Easylife Easyphone EL5860 User manual

Brand: Easylife

Model: Easyphone EL5860

Category: Mobile phones

Type: User manual

Easylife Easyphone EL5860

Easylife Easyphone EL5860 is a mobile phone with large buttons and a clear display, making it easy to use even for people with impaired vision or dexterity. It has a built-in hands-free speakerphone, so you can talk without holding the phone, and a long-lasting battery that provides up to 10 hours of talk time. The EL5860 also has a number of features designed to make it easy to use, including a simple menu system, large, backlit buttons, and a talking keypad that announces the numbers as you press them.

With its combination of ease of use and affordability, the Easylife Easyphone EL5860 is a great choice for anyone looking for a simple and reliable mobile phone. Here are some of the things you can do with your EL5860:

Easylife Easyphone EL5860

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Model No. EL5860

Please read carefully before use and keep for future reference

Imported and distributed by Easylife Group Ltd, London NW1 0JP

Customer service: 0871 855 6100

For more innovative products from Easylife please visit:

www.easylifegroup.com

DISPOSAL

• Pleaserespecttheenvironment!

• Disposeofthepackagingaccording

tothelocalrecyclingregulations.

• Disposeoftheapplianceatthe

endofitslifespanaccordingto

environmental considerations.

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Easylife Group Ltd

11-13King’sTerrace

London

NW1 0JP

ThisproductcarriestheCEmark.

BIG BOLD

NUMBERS

FOR

FIDDLE-FREE

DIALLING

Dear Customer

ThankyouforpurchasingtheBig

ButtonEasyphone.

Mobilephonesaregreatfor

convenienceandcondence.But

whyarethekeypadssosmall?Often

they’rehardtouse,evenhardtosee

withoutreadingglasses.Thankfully

theBigButtonEasyPhoneredresses

thebalance.Thetouch-sensitive

keypadmakesdiallingrefreshingly

easy.ThelargeLCDdisplayisclear

andhighlylegible.Andthefunctions

arepracticalinawaythat

makes sense.

CONTENTS

Safety precautions .................... Pg4-5

Parts list ..................................... Pg6-9

MountingtheSIMcard ............... Pg10

Chargingthebattery .................. Pg11

SwitchingyourphoneON/OFF .. Pg12

Making/answeringcalls ............ Pg13

Select functions and options ...... Pg13

Usingthepersonal

handsfreehandset ..................... Pg14

Guidanceonentrymethods ..Pg14-16

General information ..............Pg17-19

Phonebook ........................... Pg20-22

Textmessage ........................ Pg23-29

Calllog ....................................... Pg30

Multimedia ............................. Pg31-34

Organiser ..............................Pg35-38

Settings .................................Pg39-43

Important information ............Pg44-50

Batteryinformation ................ Pg51-53

Usage&Maintenance...........Pg54-57

Emergencycalls ....................Pg58-59

Troubleshooting ................... Pg60-62

Manual Statement .................... Pg63

AvailableAccessories ............... Pg63

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

• Beforeusingyourphone,please

readthefollowingimportant

information to eliminate or reduce

anypossibilitycausingdamage

and personal injury.

• Donotusewirelessphones

w h i l e  d r i v i n g . 

• Switchoffwirelessdevicesinan

aircraft.Thesignalmaycause

interference.Usingthemonaircraft

i s  i l l e g a l . 

• Donotusemobilephoneswhere

blastingisinprogress.Followany

r e g u l a t i o n s  a n d  r u l e s  s t r i c t l y . 

• Donotusemobilephonesat

refuelingpoints.Don’tusenearfuel

orchemicals.

• Followregulationsorrulesin

hospitalandhealthcarefacilities.

Switchphoneoffnearmedical

equipment.

• Allwirelessdevicesmayget

interferencethatcouldaffect

performance.

• Onlyqualiedservicepersonnel

c a n  i n s t a l l  o r  r e p a i r  t h i s  d e v i c e . 

• Useonlyapprovedaccessories

and batteries.

•  U s e  o n l y  i n  n o r m a l  p o s i t i o n . 

• Donotexposeyourphoneto

extremehightemperaturesabove

+60°C(+140°F).

• Donotuseanythingstatictoclean

y o u r  p h o n e . 

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PARTS LIST

Mobilephone

Chargerandplug

Hands free adaptor

Instructions

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PARTS LIST (continued)

Note: In idle mode, press UP

directionkeytoenterthemain

menu,usethegreenbutton(3)

to enter functions and select

options. If you want to delete

somethingyouentered,please

pressreturnkey(4)todelete.

