Panasonic GSM EB-G500 Series User manual

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Operating Instructions EB-G500 Series
Digital Cellular Main Kit
Telephone
Before operating this equipment please read these instructions carefully

Contents
Contents
Before You Start Safety Informatin................... 1
SymbolsUsed..................... 1
Fitting/Removingthe SIM ............... 2
Fitting/Removing the Battery.............. 2
Your Telephone ” _........................... 3
Basic Operation — Poweron/off...................... 5
Making a Call... naaa 5
Ending a Call. ..................... 6
Receiving a Call .................... 6
Advanced Operation
Adjusting Volume ................... 7
Vibration Alert. .................... 7
Automatic Redial. . .................. 7
Pause Dial. ..............o ee 8
DTMF Tone Transmission —
During Conversationation ............... 8
Call Hold/Call Waiting ®©. . . .. aaa aaa 8
Voice Memo . . 10

Contents
Memory Serateh Bad... 94.4 u ly ek nas 12
Last Number ....................... 12
Unanswered Cals D................... 12
Phone Book/Fixed DialMemory.............. 13
Function Operation
Call Meter... aoaaa aaa 16
Call Bat ic a k s 17
Divet D a fesse nu tr a rai 18
Call Waiting D ...................... 19
Messages D: 23.3.5 fo ace wR ee ae we ee aa 19
Networks: << 0 tia rd ai the al Se 22
Customise...._._.................... 23
SU a rra Ge te ewes 6 ie 25
Battery Information
Charging the Battery. ................... 27
Care and Maintenance.......................... 28
Other Information
Trouble Shooting . .................... 29
GlossaryofTerms..._.................. 30
Specifications. . ..................... 32
Notes Š e..L............................. 33

Before You Start
Before You Start
Thank you for purchasing this Panasonic G500 Series digital cellular telephone. This
telephone is designed to operate on the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM).
These operating instructions detail use of the equipment contained in the Main Kit.
Safety Information
4 This equipment is intended for use when supplied with power from the built-in
charger or dual charger (EB-CD500) through the AC Adaptor (EB-CR400).
Other usage will invalidate any approval given to this apparatus and may be
dangerous.
+ Switch off your cellular telephone when in an aircraft. The use of cellular
telephones in an aircraft may be dangerous to the operation of the aircraft,
disrupt the cellular network and may be illegal. Failure to observe this
instruction may lead to the suspension or denial of cellular telephone services
to the offender, or legal action or both.
vés You are advised not to use the equipment at a refuelling point. You are
== reminded of the need to observe restrictions on the use of radio equipment in
fuel depots, chemical plants or where blasting operations are in progress.
You MUST exercise proper control of your vehicle at all times. Do not use a
S = hand-held telephone or microphone while you are driving. Find a safe place to
stop first. Do not speak into a hands-free microphone if it will take your mind
off the road. You MUST NOT stop on the hard shoulder of a motorway to
answer or make a call, except in an emergency. Acquaint yourself thoroughly
with restrictions concerning the use of cellular telephones within the country
you are driving and observe them at all times.
3 Care must be taken when using the telephone in close proximity to personal
medical devices, such as pacemakers and hearing aids.
Avoid contact between the antenna and face (especially eyes) during a call.
Take care when using a telephone in crowded places.
Symbols Used
FS Shows that you should press the following key (s).
Shows that a service is network dependant or may only be available on a
subscription basis. For more information contact your service provider. basis. For
more information contact your service provider.
Shows that a function is SIM dependant. For more information contact your
service provider.

Before You Start
Fitting/Removing the SIM
The SIM is fitted into a holder at the back of the telephone underneath the battery.
Avoid touching the gold contacts of the SIM.
Fitting the SIM
1 a
Removing the SIM
To remove the SIM follow the above steps in reverse.
Fitting/Removing the Battery
Fit a fully charged battery pack. If the battery pack is not fully charged then it must be
charged as shown in “Charging the Battery” — page 24.
Greater battery capacity is obtained if the telephone is used until the low battery
warning and then fully recharged.
Switch off the telephone and turn face downwards.
Fitting the Battery

Your Telephone
Your Telephone
Keypad
Retractable Antenna —
hold centre when Increases or decreases volume,
retracting / M/M - scrolls through options or
function menu.
Enters data, selects an option or
confirms an action.
Records or plays back voice
memo.
Enters function menu or changes
between capital and lower case
letters.
a»
Recalls memory, accesses short
a messages, displays the restof a
telephone number or name tag when
pressed and held.
Vibration
alert
switch
O Makes a call.
Clears the last digit entered,
clears all digits when pressed
and held or returns to the
previous display.
External Connector
Ends a call or switches the
a telephone on/off when pressed
and held.
Digit keys GB to E, GW and GE. Where
appropriate the key will enter the
intemational access code “+”, wild numbers
or pauses when pressed and held.

