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Nokia 5500 Sport Tips and Tricks
Fully tap into the functions of your Nokia 5500 Sport phone with useful tips and tricks.
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Get Familar with your phone
1. Tutorial
To learn about the the basic features of your phone, use the Tutorial application. You can start Tutorial by selecting Menu > Tutorial.
2. Help
Your device has context-sensitive help. You can access help from an application or from the main menu. To access help when an application is open, select Options > Help.
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Personalize your phone
- Record your own ringing tone
- Personalize the main menu
- Standby mode shortcuts
- Active standby mode shortcuts
- Themes
- Personalize the sound of your phone
- Downloading ringing tones
- Tone downloads
- Downloading
- Catalogs
1. Record your own ringing tone
Personalize your Nokia 5500 Sport phone by recording your own ringing tones. You can easily record new ringing tones, like something your friends might have said aloud to you, with the built-in recorder.
2. Personalize the main menu
Personalize the main menu and get quick access to the phone functions you always use. You can move more rarely used applications into folders and place the applications you use more often into the main menu. To rearrange the main menu, select Options > Move, New folder, or Move to folder.
3. Standby mode shortcuts
To change standby mode, scroll key shortcuts, go to Tools and select Settings > Phone > Standby mode > Navigation key right, Navigation key left, Navigat. key down, Navigation key up, or Selection key. The scroll key shortcuts are not available if Active standby is On.
4. Active standby mode shortcuts
To select the application shortcuts you want to appear in the active standby, go to Tools > Settings > Phone > Standby mode > Active standby apps.
5. Themes
Match your Nokia 5500 Sport phone to your style by changing the look of the display. Just activate your favorite theme and enjoy the new appearance of your phone. A theme can include the standby mode, wallpaper and power saver. You can edit a theme to further personalize your phone.
6. Personalize the sound of your phone
You can use Profiles to adjust and personalize the phone tones for different events, environments, or caller groups. To customize the profile of your choice, select Options > Personalise.
7. Downloading ringing tones
You can download your favorite ringing tones from the web. If you download a sound, it will appear in Gallery, Tones folder.
8. Tone downloads
When you choose a tone, Tone downloads opens a list of bookmarks. You can select a bookmark and start connection to a Web page to download tones.
9. Downloading
You can download items such as ringing tones, images, operator logos and video clips through the mobile browser. These items can be provided free of charge or for a price. Once downloaded, items are handled by the respective applications on your phone, for example a downloaded photo will be saved in Images.
10. Catalogs
Use your phone to download software like you already do on your computer. With Catalogs, you can access downloads of tools, videos, ringing tones and games. You can also preview applications with trials and product descriptions, including estimated download times.
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Sports mode
- One key access
- Get to Sports mode quickly
- Tap for music
- Ten-minute feedback
- Map a cycling route
- Your coach in your pocket
- Do a Cooper
- Change activity when monitoring
- Personalize the monitoring view
- Nokia Sport Manager
- Update training data to your PC
- Create a training playlist
- Speed it up, slow it down
- Quick start
- Delete all data
1. One key access
With your Nokia 5500 Sport phone you can easily switch between different modes on the move. Just push the instant swap key to get to Music, Sports, or Phone mode.
2. Get to Sports mode quickly
To activate the Sports mode, press the instant swap key until the scroll key light is red.
3. Tap for music
You can operate the music player on your Nokia 5500 Sport phone simply by tapping the screen. Use tapping commands to control music easily during your training: tap right/left for the next/previous song, double tap the screen to pause/resume the song.
4. Ten-minute feedback
While you exercise, get voice feedback about your current speed, covered distance, and time - every 10 minutes. To enable timed voice feedback, go to the activity settings view, set Timed voice feedback to On, and set the time.
5. Map a cycling route
Access information about your cycling route with Nokia Wireless GPS: find out your current location, see a road map of the area, and measure the length of your covered route. To activate this feature, open Sports mode, set Use Bluetooth GPS > Yes, and use a Bluetooth GPS enhancement for monitoring.
6.Your coach in your pocket
Improve your long-term training plan with the Nokia Fitness Coach, easy-to-use fitness monitor in your Nokia 5500 Sport. In the Training view, open Diary and select Options > Plan > Fitness Coach. Define the settings and select Create plan.
