SoftBank 706N User manual

Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the SoftBank 706N handset.
●Read this guide thoroughly before using the SoftBank 706N
handset to ensure proper usage.
●After reading this guide, keep it for later reference.
●Accessible services may be limited to contract conditions or
service area.
The SoftBank 706N handset is compatible with the 3G and GSM
network systems.
Note
• Unauthorized copying of any part of this guide is
prohibited.
• The guide contents are subject to change without prior
notice.
• Steps have been taken to ensure the accuracy of
descriptions in this guide. If you find inaccurate or missing
information, please contact Customer Service (zp.19-
43).
SoftBank 706N User Guide
February 2007 Version 1
* For more information, please dial 157
from a SoftBank handset for Customer
Service or visit your nearest SoftBank
Shop.
SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp.
Model name: SoftBank 706N
Manufacturer: NEC Corporation
MDT-000074-EAA0
To help protect the environment and recycle valuable
resources, mobile phone and PHS shops displaying the above
mark accept mobile phones, batteries and chargers of all
manufacturers.
* Mobile phones, batteries and chargers collected for recycling
cannot be returned.
* To protect your privacy, delete any personal information (telephone
numbers, call logs, messages, etc.) before taking your handset to
the shop.
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Accessories
Make sure the following accessories are included in the package with the handset: Some accessories are also available for purchase.
For details on accessories or optional items, contact Customer Service (zp.19-43).
The handset supports microSD memory card (not included). Purchase microSD memory card(s) to use memory card functions.
*1 Complimentary sample not available for purchase.
*2 Upgrades or updates of included utility software may become available on the SoftBank Website (www.softbank.jp) without prior notification.
Please check for the newest versions of utility applications and download as required.
*3 Use Adapters to connect other optional items (AC Charger[NECL01], Multi Earphone Microphone (Black)[ZTCK01]).
■Battery pack ■AC Charger ■Utilities CD-ROM
(Japanese)*1*2
(NEBAE1)
(NECAE1)
■Charger Adapter*3
(NEDAE1)
■Headset Adapter*3
(NEDAE2)
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Contents
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ii
Guide to This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
General Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxvi
1 Getting Started
Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
USIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
USIM Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
General Notes Regarding the USIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Inserting/Removing the USIM Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5
USIM PINs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-7
Handset Parts & Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Display Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-11
External Display Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-12
Battery & Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Notes on Using Battery & Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-13
Inserting/Removing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-16
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-18
Charging with the In-Car Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Turning the Handset On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
Turning the Handset On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
Turning the Handset Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
Initial Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
Setting Date & Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
Retrieving Network Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Changing the Language Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Changing the Display Language to English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Changing the Display Language to Japanese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Keys & Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
Softkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
Selecting Multiple Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
My Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27
Multitasking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28
Launching New Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28
Switching Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28
Ending Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28
Handset Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
Security Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
Center Access Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
Network Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
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2 Basic Handset Operations
Making a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Dialing from Call Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3
Dialed Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3
Received Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Checking Missed Calls or New Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6
Incoming Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6
When Unable to Answer a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Place Incoming Call on Hold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-7
Recording a Message (Answer Phone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Rejecting an Incoming Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Preventing Prank Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Engaged Call Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Earpiece Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-9
Putting a Call on Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-9
Recording a Call (Call Memo). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Handsfree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Checking Call Time/Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Displaying Call Time & Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Checking Total/Previous Call Time & Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11
Setting Maximum for Call Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11
Resetting Total Call Time or Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Checking Owner Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Checking Your Own Phone Number & Mail Address . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Calling from Outside Japan (International Roaming) . . . . . .2-13
Switching the Network Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Calls to Landline/Handsets in Japan and the Other Countries
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Calls to Landline/Local Carrier's Handsets within the Country
You Are in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Setting Mobile Phone Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Setting Preferred Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Minding Mobile Manners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Setting/Canceling Manner Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Making an Emergency Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Dialing Restrictions & Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
3 Entering Characters
Entering Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Text Entry Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Text Entry Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Key Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Entering Characters in Mode1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Entering Kanji/Hiragana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Entering Single-byte/Double-byte Alphanumeric Characters
or Date/Time in Kanji/Hiragana Entry Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Entering Katakana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Entering Alphanumerics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Entering Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Entering Symbols/Pictographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Entering Emoticons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
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Breaking a Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-11
Using Kuten Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-11
Converting Easily (Personal Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-11
Quoting Phone Book Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Quoting Owner Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-13
Changing Input Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Entering Characters in T9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Entering Characters in 2-touch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-17
Editing Characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Editing Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Deleting Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-19
Copying/Cutting/Pasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-19
Moving the Cursor to the Beginning/End of the Text. . . . . . . . .3-20
4 Phone Book
Saving Entries to Phone Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Phone Book Entry Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2
Creating New Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3
Saving a Number from Call Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Checking Phone Book Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Setting Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5
Using Phone Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-6
Making a Call Using an Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-6
Exchanging Data between Handset & USIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . .4-9
Editing Entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Editing Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Deleting Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
5 Video Call
Before Using Video Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Video Call Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Making a Video Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Answering a Video Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Operations During a Video Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Video Call Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Setting Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Setting Outgoing Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Selecting an Alternative Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Setting What to Do If a Video Call Is Not Connected . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Setting Screen Mode During a Video Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Setting Night Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
6Camera
Before Using the Camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Notes on Capturing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
General Notes on Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Macro Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Capturing Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
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