Nokia 6590 - Manual (Page 164)

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Advanced features
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• INFRARED BASICS
You can use IR to send and receive phone book entries (business cards)
and calendar notes.
1 Make sure the two devices are ready for the IR connection.
2 To receive information on your phone, press Menu 9 (Infrared) and
then press Select.
3 Have the user of the sending device select the desired IR function to
start data transfer.
If data transfer is not started within 30 seconds, the connection is
cancelled and will have to be restarted.
Note: You do not have to “turn off” the IR function in your phone.
After data transfer, the IR connection automatically drops after
about 30 seconds.
Check the status of an IR connection
The status of an IR connection is indicated by .
• When is displayed continuously, there is an IR connection
between your phone and the other device.
• When blinks, your phone is trying to establish a connection
with the other device or a connection has been lost.
• When is not displayed, no IR connection exists.
• SEND AND RECEIVE INFORMATION
You can transmit information in your phone by IR using the
industry-standard v.card format. You can send business cards (v.card) and
calendar notes (v.cal) to another phone, to a PC running the appropriate
software, or to other IR-equipped hand-held devices.