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The items supplied with your phone might vary depending on the soft- ware and accessories available in your region or offered by your service provider. You can obtain additional accessories from your local Doro deal- er. The supplied accessories provide the best performance with your phone.
English Contents Congratulations on your purchase ............... 1 Get started..................... 1 Insert SIM card, memory card and battery.......... 1 Charge the phone.................. 3 Get to know your phone ................4 Assistive functions................. 4 Turn the phone on and off ..............4 Start-up wizard ..................
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English Create and send picture message (MMS) .........23 Create and send voice message ............24 Inbox, Outbox and Sent...............25 Message settings ................25 Camera......................30 Camera (take photos) .................30 Camera settings ..................30 Connectivity ....................31 ® Bluetooth .................... 31 Network setup ..................32 Connect the phone to a computer .............33 File manager..................34 Sound &...
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English Troubleshooting ................... 47 Safety instructions..................49 Network services and costs..............50 Operating environment ...............50 Medical units ..................50 Areas with explosion risk ..............50 Li-ion battery ..................51 Protect your hearing ................51 Emergency calls................... 51 Vehicles....................52 Care and maintenance ................52 Warranty.......................52 Copyright and other notices................53 Content copyright ................54 Specifications ....................54 Hearing aid ..................54...
Other practical features include a torch, re- minders, wake-up alarm, vibrating ringer and one-touch assistance dial- ling with SMS alerts. For more information about accessories or other Doro products please visit www.doro.com. Get started Insert SIM card, memory card and battery...
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English (3) Insert the SD card (optional) Locate the SD card holder (shaped like a SD card) next to the battery, and gently slide the card in the hold- er. The device works with or without a SD card installed. Note! You can easily insert the SD card whether the device is on or off.
English Charge the phone CAUTION Only use batteries, chargers and accessories that have been approved for use with this particular model. Connecting other accessories may be dangerous and may invalidate the phone's type approval and guarantee. When the battery is running low, is displayed and a warning signal is heard.
English When charging is completed, is displayed on the screen. If the phone is turned off when the charger is connected to the phone only the battery charge indicator will be shown on the display. Note! To save power the LCD backlight goes off after a while. Press any button to illuminate the display.
English Attempts: # shows the number of PIN attempts left. When no more at- tempts remain, PIN blocked is displayed. The SIM card must then be un- locked with the PUK code (Personal Unblocking Key). Enter the PUK code and confirm with OK. Enter a new PIN code and confirm with OK.
English ® To perform the example on your Doro PhoneEasy 509 you should do the following: Press Menu, scroll to Phonebook and press OK. Select -New contact- and press Add. Enter text Enter text manually Select character • Press a numerical key repeatedly until the desired character is shown.
English Alternatively, press 0 to continue with the next word. If none of the suggested words are correct, use manual input mode. Note! See Predictive text, p.25 for more information. Input mode • Press # to change input mode. The icon on the top left of the dis- play indicates the input mode.
English receiver slightly below or in front of the ear may result in better performance. See also Audio setup , p.35 on how you can adjust the telephones audio settings. Phone settings Time & date Set the time and date Settings General Time &...
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English Select each function you want to disable and press Off. Press Done to confirm. PIN code options Press Menu Settings Security SIM lock: • On to activate the PIN code. You need to enter the PIN code every time the phone is started. •...
English • Unlock mode to select Single key to unlock the keypad with * or Dual key to lock/unlock with right selection button (Name/ Unlock) and * . Press OK to confirm. Calls Make a call Enter the phone number including the area code. Delete with Clear. Press to make a call.
English Silent Silent is a fixed profile with Keypad tone, Message tone and Ringtone dis- abled, while Vibration, Tasks, Daily reminder and Alarm are unchanged. • Press and hold shortcut button # to activate/deactivate silent mode. Headset When a headset is connected, the internal microphone in the phone is automatically disconnected.
English Note! Loud background noises (music, etc.) may interfere with the sound quality. Speed dial Use 0 and 2 – 9 to speed dial an entry from standby. • Press and hold the corresponding key. Add speed dial numbers Press Menu Settings Phonebook Speed dial.
English • Send SMS to send a text message. • Send MMS to send a picture message. • Delete to delete the call. • Delete all to delete all calls in the call log. • Save to save the number in the phonebook Create new cre- ate new contact, or Update update existing contact.
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English Tip: If activated reminder in the messages settings, a reminder signal will be heard after 10 minutes if not listening to new voice mail messages, see Reminder , p.29. Top 10 Set an entry as one of the first 10 contacts listed in the phonebook.
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English Press OK to confirm. Call divert You can divert calls to an answering service or to another phone number. Set up which calls should be diverted. Select a condition and press OK, then select Activate, Deactivate or Query status for each. Press Menu Settings Calls...
