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Earpiece See p. 15. Current function of Navi™ key Navi™ key See p. 6. Clear key See p. 7. Voice mail key See p. 15. Power key See p. 6. Menu Menu Emergency 9 key See p. 27. Fixed-length antenna See p.
1. For your safety Read these simple guidelines before using your phone. Failure to comply with these guidelines may be dangerous or illegal. Road Safety Comes First Don’t use a hand-held phone while driving; park the vehicle first. Switch Off In Hospitals Follow any regulations or rules.
Nokia’s World Wide Web site at www.NokiaUSA.com. Interactive manual Now, Nokia has a great new way for you to learn how to use all of your phone features. Go to www.NokiaHowTo.com to access the Nokia Interactive Owner’s Manual. It provides an interactive way to get step-by-step instructions for any of your phone’s features.
2. Battery installation and charging Before you can use your new phone, you need to attach and charge the battery. Attaching the battery To attach the battery, place it on the back of the phone as shown and slide it toward the top of the phone until it clicks into place.
When is charging complete? When the charge indicators stop scrolling, your phone is considered fully charged. However, a slight increase in charge may occur if you leave your phone connected to the charger. When is a good time to charge? You can charge anytime, but remember that when your phone displays Battery low, you only have a couple of minutes of talk time left.
• The battery can be charged and discharged hundreds of times but it will eventually wear out. When the operating time (talk time and standby time) is noticeably shorter than normal, it is time to buy a new battery. • Use only batteries approved by the phone manufacturer and recharge your battery only with the chargers approved by the manufacturer.
• silence the ringing of an incoming call Nokia Navi™ key Your phone’s Navi™ key below the display. Its current function is indicated by the word that appears above it (for example, Menu).
Clear key Use the clear key • delete a character to the left of the cursor • clear all characters from the display (press and hold) • return to the previous menu level • return from the menu to the start screen (press and hold) •...
Menu Your phone’s menu allows you to easily access the many powerful features in your phone. Scroll bar When you use your phone’s menu, a scroll bar appears at the far right of the screen. This bar indicates where you are in the menu; each tab location on the bar represents a different menu item.
Menu shortcuts When you select a menu item, numbers appear on the display above the scroll bar. If you become familiar with these numbers, you can use them as shortcuts for accessing different menu items. For example, to access the Phone settings menu, you can simply press Menu 4 2.
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Security settings 431 Restrict calls 432 Access codes Network services 441 Digital/analog selection 442 Public system selection 443 Voice privacy 444 Network feature setting 445 Call forwarding 446 Call waiting 447 Send own number Own number selection 5 System Automatic Manual New search 6 Games...
Entering letters and numbers Cursor The cursor is a blinking vertical line that appears on the screen when you are entering text or numbers. Characters you enter appear to the right of the cursor. Pressing the key deletes the character to the left of the cursor. Use the scroll keys to move the cursor to the right ABC mode When your phone is ready for you to enter text, such as a...
Special characters in names In ABC mode you can press the characters below. You can use these characters when saving names in your phone book. Simply press highlight the one you want, then press Use. . , @? ! : ; - + # * ( ) ‘ “ _ & $ % / < > = Tip: To choose a character that appears near the end of the list, immediately press the list.
Keyguard (locking the keypad) The Keyguard feature allows you to lock your phone’s keypad so that accidental keypresses have no effect. This is handy when your phone is in a pocket or purse. Note: Keyguard is not a security feature and will not prevent unauthorized use of your phone.
WARNING! Do not switch on the phone when wireless phone use is prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger. About the antenna Your Nokia phone has a fixed-length antenna. Do not attempt to extend or remove it. Normal position Hold the phone as you would any other telephone, with the antenna pointed up and over your shoulder.
Get a strong signal When you are at the start screen (see page 7) or in a call, the strength of the radio signal is indicated by the signal indicators on the left side of your phone’s display. These indicators scroll as the signal strength increases and decreases.
1 From the start screen, press calls list. 2 Scroll to the desired number. 3 Press Call. Saving a name and number See ‘Saving names and numbers’ on page 38. Finding a name and number 1 Press to access your phone book. 2 Scroll to the number you want.
If the caller can be identified, the phone may display the caller's name and phone number. The information displayed depends on the information available through the network and your phone book. It is possible that only the name or the number will appear.
5. Settings This section describes some phone settings that allow you to customize your phone to suit your preferences and that you probably won’t change very often. Automatic redial Use Menu 4 1 2 to turn this feature on or off. When this feature is on and the wireless network is busy, your phone will redial a number up to three times.
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Dialing sequence Access no. Dial 1-800 access number, + phone no. then phone number, then + card no. card number (+ PIN if required) Access no. Dial 1-800 access number, + card no. then card number (+ PIN + phone no. if required), then phone number Prefix...