1. Receiver

2. DisplayScreen

3. Dialkey/Leftkey(green)

4. Powerkey/Returnkey

5. UP/Downdirectionkey(red)

6. Number key

7. USBport

8. SOSkey

9. Speaker

10.Torch

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MOUNTING THE SIM CARD/

MICRO SD CARD (T-Flash card -

max. 3.2GB)

• KeepallSIMcardsoutof

c h i l d r e n ’ s  r e a c h . 

• PleaseconsultwithyourSIMcard

dealer on SIM card services and its

usages.TheSIMcarddealercould

betheserviceprovider,network

o p e r a t o r  o r  o t h e r  r e l a t e d  d e a l e r s . 

Note:Alwaysmakesurethephoneis

switchedoffbeforeyouinsertor

removetheSIMcard,otherwise

i t  m a y  d a m a g e  t h e  S I M  c a r d . 

1.Removethebatterycovercarefully

byinsertingyourngerora

non-metallicobjectinthebaseof

thephoneandseparateitfrom

thephone.

2.InserttheSIMcard,withthenotch

attheupperleftandmakesurethe

goldcontactsarefacedowninthe

card slot.

3.Replacethebatteryandclosethe

covertightly.

CHARGING THE BATTERY

1.ConnecttheUSBlead/power

l e a d  t o  t h e  p h o n e . 

2.PlugtheUSBlead/powerlead

into a UK mains outlet.

3.Whenyourphoneindicatesthat

thebatteryisfullycharged,remove

theUSBlead/powerleadfromthe

phoneandpowersource.

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SWITCHING YOUR PHONE ON/OFF

1.Pressandholdthepowerkey(4)

forafewsecondstoswitchyour

phoneon.

2.Ifthephoneasksforaphonelock

code,enterthephonelockcode,

andpressOK.

3 .  T h e  d e f a u l t  c o d e  i s  1 2 3 4 . 

4.IfthephoneasksforaPINcode,

enterthePINcode,andpressOK.

ThePINcodeisusuallysupplied

withtheSIMcard.Pleaseconsult

your network operator for

more information.

5.Pressandholdpower

key(4)forafewseconds

t o  s w i t c h  y o u r  p h o n e  o f f . 

MAKING/ANSWERING CALLS

1.Enterthephonenumber(with

theareacode).Accordingtoyour

requirements,enterthecountry

c o d e  a n d  /  o r  d i a l i n g  c o d e . 

2.Pressthepickupkey(3)tomake

a call.

3.Toansweranincomingcall,press

thepickupkey(3).Toendorreject

anincoming/ongoingcall,pressthe

hangupkey(4).

SELECT FUNCTIONS & OPTIONS

Thismobilephoneprovidesa

series of functions for you to use

andcustom.Thesefunctionsor

optionsarearrangedinthemenu

andsubmenus.Youcanusetheleft

orreturnkey(3)toexecutethese

functionsindicatedattheleftorright

ofthepromptbaronthescreen.

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USING THE PERSONAL HANDS

FREE HANDSET

Connectthehandsfreehandset

toyourmobilephone,youcanstill

answercallsandusethemicrophone

withoutholdingthephone.This

devicecanalsobeusedtocharge

yourphonebyconnectingittothe

USBplugadapterorPC/Mac.

GUIDANCE ON DATA

ENTRY METHODS

Thisphoneprovidesinputmethodsof

Abc,abc,Numeric(123)andothers,

etc.Thiscanbeusedtoeditthe

phonebook,textmessages,alarms

andothertextapplications.

1 .  S w i t c h  I n p u t  M e t h o d s 

Press#keytoswitchtheinput

methods,usethedirectionkey

tomoviethebar,andthenpress

left key select. If you want to input

specialsymbols,suchas“.!?=<

>”,etc.,pleasefollowthestepsas

below:

Pressthe*keytodisplaythe

symbols.PresstheUp/Down,to

movethecursorinthesymbol

table, and select one symbol.

Presstherightsoftkeytocancel

thesymbolsselection.

2 .  N u m e r i c  I n p u t  M e t h o d 

Whentheiconoftheinputmethod

is“123”,pressthenumberkeysto

enterthenumbersdirectly.

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GUIDANCE ON DATA

ENTRY METHODS (continued)

3. How to input a letter

Whentheiconis“Abc”or“abc”,

pressthenumberkeys(2to9)

repeatedlyuntilthedesiredletter

appearinthetextarea.Pressthe

numberkeyoncefortherstletter.

Presstwiceforthesecondletter.

So,pressnumberkeystoreach

t h e  d e s i r e d  l e t t e r  i n  t h e  s a m e  w a y . 

Press0toenterablankspaceor“0”.

