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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: ENFIELD_MV6 on 22 October 2009, 12:57:18
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on my miggy if i take the key panel of the head unit there is a slot i.e credit card size is this for a mobile phone sim card or not ???? if it is can you use pay as you go sim card in there or does it have to be contract (just wondering how you top up pay as you go cus some networks you have to use the hash or star button ???) any help would be great
Wayne
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There are only certain PAYG sims that will work, I used a Tesco one and topped up online ;)
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cool might give it ago, take it they accept most networks ??????
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cool might give it ago, take it they accept most networks ??????
No, there's only 2 but i'm not sure which ones they are, Tesco's which I think is O2 are one. You may also need an adapter to make the card fit as the CCRT700 which you have is designed for the full size sim.
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Only work with O2 & Voda (Tesco is MVNO of O2)
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I think the original big two companies (Vodaphone & Cellnet/O2) got to use GSM900 and then the newcomers (121/TMobile & Orange) got GSM1800.
I think the phone in the Omega is just GSM900 (ie the origiinal band used for GSM mobile phones).
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damn will get a o2 simcard then only got 3 network ones that are credit card size at the mo
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damn will get a o2 simcard then only got 3 network ones that are credit card size at the mo
Doesn't 3 fall back to GSM on the O2 network if they cannot find a 3G signal?
You might get lucky with a 3 sim card (though more likely that the Vauxhall phone will not recognise it at all)
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you can force it to O2/Voda on a phone, not sure how configurable the Vx units are.
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lol will get a 02 one and a orange one and try em all to see which one will work, its only if i am in the car and somebody wants to get hold of me, cant be doing with those ear piece things bloody hate em
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lol will get a 02 one and a orange one and try em all to see which one will work, its only if i am in the car and somebody wants to get hold of me, cant be doing with those ear piece things bloody hate em
Don't waste your money it won't work...
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o2 then, can get them for free so wont cost owt, hopefully it will recognse it when i put it in
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I love the phone in the Omega, proper top of the range 90s technology! I've got an O2 sim in mine. Don't get to use it much because my work-issue mobile bluetooths to my work-issue satnav. It's just one of those things that's nice to have, like the Trafficmaster lady!
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I love the phone in the Omega, proper top of the range 90s technology! I've got an O2 sim in mine. Don't get to use it much because my work-issue mobile bluetooths to my work-issue satnav. It's just one of those things that's nice to have, like the Trafficmaster lady!
oh i have got traffic master aswell, just debating wether its worth renewing it or not, not sure on how much it costs and what the benefits are of having it
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on my miggy if i take the key panel of the head unit there is a slot i.e credit card size is this for a mobile phone sim card or not ???? if it is can you use pay as you go sim card in there or does it have to be contract (just wondering how you top up pay as you go cus some networks you have to use the hash or star button ???) any help would be great
Wayne
used to have one meself...i used an o2 sim in mine ..worked perfect...the reason it only takes certain sim cards is that when you buy a sim card it is attached to a credit card sized "holder" its this that you insert into that slot.DO NOT REMOVE THE SIM FROM ITS HOLDER ...the position of the sim in the holder corresponds to where it connects in that slot...o2 and one other are at the top right of the holder, orange and co are in the centre and wont connect to the terminals in the phone, hope this helped..
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Ah, but there is a credit card size holder supplied with the stereo. Guess lots of them have gone astray inthe last 10 years.
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Got an Asda sim card in mine can't remember who's service they piggy back supposedly one of the cheapest to run
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Ah, but there is a credit card size holder supplied with the stereo. Guess lots of them have gone astray inthe last 10 years.
never seen one before ...was just as handy to use the card it comes in
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on my miggy if i take the key panel of the head unit there is a slot i.e credit card size is this for a mobile phone sim card or not ???? if it is can you use pay as you go sim card in there or does it have to be contract (just wondering how you top up pay as you go cus some networks you have to use the hash or star button ???) any help would be great
Wayne
used to have one meself...i used an o2 sim in mine ..worked perfect...the reason it only takes certain sim cards is that when you buy a sim card it is attached to a credit card sized "holder" its this that you insert into that slot.DO NOT REMOVE THE SIM FROM ITS HOLDER ...the position of the sim in the holder corresponds to where it connects in that slot...o2 and one other are at the top right of the holder, orange and co are in the centre and wont connect to the terminals in the phone, hope this helped..
thats a great help matey thankyou for that, will visit the o2 website and get some ordered asap
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Ah, but there is a credit card size holder supplied with the stereo. Guess lots of them have gone astray inthe last 10 years.
hmmmmmmm i wonder if there still available lol doubt it
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Ah, but there is a credit card size holder supplied with the stereo. Guess lots of them have gone astray inthe last 10 years.
never seen one before ...was just as handy to use the card it comes in
thats what i was thinking, going to have PAYG so hope you can top up online with it, just looked at the 3 ones i have and there at the end in the middle
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Got an Asda sim card in mine can't remember who's service they piggy back supposedly one of the cheapest to run
Vodafone
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Got an Asda sim card in mine can't remember who's service they piggy back supposedly one of the cheapest to run
Vodafone
if you need to take it out to top it up, take sim from holder and put into mobile, to get it back into the car fone...i used a ticket from a carpark machine....put this under the sim holder so the sim doesnt fall through..push both into carfone.when the sim and holder are in a little slide carpark ticket from underneath..sim card holder will take the sim on in
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Got an Asda sim card in mine can't remember who's service they piggy back supposedly one of the cheapest to run
Vodafone
if you need to take it out to top it up, take sim from holder and put into mobile, to get it back into the car fone...i used a ticket from a carpark machine....put this under the sim holder so the sim doesnt fall through..push both into carfone.when the sim and holder are in a little slide carpark ticket from underneath..sim card holder will take the sim on in
Errrr, why not just dial the automated top-up phone number?