Clock Your phone has an internal clock that can be displayed on the start screen. The clock must be set in order for call times to be recorded (see ‘Call log’ on page 41). If you remove the battery for longer than a couple of seconds, the time will be lost.
Language Use Menu 4 2 2 to set the language of your phone’s display. You can choose from English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Hebrew. The shortcut for choosing English is to press Menu 4 2 2 1. Lights If you’re using your phone with a car kit, use Menu 4 2 4 to set your phone’s lights to On (lights stay on) or Automatic (after 15 seconds, lights turn off until the next key is pressed, phone rings, etc.).
Note: You need display the clock on the phone’s screen before you turn on the automatic time update (see ‘Clock’ on page 20). • Press Menu 7 3 2 to turn on confirm first with time update. Turning off the time update When you turn off the time update, the phone does not update its internal time from the network.
Ringing tone Your phone plays a ringing tone when someone calls you and the ringing option is set to Ring, Ascending, or Ring once. Use Menu 8 2 to choose one of 30 ringing tones. Scroll to a tone to hear how it sounds. Note: If the ringing option is set to Silent or Beep once, the phone won’t play sample tones.
Note: The vibrating battery does not vibrate when your phone is connected to or placed in any charging device. Quick alert settings You can quickly adjust your phone’s sound settings when you go into a meeting, go outdoors, etc. To choose a quick alert setting, briefly press the key, scroll to the setting you want, then press OK.
If you have a voice mail subscription, use Menu 2 2 2 to save the voice mailbox number given to you by your service provider. This number may be up to 32 digits long. Once you save your voice mailbox number, you can press and hold the key to dial your voice mailbox.
6. Emergency calls 1 If the phone is not on, switch it on. 2 Press and hold the ready the phone for calls. 3 Key in the emergency number for your present location (e.g. 911 or other official emergency number). Emergency numbers vary by location.
Emergency key 9 Use Menu 4 1 1 to turn on this feature. When this feature is on, the phone attempts to make an emergency call when you: • press and hold the 9 key, or • press 9, then press Call. Note: When Keyguard is active, the only way to make an emergency call is to dial the emergency number, then press Call.
7. Advanced functions Network feature setting Call forwarding, call waiting, and send own number are network services available through your service provider. These features do not appear in your phone’s Network services menu until you save the related feature code(s) given to you by your service provider.
Options. Press to scroll to the last item in the menu. The in-call menu is: Answer answer a waiting call Swap switch between two calls end all calls New call make a call when you have one in progress Connect all connect all active calls Phone book access the phone book...
Ending calls Press End or select End from the in-call menu. Note: The wireless network does not support ending individual calls when more than one call is in progress. Call waiting Call waiting is a network service that allows you to receive an incoming call when you’re already in a call.
Cancelling call waiting: menu method You can save the code for cancelling call waiting given by your service provider and then use Menu 4 4 6 2 to cancel call waiting. See ‘Adding feature cancellation codes to the menu’ on page 28. Call forwarding Call forwarding is a network service that lets you forward your incoming calls to another phone number.
Menu method You can save the code for cancelling call forwarding and then use the menu to cancel call forwarding. See ‘Adding feature cancellation codes to the menu’ on page 28. Digital/analog selection Use Menu 4 4 1 to choose a mode for your phone. Digit.
If a key already has a number assigned to it, you can press Options and then view, change, or erase the number assignment. Making calls using one-touch dialing Press and hold a number key (2 through 8) for a few seconds to call the number assigned to it.
Standard method 1 Dial the feature code followed by the number you want to call. 2 Press Call. Example: If the feature code to hide your number is *67 and the number you want to dial is (214) 555-1234, dial *672145551234, then press Call.
System selection Your phone is capable of working in residential, private, and public systems. You can choose how your phone selects a network to use. This feature is Menu 5 in your phone. The default is Automatic, which means your phone automatically searches for networks available to you and chooses the appropriate one.
Use Menu 4 4 2 to tell your phone how to choose a public system (network). Your selection remains active until you change it. Any system When service is not available in your home system, the phone searches for a preferred system of either type, then a home-type system, then a non-home-type system.
Continuous means the tone sounds for as long as you press and hold the key. Fixed sets the tone length to one tenth of a second, regardless of how long you press and hold the key. Off turns off touch tones. No tones will be sent when you press the keys.
8. Phone book Your phone allows you to save 100 phone numbers and associated names so they are right at your fingertips for easy dialing. Saving names and numbers Saving a name and number is easy! Just enter the phone number, press , then press Save.
