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IMPORTANT ADDENDUM: please note that the information on page 29, under "talking phone" should read "Set your phone to recite incoming caller ID information (for messages only), ….".
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10 times faster than the original RAZR phone. A processor this fast in a phone this slim may cause the phone to feel a bit warm at times when in use, especially when engaged in activities that take advantage of its processing power, such as when listening to music, watching videos, or surfing the Web.
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Introducing your new MOTORAZR V8 GSM wireless phone. Here’s a quick anatomy lesson. ® Camera Lens Charge Indicator Light Bluetooth Indicator Light Volume Keys Voice Commands Key Side Select Key Handsfree Speaker Micro-USB Port External Display...
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Press the centre key to select it. Note: This is the standard home screen and main menu layout. Your phone’s home screen and main menu may be different. To change your home screen shortcuts and main menu appearance, see your START HERE guide.
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Java-based marks are trademarks or registered for the normal, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and use that arises by operation of law in the sale of a other countries. Microsoft and Windows are registered product.
Energy External Antenna Care Your mobile device contains a transmitter and receiver. If your mobile device has an external antenna, use only a When it is ON, it receives and transmits RF energy. When Motorola-supplied or approved replacement antenna. you communicate using your mobile device, the system...
Nearly every electronic device is subject to RF energy If you wear the mobile device on your body, always place interference from external sources if inadequately the mobile device in a Motorola-supplied or approved shielded, designed or otherwise configured for RF energy clip, holder, holster, case or body harness.
Driving Precautions Persons with implantable medical devices should observe the following precautions: Check the laws and regulations on the use of mobile • ALWAYS keep the mobile device more than 20 devices in the area where you drive. Always obey them.
Your mobile device contains an When you are in such an area, turn off your mobile Li Ion BATT 032378o internal lithium ion battery. device and do not remove, install or charge batteries. In...
Some parts of your mobile device may be made of glass. voice through a headset may This glass could break if the product is dropped on a hard damage your hearing. surface or receives a substantial impact. If glass breaks, do not touch or attempt to remove.
It is always a good idea to hold the screen away from your eyes, leave the lights on in the room, take a 15-minute break every hour and stop use if you are very tired. Caution About High Volume Usage Listening at full volume to music or voice through a headset may damage your hearing.
FCC approval. Applicable products bear and used in accordance with the instructions, may the FCC logo, and/or an FCC ID in the format FCC- cause harmful interference to radio ID:xxxxxx on the product label.
Use and Care Use and Care To care for your Motorola phone, please keep it away from: liquids of any kind dust and dirt Don’t expose your phone to water, rain, Don’t expose your phone to dust, dirt, extreme humidity, sweat, or other moisture.
. To find your DoC, enter the product Approval Number from your product’s label in the “Search” bar on the Web site. • The essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC • All other relevant EU Directives...
Packaging and User's Guide Accessories Product packaging and user's guides should only be Please do not dispose of mobile devices or electrical disposed of in accordance with national collection and accessories (such as chargers, headsets or batteries) with recycling requirements. Please contact your regional your household waste.
Contact your service provider for more information. This guide shows how to locate a menu feature as This means a feature requires an optional follows: accessory.
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Motorola “Original always use Motorola-branded Equipment” hologram; batteries and chargers. The • If there is no hologram, the battery is not a warranty does not cover damage qualified battery; caused by non-Motorola batteries and/or • If there is a hologram, replace the battery chargers.
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Contact with metal objects (e.g., • When storing your battery, keep it in a cool, jewelry, keys, beaded chains) could complete dry place. an electrical circuit (short circuit), causing the •...
Service Provider Press Options in the home screen lock the external (side) Date 10/15/2008 keys, set an alarm, take a picture or send a message, change the alert profile, activate aircraft mode or Clock Feature Icons customise the home screen.
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Status indicators appear at the top of the home screen: Messaging Presence Indicator – Shows your instant messaging (IM) status: (green) = online = offline = busy = discrete (gray) = invisible to IM Signal Strength Indicator – Shows the strength of IM Indicator –...
