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Wonderful Communication, Mobile Life Welcome to use HUAWEI C5300 CDMA Mobile phones from Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. HUAWEI C5300 CDMA Mobile Phone User Manual...
Safety Precautions Before using the phone, please read the safety precautions carefully and let your children know these, so that you can use your phone correctly and safely. For details, see “Warnings and Precautions”. Do not switch your phone on when the use of mobile phones is prohibited or when the phone may cause interference or danger.
Content 1 Getting to Know Your Phone ..................1 Phone and Accessories ................1 Your Phone ....................2 2 Getting Started....................4 Installing the Battery and the UIM Card............. 4 Charging the Battery ................... 7 Powering Your Phone On or Off ..............9 Using the Function Menu................
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Deleting a Message ................... 22 Setting Voice Mail ..................23 Setting Auto Save ..................24 Setting Auto Delete ................... 24 Setting Priority ..................24 Setting Delivery Ack ................. 24 Setting the Memory In Use ............... 25 Setting Deferred Delivery ................. 25 Setting Validity Period ................
Quick Guide Certificate of Quality Optional Parts Quantity Headset If any of the items or any page of C5300 Mobile Phone Use r Manual is missing, contact the local dealer. You can buy the optional part based on your requirements.
1 Getting to Know Your Phone Your Phone Strap eyelet Camera Headset jack Earpiece Antenna Screeen Camera lens Loudspeaker Charger connector/Data cable connector...
Key Description The following table describes key functions. Description During an ongoing call, press it to end the call. Press and hold it to power your phone on or off. In any menu, press it to return to the home screen. Press it to make or answer a call.
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1 Getting to Know Your Phone Description In the standby mode, press it to activate the camera. Icon Description The following table describes screen icons. Icon Description Indicates the signal strength. The more the bars are, the stronger the signal is. Indicates that there is an ongoing call.
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1 Getting to Know Your Phone Connector Description Your phone provides two connectors. Connector Description Charger At the bottom of your phone. You can connect the connector/Data travel charger or data cable to it. cable connector Headset jack At the upper left of your phone. You can connect the headset to it.
Getting Started Installing the Battery and the UIM Card A User Identity Module (UIM) card contains the mobile phone number and service details. You can save phone numbers, text messages and personal information to the UIM car d. Use your UIM card with care. aution: Keep the UIM card out of the reach of children.
2 Getting Started Place the bottom of the battery in the bottom battery compartment. Make sure that the contact electrode of the battery and that of the battery compartment are facing each other. Press the battery down into the compartment and then slide back the cover. Removing the Battery If your phone is on, press and hold to power off it.
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2 Getting Started Press the battery release latch down and take out the battery. Installing the UIM Card Power off your phone and remove the battery. Make sure that the contact electrode faces down and the beveled corner is pointing up.
2 Getting Started Slide the UIM card into the cardholder. Removing the UIM Card Power off your phone and remove the battery. Slide UIM card out of the cardholder. Charging the Battery Use the approved battery and charger only. For details,concult the local dealer. Precautions Do not use a damaged battery and charger.
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2 Getting Started Before using the travel charger, make sure that the battery is installed. The battery discharges automatically if it is not used for a long time. In this case, recharge the battery before using it. If you use a new battery or the battery is not used for a long time, you may need to connect the charger and then disconnect and reconnect it to start the charging.
2 Getting Started Caution: To avoid damage to the phone or the charger connector, do not remove the charger forcibly. Powering Your Phone On or Off Press and hold to power on or power off your phone. If the phone lock or the Personal Identity Number (PIN) code function is enabled, you need to enter the phone lock code or PIN code on power-on.
2 Getting Started Using the Function Menu In the standby mode, press (Menu). Press the arrow keys to select the function menu. Press (Select) to display the selected menu. You can access a submenu in two ways: Press to scroll to a submenu. Then press (Select) to access it.
Voice Services Making an Emergency Call efore making an emergency c ll, make sure that: Your phone is powered on. The signal is strong enough. ou can make an emergency call when: The UIM card is not inserted Your phone is locked or the UIM card is blocked. e keypad is locked.
3 Voice Services Making a Voic e Call M king a Call through the Keypad In the standby mode, enter the phone n umber. If the e ntere d number is wrong, press (Clear). Press to dial. Press to cancel the dialing. Making a Call from Dialed Calls Press (Menu) and se...
3 Voice Services In the standby mode, press (Menu) and s elect Settings > Call Settings > Any-key Answer. On: Enable the any-k ey answer function. Off: Disable the any-key answer function. Answer a Call Through the Heads In the standby mode, press (Menu) and select Profiles >...
