How to activate and change profiles
Select Menu > Tools > Profiles.
In Profiles, you can adjust and personalize the phone tones for different events, environments, or caller groups. You can see the currently selected profile at the top of the display in the standby mode. If the General profile is in use, only the current date is shown. To activate the profile, scroll to a profile, press the scroll key, and select Activate.
Tip: To quickly change between General and Silent profile, in the standby mode, press and hold #.
To personalize a profile, scroll to the profile in the profile list, press the scroll key, select Personalise and from the following options:
Ringing tone — To set the ringing tone for voice calls, choose a ringing tone from the list. Press any key to stop the sound. You can also change ringing tones in contacts. Say caller’s name — Select On to have the phone say the caller’s name when the phone is ringing.
Ringing type — When Ascending is selected, the ringing volume starts from level one and increases level by level to the set volume level. Ringing volume — Set the volume level for the ringing and message alert tones.
Message alert tone — Set the alert tone for text and multimedia messages.
E-mail alert tone — Set the alert tone for e-mail messages.
Vibrating alert — Set the phone to vibrate to alert for incoming calls and messages.
Keypad tones — Set the volume level for keypad tones.
Warning tones — Activate or deactivate warning tones. Alert for — Set the phone to ring only upon calls from phone numbers that belong to a selected contact group. Phone calls coming from people outside the selected group have a silent alert. Profile name — Name the profile. This setting is not shown for the General and Offline profiles.
When using the Offline profile, the phone is not connected to the GSM network. You can use certain functions of the phone without a SIM card by starting the phone with the Offline profile. In the offline profile, you may need to enter the lock code and change the device to a calling profile before making any call, including a call to an emergency number.
Warning: In the offline profile you cannot make or receive any calls, including emergency calls, or use other features that require network coverage. To make calls, you must first activate the phone function by changing profiles. If the device has been locked, enter the lock code.
Also see:
How to use activation keys – Nokia 5500 Sport support
