Nokia 3100 User Guide

							14 Copyright © 2003 Nokia About your phone
5 About your phone
  IN-PHONE HELP
Many features have brief descriptions (help text) which can be viewed on the 
display. To view the help text, scroll to a feature and wait for about 15 seconds. 
Select More to view all of the description (if necessary) or select Back to exit. See 
“Help text” on page 63 for more information.
  ABOUT THE ANTENNA
Note: Your phone has a built-in antenna. As 
with any other radio transmitting device, do not 
touch the antenna unnecessarily when the 
phone is switched on. 
Contact with the antenna affects call quality and may 
cause the phone to operate at a higher power level than 
otherwise needed.
Not touching the antenna during a 
call optimizes the antenna performance
and the talk time of your phone. Hold 
the phone as you would any other 
telephone, with the antenna area 
pointed up and over your shoulder. 
						

							Nokia 3100 User Guide 15Copyright © 2003 Nokia
  START SCREEN
When you turn on your phone, the first screen that appears is the start screen.The 
start screen is “home base” and indicates that the phone is in the standby mode.
Signal strength—A higher bar indicates a stronger network signal.
Battery level—A higher bar indicates more power in the battery.
Menu—The Left selection key in the standby mode accesses the menu functions.
Contacts—The Right selection key in the standby mode accesses either the 
Contacts menu, the Go to menu, or a service provider’s home page.
After you set functions for the Right selection key, the word Contacts changes to 
Go to in the start screen. To set the functions, see “Personal shortcuts” on page 59. 
To activate a function in the Go to menu, select Go to in the start screen, scroll to 
the desired function, and select Select.
  SPECIAL USER INTERFACE FEATURES
You can choose from two types of menu interface: List and Grid. See “Menu view” 
on page 63 for more information.
In the List interface, full color images introduce every 
menu. Use the Scroll up and Scroll down keys to navigate 
through the menus.
In the Grid interface, multiple menu icons appear on a 
single display. Use all four scroll keys to navigate through 
the icons. The Grid interface is only available in the Nokia 
3100b phone.Battery level
Contacts Signal strength
Menu 
						

							16 Copyright © 2003 Nokia About your phone
Animated screen savers
Your phone has preinstalled animated, color screen savers that can be accessed 
from the Gallery. See “Screen saver” on page 59 for more information. Press any 
key to deactivate the screen saver. 
Wallpaper
You can set the phone to display a background picture (wallpaper) when it is in the 
standby mode.
  THE MENU
Your phone offers many functions that are grouped in menus and submenus. Access 
these menus with the selection keys and scroll keys. See “Nokia 3100 phone at a 
glance” on page 1 in the quick guide for the location of the selection keys and scroll 
keys on your phone.
Scroll bar
While using phone menus, a scroll bar appears at the far right of the screen. This 
bar indicates where you are in the menu. Each numbered “tab” on the bar represents 
a different menu item.
For example, press Menu once. The scroll bar appears with the first (top) tab 
displayed. A different tab appears each time you press the Scroll up or Scroll down 
key.
  ABOUT INDICATORS AND ICONS
On your phone, you have two types of identifiers: indicators and icons.
Indicators
Indicators show the status of the phone. The phone uses three types of indicators:
 The signal strength indicator shows the strength of the signal to your phone. 
 The battery strength indicator shows how much power is left in your phone’s 
battery.
 The volume indicator shows the earpiece volume level. See “Adjust the 
earpiece volume” on page 22 for details. 
						

							Nokia 3100 User Guide 17Copyright © 2003 Nokia
Icons
Icons are graphical representations of a specific item or situation. The following 
table shows examples and tells you what each icon means.
IconWhat it means
You have one or more text or picture messages. See “Read and reply” 
on page 34.
You have one or more multimedia messages. See “Read and reply” on 
page 38.
You have one or more voice messages. See “Voice messages” on 
page 42.
Your phone keypad is locked. See “Lock the keypad (Keyguard)” on 
page 27.
Your phone is set to the Silent profile. See “Profiles” on page 57.
The alarm clock is set to On. See “Alarm clock” on page 66.
The countdown timer is running. See “Countdown timer” on page 75.
The stopwatch timer is running in the background. See “Stopwatch” 
on page 76.
A GPRS dial-up connection is established. See “GPRS, HSCSD, and 
CSD” on page 80.
You have an incoming or outgoing call during a GPRS dial-up 
connection. GPRS is suspended.
Forward all voice calls. All calls are forwarded to another number. If 
you have two phone lines, the indicator for line 1 is   and for line 
2 .
The timed profile is selected. See “Profiles” on page 57. 
						