3 Voice Services consult your service provider. In the standby mode, press (Menu) and select Settings > Call Settings > Voice Privacy. Standard: Disable the voice p rivac y function. nhanced: Enable the voice priv acy function. Call Forwarding In the standby mode, press (Menu) and select Settings >...
3 Voice Services phone auto redials the phone number. By defa ult, your phone auto redials four tim s. In the standby mode, press (Menu) and select Settings > Call Settings > Auto Redial for the followin g options: On : Enable t he auto redial function.
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3 Voice Services View details of a contact. Call Memo: Privacy: Set the voice privacy function. For details, see "Voice Voice Privac y" on page 13. End Call: End the call. Note: The third party call is network dependent. For details, consult your service provider.
Text Entry Introduction to the Text Input Mode You can enter English lette rs a numbers. The right upper corner of the display shows the current text input mode. While entering text, you can change the put mode by ressing Indicator Text Input Mode Indicator...
4 Text Entry Entering English Smart English Input In the "eZiEn" input mode, do as follows in order to enter English. Press the corresp ondin g numeric key, and then the phone displays some candidate w ords. Press and select the desired word. Press and confirm your selection.
4 Text Entry Press to select the symbol. ntering Number In the "123" mode, press the numeric key labeled with the desire d number. In the "ABC" or "abc" mode, press a numeric key repeated until the desired number appears on the screen o r press and hold the numeric key to enter the number.
Messages The phone enables you to send or receive messages. You can save the m essages to your phone or the UIM card. Your phone can save up to 100 messages and the capacity of the UIM car d decides how many messages it can save. Common Phrase Your phone prov...
5 Messages View: View details of the group. Add: Add a contact to the group. Rename: Rename the group. Delete All: Delete all contacts in the g roup. Writing and Sending a Message Press (Menu) and select Messages > Write Message. Enter the content.
5 Messages Viewing the Inbox The inbox saves received m ages. When there is a new message, the phone plays the lert or vibrates and displayed on the screen. If is displayed, the message memory is full. Press (Vie w) to view the message and press (Back) to quit.
5 Messages Inbox: Delete messages in the Inbox. You can select Delete All or Delivery Ack (delivery report). Outbox: Delete messages in the Outbox. Draft: Delete messages in the Draft. UIM Card: Delete all the messages saved in the UIM card. Phone: D te the messages saved in your one.
5 Messages Setting Auto Save Press (Menu) and select Messages > Message Settings > Auto Save. On: Enable the auto save function. Messages are auto saved after sending. Sent messages are save to the Outbox and those failed to send are saved to the Draft.
5 Messages Setting the Memory In Use Press (Menu) and select Messages > Message Settings > Memory In Use. Phone: Save messages to your phone. UIM Card: Save messages to the UIM card. Setting Deferred Delivery Press (Menu) and select Messages > Message Settings > Deferred Delivery.
Phonebook You can save the contact information including name and phone number to the phonebook and do the searching and calling operations. You can save contacts to your phone or the UIM card. Your phone can save up to 500 contacts and the UIM card capacity decides how many contacts it can save.
6 Phonebook Searching for a Contact Press (Menu) and select Phonebook > Search. Enter the name and press (OK). See "Text Entry" on page 17. Press to search the contact. Press (View) to view details and (Options) for the following options: Edit: Modify or view the contact.
6 Phonebook If the UIM card is bei ng used for storage, press (OK) after entering the name and the gene ral number. If the phone is being used for storage, press (OK) after resetting the name and other options. Press (Save) to save the contact;...
6 Phonebook Press (Options) and select Copy To UIM or Copy To Phone. If the deta ils s aved in UIM card, then select Copy To Phone to copy this details to the phone memory. If the details s aved in phone memory, then select Copy To UIM to copy this details to UIM card.
6 Phonebook Viewing the Contacts in a Group Press (Menu) and select Phonebook > Groups. Press to select a group. Press (Options) and select View to view all contacts in th e gro To view a specific contact in a group, press (Options) for the following options: Contacts Details: View the detailed in...
6 Phonebook If a speed dial number is alread y assigned to the key, press (Optio ns) fo r any of the following options: : chan ge the existing speed dial number. Change : dele te the existing speed dial number. Delete Saving My Phone Number Press...
Profiles There are six preset profiles in your phone. You can select a favorite profile as desired. You can also cus tomize the existing profiles. Selecting a Profile In the standby mode, press (Menu) and select Profiles. Press to select any of these profiles: General, Meeting, Silent, ing, Headset, and Carkit.
