Nokia 6160i Cell Phone User Manual


 
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System
Your phone is capable of working in Residential, Private,
and Public Systems (such as your Home System). You
can choose how your phone selects a network to use.
This feature is
Menu
5 in your phone. The default is
Automatic
, which means your phone automatically
searches for networks available to you and chooses the
appropriate one. Every time you switch on your phone,
it resets this to
Automatic
.
If you choose
Manual
, your phone searches for net-
works, then begins displaying them. Your phone
displays
AVAILABLE:
or
NOT AVAILABLE:
for the systems
it finds (You can not use
NOT AVAILABLE:
systems). Use
the
W
key to scroll through the choices, and press
OK
when you see the one you want.
If you choose
New Search
, your phone begins a new
search for new Private and Residential systems. When
it finds the best new system, it displays it. You can then
Select it
, or start another search by pressing
Next
.
Note: If you have two phone numbers (two NAMs), the
Manual
and
New search
features are only used with your primary
phone number (NAM 1). See “NAM selection” on page 45 for
more information concerning NAMs.
To switch from private to public
If you are in a private system and want access to a
public system, press and hold
Menu
when you are not
in a call. Your phone will display
Search public systems?
,
press
OK
and your phone will use the public system for
the next (only once) outgoing call. After that it goes back
to
Automatic system selection
.
Text messages and pages
Before you can send or receive text messages and
pages, you must subscribe to the text messaging
network service.