Personalise Your Phone. Acer F165 Series, F165

1.14 Personalise Your Phone

There are many ways to change the look and feel of your handset such as changing the background screen (wallpaper) and choosing your own ring tone etc. Advanced options such as downloading your own music and picture files are dealt with in the Advanced Section of the manual and generally require a PC. Advanced users will be able to explore the menus and set their preferred options as all the menus are intuitive and self explanatory.

Change the Background Screen (Wallpaper)

• From the Idle Screen press the OK Key for the Main Menu.

• Press the Down Arrow then the Left Arrow for Settings, press the OK Key.

• Press OK Key to select Wallpaper. This opens the File Manager area of the phone.

• Press OK Key to open the Photos folder, scroll down and press OK to open the

Wallpapers folder.

• Choose a background screen from the available list and press Setting to confirm.

• Once you have your own pictures saved on the phone you can select these from the My

Pictures folder, see the Advanced Section for more details.

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Change your Ringtone

• From the Idle Screen press the OK Key for the Main Menu.

• Press the Down Arrow then the Left Arrow for Settings, press OK.

• Press the Right Arrow key twice to get to Profiles.

• Press the Right Select Key to Edit your current profile.

• Press the OK Key to modify the Ringtone.

• Browse to Audios, Ring to see the available built in tones.

• In the advanced section you can download and choose your own music files as the ringtone.

Lock the Handset

From the idle screen press and hold the * key then press the Right Select Key to lock the handset. To unlock press the * key followed by the Right Select Key.

Switch on Vibrate Mode - Long press the # Key to enable Meeting

Mode

• From the Idle Screen press the OK Key for the Main Menu.

• Press the Down Arrow then the Left Arrow for Settings, press the OK Key.

• Press the Right Arrow key twice to get to Profiles.

• Press the Right Select Key to Edit the profile.

• Go to item 4 - Ring Mode and press the OK Key to modify.

• Select the required mode and press the OK Key to confirm.

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Switch the Key Tones off

• From the Idle Screen press the OK Key for the Main Menu.

• Press the Down Arrow then the Left Arrow for Settings, press OK.

• Press the Right Arrow key twice to get to Profiles.

• Press the Right Select Key to Edit the profile.

• Go to item 6 - Keytones and switch them off if you prefer to have silent keys.

Change the Screen Brightness

• From the Idle Screen press the OK Key for the Main Menu.

• Press the Down Arrow then the Left Arrow for Settings, press OK.

• Go to item 3 - for Brightness.

• Use the Up and Down arrows to set your desired level.

Mute the Handset with a Single Key Press

• You can mute your handset and switch it to Meeting mode with vibrate by pressing and holding the # key.

• Press and hold the # key to engage and disengage this mode.

Change the Backlight Duration

Reducing the backlight duration to 10 seconds can improve battery life.

• From the Idle Screen press the OK Key for the Main Menu.

• Press the Down Arrow then the Left Arrow for Settings, press OK.

• Go to item 2 for Backlight duration.

• Set the desired time out for the backlight.

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Set the Owner name

The owner name is displayed on the Idle Screen.

• From the Idle Screen press the OK Key for the Main Menu.

• Press the Down Arrow then the Left Arrow for Settings, press OK.

• Go to 4) for Owner name.

• Type your name and press the OK Key to save.

Set the Greeting

The Greeting is displayed when you switch on the handset.

• From the Idle Screen press the OK Key for the Main Menu.

• Press the Down Arrow then the Left Arrow for Settings, press OK.

• Go to 5) for Greeting.

• Type your name or message and press the OK Key to save.

Disable or change the PIN Number

• From the idle screen press the OK key for the Main Menu.

• Press the Down Arrow then the Left Arrow for Settings, Press the OK Key.

• Press the Right Arrow Key three times for Security.

• Press OK to select Activate Security Codes.

• Press OK to select PIN code.

• Switch On or Off and enter the PIN number to confirm.

• To change the PIN Number select Change Security Codes.

• Press OK to Select PIN code.

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Notes on PIN Codes

• PIN Code 1 is provided by Telstra.

• PIN2 Code is an additional PIN associated with your (U)SIM card and is not normally used.

• Handset Lock is an additional PIN code used when you switch on the phone.

• If you forget your Handset Lock code your handset will need to repair and you will lose your content. It cannot be reset after it is locked.

Fixed dial numbers and FDN list:

This function requires set-up and support from Telstra. If FDN is enabled on the (U)SIM card then only the phone numbers listed in the FDN list can be called. This function also uses PIN2. Please contact Telstra for more information.

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Customise the Shortcut Keys

From the Idle Screen you can press the Arrow Keys to access various menus. It is possible to change the shortcut keys to your own preference. The default options are shown below.

Up (Shortcut to My Place)

Left (Shortcut to E-mail) ) Right (Shortcut to Message)

Down (Shortcut to Contacts)

To change the shortcut keys

• From the Idle Screen press the OK Key for the Main Menu.

• Press the Down Arrow then the Left Arrow key for Settings, press the OK Key.

• Press the Right key for Handset Settings.

• Go to 5) for Shortcut Keys and make your preferred choices from the available list.

This is just a small section of what can be customized. We encourage users to play with the phone to explore all the available menu choices. See the Menu Listing in the Advanced

Section for the complete menu structure.

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