							18 Copyright © 2003 Nokia About your phone
  CHANGE THE XPRESS-ON™ COVERS
Warning: Before changing covers, ensure the phone is powered off and 
disconnected from the charger or any other device. Always store and use 
the phone with the covers attached.
Remove the back cover
This procedure is discussed in the section “Remove the back cover and battery” on 
page 10. You do not need to remove the battery when changing your phone’s 
covers.
Remove the front cover
1Pull the front cover latch on the 
bottom of the phone while gently 
pulling the top of the front cover 
away from the rest of the phone. 
Install the key mat and 
new front cover
2Remove the key mat from the old 
front cover and place it into the 
new front cover as shown.
1
2 
						

							Nokia 3100 User Guide 19Copyright © 2003 Nokia
3Insert the latches from the bottom 
of the new front cover into the 
matching holes at the bottom of 
the phone.
4Gently push the latches from the 
middle and bottom of the front 
cover into the matching holes in 
the middle and bottom of the 
phone.
5Gently snap the cover into 
place.  
6Position the back cover over 
the locking catches on both 
sides of the phone and slide 
toward the top of the phone.  
3
4
5
6 
						

							20 Copyright © 2003 Nokia Basic operations
6 Basic operations
  SWITCH THE PHONE ON OR OFF
Warning: Do not switch the phone on when 
wireless phone use is prohibited or when it may 
cause interference or danger.
1To turn your phone on or off, press and hold the 
power key on top of the phone for at least three 
seconds.
If the phone displays Insert SIM card, even though 
the SIM card is properly inserted, or SIM card not 
supported, contact your service provider.
2If the phone asks for a PIN code, enter the PIN code 
(displayed as ****) and select OK.
3See the information about PIN codes on page 30, if applicable.
4If the phone asks for a security code, enter the security code and select OK.
See “Security” on page 64 for more information.
If the language that appears in your display is not correct, see “Set the display 
language” on page 62 for information on changing the display language.
  SET THE TIME
1Select Menu > Settings > Time and date settings > Clock > Set the time. 
2Enter the time (in hh:mm format), select OK, then select am or pm.
  MAKE AND ANSWER CALLS
Use the keypad
Enter the phone number (including the area code) and press the Talk key.
 To delete a character to the left of the cursor, select Clear.
 To end the call or to cancel the call attempt, press the End key.
Use contacts
1Select Menu > Contacts > Find and scroll to the entry you want to view.
2Press the Talk key to make the call or select Details to view the entry details. 
To search the list of entries quickly, enter the first letter of the name for which you 
are searching. 
						

							Nokia 3100 User Guide 21Copyright © 2003 Nokia
Redial the last number
Press the Talk key twice.
Make an international call
1Press the Star key twice for the international prefix. 
A Plus (+) sign replaces the international access code. 
2Enter the country code, the area code without a leading zero (if necessary), 
and the phone number.
Make a conference call
Conference calling is a network service that allows up to six persons to take part 
in a conference call.
1Make a call to the first participant.
2To call a new participant, select Options > New call.
3Enter the phone number of the new participant (or select Find to retrieve a 
number from Contacts) and select Call. 
The first call is put on hold.
4When the new call picks up, select Options > Conference to connect the calls.
5To add a new participant to the call, repeat steps 2–4.
6To have a private conversation with one participant, select Options > Private, 
and select the desired participant. 
7Rejoin the conference call as described in step 4.
8To end the conference call, press the End key.
Answer or reject a call
Press the Talk key to answer the call.
Press the End key to reject the call. If Forward if busy is activated in your voice 
mailbox, the call is diverted to your voice mail. If not, the call is rejected.
If you select Silence, the ringing tone is muted. You can then either answer or 
reject the incoming call.
Note: If the HDB-4 or HS-5 headset is connected, you can answer or end 
a call by pressing the key on the headset. 
						

							22 Copyright © 2003 Nokia Basic operations
Answer a call with the keypad locked
To answer a call with the Keyguard on, simply press the Talk key. During the call, 
all features function as normal. When you end or reject the call, the keypad 
automatically relocks. See “Lock the keypad (Keyguard)” on page 27 for more 
information.
Note: When the Keyguard is on, calls still may be possible to the official 
emergency number programmed into your phone. Enter the emergency 
number and press the Send key. 
  OPTIONS DURING A CALL
Many of the options that you can use during a call are Network Services. During a 
call, select Options, then select one of the following: 
Hold—Place the current call on hold.
Lock keypad—Lock the keypad to prevent an accidental key press.
Record—Record the call. 
End call—End the call.
New call—Place a new call; the first call is put on hold.
Touch tones—Send touch tones generated by your phone keypad.
Contacts—Open Contacts.
Menu—Display the main menus.
Mute—Mute your voice (you can hear the other party, but they cannot hear you).
Loudspeaker—Enable the handsfree feature in your phone.
  ADJUST THE EARPIECE 
VOLUME
 To increase the volume of a 
call, press the Scroll right key.
 To decrease the volume of a 
call, press the Scroll left key. 
 When adjusting the volume, a 
bar chart appears in the display indicating the volume level.
Note: You can only adjust the earpiece volume during an active call.Scroll 
left Scroll 
right  
						

							Nokia 3100 User Guide 23Copyright © 2003 Nokia
  SPEAKER PHONE
You can use your phone as a speaker phone during a call. Do not hold the phone to 
your ear when you are using it as a speaker phone.
 To activate the speaker phone during a call, select Loudspeaker.
 To deactivate the speaker phone during a call, select Handset.
 The speaker phone is deactivated automatically when a call (or a call attempt) 
ends or when certain enhancements are connected.
Note: When you select the New call option from the in-call menu, the 
speaker phone does not automatically deactivate.