User Guide
Nokia 8290 User Guide
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Save a name and number
Use special characters
Save the voice mailbox
Phone lines Listen to your voice
View the call duration
Make a call using voice
Change 1-touch dialing
Writing messages
Message settings
Text input
Input tools
Make a fax or data call
Other picture message
Radio Frequency RF
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For your safety
Your phone’s label
Documentation conventions
Using this guide
Welcome
Terms
Accessing this guide online
Back
Keys and features
Front
Left side
Earpiece volume buttons IR port
Bottom
Charger connection Headset/car kit connection
Network services
Customer Service, Canada
Customer Service, USA
Contacting Nokia
Westney Rd. South Ajax, Ontario L1S 4N7 Tel 1
Switch off the phone
Install the SIM card
Lift out the battery
Before you begin
Charge the battery
Install the battery
Remove the battery
About your phone
Switch on your phone
Indicators
About indicators and icons
Volume indicator Shows the earpiece
About the Start screen
You have forwarded all voice calls received on line
Icons
Numbers by pressing and holding
Making and answering calls
Check the signal strength
Make a call
Use the keypad
End a call
Adjust the earpiece volume during a call
Answer a call
Use the phone book
Redial the last-dialed number
Reject a call
Caller ID++
Dial any of the 10 last-dialed numbers
Menu
Using the menus
Selection keys
Scroll keys
Scroll bar
Menu shortcuts
Help text
Displayed. a different tab appears each time you press or
Messages
List of menu shortcuts
Profiles
Call log
Settings
Games
Forwarding see your service provider
Entering letters and numbers
ABC mode
Standard text input
Find the key that has the letter you want to enter
Erase mistakes
Enter spaces and punctuation
Change letter case
If you make a mistake Press Clear to erase that character
123 mode
ABC mode
Mode
Use special characters in names and phone numbers
Save names and numbers
Phone book
Save a name and number
Save a number only
If your phone book is full
Find names in the phone book
From the Start screen
While in a call
Erase names and numbers
Edit revise names and numbers
Erase stored names and numbers
Erase your entire phone book
Call log++
Switch between internal memory and SIM memory
Two types of memory
Look up received calls
Look up dialed calls
Check for missed calls
After missing a call
At any time
Clearing call lists
Options in call lists
To exit, press Back
Voice mail++
Work with two phone lines
Save the voice mailbox number
Listen to your voice messages
Select profiles
Profiles
Active call options
Activate/cancel call waiting
Use call waiting++
Confirm call waiting status
Reject a waiting call
Switch between calls
End the active call
Third call waiting
Put a call on hold
Use in-call options
Make a new call
Sends touch tones
Send touch tones
Switch between two calls in progress
Set touch-tone length
Save touch tone strings
Access menus
Access the phone book
End all calls
Mute/unmute the microphone
While in a conference call, press Options
Conference calls++
Transfer a call++
Call forwarding++
Activate call forwarding
Forward all voice calls
Check call forwarding status
Cancel call forwarding
Calling card
Automatic redial
Activate automatic redial
Save calling card information
Choose a calling card
Make a calling card call
Use Voice dialing
Add a voice tag to a phone book entry
Press and hold until your phone displays Card call
Hold the phone up to your ear, then press and hold Names
Make a call using voice recognition
Change a voice tag
Play back a voice tag
Erase a voice tag
Phone displays Press Start, then speak after tone
Assign a number to a 1-touch dial key
Touch dialing
Call a 1-touch dial number
Make an international call
Change 1-touch dialing numbers
Erase 1-touch dialing numbers
Caller groups
Use the phone book
Remove names from a caller group
Add names to a caller group
Assign a ringing tone to a caller group
Rename a caller group
Send a graphic to someone else
Assign group graphics
View a received graphic
Scroll to Send graphic
Reset call timers to
Call timers
Show call timer during calls
If you have two phone lines
Show call costs++
Use call cost limits
Set a call cost limit
Remove a call cost limit
Clear call cost counters
Show costs in++
View call costs
Customize the profile
Profiles
Select a profile
Ringing tone
Ringing options
Vibrating alert
Ringing volume
Keypad tones
Message alert tone
Rename a profile
Accessory profiles
Headset and Car profiles
Set for automatic answer
Set up the clock
Restore factory settings
Set up car profile
Choose the display language
Select the time format
Set the clock
Display the clock
Press Menu 4 2 Scroll to 24-houror am/pm Press OK