7 Profiles In the General, Outdoor, and Carkit mode, you can set the following items. Volume: Adjust the v olume of the Ringer (0-4 level), Earpiece (1-4 level) and Key (0-4 level). Vibration: Enable or disable vibration. Ring Tone: Set a ring tone for incoming calls. 20 ring tones are availa ble.
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7 Profiles Select On to enable the headset ring function. W ith this function enabled and the alert type set to Ring, yo u can hear the ring over the headset when there is an incoming call or a new message. Select Off to disable the headset ring function.
Camera You can take ph otos in the JPEG format with the built-in camera. Note: In the standby mode, press to activate the camera. Setting the Camera In the standby mode, select Menu > Camera . Select Options > Settings to set the following items: Resolution: You can select 64*48, 128*96, 320*240 or 640*480.
8 Camera Ta ing a Picture In the standby mod e, select Menu > Camera to activate the camera. Focus the camera lens on the object to take photo of. Then select Option to select: Effect: Set the effect of the photo. For details, see "Setting the Effect" o page 38".
8 Camera After focusing the camera lens on an obj , press . Then you phone takes multiple photos in a rapid succession and saves them For details, see page "Setting the Camera" on page 35. Select Delete to delete photos or press to save photos (the latest photo are deleted first) .
8 Camera Setting the Effect In the standby mode, select Menu > Camera . Select Option > Special Effects. Press to scroll to B k and white, Negative, Puce, Embossment, Sketch or U V focus. Select Select or press to select the effect. Select Off to deactivate the fun ction.
Security Setting Phone Lock Phone lock protects your phone from unauthorized use. The phone is unlocked when you buy it. You can change the default phone lock code (0000) into any personal code (4 digits to 8 digits). If the phone lo ck is enabled, every time you power on the phone, the phone prom...
9 Security UIM card. If they ar e not delivered or you forget them, contact your service provider. ote: If you enter wrong PINs for 3 times, the phone prompts you to enter the correct PUK. If you ente r wrong PUKs for 15 times, the UIM card is invalid. Contact the service provider for a new card.
9 Security Restoring Factory Settings Press (Menu) and select Settings > Security > Restore Factory Settings. Enter the phone lock code and press (OK) to restore the factory settings.
FM Radio There is an embedded radio in the phone. You can listen to the radio by simply inserting the headset. Th e headset cable is used as the antenna. autions: Use an approved headset only. Adjust the volume when using the headset. A very high volume may damage your hearing.
10 FM Radio Notes: If the radio is on, the phone does not prompt "Radio On" when you enter the radio interface from other interfaces. After the radio is on, you can perform some other operations. Switching Off the Radio After the radio is on, you can do the following operations to switch off the radio.
10 FM Radio The frequency 87.5 MHz is selected by default. Therefore, if you listen to the radio for the first time, you will listen to the program broadcast on 87.5 MHz. In the broadcasting interface of the radio, press to change the channel and press to adjust the volume.
10 FM Radio Adding a Channel to the List Search for or set a frequency. For details, see "Auto Tuning" on P45, "Manual Tuning" on P46 and "Setting a Frequency" on P44. Press (Options) and select Save Channel. Select a channel in the channel list and press (OK).
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10 FM Radio Press (Save) to add the current frequency to the channel list and return to the main interface of the radio. Press (Back) to stop tuning and return to the broadcasting interface. Manual Tuning Press (Menu) and select FM Radio. Press (Options) and select Manual Tuning.
Data Services Your phone can be used as a high-spee d modem if connected to a desktop PC or a laptop, allowing you to enjoy wirele ss services anywhere at anytime. Data services are network dependent. If the network prefers voice services and if your phone allows call waiting, you can still answer a call when you are using data services.
11 Data Services Receiving a Fax Set Fax/Data Rx mode on your phone as follows: 1) Press (Menu) and select Settings → Data modem → Fax/Data Rx mode. 2) Press for any of the following options: Select Off (default), and you cannot receive any fax or data. The phone regards the next call as a voice call.
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11 Data Services mode. 2) Press for any of the following options: Select Off (default), and you cannot receive any data. The phone regards the next call as a voice call. Select Data until next call, and the phone regards the next call as data. After the next call, the phone automatically sets Fax/Data Rx mode back to Off.
Other Settings Locking the Keypad When the keypad is locked, you can still press to answer incoming calls or make emergency calls. Locking the Keypad Manually To lock the keypad, press and hold for two seconds. Locking the Keypad Automatically After the au to ke y guard function is activated in the standby mode, the keypad...
