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