Note:Whileusingthenumericentry,

pleaseswitchtothemethodof

Abcorabcrstifablankspace

isrequired,andthenpress0to

enter a blank space.

GENERAL INFORMATION

1 .  A n t e n n a 

Useofotherantennadevicescould

damageyourmobilephoneand

reduceperformance.Yourphonehas

a built-in antenna area unnecessarily

whenthephoneisswitchedon.

Contactwiththeantennaaffectscall

qualityandmaycausethephoneto

operateatahigherpowerlevelthan

otherwiseneeded.

2 .  N e t w o r k  S e r v i c e 

Alotoffeaturesdescribedinthis

manual are called network service.

Theyarespecialservicesprovidedby

wirelessserviceproviders.Youshould

subscribetotheseservicesfrom

yourhomeserviceproviderandlearn

instructions onuses before you select

thenetworkyouwanttouse.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

(continued)

3 .  A c c e s s o r i e s 

Lithiumbatteryisthemanufacturer-

approvedrechargeablebattery

availableforyourphone.Maybesome

batteries perform best after several

f u l l  c h a r g e / d i s c h a r g e  c y c l e s . 

Useonlybatteries,chargersand

accessoriesapprovedbythephone

manufacturerforusewiththis

particular model.

Theuseofanyothertypeswill

invalidate any approval or warranty

applyingtothephone,andmaybe

d a n g e r o u s . 

Pleaseconsultwithyourdealerfor

availability of approved accessories.

4 .  P h o n e  L o c k  C o d e 

Thefactorysettingforthephonelock

codeis1234.Toavoidunauthorized

useofyourphone,youcanchange

thecodeintheSettings>Security

Setup. Remember your new code and

write down in a safe place.

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PHONE BOOK

ToaccessthePhoneBookpressthe

˄(UP)buttononceandselectthe

‘phonebook’iconinthetopleftcorner

bypressingthegreenbutton.Youwill

bedirectedtoanothermenuthatwill

showthefollowing10options,simply

pressthegreenbuttontoselectany

oneoftheseoptionsandfollowthe

instructionsonthescreen.

1.Call:Youcanmakeacalltothe

number.

2.Writemessage:Thisfunction

enables you send

aSMS/MMS.

3.Edit:Editthecontact’snameand

number.

4.Viewcontact:viewdetailsandedit

yourphonenumber.

5.Delete:Youcanselecttodelete

entriesfromtheSIMcard/

phone.

6.Deletemultiple:Deletemultiple

contacts in your

phonebook.

7.Export/Import:Exportthecontacts

fromSIMcard&

phonememory/

Importthebackup

from memory card.

8.Addtoblacklist

Thisfunctionenablesyouaddsome

numberstoblacklistifyoudon’t

wanttoreceivethisnumbertocallor

message.

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PHONE BOOK (continued)

9 .  A d d  ( N e w  C o n t a c t ) 

• ToSIM:Presstheleftkeytoselect

OKtostarttoeditthe

contact’snameandphone

number.

• ToPhone:Youcanaddthe

contact’sname,phone

number and so on.

1 0 .  O t h e r s 

Youcancheckthememorystatusand

setupthespeeddialnumber.

Speed dial number: In standby mode,

longpressing2,3,4...9,*(starkey)

and#keytoquicklydialthenumber

y o u  h a v e  s e t . 

TEXT MESSAGES

Only when your network operator

supports this service, you can use

the function.

Toaccess,manageandcomposea

textmessagepressthe˄(UP)button

once,usingthe˅(DOWN)button

scrolldownoptiontothemessage

iconandthenpressthegreenbutton

toselectthemessagesub-menu.

1. WriteMessage:Inthemessage

sub-menupressthegreenbutton

onceforNo.1‘writemessage’.

Thiswillthendirectyoutoanother

screenwhereyoucancompose

yourtextmessage.Thisphone

doesnotsupportpredictivetext

messaging.Youcanchangethe

casesettingsfromnormal,upper,

lowerandnumericandthe

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TEXT MESSAGES (continued)

 languagebysimplypressingthe

hashbuttononce.Thiswilldirect

youtoanothermenuwhereyou

canselectoneoftheseoptions.

Pressthegreenbuttontoselect

yourchosemessagesetting.

2. Inbox:Inthemessagesub-menu

scrolldowntoNo.2‘Inbox’and

pressthegreenbuttononce.You

cannowselectanincomingtext

messagebypressingthegreen

buttononce.Youwillthenbe

directedtoanothersub-menuthat

willgiveyou11options.Simply

pressthegreenbuttononceto

selectanyoftheseoptions.