12 Other Settings time when the phone is powered on. You can set five alarm clocks at most. Activating the Alarm Clock Press (Menu) and select Fun & Utility > Alarm. Press to select an alarm clock. Select Alarm On to act ivate the alarm clock...
12 Other Settings Press the arrow keys to select a date. Press (Options) for any of the following options: Add Scheduler: Add Schedulers, set the title, content, year, month, date and alert type. You can set up to 20 schedulers. View Current Month: View the sc hedulers for the current month.
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12 Other Settings Rename: Rename the music. nfo: View the type, date, size o f the music file. File I Select Others to store other f iles downloaded from the network. Press (View) to preview and (Options) for further operations: Delete, Rename, File Info Select Sys Info to view the capacity information (Total, Used, Remain).
Menu Messages See "Messages" on P20. Phonebook See "Phonebook" on P26. Call History Missed Calls Press to view up to 20 records. Received Calls Press to dial, save, or delete the number, or send a Dialed Calls short message to the number. Call Duration Your phone records the duration of the last calls, dialed calls, received calls and total duration.
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13 Menu Fun & Utility Alarm See "Alarm Clock" on P50. Scheduler See "Calendar" on P51. Calculator You ca n do simple arithmetic with the calculator. Press the arrow keys up, down, left, right to select the following operations: add, subtract, multiply and divide. The calculator supports fractional arithmetic.
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13 Menu ring over the headset when there is an incoming call o new message. To set the headset auto a nswer function, see "Headset Auto Answer" on P13. To set the auto key guard function, see "Locking the Keypad Automatically" on P50. Security See "Security"...
Troubleshooting If you come acros s any problem while using your phone, check your phone against the trouble shooting procedures in this c hapter befo re contacting your service provider. Problem Solution Unable to recharge Ensure that the charger is correctly connected to th phone and the power socket.
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15 Warnings and Precautions Problem Solution The phone has poor Check whether the phone has strong signal. If there receiving signal or is is no signal, use the phone in an area with strong offline frequently. signal. The phone prompts If you are in a weak field strength area (in a tunnel that the searching for or surrounded by buildings, and so on), move a...
Warnings and Precautions Electronic Device Turn off your phone near high-precision electronic devices. The phone may affect the performance of devices such as hearing aids, pacemakers, fire al systems, automatic gates, and other automatic-control de vices. If you are using an electroni c medical device, consult the device manufacturer to confirm whether radi...
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15 Warnings and Precautions Area with chemical substances and p articles (such as: granule, dust, metal powder) in the air Area with the sign of "Explosives" Area with the sign o f "Turn off bi-direction wireless equipment" Area where it is generally suggested to stop an engine or a vehicle raffic Safety Please observe local laws and regulations on phone usage.
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15 Warnings and Precautions Do not leave your phone, battery, or charger in a very hot or cold place. Otherwise, malfunction of the products, fire, or explosion may o ccur. Do not place sharp metal objects such as pins near the earpiece. The earpiece may attract these objects and hurt you when you use the phone.
15 Warnings and Precautions If you feel uncomfortable after playing games on your phone for a long time, please vis it a doctor immediately. On a thunder stormy day, do not use your phone outdoors or while it is being charged.
15 Warnings and Precautions Emergency Call You can use your phone for emergency calls. However, connections under all conditions cannot be guaranteed. You should never rely solely on the phone for essential communications. Battery Use the battery approved by the manufacturer only. Otherwise, explosion may occur.
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15 Warnings and Precautions Charger Use the charger approved by the phone manufacturer only. Any violation of this rule may result in fire or malfunction of the charger. Do not short-circuit the charger. Short-circuiting the charger may cause fire or malfunction of the charger. If the power cord is damaged (for example, the lead is exposed or broken), or the plug becomes loose, stop using the cable at once.
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This is because the mobile phone is designed to use the minimum power required to reach the network. All models of Huawei’s mobile phone are designed to meet radio frequency exposure guidelines. Before a phone model is available for sale to the public, it must be tested and certified to the FCC that it does not exceed the limit established by the government-adopted requirement for safe exposure.
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15 Warnings and Precautions The SAR limit adopted by the USA and Canada is 1.6 watts/kilogram (W/kg) averaged over one gram of tissue. The highest SAR value reported to the FCC and IC for this device type when tested for use at the ear is 1.02W/kg, and when properly worn on the body is 0.576W/kg.