Infrared
The phone has an infrared port that you can use for connecting your phone to
another IrDA-compliant device. Over infrared connection, you can transfer, for
example, business cards and calendar notes.
To activate the infrared port: Press
Menu
in standby mode, and select
Connectivity
and
Infrared
.
Do not point the IR (infrared) beam at anyone's eye or allow it to interfere with other IR
devices. This device is a Class 1 Laser product.
Sending and receiving data via infrared
• Ensure that the infrared ports of your phone and the other device are pointing
at each other and that there are no obstructions between the devices.
The preferable distance between the two devices in an infrared connection is
one meter at the most.
• To receive data, activate the infrared port of your phone by pressing
Menu
in
standby mode and by selecting
Connectivity
and
Infrared
. Ask the user of the
sending phone to start the data transfer.
• To send data from your phone, select the function from which you want to
send data over the infrared connection.
For example, to send a calendar note when you are viewing it in the
Calendar
menu, press
Options
and select
Send note
and
Via infrared
.
If data transfer is not started within two minutes after the activation of the
infrared port, the connection is cancelled and has to be started again.
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Checking the status of the infrared connection
• When
is shown continuously, the infrared connection is active and your
phone is ready to send or receive data via its infrared port.
• When
blinks, your phone is trying to connect to the other device or the
connection has been lost.