Your Telephone
Display
YE Indicates the battery voltage — E full, EK low battery.
>
Indicates that you are registered to a non-home network — roaming.
3 Indicates that a call is in progress or flashes when a call is holding.
Ba Indicates the reception of a short text message and flashes when a
message has not been read.
Be Indicates that it is possible to make an emergency call.
Indicates the received signal strength
— Y ull strong signal, Y , weak signal.
Indicates that the (V) and (A) keys can be pressed.
Indicates that the OK key can be pressed.
Following some operations the display will automatically clear after three seconds or
after pressing any key except c9.
During some operations the bottom line of the display will show a message in
brackets. These messages show which key can be pressed to operate the telephone
more efficiently.

Basic Operation
Basic Operation
ower on/off
Fe (9 and hold to switch power on. RE
: SEARCHING
A wake up tone will sound. FOR HETHORE
Registration
complete
re and hold to switch power off.
For best reception fully extend the antenna.
Make sure that the signal strength meter (will) is displayed.
1 EF area code and telephone number
(up to 32 digits excluding “+”)
2
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Call
is
successful
w ` Sul
VOICE CALL
Boah Hl
Emergency Calls
To make an emergency call ensure that the antenna symbol (Y) is present. However,
the presence of the antenna symbol does not guarantee that an emergency call can be
made.
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> B @ G S RN
EMERGENCY `

Basic Operation
International Dialling
Using the Automatic Intemational Access Code “+” you will be able
to dial international numbers without having to know the code for
the intemational exchange. Dialling national numbers using the “+”
will have no affect on call charges.
1 Z and hold until a “+” appears
2 PF country code, area code and telephone
number
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NOTE: Many countries include an initial “0” in the area code. This
should, in most cases, be left out when dialling international
numbers. If you have difficulties making international calls, contact
your service provider.
Ending a Call
Ke
Receiving a Call
To receive a call the telephone must be switched on and the signal
strength meter (wil) must be displayed.
Be”
any
key
except
RING!
Fuill
1? 9 to reject the call E, HCOMING E
Calling Line Identification ©
This feature allows you to identify incoming calls and accept or ee a ae 2
reject them. The last twenty digits of the caller's telephone +B 1234562835
number will be displayed. 12345
Unanswered Calls
The number of unanswered calls that have been received will be E UD —
displayed.
3
CALLS
K MWIREBD 2

Advanced Operation
Advanced Operation
Adjusting Volume
Keytone
Five levels of keytone volume are available.
During standby: m nos RL
Fe Oto decrease @ to increase Rey OBL HNS
To switch off keytone volume decrease below L manas H
level one.
Earpiece
Five levels of earpiece volume are available.
During
a
call:
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5
Tale
HS” (VW) to decrease (A) to increase EP Hol nE
L eeano H
Ring Volume
Ring volume and type can be setto a preferred level and type — see “Ring Volume”
page 24.
Vibration Alert
When vibration alert is switched on the telephone will vibrate when
a call is received. Switching on vibration alert will silence the ring
volume.
Vibration alert is switched on and off using the switch on the side
of the telephone.
Automatic Redial
When “Automatic Redial” is on and a call is unsuccessful the
telephone will automatically redial the number after five seconds —
see page 24. A tone will sound before each redial attempt.
am: Tail
AUTO REDIAL
Fe any key to cancel +01234567859
12345