Notes about saving names • A name may appear only once in memory. If you try to save a name that already exists in memory, the phone asks if you want to replace the existing name. • If you try to save a phone number and your phone book is full, you are given the option to replace an existing entry.
Editing names and numbers To edit phone book entries, press Menu 1 3, scroll to the entry you want to edit, then press Edit. Edit the name and number as needed. Erasing names and numbers Use Menu 1 4 to erase entries from your phone book. One by one lets you select one entry at a time to be erased.
9. Call log For your convenience, the call log (Menu 3) saves a list of phone numbers you have dialed, and can show you how much time you have spent on the phone. If you subscribe to the caller ID network service, the call log also records the phone numbers of missed calls and received calls.
Viewing the missed calls list at any time Use Menu 3 1 to view the missed calls list at any time. To dial a number, press Options, then choose Call. Received calls If you subscribe to the caller ID network service, your phone automatically stores the phone numbers of the 10 most recent calls you’ve answered.
Viewing call timers Use Menu 3 5 to view the various call timers. Last call is the duration of the last call, or current call if applicable. All calls is the duration of all calls since the timers were last reset.
10. Voice messages Voice mail is a network service that allows callers to record a message when you cannot be reached. You can then call your voice mailbox and retrieve your messages. Saving your voice mailbox number When you subscribe to voice mail, your service provider will give you a voice mailbox number.
11. Text messages The text message network service allows you to write, send, forward and reply to text messages. Also, you can receive text messages from a variety of sources, such as a Web page set up by your service provider. Note: The availability of text messages may vary according to your wireless service provider.
When you’ve seen the last new message, the disappears. About the Inbox The Inbox holds text messages that have not been deleted or saved. Use Menu 2 1 1 to access the Inbox at any time. You will see a list of message headers. The of the header indicates that a message has been read.
You can write a text message using your keypad. Once you have written a message on your screen, you will have options for sending your message. Note: Your 5125 supports writing and sending text messages in English, Hebrew, Portuguese and Spanish. Contact your service provider for details of feature availability.
Message settings are located in the Write new options menu as Settings. You may select or deselect the following settings by pressing Mark or Unmark. Urgent notify recipient that your message is important Read receipt notify you that the recipient has opened your message Callback no.
Replying to a text message 1 Highlight the message that you want to reply to. 2 Press Read, then press Options. 3 Scroll to Reply, press OK. 4 Scroll to either As message or As e-mail, press OK. 5 Send the message as you normally would. Sending and receiving business cards You can send and receive electronic business cards.
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Saving a viewed business card 1 After viewing the business card, press Save, then press OK. 2 At the Name prompt, edit the name if you want to, then press OK. 3 At the Number prompt, edit the number if you want to, then press OK.
12. E-mail messages You can use your phone to send and receive e-mail messages. This means you no longer need to be at your computer to send or receive messages. Saving e-mail addresses You can add an e-mail address to a name you already have in your phone book.
5 When prompted E-mail address, enter the e-mail address. To add special characters (@ and . ), press the special character screen. Scroll to the character you need and press Use. 6 Press Save. For more information on saving, editing and erasing phone book entries, see ‘Phone book’...
Options for a completed message Send send the message save the message in the saved folder Save Erase clear the message text Exit erase the message and return to the Start screen Forwarding and replying to e-mail messages 1 If the message is not on the screen, press Menu 2 1 1. 2 Scroll to the message you want to use and press Read.
13. Extra features Alarm clock The alarm clock feature is based on your phone’s internal clock and sounds an alert at a time you specify. Setting the alarm clock Use Menu 7 1 to turn the alarm clock on or off. Note that when you’re entering the alarm time, use two digits for both hours and minutes (for example, enter 1:30 as 0130).
• To shut off the alarm, press any key except Snooze. The phone displays Keep the phone on? Press Yes to keep it on or • If you press Snooze, the phone turns itself off for 10 minutes, then the alarm sounds again. REMEMBER! Do not switch on the phone when wireless phone use is prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger.
Games Use Menu 6 to challenge yourself or a friend to the three fun games in your phone. To pause a game, press To resume, choose Continue. Warning! Do not switch on the phone to use this function when wireless phone use is prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger.
Prepaid service Your service provider may offer prepaid service. This means that you can sign up to become a prepaid customer and obtain airtime by purchasing a Prepaid card which contains a replenishment value. Contact your service provider for details. Note: Use of the Prepaid menu requires that your service provider have access numbers available to check your balance and replenish your account.
14. Security features Access codes overview Access codes consist of the lock code and security code. When you get your phone, you should change these codes from their defaults, write down the new codes, and keep them in a safe place away from the phone. Avoid using access codes that are similar to emergency numbers, such as 911, to prevent accidental dialing of the emergency number.