3. Outbox:Youcanviewyourunsent

messagesbyscrollingdownto

No.3‘Outbox’andpressingthe

greenbuttononce.Toselecta

messagesimplypressthegreen

buttononce.Youwillnowhave9

options,pressthegreenbutton

oncetoselectanyofthese

options.

4. Drafts:Ifyouhavesaveda

messageitwillbeheldinthe

‘drafts’sub-menu.Simplyscroll

downtoNo.4‘Drafts’inthe

messagesub-menuandpress

thegreenbuttononce.Pressthe

greenbuttononceagainbelow

‘options’andyouwillnowhavea

choiceof8options,simplypress

thegreenbuttontoselectanyone

ofthese.

5. Sentbox:Youcanviewyoursent

messagesinthemessagesub-

menubyscrollingdowntoNo.5

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TEXT MESSAGES (continued)

 ‘Sentbox’.Simplypressthegreen

button once to select any one of

thesemessagesandyouwillbe

given9optionstochoosefrom.

Simplypressthegreenbutton

once more to select any one of

theseoptions.

6. Templates:Inthemessage

sub-menu scroll down to No.6

‘Templates’whereyoucanadd,

viewandeditamessagetemplate

ofyourchoice.Oncesavedyou

canthensendthesemessage

templateswhenyoucomposea

newtextmessage.Simplypress

thegreenbuttononcetoselecta

messagetoedit,composeyour

messageandthenpressthe

greenbuttonagaintoconrm.

Thismessagewillnowbesaved

in your templates.

7. Broadcastmessage:Your

network provider may send you

messages,toreceivethese

scrolldowntoNo.7‘Broadcast

Messages’andpressthegreen

buttononce.Pressthegreen

buttonagainandscrolldown

tooption3‘settings’.Youcan

selecttoreceivemessagesfrom

your network provider by simply

selectingtheOn/OFFoption.

8. Voicemailservice:Thevoice

mailserviceismuchlikean

answeringphone,shouldyoufail

toansweranincomingcallitwill

dulytransfertovoicemail.Inthe

messagesub-menuscrolldown

toNo.8‘VoiceMailServer’

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to listen and edit your

voicemessages.

9. Deleteall:Inthemessagesub-

menuscrolldowntooptionNo.9

‘Deleteall’whereyoucandelete

messagesinyourinbox,sentbox,

outboxanddraftmessages.

Simplypressthegreenbuttonto

selectanyoneoftheseoptions.

10. Messagecapacity:Youcancheck

themessagecapacitybyscrolling

downtooptionNo.10‘Message

capacity’.Simplypressthegreen

buttononceandusingthescroll

button you can view your SIM and

phonememorycapacity.

11. SMSSettings:Youcancongure

thedefaultinformationregarding

yourSMSpropertiesbyscrolling

down to option No.11 ‘ SMS

settings’.Simplypressthegreen

button once to select any one of

theseoption.

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CALL LOG

Withthisfunction,youcanviewyour

missed calls, dialed calls, received

calls, rejected calls and you can also

managetheserecordsviathedelete

alloption.Toaccessandmanage

yourcalllogsimplypressthe˄(UP)

buttononcethenusingthe˅(DOWN)

buttonscrolldowntothe‘CallLogs’

icon.Pressthegreenbuttonto

s e l e c t  a n y  o f  t h e  f o l l o w i n g  o p t i o n s . 

1.MissedCalls:Displaysthelistof

r e c e n t  m i s s e d  p h o n e  n u m b e r s ; 

2.DialedCalls:Displaysthelistof

r e c e n t  d i a l e d  p h o n e  n u m b e r s ; 

3.ReceivedCalls:Displaysthelistof

r e c e n t  r e c e i v e d  p h o n e  n u m b e r s . 

4.Deleteall:Youcandeleteall

records.

MULTIMEDIA

Toaccessthemultimediaoptions

simplypressthe˄(UP)buttononce

thenusingthe˅(DOWN)buttonscroll

downtothe‘Multimedia’icon.Press

thegreenbuttontoselectanyofthe

followingoptions.

1. Recorder

Youcantakeasoundrecording(use

asaDictaphone)inthisfunction;

simplypressthegreenbuttontostart

arecording.Note.Youwillneeda

micro-SDcard(T-Flashcard-max.

3.2GB)toenablethisfunction(not

supplied).

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2 .  A u d i o 

Inthemusicplayerinterface,select

thefollowingoptionstoperformthe

followingfunctions:

•  P l a y :  T o  p l a y  t h e  s p e c i  e d  m u s i c . 

• MusicList:Youcanrefreshthe

musiclelistofthememorycard.