7. Do a Cooper
Perform your own Cooper or bike tests with the Nokia 5500 Sport phone. To start the fitness tests, in the Training view, select Tests > Cooper test or Biking test and follow the instructions.
8. Change activity when monitoring
To change the activity in the Monitoring view, just select Options > Activities and then the activity of your choice.
9. Personalize the monitoring view
To personalize the monitoring view for your activity, go to Activities and scroll to the activity of your choice. Select Options > Edit > Data and layout. You can define what type of information is displayed in the monitoring view and the layout used.
10. Nokia Sport Manager
With Nokia Sport Manager you can plan and analyze your training on both your phone and a compatible PC. Download Nokia Sport Manager Software from the Nokia website.
11. Update training data to your PC
Update the training data on your phone and share it with a compatible PC. Go to the Nokia Sport Manager application and on the left side you can press "Synchronize" to update information between your phone and PC. Press "Get training data" after each training session and you'll then be able to view the information on your PC screen.
12. Create a training playlist
Create your own training playlist on either your phone or PC using Nokia Music Manager. To create a playlist on your phone from Music library, select Track lists > Options > New track list.
13. Speed it up, slow it down
Decide how fast or slow the music is through each stage of your workout. Nokia Music Manager helps you create your own personal training mix to match your exercise mood. Nokia Music Manager is available from Nokia PC Suite.
14. Quick start
To start monitoring your exercise immediately, go to the Training view, select Quick start.
15. Delete all data
To delete all data, including exercise results, exercise plans, and personal data, go to the Settings view and select Options > Delete all data.
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Messaging
- Listen to a text message
- Voice management
- Send audio messages
- Find out if your message was delivered
- Polite call rejection
1. Listen to a text message
Your Nokia 5500 Sport phone features text to speech technology, which enables you to listen to your text messages. To listen to a text message, select and hold Show. If the requested language is not in your phone, go to the Nokia website to download the language if available.
2. Voice management
To set the voice for speech, press the menu key, select Tools > Speech and scroll right. Voice is language-dependent. The first voice in the list is used as a default.
3. Send audio messages
Use Nokia Xpress audio messaging to send a message without typing. Record your own voice clips and send them as multimedia messages. The multimedia messaging service must be activated before you can use audio messaging.
4. Find out if your message was delivered
If you want to know whether your message was delivered to the recipient, activate the Receive report feature. When creating an audio message, select Options > Sending options and set Receive report to Yes. You will now receive a note when the message is delivered.
5. Polite call rejection
When you are unable to answer a call, send a text message to the caller telling them why. To send the message, select Options > Send text message.
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Push to talk
- Push to talk
- Send a callback request in push to talk
- Received call request in push to talk
- Make a group call
1. Push to talk
Push to talk (PTT) is a two-way radio service that provides direct voice communication. You can use PTT for easy communication on the move, one-to-one, or in a group. In push to talk communication, one person talks while the others listen from the built-in loudspeaker.
2. Send a callback request in push to talk
If you make a one-to-one call and do not get a response, you can send a request for the person to call you back. To send a callback request from PTT contacts, scroll to a contact, and select Options > Send callback request.
3. Received call request in push to talk
When someone sends you a callback request, 1 new callback request is displayed in the standby mode. When you receive a callback request from someone who is not in your contacts list, you can save the name to your contacts.
4. Make a group call
To call a group, select Options > PTT contacts, mark the contacts you want to call, and select Options > Make PTT group call.
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Music
- Start Music Player easily
- Visual radio
- Calling with the radio on
- Make more room for music
- Move music from your PC
- Play music in web
- Station directory
- Update music library
- End visual content feed
- Turn off the radio
- View visual content
1. Start Music Player easily
To start the Music Player, press the instant swap key, until the scroll key light is green and then select Music player.
2. Visual radio
You can use the Visual Radio application as an FM radio with automatic tuning and preset stations, or you can use it to get visual information about the radio program you're listening to (if the station offers Visual Radio service). You can also listen to the radio while using other applications.
3. Calling with the radio on
You can make a call or answer an incoming call while listening to the radio. The radio is automatically turned off when there is an active call.