Profile Indicator – Shows the alert profile setting: = ring only = silent Some features let you enter text. = vibrate only = vibrate then ring Press Character Create Message select a text Counter entry mode. Active Line Indicator – Shows...
Word mode lets you enter words using one keypress Press Options > Text Entry > Set Text Prediction > Learn my words. per letter. The phone predicts each word as you Your phone shows when the feature is active.
When text completion is activated, your phone tries to abc mode guess the rest of the word: Press in a text entry screen to switch to “abc” text • Press to select the suggested word. É entry mode. Your phone shows in the display.
Press up/down repeatedly to see different Press the navigation key symbols. To insert a symbol, press its key, or scroll to it down, left, or right to scroll to and press menu items. When you scroll to something, press to select it.
From the external display, press the external volume another way to do things. For keys on the side of your phone to scroll to a profile, example, when you scroll to a then press the side select key to select it.
Help. Wait for the beep, then say the name of an entry as it appears in your contact list. Your phone confirms voice activate phone functions the name and makes the call.
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“Add New Contact” “Set Vibrate” “Talking Phone” “Set Silent” “Check Battery” Tip: Press and release the voice command key on the “Check Signal” side of your phone to see the list of voice commands. “Check Time” “Check Date” “Open Setup” basics...
You can also change your SIM PIN codes or call barring password. During a call, press Options > Speaker On to turn on the If you forget your unlock code: At the handsfree speaker. Your display shows the...
You can set the time delay for locking the external keys code, SIM PIN code, PIN2 code, or call barring (2 Seconds, 4 Seconds, or 8 Seconds). The keys lock when you password, contact your service provider. close the phone flip, and unlock when you open the phone flip.
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To automatically lock your phone whenever you turn it off: Find it: > Settings > Security > Phone Lock > Lock at Power On > On You can make emergency calls when the phone is locked (see page 41). basics...
The Silent profile silences your phone until you set profile to match your activity or environment. Each another profile. profile uses a different set of ringtones or vibrations for incoming calls and other events. The alert profile Shortcut: From the home screen, press and hold indicator shows at the top of the home screen: to quickly set the profile to Vibrate Only.
Note: You can’t set a ringtone for the Silent alert style, or change some settings for some alert styles. To create a new profile with the ringtones and volume Find it: > Settings > Profiles > Alert Style > alert...
To show a 12-hour or 24-hour digital clock in the Find it: > Settings > Profiles, press Options > Reset home screen: Find it: > Settings > Phone Settings > Time & Date > Time Format > 12 Hour Clock or 24 Hour Clock personalise...
Settings > Phone Settings > Time & Date Note: You can delete only downloaded themes or > Time Zone, then select a city in your time zone. custom themes you create. Shortcut: Press keypad keys to enter the first letters of modify a theme the city you want.
The Wallpaper appears as a background image in your home screen. To set your display brightness: The Screensaver appears in the display when no activity is Find it: > Settings > Phone Settings > Display Settings detected for a specified time. To set the delay interval, >...
Scroll to the feature you wish to move, press create new folder in main menu Options > Move to Folder > Back to Main Menu, press Place. From the main menu, press Options > Create New Folder. assign personal picture icon in main menu...
You can use different ways to answer an incoming call. From the main menu, press Options > Reorder, scroll To turn on or turn off an answer option: to the feature you wish to move, press Grab, scroll Find it: >...
Scroll to a call. Icons indicate if the call was incoming outgoing or missed . A check mark next to Press the external volume keys on the side of your the icon indicates a connected call.
> Settings > Call Settings > In-Call Setup caller display > My Caller ID > All Calls > Show ID or Hide ID Calling line identification (caller ID) shows the phone number for an incoming call in your phone’s display.
Your network stores the voicemail messages emergency phone numbers, such as 911 or 112, that you receive. To listen to your messages, call you can call at any time, even when your phone is your voicemail number. locked or the SIM card is not inserted.
To go to a Web page, press Options > Go to Page, enter the Web address, then press Go. Use your phone’s full HTML browser to surf to your To bookmark the current Web page, press Options favourite Web sites, upload videos to a video blog, and >...
