User's Manual Part 2

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Overseas Use
Setting the Carrier Search
Method
<Network search mode>
You can set whether to search the network
automatically and connect to another carrier when the
network currently used falls outside of the service area.
Example: Changing a carrier for manual connection
1
From the Menu, select [Settings]
[Management]
[NW Services]
[Int’l roaming]
[Network
search mode] and press
.
Network search mode
Auto
Manual
Network re− search
PLMN setting
[Auto]:
Automatically connect to another carrier.
[Manual]:
Manually select a carrier.
[Network re-search]:
Search the carrier to be connected again.
[PLMN setting]:
Set a carrier with the higher-priority for connection
(P.369).
2
Select [Manual] and press .
The menu for selecting a network appears.
3
Select a carrier and press .
The carrier to be connected is changed.
You may not be able to set this function depending on the
radio wave condition or network restrictions.
As of October 2007, you cannot select a carrier other than
NTT DoCoMo in Japan.
If ” appears in the display after you return to Japan,
check if the Network search mode is set to [Auto].
Setting the Higher-priority
Carrier for Connection
<PLMN setting>
You can set a priority for the carriers to be automatically
connected when the Network search mode is set to [Auto].
You can save a priority setting for up to 20 carriers.
Example: Saving a carrier from the carrier list
1
From the Menu, select [Settings]
[Management]
[NW Services]
[Int’l roaming]
[Network
search mode] and press
.
The Network search mode display appears.
2
Select [PLMN setting] and press .
The PLMN setting display appears.
3
Select [Unregistered] and press (Func).
The Function menu appears.
Entering a carrier manually
From the Function menu, select [PLMN manual sel.],
enter a country code (MCC) and network number
(MNC), press (Complete), and select a network
communication method
[Yes].
To save the carrier being connected
From the Function menu, select [VPLMN to PLMN]
[Yes].
To change the priority
From the Function menu, select [Change priority]
a
carrier
a desired position, press (Complete), and
select [Yes].
To display detailed information
Move the cursor to the carrier and from the Function
menu, select [Detail info].
To delete a carrier
Move the cursor to the carrier and from the Function
menu, select [Delete]
[Delete one]
[Yes]. To delete
all carriers, from the Function menu, select [Delete]
[Delete all], enter the Security code, and select [Yes].
4
Select [Select from List] and press .
The PLMN slct from List display appears.
To search for a carrier by country name
Press (Search) and select a country name.
5
Select a carrier and press .
The screen for selecting 3G/GSM appears.
[3G/GSM/GPRS]:
Set as the 3G and GSM/GPRS compatible carrier.
[3G]:
Set as the 3G compatible carrier.
[GSM/GPRS]:
Set as the GSM/GPRS compatible carrier.
6
Select a network communication method
[Yes]
and press .
A carrier with the higher-priority for connection is set.