold 1to
retrievemessages.
Retrieve Voice Mail
If voice mail service is
available through your
cellular service provider
and the voice mail phone
number is set up in your
phone, press and hold 1
to retrieve your voice mail
messages.
Retrieve Text
Messages
If text messaging service is
available through your
cellular service provider,
press M32 to easily
view your text messages.
Press Ito scroll through
each line of the messages.
Press Eto exit.
Set Time and Date
PressM461.Enter
in the hour; press N(scroll
key down arrow). Enterin
the minutes; press N. Press
Mto select a.m. or p.m.
Enter in the month (1-12);
press N. Enter in the day (1-
31); press N. Enter in the
year; press E.
View Own Number
With the phone in the
standby mode, press C.
Lock/Unlock Keypad
Your phone keypad can be
easily and quickly locked to
preventinadvertentkey
pressing when thephoneis
turned on.Press M5to
lock the keypad; press
M5againtounlockthe
keypad.
Lock/Unlock Phone
Your phone can be locked
toprevent unauthorized
use.
To lock your phone:
PressM0.Asprompted,
enteryour4-digitpassword.
(The initial password
programmed into your
phoneis usually 0000.)
Press 1to completely
lock your phoneor press
2to partiallylock your
phone.PressE.
To unlock your phone:
PressM0.Asprompted,
enteryour4-digitpassword.
Press 3to unlock your
phone.PressE.

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Table of Contents
Chapter1: Getting Started. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .1
Phone Activation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 1
Phone Safety & Performance .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
NEC Authentic Accessories™ . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 1
Connecting & Disconnecting the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 2
NiMH and Li-Ion Battery Charging Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Voice Mail Messaging & Text Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Phone Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Phone Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 4
Menu Tree Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 5
Display Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Service Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Call & Message Indicators. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operation Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 6
Menu Navigation Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter2: Basic Operations . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .7
Turning On Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Turning Off Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 7
Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 7
Signal Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 7
Battery Charge Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Placing a Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Placing an Emergency Call. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ending a Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 9
Answering a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adjusting Earpiece Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting Keypad Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Accessing and Navigating Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setting Ringer Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 10
Selecting Ringer Type . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Viewing Your Phone Number. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 11
Retrieving Voice Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Retrieving Text Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Phone Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Phone Notepad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting the Time and Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 12

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Chapter3: Menus .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . .. 13
Menu Navigation. . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . 13
Main Menu. . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. 14
1. Call Logs . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . 14
Dialed (Call Log). . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 15
Received (Call Log) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 15
Missed (Call Log) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 15
Call Log Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 16
Air Time. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 18
Clear CallLogs & Air Time Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2. Phone Book . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . 18
Add to Phone Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 19
View by Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
View by Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 20
View by (Phone) Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 20
Locking the Phone Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 21
Clearing the Phone Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 21
Phone Book Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 21
3. Message. . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . .. . . . .. 24
Voice Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 24
Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Text Message Viewer . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SMS Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Clear All Text Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 28
Store As Voice Mail Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 28
4. Settings . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . 28
Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 29
Auto Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Set (Change) Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 29
Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Any Key Answer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 29
DTMF Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 30
Transmit DTMF Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Roll OffOrder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 31
Word Wrap . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 32
Sort Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Ring volume . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 33
Ring type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 33
Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 33
Voice Privacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Select Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 34
Activate Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 34
Network Priority. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Clock . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 35
Set Clock. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 35
Set Alarm, Auto On, Auto Off . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 36
Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 37
One-Touch Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 37
Fixed Digit Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 37
Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 38
Wakeup Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 38
Handsfree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 38
Handsfree Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Backlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 39
Auto Answer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 39
Reset Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 39
View Own Number . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 39
5. Lock/Unlock Keypad . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. 40
6. SilentMode. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . 40
7. Non Public Mode. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . 40
Acquire New System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 41
Search for System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 41
View Stored Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 42
8. DigitsEditing . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . 42
Manual Pause. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 43
Auto Pause . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Link to Phone Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
9. Mute . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. .. . .. 44
Mic Mute . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
All Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 44
Unmute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 44
0. Phone Lock . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. 45

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Chapter 4: Safety & Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 46
Phone Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Technical Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 57
Battery Care & Disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 57
Chapter5: Warranty & Service .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . 58
Limited Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 58
NEC Service Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 61
NEC Wireless Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Index. . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . .. 62

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Chapter 1: Getting Started
PhoneActivation
Before you can use your new NEC cellular telephone, the
phone must be activated bya cellular service provider.
Please contact your local cellular service provider forany
questions regarding phone activation.
Phone Safety & Performance
Prior to operating yourcellular phone,please readthisman-
ual thoroughly including “Chapter 4:Safety & Performance”
on page 46.
NEC Authentic Accessories™
NEC recommends using only NEC Authentic Accessories
with your cellular phone to ensure optimum quality perfor-
mance.
Connecting &Disconnectingthe Battery
Your phoneis powered by a rechargeable battery. (See “Bat-
tery Care & Disposal” on page 57 for important battery
information.) To connect the battery to your phone, place
the grooved end of the battery against the base of the
phone. Lower the battery toward the phone to lock into
place.Toremovethebattery,checkthatthephoneisturned
off. (Note that failure to power off the phone before remov-
ing the battery can possibly result in lossof stored numbers
or messages.) Slide the locking latch located above the bat-
tery upward and carefully lift the battery away from the
phone.
Battery
Locking Latch
Battery

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Charging the Battery
A new phone battery must be fully charged before
being used for the first time. The phone battery can be
charged through the setup described and shown below.
The charging times listed below indicate the charging dura-
tion with the phone powered off.
Charging Setup: Phone,
StandardorRapidACAdapter,&
Charging Stand
Plug the AC adapter into a stan-
dardACelectricaloutlet.Insertthe
adapter plug into the charging
stand jack.Place the phone inthe
charging stand. The red LED indi-
cator on the charging stand illumi-
nateswhilethebatteryischarging,
and turns off when charging is
complete.
NiMH and Li-Ion
Battery Charging
Times
(in digital mode)
With Standard Charger With Rapid Charger
Standard NiMH ~ 4 hours < 2 hours
Slim Li-Ion N/A < 2 hours
Extended Li-Ion N/A < 2 hours

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VoiceMail Messaging & Text Messaging
Voicemail messaging and text messaging services, when
available, are provided by your cellular service provider.
Before you can receive either voice or text messages with
your phone, you must subscribe to these cellular service
provider options. Contact your cellularservice provider for
information on availability and setup of these services. See
“Voice Messages” on page 24 and “Text Messages” on
page 25 for information on retrieving messages.
Phone Password
When your phone is activated, a 4-digit password is pro-
grammed into the unit. The password locks and unlocks
your phone, and provides access to restricted phone set-
tings. The initial password programmed into the phone is
usually 0000. Check with your cellular service provider for
additional information on your security password.