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Cincinnati Bell Wireless
Quick Start Guide
Transferring your Address Book
If switching from a Digital (TDMA) phone to a Sony Ericsson T290
You will need to manually transfer numbers from one phone’s address book to another by following the
instructions in your phone’s User Guide.
If switching from a Next Generation (GSM/GPRS) phone to a Sony Ericsson T290
Next Generation phones such as the Sony Ericsson T290 often allow you to save contacts to your phone or to
your SIM card (which is a memory chip that you can remove and insert into future next generation phones that
you use). If this option is available to you, and you think you may decide to change phones (to another Next
Generation phone) at any time, be sure to save all your contacts to your SIM card so that you can simply take
your address book with you. To add a contact to your SIM, select Menu (you can reach the menu by pressing
the scroll key center on your phone) →Phonebook → Manage SIM → Add to SIM, enter the name and number,
and select ‘Save and exit.’ Note: SIM cards are able to save 200 numbers, and only one number per name.
Setting Up VoiceMail
Please to refer to the Welcome Guide, which you received with your phone, for full instructions on how to set up
your VoiceMail service. For the Sony Ericsson T290, be sure to follow the “Next Generation” phone instructions
and use 1111 as your temporary VoiceMail password. Note: You’ll want to set up your VoiceMail as soon
as possible, since this service is active immediately and callers may be leaving messages for you.
Using Text Messaging
Have you ever wanted to reach someone, but know that they are in a place where they can’t receive a phone
call, or have you just wanted to pass a quick comment along without making it into a long voice conversation?
Text Messaging may just be for you.
Text messaging is already active on your phone, and any messages that you receive are FREE. This is
especially handy because it means you may be able to receive info alerts for free from sites such as CNN.com,
or the Weather Channel, etc. PC users can also send 150 character-long emails to your phone using your 10
digit telephone [email protected] as the email address. To illustrate, the format of the address would look
something like this: [email protected]
To respond to text messages, it’s just a dime per message that you send, or you can get a money-saving text
messaging plan if you become a frequent user. To switch to a text messaging plan at any time, simply call
#TXT from your wireless phone and add the service using our automated ordering line. Using text messaging is
easy. See the following instructions, which can be used on virtually any Sony Ericsson phone.
To send a text message from your wireless phone:
1. Press the scroll key center to access the Menu
2. Press the scroll key center to select the highlighted envelope icon entitled ‘Messages’
3. Press the scroll key center to select ‘Text’
4. Press the scroll key center to select ‘Write New’
5. Use the key pad to type your message
a. Example – Type the word ‘Hello’
i. Press the 4 key twice for H
ii. Press the 3 key twice for E
iii. Press the 5 key three times for L (wait a couple of seconds)
iv. Press the 5 key three times for L
v. Press the 6 key three times for O
6. Once you’ve typed your message (up to 150 characters), press the scroll key center to continue
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Wireless Internet Service Overview
National News
Get the latest news straight from the Associated Press wire! Searchable news categories include US,
World, Business, Science & Technology, Politics, Sports, Entertainment, Health and more!
Cincinnati.com
Access local information from your wireless phone - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - from The Cincinnati
Enquirer, The Cincinnati Post, The Associated Press, Gannett News Service and more. Cincinnati.com
gives you everything you need to know about Cincinnati: Local and national news, sports, arts and
entertainment information, community events, weather, traffic updates, and more - all updated minute-by-
minute each day.
ESPN Sports
Sports news is now at your fingertips, brought to you by the leading provider of sports on the Internet. ESPN
offers late breaking news, statistics, schedules, and player updates, in addition to up-to-the minute sports
scores from live events. Get sports info on numerous college and pro sports including football, hockey,
horse racing, auto racing, basketball, tennis, golf and more!
Ringtones & Graphics
Get the coolest ringtones and graphics from Cincinnati Bell. Select from various songs and artists. Get your
school fight song. Download a graphic that lets you express your own personal style. Downloads are priced
individually and, if applicable, the data used to transfer the file will be subtracted from your monthly Wireless
Internet plan (or charged per kilobyte if you aren’t a Wireless Internet subscriber). NOTE: This option not
available on all Next Generation phones.
Java Games
Download a fun game to play while waiting around. Downloads are priced individually and, if applicable, the
data used to transfer the file will be subtracted from your monthly Wireless Internet plan (or charged per
kilobyte if you aren’t a Wireless Internet subscriber). NOTE: This option not available on all Next Generation
phones.