4. Make more room for music
If your phone has no free space for new music files, then simply transfer some of the old files to your memory card with Nokia Music Manager, available from Nokia PC Suite.
5. Move music from your PC
Use the memory card reader to transfer music tracks from a compatible PC to your phone. Connect the memory card reader to the PC via the USB connector and then insert the memory card of your phone into the reader. The memory card reader accepts various types of memory cards.
6. Play music in web
You can open Music player from other applications such as Services, where you can scroll to a music file and then select it in order to play it.
7. Station directory
From the station directory (network service) you can either select Visual Radio enabled or traditional radio stations from a list, grouped in several folders. A folder may represent geographical locations, such as continents, countries, regions, or cities, and can contain other folders or data of radio stations. To check availability and costs, and to subscribe to the service, contact your network operator or service provider.
8. Update music library
To update the music library and search for music tracks in the phone memory and on the memory card, select Options > Update Music library.
9. End visual content feed
To end the visual content feed but not the FM radio, select Close. To end both, select Options > Exit.
10. Turn off the radio
To quickly turn off the radio, press and hold the Clear key.
11. View visual content
You can view visual content if the station is saved in the station list and visual service is enabled for this station. If the visual service ID was not saved in the station list, you will be asked for the visual service ID. Enter the visual service ID and select OK. If you do not have the visual service ID, select Retrieve to access the station directory (network service).
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Mobile Internet
1. Web browser
Enjoy surfing the internet with the new Web browser. The browser allows you to see Web pages as they were originally designed. When you start scrolling, page overview appears to help you see your destination and then steers you there. Page overview disappears when you stop scrolling.
2. Saving pages in the mobile browser
If you regularly browse pages which don't change very often, such as a train timetable, you can save them and then browse when offline. To save a page while browsing, select Options > Advanced options > Save page. You can find saved pages under the right tab in the Bookmarks view.
3. Automatic bookmarks
Your browser collects bookmarks automatically while you are browsing web pages. The bookmarks are stored in the automatic bookmarks folder and automatically organized according to domain.
4. Install while browsing
Browse the Web and install your downloaded installation files at the same time. There is no longer a need to interrupt the connection.
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Connectivity
- Bluetooth unique addresses
- Searching for devices
- Remove pairing while connected
- Bluetooth disconnection
- Authorize your PC
- Use cable for transferring music
- Set up a Bluetooth connection
- Set up an infrared connection
- Send text using Bluetooth
- Data synchronization
1. Bluetooth unique addresses
When searching for devices, some devices may show only the unique addresses (device addresses). To find the unique address of your phone, enter the code *#2820# in the standby mode.
2. Searching for devices
If you have searched for devices before, a list of the devices found previously will be shown first. To start a new search, select More devices. If you switch off the phone, the list will be cleared.
3. Remove pairing while connected
If you are currently connected to a device and then delete pairing with that device, pairing will be removed immediately but the connection will remain active.
4. Bluetooth disconnection
Bluetooth connections are automatically disconnected after sending or receiving data.
5. Authorize your PC
You can set a compatible PC as authorized, which means that individual connections between your phone and the PC do not need a separate authorization. Go to the Paired devices view on your phone, scroll to the PC, and select Options. Select Set as authorised.
6. Use cable for transferring music
When transferring music files between your phone and the PC, it is recommended that you use a USB cable connection (if available). With a USB connection you can transfer large files more quickly than with other connection methods.
7. Set up a Bluetooth connection
Select Menu > Connect. > Bluetooth. Set Bluetooth to On, and allow your device to be found by other devices with Bluetooth technology by selecting My phone's visibility > Shown to all.
8. Set up an infrared connection
To connect your phone to another device via infrared, ensure that the infrared ports of the devices face each other. Select Menu > Connect. > Infrared to activate the infrared function on your device and then do the same on the other device.
9. Send text using Bluetooth
To send text using a Bluetooth connection (instead of a text message), go to Notes, write the text, and select Options > Send > Via Bluetooth.
10. Data synchronization
You can easily transfer data such as your contacts and calendar from a compatible Nokia phone to your new one. To do so, just use the Transfer application from the Tools menu. Bluetooth or infrared must be available on both devices.