Foranyrecordyoucanperformthe

followingoperations:Play,Return

t o  p l a y ,  S e t  a s  r i n g t o n e ,  a n d  s o  o n , 

• Repeat>youcanselectOff,

O n e  o r  A l l . 

• BackgroundPlay>PressRed

keytoenterBackgroundPlay,the

music will continue to play even if

youexitthePlayingScreen(music

willstopwhenacalliscoming).

Note1:Thecurrentsystemdoesnot

supportsomeMP3withanon-

standard format.

Note2:Press*or#Keytoadjust

thevolume.

3.Video

Youcanplayvideosthatarestoredon

yourSDcard(SDcardnotprovided).

4.FMradio

Youcanuseyourphonetolisten

toFMradiostations.Pressgreen

buttontoenterthisoption,thenyou

canselect:play/pause,Autosearch,

Channellistandsoon.Toadjustthe

volumesimplypressthe*‘star’keyto

decreasethevolume,toincreasethe

volumepressthe#‘hashtag’button

t o  i n c r e a s e  t h e  v o l u m e . 

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5.Image

Youcanuploadanddownloadimages

toyourphonebyinsertingtheUSB

cablesuppliedintoyourPCorMac.

Whenthecableisconnectedtothe

phoneyouwillnote3optionsare

displayed–Charging,UDiskandPC

connecting.ScrolldowntoUDiskand

pressthegreenbuttontoconrm.You

willthenseeanAutoplaymessage

appearonyourPCorMac.Youcan

thenuploadanddownloadimages

savedinyour‘Wallpaper’.Please

notethatanSDcardisrequiredto

usethisoption(notsupplied)

ORGANIZER

Toaccesstheorganizeroptions

simplypressthe˄(UP)buttononce

thenusingthe˅(DOWN)buttonscroll

downtothe‘organizer’icon.Press

thegreenbuttontoselectanyofthe

f o l l o w i n g  o p t i o n s . 

1.Torch

YoucanturnthetorchONandOFF

bysimplyscrollingdowntooption

No.1‘torch’andthenpressthegreen

buttononce.SelectONbypressing

thegreenbuttononcetoturnthe

torchON,toturnthetorchOFFselect

OFFandpressthegreenbutton

toconrm.

2 .  A l a r m 

Themobilephoneprovidesseveral

alarmsandyoucansetthemasyour

need.ScrolldowntooptionNo.2

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‘alarm’andpressthegreenbutton

once.Thereare3alarmsettings,

usethescrollbuttonstoaccesseach

ofthese.Pressthegreenbuttonto

activateandediteachofthese.

3 .  C a l e n d a r 

Youcanviewdatewiththisfunction,

alsoyoucanaddnewschedule

accordingtoyourneed.Scrolldown

tooptionNo.3‘calendar’andpress

thegreenbuttononce.Youwill

nowseethedatesinthatcalendar

month.ToByusingthescrollbuttons

itispossibletosetupareminder/

schedule.Simplyscrolltothedate

requiredandpressthegreenbutton

once. You will now be directed to

anothermenuwith4furtheroptions.

Allofwhichcanbeselectedby

followingtheinstructionson

thescreen.

4 .  C a l c u l a t o r 

Thecalculatorcanadd,subtract,

multiplyanddivide.Press*toinput

point.Presstheup,down,andthe

greenbuttontoselect+,-,*,/,=

respectively. Press Return key to

deletethegure.

5.  M y l e s 

Youcanusethefunctiontomanage

alltypesoflessavedinthememory

c a r d  a n d  o n  t h e  p h o n e . 

6.Bluetooth

Bluetooth:Openorclose

theBluetooth

Bluetoothvisibility:Openorclose

thevisibility.

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ORGANIZER (continued)

Paireddevice:Showthedevicewhich

is connected

Devicename:Showoffthename

ofBluetooth.

BluetoothleStorage:Youcanselect

Storagememorycard.

Help:Youcanreadsomehelpful

informationthatmayassistyou.

SETTINGS

1 .  P h o n e  S e t t i n g s 

• Languagesettings:Selectthe

desiredlanguageforthe

displaytext.

• TimeandDate:YoucansetTime/

DateandTimeFormat.

• DisplaySettings:Youcancongure

thewallpaper,Contrast,Keypad

backlighttime,Autokeypadlock

and so on.

2 .  C a l l  S e t t i n g s 

• Networkselection:choicethe

modesofsearchingthephone

network,includingAutoand

Manual modes.

• CallDivert>Thisnetworkservice

allowsyoutodivertyourincoming

callstoanthernumber.Fordetails,

contact your service provider.

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