Easylife Easyphone EL5860 User manual

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:

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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

3

5

8

10

1

9

2

4

6

7

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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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