E-Mail
To access your email, select the “Email” menu option within the Cincinnati Bell Wireless Internet services
home page on your phone. You will see two options: 1) My Email or 2) Other Email
My Email
Cincinnati Bell Wireless Internet subscribers get one Fuse email box free. If you are an existing
Cincinnati Bell email subscriber (Fuse, Zoomtown, etc.) you may set up “My Email” with the same
Cincinnati Bell email address and password that you use to log-in via your PC.
Setting up “My Email”
The directions will vary for those with and those without an existing Cincinnati Bell email box (Fuse,
ZoomTown, etc).
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Those who DO NOT HAVE an existing Cincinnati Bell email box:
Select “My Email”. You will be asked: “Are you an existing Cincinnati Bell email (fuse.net,
zoomtown.com) customer”
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Select “No” and the following will appear: “Set up your email address and password so you
can take advantage of Fuse Email while you’re on the go”. Select “OK”
Next you will choose a user name and a password.
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Create your user name. If the user name you have chosen is already being used,
you will be provided with alternatives. You may choose a suggested alternative or
select a completely different user name.
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Create a password. Passwords must be at least six characters long and must
include at least one numeric character.
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Once you have successfully created a username and password, you will receive a
confirmation message indicating your Fuse email box has been created.
The next time you access “My Email” from the menu, you will not need to input your
username and password. You will be automatically logged in to your Fuse email box.
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If you would like to require your password be asked for every time you access “My
Email”, you can set this preference in the “My Email Tools” folder and select
“Remove Auto-Login)
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If you’d like to access your email from a computer, you may do so by going to the
“Username”@fuse.net, as well as your password.
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Those who HAVE an existing Cincinnati Bell email box (Fuse, Zoomtown etc.).
Select “My Email”. You will be asked: “Are you an existing Cincinnati Bell email (fuse.net,
zoomtown.com) customer”
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Select “Email Address:” and enter your existing Cincinnati Bell email address (i.e.
the # key until you see “abc” mode instead of “Abc” mode.
Scroll down to “Email Password” and enter your existing email password (case sensitive).
Scroll down and select “Go”
If you see a message asking “Fetch redirected URL?”, select “Yes”.
You should now see your existing email inbox. Subsequent returns to “My Email” won’t
require you to input your “Email Address” and “Email Password” – you’ll automatically be
logged in!
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Other Email
Use this option if you have email with a different provider (than Cincinnati Bell), or you wish to check a
secondary Cincinnati Bell email account (up to 5 secondary email boxes besides the primary set up in
“My Email can be accessed).
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Select the “Other Email” option, choose from one of the available options (Yahoo & MSN),
and enter your email address and password.
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If your email service is not listed, visit your email provider’s website using the “go to” option
and enter your Username and Password. If you have difficulty accessing your other email,
contact your email provider for assistance.
Wall Street Journal
Access the only morning paper that delivers the latest business news from every major market in the world.
More than 1,650 analysts and writers bring you the top world news, crucial reports from all industries, in-
depth technology coverage, along with all the financial insight you need to succeed. Select from US News,
Asia News, Europe News or Technology News.
Entertainment
This category offers more fun things to do with your phone! Within the Entertainment category are:
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Movies: See what’s playing in your area, get movie reviews, prices, movie times, and listings of
what movies are coming soon. What more could you need?
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Games: Here you’ll find games that you can buy and download to your phone to play anytime.
You’ll also find a library of games that you can play online by yourself or against others. Some of
our many online games include: 3X Trivia, Blackjack, Decoder, Hangman, Roshambo, and
Scrabble.
Note: Downloadable games have a fee when you download and the kilobytes used to
download the game are deducted from your monthly data plan. Games that you play online are
free, except the kilobytes used while playing are deducted from your monthly data plan.
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Lottery: Get the latest lottery scores to find out if you’re a millionaire yet.
Horoscopes: Check your horoscopes anytime; they’re right here at your fingertips whenever you
need to know what the day has in store for you!
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Proverbs: Need a wise saying to jump-start your day? Check out our proverbs section.
My Info
My Info allows you to set up a shortcut to your favorite Wireless Internet information. Short cuts might allow
you to quickly check the weather in specific cities, check certain stock ticker symbols, track your favorite
sports teams, or set up a specific starting point when looking up directions. “My Info” is available to those
who subscribe to any Cincinnati Bell Wireless Internet plan.