English Select Incoming calls: • All calls to call but not to receive incoming calls. • When roaming to block incoming calls while roaming (operating in other networks). Press OK to confirm. Select Cancel all to cancel all call barring (password needed). Press OK to confirm.
English to select Mobile, Home or Office and enter the phone number(s) including the area code. Select Picture Edit to associate picture to the contact, see Phonebook picture, p.18. • Take picture to use the camera to take a picture. •...
English • Send by SMS to send the selected phonebook contact as a vCard via text message. See Create and send text message (SMS), p.23. • Send by MMS to send the selected phonebook contact as a vCard via picture message. See Create and send picture message (MMS), p.23.
English ICE (In Case of Emergency) First responders can access additional information such as medical infor- mation from the victim's phone in case of emergency. In the event of a trauma, it is critical to have this information as early as possible to in- crease the chances of survival.
English Assistance button CAUTION When an assistance call is activated the phone is pre-set to handsfree/ speakerphone mode. Do not hold the device near your ear when the handsfree mode is in use, because the volume may be extremely loud. The assistance button allows easy access to contact your predefined help numbers (Number list) should you need help.
English IMPORTANT! Information to the recipient of an assistance call, when Confirm with "0" is activated. • After receiving the assistance message, each number in the Number list is called sequentially. • To confirm the assistance call, the recipient needs to press 0 . •...
English Repeat until you have 5 contacts (maximum). Tip: To edit or delete an existing entry, select it and press Options Edit or Delete. Activate text messages (SMS) A text message can be sent to the contacts in the numbers list when the assistance button is pressed.
English • High to use loud signals (default). • Low to use one low signal. • Silent no sound indication, like a normal call. Press OK to confirm. Messages Create and send text message (SMS) Note! Before you can send any text messages, you need to save your message centre number.
English or press Menu Messages Create new MMS. Write your message, see Enter text , p.6. Press Options Add picture: • My pictures to select a file. • Take picture to use the camera to take a picture. Note! If you add more than one picture, the following pictures are increasingly compressed by the phone (scaled down).
English Inbox, Outbox and Sent Press the shortcut button or press Menu Messages. Select Inbox, Outbox or Sent. Select a message and press Read. Use to scroll up or down. Press Options: • View (MMS only) to view the message. •...
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English Writing language Press Menu Settings Messages Writing language. Select language with Press OK to confirm. Tip: During text input, press and hold # for a list of available languages. Write speed You can change the speed at which keypad characters repeat before the cursor moves on to the next character.
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English channels and relevant channel settings, contact your service provider. Cell broadcast messages cannot be received when the device is roaming. From SMS settings, select Cell broadcast: • Function on/off to turn information On or Off. • Read messages to read the message. •...
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English Storage Picture messages are saved by default in the phone memory. When the memory becomes full you will need to either delete a picture message (see Inbox, Outbox and Sent, p.25) or select to save your picture mes- sages to the memory card. When the memory is full you will see a notifi- cation when you try to send or receive a picture message.
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English • Proxy user name to add proxy user name. • Proxy password to add proxy password. Press OK to confirm. Press Yes to save or No to exit without saving. Select your new profile and press Options Activate. Press OK to confirm. Press during setup to exit without saving.
English Note! Contact your service provider for detailed subscription costs before activating. Press Menu Settings Messages Delivery report: Select On to enable, or Off to disable. Press OK to confirm. Delete Press Menu Settings Messages. Select Inbox, Outbox, Sent or Delete all Yes to delete all messages.
Press OK to confirm. Note! With higher quality, less pictures can be stored in the internal memory. If you insert a compatible external memory (micro SD) card into your Doro ® PhoneEasy 509, you can change the default storage location, see Stor- age, p.28.
Off, paired devices can still detect your device. Device name Press Menu Settings Bluetooth Device name. ® Enter the name your Doro PhoneEasy 509 should appear with for ® other Bluetooth devices. Press Done to confirm. Search device...
English • Select network to view available network, a list of available net- work operators is displayed (after a short delay). Select desired operator. • Network mode to select another network. Select Automatic to select network automatically or Manual to select network manually.
English File manager Manage the contents and properties of files. You can open, delete, move, copy and rename files. Press Menu Settings File manager. Select Phone or Memory card Open. Select a folder, eg Photos and press Open. Select a file and press Options: •...
English Audio setup If you use a hearing aid or have hearing difficulties when using the device in a noisy environment, you can adjust the audio settings. Press Menu Settings Sound Audio setup: • Normal for normal hearing in normal conditions (default). •...
