Nokia 6651 - Infrared

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Infrared

The phone has an infrared port that you can use for connecting your
phone to another IrDA-compliant device. Over infrared connection, you
can transfer, for example, business cards and calendar notes.

To activate the infrared port, press

Menu

in standby mode, and select

Connectivity

and

Infrared

.

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Nokia 6651 User Guide

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Do not point the IR (infrared) beam at anyone's eye or allow it to interfere
with other IR devices. This device is a Class 1 Laser product.

SENDING AND RECEIVING DATA USING INFRARED

Ensure that the infrared ports of your phone and the other device are
pointing at each other and that there are no obstructions between
the devices.

The preferable distance between the two devices in an infrared
connection is three feet at the most.

To receive data, activate the infrared port of your phone by pressing

Menu

in standby mode and by selecting

Connectivity

and

Infrared

.

Ask the user of the sending phone to start the data transfer.

To send data from your phone, select the function from which you
want to send data over the infrared connection.

For example, to send a calendar note when you are viewing it in the

Calendar

menu, press

Options

and select

Send note

and

Via infrared

.

If data transfer is not started within two minutes after the activation of
the infrared port, the connection is cancelled and has to be started again.

CHECKING THE STATUS OF THE INFRARED CONNECTION

When

is shown continuously, the infrared connection is active

and your phone is ready to send or receive data using its infrared port.

When

blinks, your phone is trying to connect to the other device

or the connection has been lost.