Restricting incoming calls Choose Restrict incoming calls to prevent your phone from receiving incoming calls. Enter your security code, then press OK. Press Mark, then press this change (or Note: This feature requires the caller ID network service, and the caller’s ID must be available to the phone in order for the restriction to work.
3 If you want, give a name of up to 10 characters to the restriction (such as Joey, Long dist, or 1-800 #s), then press OK. The entry is added to your list of restricted numbers. Allowing calls to a number on the list If you later decide to allow calls to a restricted number, press Select to see your list of numbers.
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Saving the unlocked phone number Use Menu 4 3 2 2 to save a number that may be called even when your phone is locked. You will be required to enter the lock code. Calling the unlocked phone number Press , or manually enter the number exactly as it is saved, then press Call.
Extra covers may be purchased from your authorized Nokia dealer. You can use the new 5125 covers with the 5120 phones. The new cover requires a matching keypad. Also, you can use the 5120 covers with the 5125 phones.
Changing covers When changing covers, don’t use the phone’s antenna as leverage! 1 Switch off the power and disconnect the phone from the charger or any other device. 2 Using a coin, depress the colored tab on the top of the phone and slide the color cover forward.
Batteries Several batteries are available for your phone: • BPS-1 Ultra Slim Li-Polymer 600 mAh • BLS-2N Extended Li-Ion 900 mAh • BMS-2S Extended NiMH 900 mAh • BMS-2V Vibrating NiMH 900 mAh • BLS-4 Ultra Extended Li-Ion 1500 mAh 5 Place the bottom of the cover against the bottom of the phone.
Charging times The table below displays approximate battery charging times These charging times will charge your phone to about 80% of its capacity, and the battery strength indicator will stop scrolling. If you wish to obtain 100% battery capacity, please allow another two hours for “maintenance”...
Also, refer to any accessory options manual that may have been included in your sales package for the entire line of authentic Nokia accessories. Note: When a charger is not in use, disconnect it from the power source.
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ACP-9U Rapid Travel Charger The extremely light, functionally designed Rapid Travel Charger charges your phone battery quickly. Plug the charger into a wall outlet and connect the connector to the bottom of your phone. Check the charging status on the phone display. You can use your phone while charging.
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DCH-9 Compact Desktop Charging Stand Compatible with all battery options, the Compact Desktop Charging Stand can be used with the Standard Travel Charger ACP-7U or the Rapid Travel Charger ACP-9U. The Compact Desktop Charging Stand provides mounting for both the phone and a spare battery.
16. Reference information Important safety information Traffic safety Do not use a hand-held telephone while driving a vehicle. If using a hand-held phone park the vehicle before conversing. Always secure the phone in its holder; do not place the phone on the passenger seat or where it can break loose in a collision or sudden stop.
• Should use the ear opposite the pacemaker to minimize the potential for interference. • If you have any reason to suspect that interference is taking place, switch off your phone immediately. Hearing aids Some digital wireless phones may interfere with some hearing aids. In the event of such interference, you may want to consult your service provider.
Vehicles Only qualified personnel should service the phone, or install the phone in a vehicle. Faulty installation or service may be dangerous and may invalidate any warranty which may apply to the unit. Check regularly that all wireless phone equipment in your vehicle is mounted and operating properly.
Making an emergency call 1 If the phone is not on, switch it on. 2 Press and hold the ready the phone for calls. 3 Key in the emergency number for your present location (e.g. 911 or other official emergency number). Emergency numbers vary by location.
Radio frequency (RF) signals THIS MODEL PHONE MEETS THE GOVERNMENT’S REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES. Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for exposure to radiofrequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission of the U.S.
Care and maintenance Your phone is a product of superior design and craftsmanship and should be treated with care. The suggestions below will help you to fulfill any warranty obligations and allow you to enjoy this product for many years. When using your phone, battery, charger, OR any accessory: •...
No charge will be made to the Consumer for any such parts. Nokia will also pay for the labor charges incurred by Nokia in repairing or replacing the defective parts.
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Nokia. c) Nokia was not advised by the Consumer in writing of the alleged defect or malfunction of the Product within fourteen (14) days after the expiration of the applicable limited warranty period.
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Consumer. If the estimate is refused, the Product will be returned freight collect. If the Product is returned to Nokia after the expiration of the limited warranty period, Nokia's normal service policies shall apply and the Consumer will be responsible for all shipping charges.
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14. This limited warranty allocates the risk of failure of the Product between the Consumer and Nokia. The allocation is recognized by the Consumer and is reflected in the purchase price of the Product. 15. Any action or lawsuit for breach of warranty must be commenced within eighteen (18) months following delivery of the Product.