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Within the My Info section, you have the following choices:
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My Sports
My Stocks
My Drivers
Alerts
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My Bookmarks
My Theatres
My Horoscopes
My AP News
My Weather
My Lottery
Edit Settings
You can customize your prefences using your PC or using your wireless phone. To customize using your
your phone, select My Info→More→Edit Settings. Once at “Edit Settings”, you can follow the screens to
choose whether or not you would like to view each of the categories. To select a category, you must first
highlight the category by scrolling up or down with the scroll keys and press directly down on the scroll key
center to select.
Cincinnati Bell Yellow Pages
Search for business and residential phone and address listings from the Cincinnati Bell Yellow pages using
your wireless phone. Find the nearest, get driving directions and more!
Find It
The “Find It” section puts you in command! Now you not only have access to breaking news and
information, you have access to databases of information using your phone! Find stores, get directions,
access phone numbers of friends and businesses, find out who just called with Reverse Lookup, and more!
Within the “Find It” section, you will be able to select among the following menu options:
1. Find Nearest
2. Google
3. White Pages
4. Yellow Pages
5. Reverse Lookup
6. Go To Site
7. Directions
8. Movies
The easiest way to find the nearest hotel, restaurant, etc, is to select “Find Nearest” and “Enter ZIP”. Once
you’ve entered your Zip (starting point), you can select the type of business you are seeking (restaurant, gas
station, etc). Highlight your selection and press enter (center of large circular button). Your results will
appear.
Google
A search engine that you can select if you want to visit other websites. Note: Many websites are not set up
correctly for access using a mobile phone. If you have trouble viewing a site, the trouble is most likely with
the format of the website and not your mobile phone’s browser.
Yahoo
These are direct links to commonly used e-mail providers, Yahoo and MSN. You can access these sites via
these links or by selecting “other email” under the Email menu option.
Usage History
Keep track of the wireless data usage on your account through this helpful link.
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
Also known as “Picture Messaging”, MMS allows users to create and messages combining text, sound and
graphics. You can send and receive images, voice clips, music, greeting cards and more…even if your Next
Generation phone does not have a camera embedded in it. It should be noted, however, that both the sender
and the receiver must have a Next Generation phone which is MMS capable.
There is a $.20 per message charge for each message sent. The data (kilobytes) used to transfer of the MMS
file will also be deducted from the data in your monthly Wireless Internet plan. (If not a Wireless Internet
subscriber, the sender will be charged $0.03 per kilobyte for the data transfer.) When receiving an MMS
message, the recipient pays nothing; however, the data (kilobytes) used to transfer the file will be deducted from
the recipient’s monthly Wireless Internet data plan balance.
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Sending/Receiving MMS Messages
There are 3 ways to send an MMS message: between phones, PC to phone, and phone to PC.
Note! To send MMS message between phones, both the sender and the receiver must have a Next
Generation phone. If the sender has a Next Generation phone and the receiver does not, the receiver will
receive a text (SMS) message with a unique URL (web address) that can be accessed via PC to view the
content.
Sending an MMS from your phone
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From the main menu, select Messages→ MMS → Create new
If you would like to enter a text message, select ‘Add Text’ and input your message. Inputting text is
not required.
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If you would like to enter a picture, ‘Add picture’ and highlight the picture you wish to insert and
press directly down on the scroll key center.
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If the picture that appears is the picture you wish you insert press the scroll key center to ‘Accept’
If you would like to add another MMS item such as sound, highlight the add item icon and press the
scroll key center, select the form of multimedia you wish to insert and then select the item you wish
you add.
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Once you have your desired message created, press the scroll key down, select ‘Send’ and choose
the recipient by either:
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Manually input a 10-digit wireless phone number and press the scroll key center to select ‘Send’
or press the scroll key left to access your saved contacts. You can choose from your
phonebook, SIM entries, email address listings, etc. Highlight your selection, and press the
scroll key center. Your selection will prompt you to enter the first letter(s) of your contact, press
the appropriate key, and the scroll key center. Scroll through the list and highlight the name you
want to send a message to and press the scroll key center. You’ll notice the name of the
contact you’ve selected in the dialogue box. If this is the correct entry, highlight ’Send’ and
press the scroll key center.
Note! Your Sony Ericsson T290 can receive image files that are 45KB or smaller and in the format of a
JPEG, PNG, OTA-BMP, WBMP or GIF. Sound files must be in Mobile MIDI (GMX) format and under
45KB in size.