Advanced Operation
Blacklist
A maximum of ten redial attempts will be made, then the telephone number will be
entered in the blacklist. To delete a telephone number from the blacklist redial the
telephone number manually r a call is repeatedly unsuccessful you will not be able to
automatically redial the telephone number. In this case you must redial the telephone
number manually.
Pause Dial —
Using pauses allows you to send DTMF tones semi-automatically.
1 EF telephone number
2 Ee GB and hold to display “P”
3 FF digits after the pause
Repeat for more pauses
4 F
When the call is successful
5 Fe or wait for 3 seconds for each pause
DIMF Tone Transmission — During Conversationation
DTMF tones are used to access voice mail, paging and computerised home banking.
Manual
ES numbers
From Memory
Recall a number from memory — see “Memory” page 12.
1h to send the first digits before the pause
2 15 or wait for 3 seconds for each pause
Call Hold/Call Waiting
You can receive an incoming call or make a second call while speaking to an existing
caller. To receive another call “Call Waiting” must be switched on — see page 19.
Holding/Retrieving a Call
re € to place a call on hold
Re CB to retrieve a held call

Advanced Operation
Making a Second Call
1 EF telephone number, or recall from memory
2
Receiving a Second Call
Accept a Second Call
BS (es) when “ACCEPT?” is displayed w sy mion
ACCEPT?
When you accept the incoming call the current
call will be placed on hold.
Reject a Second Call
E? O or @ to display “REJECT?”
Be
End First Call and Receive Second Call
1 I° @ after call waiting tone
2 PF any key except
Operation During Two Calls
Swap Between Calls
E? O or @ to display “SWAP?”, followed by . mm...
End A Call ence”
E? ©) or (A) to display “END 1?” or “END 27”,
followed by
End Both Calls
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Receiving a Third Call
You must end the held call to receive a third call.

Advanced Operation
Voice Memo
Voice Memo can be used to record a conversation for approximately twenty seconds
and then play it back during standby.
When the SIM is changed any recorded messages will be lost.
CAUTION: Security of a recorded message is your responsibility. You MUST obtain
the other party’s consent before recording.
Record
During conversation:
re
A tone will sound to inform the other party that
recording has started. Another tone will sound
to the other party five seconds before recording
stops. When recording stops a tone will sound
to you and the other party.
re while recording to restart
Play Back
During standby:
re
While playing the recording you can enter a telephone number. [E Yall
Pressing a will stop playing. "So aveace
PS @ to stop playing.
Erase
During standby Fe”
10

Alpha Entry
Alpha Entry
Alpha entry is used to enter alphanumeric characters into Phone Book/Fixed Dial
Memory and Short Messages.
When the cursor is moved over a character and another key pressed this will insert the
haracter.
Character/Operation
TTL lL) <>)
ABCAAAAG2
DEF&E3
€D Guia Each time a key is
pressed it will display the
E) iJKLS next character. When
š TA . another key is pressed or
es MNONO0B6 no key is pressed for a
short time the cursor will
PQRSB7 move to the next position.
ED TUVUU8
E» WXYZ9
Spacer AG A ZT Z d
POLÍ$Y* 48% O05X0
Move the cursor right
Move the cursor left
dB Swaps between capitals and lower case characters
Deletes the character above the cursor, deletes the character to the left
when at the end of the line or clears the entire entry when pressed and
held
11

Memory
Memory
Scratch Pad
During a call you can enter numbers which you may wish to dial when the call has
ended.
During a call:
F® telephone number (up to 32 digits excluding “+”)
When the call has ended PF
Last Number
The last five to ten dialled telephone numbers, depending on your SIM, will
automatically be stored. When this memory is full the latest dialled telephone number
will overwrite the oldest stored number.
1h
2 F& (V or @ to display the required telephone number
315
Unanswered Calls V)
To receive a call the telephone must be switched on and the signal strength meter (wil)
must be displayed.
If an incoming call is not answered the telephone will automatically store the caller's
telephone number. When the memory is full the next caller’s telephone number will
overwrite the oldest.
If “RCVD CALL’ is displayed pressing 53 will
display the last caller’s telephone number.
1 EF € Y or A to display “RCVD CALL” E cup ee
2 PF (eO to select s s aon
The last caller's telephone number will be displayed.
3 9? (Ç or (À) to display the required telephone number
4 |Z
12

