Nokia 6310 I Manual

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1. Your phone
■Keys and connectors
1.Power key, 
Switches the phone on and off.
While in the phone book or in menu 
functions, or when the keypad is locked, 
pressing the power key briefly turns the 
phone’s display lights on for 
approximately 15 seconds.
2.Volume keys
The upper key increases and the lower key 
decreases the earpiece (and headset) 
volume.
3.Selection keys,   and 
The function of the keys depends on the 
guiding text shown on the display...

12Copyright © 2004 Nokia. All rights reserved Shows the signal strength of the 
cellular network at your current 
location. The higher the bar, the 
stronger the signal.
Shows the battery charge level. The 
higher the bar, the more power in the 
battery.
Other essential indicators in standby mode:
You have received one or several text 
or picture messages. See Reading and 
replying to a message or an e-mail on 
page 28.
You have received one or several 
voice messages. See Voice messages 
on page 29.
The...

Getting started
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2. Getting started
■Installing the SIM card and 
the battery
Keep all miniature SIM cards out of the reach 
of small children.
 The SIM card and its contacts can easily be 
damaged by scratches or bending, so be 
careful when handling, inserting or 
removing the card.
 Before installing the SIM card, always 
make sure that the phone is switched off 
and then remove the battery.
1. With the back of the phone facing you, 
press the release...

Getting started
14Copyright © 2004 Nokia. All rights reserved The charging time depends on the charger 
and the battery used. For example, charging a 
BPS-2 battery with the ACP-12 charger takes 
about 1 hours and 40 minutes.
■Switching the phone on and 
off
Press and hold the power key,  .
Note that if the phone displays SIM card not 
supported even though the SIM card is 
properly inserted, contact your network 
operator or service provider. Your phone does 
not support 5 Volt SIM cards and the card...

Getting started
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■Keypad lock (Keyguard)
You can lock the keypad to prevent the keys 
being accidentally pressed.
Locking the keypad
In standby mode, press Menu and then 
 within 1.5 seconds to lock the 
keypad.
When the keypad is locked,   appears 
at the top of the display.
Unlocking the keypad
Press Unlock and then   within 1.5 
seconds to unlock the keypad.
When keyguard is on
To answer a call, press   . During a 
call, the phone can be operated...

Call functions
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3. Call functions
■Making a call
1. Key in the phone number, including the 
area code. To edit the number on the 
display, press   or   to move 
the cursor and Clear to delete the 
character to the left of the cursor.
For international calls, press   twice 
for the international prefix (the + 
character replaces the international 
access code) and then key in the country 
code, area code and the phone number.
2. Press   to call the number.
3....

Call functions
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■Answering or rejecting an 
incoming call
Press   to answer the incoming call and 
press   to end the call.
Press   to reject the incoming call.
If you press Silence, only the ringing tone is 
muted. Then either answer or reject the call.
Tip: If the Divert if busy function is 
activated to divert the calls, for 
example to your voice mailbox, 
rejecting an incoming call will also 
divert the call. See Call divert on 
page 32.
Call waiting
You...

Writing text
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4. Writing text
You can key in text in two different ways, 
using the traditional method, or another 
method called predictive text input.
■Using traditional text input
The indicator   is shown on the top left of 
the display when you are writing text using 
the traditional text input. 
 Press a number key,   to  , 
repeatedly until the desired character 
appears. All the characters available under 
a number key are not printed on the key. 
The...

Writing text
Copyright © 2004 Nokia. All rights reserved19 For example, to write Nokia when the 
English dictionary is selected, press   
for N,   for o,   for k,   for 
i and   for a:
In addition to the number keys, you can 
use other keys as follows:
 To delete a character to the left of the 
cursor, press Clear. Press and hold 
Clear to delete the characters more 
quickly.
 To change the character case, press 
, and to change between letter 
and number mode, press and hold 
.
 To insert a symbol,...

Phone book (Names)
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5. Phone book (Names)
You can save names and phone numbers in 
the phone’s memory (internal phone book) or 
in the SIM card’s memory (SIM phone book).
 The internal phone book can save up to 
500 names with numbers and textual 
notes for each name. The total amount of 
names that can be saved depends on the 
length of the names, numbers and text 
items. 
 The phone supports SIM cards that can 
save up to 250 names and phone numbers....