1200 x 1600 pixels resolution. Just aim button, and press to select it. and shoot to take a photo, then press Send to share it The browser displays the results of your search. with your friends.
Return to Options Back left/right to You can set up your phone to automatically send the previous change. screen. photos you take to a list of contacts you specify. Select & adjust camera options. To use auto-send, you first must activate the...
> Camera Settings > Message Recipients Go to My Media Tip: To send your photo in an MMS text message, the picture resolution must be set to X-Small, Small, or Medium. See, edit, and delete stored pictures and photos. To set resolution, press >...
Camera Settings record a video Customise camera settings: Find it: > Multimedia > Video Camera • Review Time Audio Remaining Video Resolution (On or Off) • Shutter Tone Minutes • Default Name • Auto-Save Camera Mode Storage 1:48:00 •...
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Preview the video. Switch to the photo camera. Tip: To send your video in an MMS text message, the video length must be set to MMS Short or MMS Long. Audio On/Audio Off To set length, press > Multimedia > Camera, press Turn audio recording on/off.
Upload a video you’ve recorded to your blog: Your phone can play the following types of video files: MPEG4 + AAC, H.263 + AAC, and Real Video Launch your phone’s browser + Audio. (press >...
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Your phone’s options may vary. Most options options apply only to user-recorded videos, and are not Send to available for pre-installed videos. Send the video in a message or email, or send it to options another device over a Bluetooth connection. Play Fullscreen Use Bluetooth/Use Handset Show the video in full screen.
When you finish the message, press Options multiple pages to a message, and put text and media > Sending Options to set message options (such as objects on each page. You can send a message to other Subject and Priority). compatible phones, or to email addresses.
• Sound files play as you read the message. Press the external volume keys on the side of Your phone might tell you that this is a multimedia your phone to change the sound volume. message, if it contains multiple pages or media objects.
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> Messages > Inbox > Messages > Email > Add Account > Icons next to each message show if it is read < unread , urgent , or has an attachment Note: Your display shows a separate folder for each Press Options to perform various operations on email account.
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> Messages > Email Read messages received by your browser: Press Options to perform various operations on When your display shows New Message, press View. a message. To activate browser messages and adjust browser store message objects message settings: Go to a multimedia message page, then press >...
If you don’t have an IM account, select New Account to press Options > Edit Account create one. To find others online, select Contact List to see a list of other users. To start a conversation, scroll to a name in the Find Online Contacts list and press Send IM.
> Exchange ActiveSync, press Options > Auto-Sync > On, press email account, and that data service is activated with OK to enter the time and days you want to synchronize your phone service provider (additional fees may apply for this service).
To view a photo or video, or play a sound file, just scroll to the file and select it. To synchronize files with a partner you set up: To edit a file, scroll to the file and press Options to delete, Find it: >...
To copy files between your phone and a computer, you To use your phone as a modem: Use the modem can use a cable connection (see following section) or a connection setting on your phone (press > ® Bluetooth connection (see page 59).
Find it: > Settings > Connections > Bluetooth, press Your phone supports Bluetooth wireless Options > Manage > Setup Bluetooth > Bluetooth Power > On connections. You can connect your phone with Note: To extend battery life and maximize Bluetooth...
Bluetooth headset or Before you try to copy a file to another device, make sure the receiving device is on and ready in handsfree car kit discoverable mode. Also, make sure the device is not Before you try to connect your phone to a handsfree busy with another Bluetooth connection.
Bluetooth power is on (see computer and print it from there. page 58). On your phone, take a new photo or scroll to a Place your phone near the device, and send the file stored image that you want to print, then press from the device.
Bluetooth features features Note: A device is recognized after you connect to it switch audio to Bluetooth headset or once (see page 59). Bluetooth car kit during call features Press Options > Use Bluetooth. pair with recognized device To switch audio back to the phone, press Options >...
Sometimes, we think of ways to make your phone’s software faster or more efficient after you’ve purchased your phone. You can find out if your phone can be updated at: www.hellomoto.com/update Note: Software updates do not affect your contact list or other personal entries or files.
Your phone can store nine phone numbers that you phone number. can call with a single keypress. To store a speed dial hold a call phone number: Press Options > Hold to put all active calls on hold.