Memory
hone Book/Fixed Dial Memory
Telephone numbers are stored on your SIM. Therefore, the number of locations,
length of name tag and number of telephone numbers that can be stored are
dependant on your SIM.
There are two types of memory:
PHONE BOOK: Stores frequently dialled numbers with a name tag so that telephone
numbers can be recalled quickly. Only available when “Fixed Dial” is off — see page 22.
FIXED DIAL: Calls can only be made from Fixed Dial Memory if the security function
“Fixed Dial” is on — see page 22. When Fixed Dial is on calls cannot be made
manually or from Phone Book. Fixed Dial telephone numbers cannot be edited before
they are dialled but wild numbers can be used.
Wild Numbers
Wild numbers, or spaces, can be stored in a telephone number and filled in when the
telephone number is recalled from memory. In this way a call can be restricted to a
specific area. The spaces can be anywhere within a stored telephone number.
0: jl“ ” m Yall R
1? GB and hold until “_” appears a ne
When the telephone number is recalled pressing a numeric key |t! 23-56-
will fill in a space.
Store
1 B® telephone number
2 a
3 PF name tag — see “Alpha Entry” page 11.
4 PF (° to enter the name tag
The telephone number entered in step 1 will be displayed.
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5 E edit the displayed number BONE R
6 EF (© to enter the telephone number 001 -25u+12-
KRIZ ART e)
7 Y (V or W to select “PHONE BOOK” or
“FIXED DIAL”
8 FS memory location number
Vacant locations will be displayed. Occupied
locations will be shown as “.”.
9 B® PIN2 for Fixed Dial MemoryQuick Tip for Calling Dialled
Last Number
13

Memory
Automatic Location
The telephone number can be stored automatically at the first available location. This
can be done at any time, when prompted. Therefore, a telephone number can be
stored in the first vacant location within a block of numbers.
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Overwrite Protection
If a memory location is occupied you will be asked if you wish to overwrite the current
information or store it in a different location.
1 EF (V or W to display “OVERWRITE?” or
“NEW LOCATION?”
2 Z to select
Recall
Location Number
10
2 E? (V or © to display “PHONE BOOK” or “FIXED DIAL”
3 NS memory location number
4 He
AN ;
229 Speed Dial
3 H
Name Tag
150
2 E? (V or W to display “PHONE BOOK” s Tull OR
or “FIXED DIAL” B
3 F
4 E® the first letter of the name tag
5 E? (V or ( to search through the name tags
6 He
14

Memo,
Telephone Number and Name Tag Overflow
ES € and hold to see the rest of the telephone number and name tag
Edit/Delete
Recall an entry by any means described above.
1 He
2 ES (V or A) to display “EDIT?” or e= Tall Gis
“DELETE?” EDIT?
3
FF
(e
to
select
+23
If “DELETE?” is selected the location will be
deleted and you will be returned to standby.
4 PF new name tag
5 F
6 EF new telephone number
7 ES
8 l” O or (À to display “OVERWRITE?” or | o.
“NEW
LOCATION?”
LOCATION?
9 LZ (© to select
If you select “NEW LOCATION?” you will be asked to store the telephone number in
the same way as normal.
If you edit or delete a Fixed Dial number you will be asked for PIN2.
15

Function Operation
To
To
To
Function Operation
display the function menu press GB.
select a function press the associated function number.
leave the function menu press and hold.
If a menu option is not available the function number is displayed as an “X” and
cannot be selected. This may be because the telephone is not in a service area, itis
being used in a mode that does not support that feature (hand-held/car mount) or the
SIM being used does not support that feature.
The current setting may be shown with an “>” in front of the option.
Call Meter
@ Call meter
Last call meter
EB Accumulated call meter
€B Price per unit
GB Call limit
If you are given call charge information by your service provider the remaining
charge units, during a call, and the call cost, when the call has ended, will be
displayed. Call times are indicated as:
hours (0-99), minutes (0-59), seconds (0-59) — HH:MM:SS.
When the SIM is changed any call meter information will be lost.
NOTE: Call charge information may not give an accurate reflection of the tariffs
charged by the service provider.
Current/Last Call a sB
Al
16
The duration of the last call during standby and the current call during
conversation.
To see call charge information press (V) or (A).
I Calls GB GB ES
The accumulated duration of all calls. Incoming calls are shown with “>” and
outgoing calls are shown with “<”.
To see call charge information press (V) or (A). To reset the meter press (°=, then
select which timer to reset by pressing (V) or A), followed by (©). To reset the
timers enter the lock code, or to reset the call charge enter the PIN2 and press
(50,