English Alert type Select to use ringtone and/or vibration for incoming calls. Press Menu Settings Sound Alert type: • Ring only for ringtone only. • Vib. only for vibration only. • Vib. and ring for vibration and ringtone. • Vib. then ring to start with vibration and adds ringtone after a short while.
English Press Menu Settings Display. Select Text size Normal or Large. Press OK to confirm. Idle display In standby mode the display can show clock only, clock and the service provider, or all information. Press Menu Settings Display. Select Idle display Clock only, Clock &...
English Additional functions FM radio FM radio has a frequency range from 87.5 to 108.0 MHz and 9 preset channels. To listen to the radio, you need to connect a compatible headset which acts as an antenna. Turning the radio on Connect a headset to the headset socket Press Menu FM radio.
English • Delete to delete the channel. Press Yes to confirm or No to re- turn to the channel list. • Edit to edit the channel name, then press to edit the fre- quency, use # to enter the decimal point. When done, press Press OK to confirm.
English Note! The torch will drain the battery very quickly. Remember to power off the torch after use. Calculator Calculator can perform basic mathematical operations. Press Menu Calculator. Enter the first number. Use # to enter decimal points. Use the arrow buttons to select an operation (+, -, x, ÷) and press OK. Enter the next number and press OK.
English Press Save to confirm. Tip: To edit an alarm, press Edit or Off to stop the alarm. Snooze or stop When the alarm sounds: • Select Stop to stop. • Select Snooze to repeat after 9 minutes. Note! The alarm will work even when the phone is powered off. Do not power on your phone if wireless phone use is prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger.
English Note! The calendar will work even when the phone is powered off. Do not power on your phone if wireless phone use is prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger. Daily reminder Press Menu Organiser Daily reminder Add.
English Vibration only Battery level Silent Call divert activated Bluetooth on, visible to Roaming (in other network) others Bluetooth on, invisible to Missed call others Headset connected Bluetooth connected Unread text message/SMS Display main symbols Charger connected Mute Message sending success Charger removed Message sending failed Headset in...
Select On to enable, or Off to disable. Press OK to confirm. Number list You need to add the name and number of the people who are allowed to ® send information from their phone to your Doro PhoneEasy 509. Press Menu Settings Security Remote config.
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English • Phonebook to add a contact from the Phonebook. Press OK to confirm. • Manual and enter the name and number. Press OK to confirm Repeat until you have 5 contacts (maximum). Tip: To edit or delete an existing entry, select it and press Options View/Edit/Delete.
Max length for names is 20 characters, max length for phone numbers is 40 char- acters and the max length for task descriptions is 35. Note! ® Remote config received is shown briefly on the Doro PhoneEasy 509 to confirm successful reception of remote configurations. Remotely save a contact in the phonebook ®...
Set the Signal type to silent. Write *#alert#s#2# Remotely add a task in the calendar ® Objective Send a new calendar task to Doro PhoneEasy 509. The task text should be: dentist appointment in December 1, 2014 at 10:30. Write *#task#20101201#1030#dentist appointment# Note! Date format is written as yyyymmdd and time format as hhmm.
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English Failure to charge the battery Battery or charger Check the battery and charger. damaged Battery should only be Improve the charging environment. charged in temperatures between 0 °C and 40 °C Charger incorrectly con- Check the charger connections. nected to phone or power socket Standby time decreases Battery charge capacity...
English Weak signal Too far from base Try again from another location. station Network congestion Try calling at a later time. Echo or noise Regional problem from Hang up and redial. This may switch to another network relay. bad network relay Failure to add a contact Phonebook memory full Delete contacts to free up memory.
English Network services and costs Your device is approved for use on the GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz networks. To use the device, you need a subscription with a service provider. Using network services may result in traffic costs. Some product features require sup- port from the network, and you may need to subscribe to them.
English where you are normally requested to turn off your car engine. In these areas, sparks can cause explosion or fire which can lead to personal injury or even death. Turn off the unit at filling stations, and any other place that has fuel pumps and auto re- pair facilities.
English Vehicles Radio signals can affect electronic systems in motor vehicles (for example, electronic fuel injection, ABS brakes, automatic cruise control, air bag systems) that have been in- correctly installed or are inadequately protected. Contact the manufacturer or its repre- sentative for more information about your vehicle or any additional equipment.
As a matter of precaution, we recommend disconnecting the charger during a thunderstorm. Batteries are consumables and are not included in any guarantee. This guarantee does not apply if batteries other than DORO original batteries are used. Copyright and other notices ®...
English Doro does not provide a warranty for or take any responsibility for the functionality, con- tent, or end-user support of third-party apps provided with your device. By using an app, you acknowledge that the app is provided as is. Doro does not make any representa- tions, provide a warranty, or take any responsibility for the functionality, content, or end- user support of third-party apps provided with your device.
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