[ 127 ]Your phone and other devices18• INFRARED BASICSYou can use IR to send and receive phone book entries (business cards)and calendar notes.1 Make sure the 2 devices are ready for the IR connection.2 To receive information on your phone, press Menu 9 (Infrared) andthen press Select.3 Have the user of the sending device select the desired IR function tostart data transfer.If data transfer is not started within 2 minutes, the connection iscancelled and will have to be restarted.Note: You do not have to “turn off” the IR function in your phone.After data transfer, the IR connection automatically drops afterabout 2 minutes.Check the status of an IR connectionThe status of an IR connection is indicated by .• When is displayed continuously, there is an IR connectionbetween your phone and the other device.• When blinks, your phone is trying to establish a connectionwith the other device or a connection has been lost.• When is not displayed, no IR connection exists.• SEND AND RECEIVE INFORMATIONYou can transmit information in your phone by infrared (IR) using theindustry-standard v.card format. You can send and receive business cards(v.card format) to another compatible phone, to a PC running the appropriatesoftware, or to other compatible IR-equipped handheld devices.
