Getting Started
Preparing the phone for operation
Please refer to the 'Getting started with your One Touch™ 531 booklet.
Basic Operations
Turning the phone on
1Press and hold 
. A tone sounds at mobile activation. When switching the mobile on
for the first time 
may be displayed.
Enter the date & time settings or select Exit 
if the set-
tings are fine.
2If your SIM card is PIN pro- tected, Enter PIN is dis- played.
Enter the PIN code and select
OK 
.
!1. Please also see your 'Getting Started with your One TouchTM 531 booklet.
2. Please refer to Security codes, page 6 and to Secu- rity features, page 39 for more details on your PIN and lock codes.
Making a call
The phone can make and receive calls only when it is switched on, when a valid SIM card is inserted and when it is connected to a GSM network service.
If the keypad is locked you can re- ceive calls but you cannot make any call (see Keypad lock, page 12).
Please refer to the ’Getting start- ed with your One Touch™ 531 booklet for instructions on how to make a call.
Holding your phone
How to hold the phone
Avoid covering the upper back
half of the phone so as to allow maxi- mum emission
and reception quality.
Please be warned that you should not, when using the hands free mode, put the phone to your ear.
The standby display
When switched on the mobile searches connection with the net- work. When the connection is es- tablished a tone sounds and the network and/or service provider name or logo are displayed to- gether with the time and date, the signal strength and the bat- tery charge level. If the mobile cannot find a valid network the signal strength and the operator name are not displayed.
Getting Started
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