User manual NEXOTEK NT-P500

[. . . ] TABLE OF CONTENTS i Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction o What is Skype?o Product Features o Package Contents o System Requirements Chapter 2: Setting Up Skype o Download and Installation o Creating a New Skype Account o Making a Test Call Chapter 3: Installing SkyMagic o Installing the Software Chapter 4: Connecting Your Phone Chapter 5: Getting to Know Your Phone o Keypad Buttons o Screen Icons Chapter 6: Using Your Phone o General Operation Viewing Your Contact List & Contact Info Viewing Your Call History Choosing Your Ring Tone Hands-Free Operation o Making And Receiving Calls Answering and Refusing Calls Calling From Your Contacts List Calling From Your Call History Calling Using Speed Dial Making SkypeOut Calls o Advanced Features The Hold Function The Call Waiting Function The Mute Function 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 7 10 12 12 17 18 18 19 20 20 20 21 21 21 22 22 22 23 23 24 25 25 25 25 Chapter 7: Troubleshooting o SkyMagic Icon Indicators Enabling SkyMagic to use Skype o Your Computer Audio Settings o Contacting NexoTek Appendices o Appendix A: Managing Skype Contacts Adding a Skype Contact Removing a Skype Contact o Appendix B: Assigning a Speed Dial Number o Appendix C: Purchasing Skype Credit o Appendix D: Updating SkyMagic 26 26 27 29 32 33 33 33 36 37 39 43 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 What is Skype? Skype is a program that essentially turns your computer into a phone and allows you to make calls over the Internet to other Skype users. Because the connection is established over the Web, Skype-to-Skype calls are completely free of charge, and this is why phone companies do not want you to know about Skype. You can use Skype to call people as close by as your neighbors or as far away as someone on the opposite side of the globe. [. . . ] If you want to view your call history with a specific Skype contact, press to scroll to that contact. Press the same button again to return the phone to the idle state. Choosing Your Ring Tone Your phone comes equipped with five different ring tones, and each one has a loud or soft volume option. If you want to change the ring tone that your phone plays when it is receiving a call, you can do so with the press of a button. Press the same button again to play the phone's different ring tones. When you have found one that you like, simply stop cycling through them. Hands-free Operation For your convenience, your NT-P500 was built with a headset jack on its right side. Utilizing a headset will allow you to have the freedom of hands-free calls. In order to use this feature, simply purchase a headset and plug it into the phone. Then you can use the phone to make and receive Skype calls as you normally do. CHAPTER 6: USING YOUR PHONE 22 Making and Receiving Calls Skype-to-Skype calls are completely free of charge. Making and receiving calls is easy, especially with your NT-P500 because it behaves like a mobile phone. Remember that during any call, you can press to control the phone's volume. Answering and Refusing Skype Calls If it is properly connected and if SkyMagic is running, your phone will always ring when you have an incoming Skype call. You then have the option of either answering the phone and talking to the caller, or refusing it if for some reason you do not want to take the call. This simply hangs up on the caller. Press to answer the call. Press to refuse the call. Calling From Your Contact List In order to call someone from your contact list, you must first add his or her Skype name to your contact list. to place a call to the desired Skype user. CHAPTER 6: USING YOUR PHONE 23 Calling From Your Call History If you want to call a Skype contact who you spoke to on your phone recently, you can call him or her from your call history rather than having to scroll through all of the people on your contact list. Press Calling Using Speed Dial If there are Skype contacts whom you talk to frequently, using speed dial is the most convenient way of calling them. Speed dial works on your phone like it does on a mobile or home phone. To call someone using speed dial, you must first assign him or her a speed dial number. Use the numbers on your phone to dial the speed dial number of the Skype contact whom you want to call. Press to place a call to the desired Skype user. CHAPTER 6: USING YOUR PHONE 24 Making SkypeOut Calls SkypeOut is a paid service provided by Skype that lets you call any phone number in the world. Because it uses an Internet connection instead of a phone line, longdistance calling rates are significantly lower. You might want to use SkypeOut if your friends do not have Skype, if they are offline, or if you want to save money on your long-distance calls. On your phone, use the button to dial + and then the the country code and phone number you are trying to reach. If you accidentally dial an incorrect digit, you may press you have input. [. . . ] Now, when you look at your Skype Contacts tab, you should see the speed dial logo ­ a small lightning bolt ­ and the speed dial number across from your contact's name. APPENDICES 39 Appendix C: Purchasing Skype Credit In order to use the SkypeOut service, which lets you call any phone number in the world from your computer, you first have to purchase Skype Credit. Open your Internet browser and type http://www. skype. com into your address bar. Do this by entering your Skype user name and password, then pressing Sign me in. 4. Proceed through the Skype Credit purchasing process by accepting the amount of Skype Credit. [. . . ]