When sending an MMS message to a Next Generation phone from your PC (using your email or a
website), you’ll need to know the phone’s address. The Next Generation phone’s MMS “email” address
Receiving MMS to your phone
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When an MMS message is received, your screen will read “New Message, From *sender*, Size *file
size* Read now?”
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To view the message, press the left soft key ‘Yes’
The message will appear. If the message came from a PC, you may see a message stating that the
image is attached. You can view picture attachments sent via MMS, however, the image may not
be the first thing you see when you open the message. You may need to scroll down in the
message in order to get to the image.
Saving an MMS Message
MMS messages will be temporarily saved in your inbox/outbox for up to 7 days. If you would like to save
an image longer, you will need to follow these directions to save an image or sound clip into your
gallery.
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While the MMS message is open, scroll key up to highlight the image. When the image is
highlighted, press the scroll key center and a dialog box will appear prompting you to save the
image or set it as a wallpaper.
You’ll be given the opportunity to name the image (If the image had a name when it was sent, this
name will default; however, a new name can be entered). Input the name you would like and press
the scroll key center.
The image will now be saved to your “My Pictures” gallery.
Protecting Your Phone From Unauthorized Use
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Would you like to make sure that others can’t use your phone (and your airtime) without your consent? Just
follow these simple steps. Once activated, your phone will require the user to enter a password each time it’s
turned on.
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Go to Settings→ Locks→SIM Lock→Protection
Select to turn your SIM lock “on”
You will be prompted to enter a 4 to 8 digit phone code (that you create) several times
Call Cincinnati Bell Customer Care at 1-888-391-3925 to obtain a PIN/PUK code to enter at the prompt.
NOTE: You will have 10 chances to correctly enter this code. If you incorrectly enter it 10 times, you will see
“SIM Blocked” and should visit your nearest Cincinnati Bell Wireless location to purchase a new SIM card.
How to Use Connect2Home Callingsm
Connect2Homesm calling is a feature included with USA Nation bundled wireless rate plans which allows you to
make free voice calls from your GSM wireless phone to your home phone number. If you’ve selected a rate
plan which includes Connect2Home calling, this service should be available for use the next business day after
ordering. Once the service is active on your account, you will receive a text message to your wireless phone to
confirm.
How to Place a Call Using Connect2Home service:
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To place a Connect2Home call, dial “22” then press the “send” or “enter” key to place a call to your
designated home number. Calls you make by dialing 22 will automatically be sent to your home
number (your home number is the local, residential Cincinnati Bell Telephone phone number that
you provided to Cincinnati Bell for billing purposes when you activated your wireless phone.)
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If you move, you can change the telephone number that you designated to be your home phone
number twice per calendar year by calling CBW Care at (888) 391-3925.
IMPORTANT! Calls to “22” will always be free calls, and the minutes used will not subtract from the
minutes you have available in your wireless rate plan. If you dial directly to your 7 or 10-digit home
phone number, these minutes will not be free and will count against your plan’s available minutes.
Likewise, minutes used when dialing from your home to your wireless will subtract from your plan’s
available minutes.
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Cincinnati Bell reserves the right to disconnect the Connect2Home Feature at its discretion.
Interactions with other Telephone Services:
• Line Number Blocking or Out of Area: When you dial 22, Cincinnati Bell must be able to read the
Caller ID from your incoming call in order to connect the call to your designated home number. In
certain coverage areas and/or if you have “Line Number Blocking” service active on your wireless
phone, calls will not carry Caller ID information. In these instances, you will hear the following
message:
“We're sorry, your Connect2Home free call may not be completed at this time due to insufficient
incoming Caller ID information. This may be just a temporary problem due to your current
wireless network connection. Please try your free call again at a later time.”
If you have “Line Number Blocking” set up on your wireless phone, you do not need to eliminate this
service. Instead, simply dial *82 513-241-3030 to use Connect2Home service. This will be the
phone number that you dial each time you place a call home instead of dialing “22”. It may be
easiest for you to use this number if you program the entire number sequence into your address
book.
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Call Forwarding: Call Forwarding should not be used to forward any calls to your home number, to
22, or to 513-241-3030. Calls placed using the Call Forwarding feature will be billed the normal call
forwarding charges ($.07/min).
Billing Detail with Connect2Home:
Calls made to 22 or 513-241-3030 will appear on your monthly detailed bill. Connect2Home calls
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will be identified as shown below.
LOCAL CALLS
Long
Date
14. Jul 3 9:32p
Time
Number called
22
Type Min Airtime Distance
Total
0.00
3
0.000
0.00
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Called to: Cnct 2Home
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