Nokia E61 manual Contacts view, Create a channel, Register PTT channels, Join a channel

Contacts view

To view, add, modify, delete, or call contacts, select Options > PTT contacts. A list of names from your device Contacts application is displayed with information about their login status.

To call a selected contact, select Options > Talk 1 to 1. To make a group call, select Options > Make PTT group call.

To send the contact a request to call you, select Options > Send callback request.

Create a channel

A channel is like a chat room: you can call the channel to see if anyone is online. The channel call does not alert the other participants; the participants just join the channel and start speaking with each other.

To create a channel, select Options > New channel > Create new.

Select Options and define the following:

•Channel name — Write the channel name.

•Channel privacy — Select Private or Public.

•Nickname in channel — Enter your nickname (20 characters maximum) that is displayed to other users.

•Channel thumbnail — Insert a picture that describes the channel.

To delete a channel, press the backspace key. When you log in to push to talk, push to talk automatically connects to the channels that were active when the application was last closed.

Register PTT channels

To register a channel to the push to talk service, select Options > Register.

To edit the channel details, select Options > Edit.

Join a channel

To join a channel, select Options > PTT channels. Select the channel you want to talk to, and press the voice key. Remember to hold the device in front of you during a push to talk call so you can see the display. The display informs you when it is your turn to speak. Speak towards the microphone, and do not cover the loudspeaker with your hands. Press and hold the voice key the entire time you are talking. When you have finished talking, release the key.

To switch between channels during multiple calls, select Swap. The active channel is highlighted.

To view the currently active participants in the channel, select Options > Active members.

To invite a participant to a channel, select Options > Send invitation.

Push to talk log

To open the push to talk log, select Options > PTT log. The log shows the date, time, duration, and other details of your push to talk calls.

Make calls

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