Set automatic update of date and time++
PIN and PUK codes
Security features
Lock the keypad Keyguard
Change your PIN or PIN2 code
PIN codes
Set SIM card security
PUK codes
Unblock a PIN code
PIN code blocked appears
Scroll to Change security code and press Select
Security code
Restricting calls++
Fixed dialing
Turn fixed dialing on or off
Add numbers to the fixed dialing list
Turn on call restrictions
Set up a closed user group++
Scroll to Automatic or Manual, then press Select
Select a system
Text messages++
Set up text messaging
Save your message center number
Message center number appears
Writing messages
Using standard text input
Using predictive text input
Letter
Predictive text input tools
Word is not the word you intended
Press once to accept a word and add a space
Turn off predictive text input
Select a language and turn on predictive text input
Write with predictive text input
Finished writing the word
Add the desired word to the match list
To insert a symbol, press
If the word is correct
If the word is not correct
Save messages in the outbox
Insert symbols
Send the text message
Insert numbers
Resend a message from the outbox
Erase a message
Read text messages
Read new text messages now
Read new text messages later
Retrieve a number
Reply to a message
Forward a message
Press Menu 1
Message settings
Change settings for some messages
Message storage
Change common settings for all messages
Picture messages
Send picture messages
Send picture messages with text
Other picture message options
Receive picture messages
Calendar
Your personal digital assistant
View the calendar
Enter the date
View the calendar
When Set an alarm for the note? appears, choose Yes or No
View day notes
Make note
View all notes
Erase notes
Go to date
Set the date
Send/receive calendar notes
Alarm clock
Set the alarm clock
Turn off the alarm clock
Manage the alarm
Phone on
Phone off
Business cards
Send a business card using IR
Send a business card
View a received business card
PC Suite
Prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger
Calculator
Save a viewed business card
Convert currency
Use the calculator
Set the exchange rate
Convert a currency amount
Fax and data calls++
Your phone and other devices
Send information via IR
Make a fax or data call
Receive data via the IR port
When is not displayed, no IR connection exists
Send data via the IR port
Check the status of an IR connection
Print text messages
Print using IR
Print phone book entries
Scroll to Print via IR
Games
Fun and games
Snake
Logic
Memory
Download ringing tones++
Rotation
Notification of received ringing tone
Discard received ringing tones
Listen to received ringing tones
Save received ringing tones
Reference information
Batteries, chargers, and accessories
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Traffic safety
Important safety information
Remember Safety-Your most important call
Operating environment
Other medical devices
Pacemakers
Hearing aids
Vehicles
Potentially explosive atmospheres
Vehicles
Posted facilities
Emergency calls
Make an Emergency Call
Radio Frequency RF Signals
Care and maintenance
Nokia Xpress-on color covers
Accessories
Few practical rules for accessory operation
Replace the cover
Remove the cover
Remove the keypad
Charging Times
Batteries
Standby and Talk Times
50 to 150 hrs
Standard Travel Charger ACP-7U
Chargers and other accessories
Rapid Travel Charger ACP-8U
For discharged batteries are shown in Charging Times on
Calls are possible during charging. a green
Rapid Cigarette Lighter Charger LCH-9
Compact Desktop Charging Stand DCV-1B
Transmitting power
Weight
Technical information
Memory locations Phone
Troubleshooting
What is my lock code?
Why doesn’t the phone answer a call when I press any keys?
How do I unlock my phone?
How do I lock my phone?
How do I lock the keypad?
What is my security code?
How do I unlock the keypad?
How do I make the ringing louder?
How do I redial the last-dialed number?
How do I find my phone’s model number?
Press twice. See Redial the last-dialed number on
How do I assign a key to 1-touch dialing?
How do I find out how many memory locations the phone has?
Battery cover, under the first bar code. Or press
Press Names and scroll to Options. Press Select
How do I find my phone’s Imei number?
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Index
Call costs features 56 call forwarding 43 call log
Clock alarm
Missed calls Network services Phone book
FAQ Fixed dialing Games
Sending Sending with text 85 viewing Power key 5 Press
Emergency calls 106 END key
Recognition Play back a voice tag 49 voice mail
Volume earpiece 13 keypad tones 58 ringing Welcome note
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