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When you’re on a call, you’ll hear an alert if During a call: you receive a second call. Dial next number, press , press Options > Link Calls Press to answer the new call.
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You must enter your SIM PIN2 code to turn > Settings > Call Settings > In-Call Setup > Active Line fixed dialling on or off. If you forget your PIN2 code, contact your service provider. The active line indicator shows the active phone line (see illustration on page 22).
Show contacts stored in phone memory, SIM card hyphenation memory, or both: Set your phone to add hyphens to phone numbers > Contacts, press Options > View by > Phone & SIM, you enter: SIM Card, or Phone Contacts > Settings > Call Settings > In-Call Setup...
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. Press up/down to scroll to information , press up/down to scroll to an empty you wish to change, then press the centre key Number or Email field, press to select it. select it. Note: This option isn’t available for contacts stored...
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ID for contact set alert(s) for contact Assign a photo or picture (picture ID) to show in the Assign a distinctive call alert (ringer ID) or message display when you receive a call from a contact: alert for a contact: >...
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> Contacts Settings > Default View > Thumbnail or List > Edit Categories > category set contact list sort order > Contacts, press Options > Manage Contacts > Contacts Settings > Default Sort Order > First Name or Last Name other features—contacts...
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SIM card send contact to another device Copy all contacts from phone memory to the Send a contact to another phone, computer, or SIM card: device: > Contacts, press Options > Manage Contacts >...
> Owner's Information select the settings tab , > Reminder Alert clock view Show an analog or digital clock in the home screen, or turn off the clock: From the home screen, press Options > Customise Home > Clock Style.
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Show or turn off the date in the home screen: Caution: This option erases all information you have entered (including contacts and calendar From the home screen, press Options > Customise Home entries) and content you have downloaded >...
Network connection time is the elapsed time from the moment you connect to your service provider's See call cost trackers and credit information: network to the moment you end the call by pressing > Recent Calls, press Options > Call Costs .
Additionally, the use of wireless > Settings > Phone Settings > Headset Settings devices and their accessories may be prohibited or > Voice Dial restricted in certain areas. Always obey the laws and regulations on the use of these products. network features features...
, enter event details features You can set a music file, voice record, or video as a set alarm calendar event reminder. When creating a calendar event, select Alarm Style > alarm type, scroll to the file >...
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> Office Tools > Calendar > event Manage files and applications that you’ve downloaded onto your phone from the browser or To edit event details, press Options > Edit. ® over a Bluetooth connection: calendar event reminder >...
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Create a checklist of tasks you need to perform, and > Multimedia > Voice Recorder, press the centre set your phone to notify you when task deadlines to start recording, press Stop to stop...
> Multimedia > Pictures manage music and sounds Scroll to a picture file, then press Options to delete, Manage music and ringtones that you have rename, copy, move, send, or apply it. You can’t downloaded: perform some operations on some copyrighted or Press pre-installed files.
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Start a Java™ game or application: Turn off your phone’s calling features in locations where wireless phone use is prohibited. This lets you > Games > game or application use the music player and other non-network features...
Your mobile device is a radio transmitter and receiver. It due to automatic changes to the power level of the is designed not to exceed the limits for exposure to radio device to ensure it only uses the minimum level required waves recommended by international guidelines.
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They note that if you want to reduce your exposure then you can do so by limiting the length of calls or using a “hands-free” device to keep the mobile phone away from the head and body.
WHO Information for any special precautions for the use of mobile phones. If you are concerned, you may want to limit your own or your children’s RF exposure by limiting the length of calls or by using handsfree devices to keep mobile phones away from your head and body.
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE INFORMATION OSS Information For instructions on how to obtain a copy of any source 1 From the phone Main Menu, select Office Tools. code being made publicly available by Motorola related 2 From Office Tools, select File Manager.
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Web pages 42, 43 text templates 52 video 46, 79 WHO information 83 theme 35 video blog 42 word text entry mode 23 time 34 video file formats 48 world clock 76 timers 73 voice command key 2, 27 transfer a call 64 voice commands 26 U.S.