Nokia 1260 Cell Phone User Manual


 
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Advanced calling features
Search for a network
Press Menu 5 (Menu > System).
You have the following three options.
Select a public system
When you take your phone outside its home system, the phone is said to
be roaming. The phone can search for home-type systems (that is, systems
of the same type as your home system). Or, the phone can search for non-
home-type systems.
Your service provider programs a list of preferred systems into your phone.
These are systems with which your service provider has roaming agreements.
Your phone looks for these systems when you are roaming.
Note:
The options described here may not be available for your
phone. Contact your service provider for information.
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Press Menu 4-6-7 (Menu > Settings > Network services >
Public system selection) to tell your phone how to choose a
public system (network).
Automatic Your phone automatically searches for available networks
and chooses the appropriate one. Every time you turn on
your phone, it resets to Automatic.
Manual The phone searches for networks and then shows a list
of the ones that are available. If an available network is
found, the word Available: appears on the screen followed
by the name of the network. To choose the network listed,
press OK.
New search Your phone begins a new search for both private and
residential systems. When it finds the best system
available, the phone shows the system name.
If the phone does not find another system, the question
Perform an extended search? will appear. Press OK if
you wish to continue searching.