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no reason why mate...im only giving a bit of what i done to remove and replace sim if/when required, like, what if the sim came loose from the holder, ? its not rocket science i know...but...
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Got an Asda sim card in mine can't remember who's service they piggy back supposedly one of the cheapest to run
Vodafone
if you need to take it out to top it up, take sim from holder and put into mobile, to get it back into the car fone...i used a ticket from a carpark machine....put this under the sim holder so the sim doesnt fall through..push both into carfone.when the sim and holder are in a little slide carpark ticket from underneath..sim card holder will take the sim on in
Errrr, why not just dial the automated top-up phone number?
good point just that some of them when you top up you have to use the hash key at the end of the code
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........i used a ticket from a carpark machine....put this under the sim holder so the sim doesnt fall through..push both into carfone.when the sim and holder are in a little slide carpark ticket from underneath..sim card holder will take the sim on in
A bit of Sellotape works too. :y :y
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unless like me you have a phobia with sell,,,,yuk even spelling it makes me ill
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........i used a ticket from a carpark machine....put this under the sim holder so the sim doesnt fall through..push both into carfone.when the sim and holder are in a little slide carpark ticket from underneath..sim card holder will take the sim on in
A bit of Sellotape works too. :y :y
hmmmmm now theres a really good idea, must invest in some gaffer tape might be a bit thick lol
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Got an Asda sim card in mine can't remember who's service they piggy back supposedly one of the cheapest to run
Vodafone
if you need to take it out to top it up, take sim from holder and put into mobile, to get it back into the car fone...i used a ticket from a carpark machine....put this under the sim holder so the sim doesnt fall through..push both into carfone.when the sim and holder are in a little slide carpark ticket from underneath..sim card holder will take the sim on in
Errrr, why not just dial the automated top-up phone number?
good point just that some of them when you top up you have to use the hash key at the end of the code
If it does that and you fudge it 3 times i think they put you through to a real person :)
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its gonna be fun which ever i do lol, now off to the o2 store for my free sim
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..... now off to the o2 store for my free sim
Remind them you want it in the full size card before they snap it out. ;) ;) ;)
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..... now off to the o2 store for my free sim
Remind them you want it in the full size card before they snap it out. ;) ;) ;)
very valid point andy ty :y
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just orderd my free sims on o2, vodafone and tesco mobile lol just incase, got 4 of each one coming so i can have a hoice of numbers lol
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just noticed something looking at the pics of my car (only because its not with me at the mo lol) dont need to worry about taking the phone card out to top up as it looks like it has the hash and star key on the key pad
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h148/OLIVET5/050.jpg)
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just noticed something looking at the pics of my car (only because its not with me at the mo lol) dont need to worry about taking the phone card out to top up as it looks like it has the hash and star key on the key pad
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h148/OLIVET5/050.jpg)
You car needs a hoover ::)
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deffo, going to do it very soon lol not a good advert for a mobile valeter is it
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got my sim cards all full size ones the actual sim is in the same place on all three of the cards not sure if there in the right place for the miggy though ( pics to follow in a sec)
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said sim cards (the two white ones drawn round to show were sim is
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h148/OLIVET5/phonecards001-1.jpg)
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I've got a Lebara sim in mine, as it's a basic 10p a minute whether you call landline or mobile in the UK (£5 gets you 50 minutes) although they are very cheap for international calls. Mind they have stopped doing the free Lebara to Lebara calls unless you top up £5 a month (which I don't). I'll have to find out who's cheapest now.
Vodafone definately work, and they do a friends and family thing so for £7 a month you can have 6 (Vodafone) numbers that call call each other for free (The car was mobile 7 so didn't get the free calls, hence the Lebara sim).
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I've got a Lebara sim in mine, as it's a basic 10p a minute whether you call landline or mobile in the UK (£5 gets you 50 minutes) although they are very cheap for international calls. Mind they have stopped doing the free Lebara to Lebara calls unless you top up £5 a month (which I don't). I'll have to find out who's cheapest now.
Vodafone definately work, and they do a friends and family thing so for £7 a month you can have 6 (Vodafone) numbers that call call each other for free (The car was mobile 7 so didn't get the free calls, hence the Lebara sim).
are the sim cards in the right place on those holders bobilly in my pic before i shove them in. Tesco one top up £10 they give you £10 free
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I've got a Lebara sim in mine, as it's a basic 10p a minute whether you call landline or mobile in the UK (£5 gets you 50 minutes) although they are very cheap for international calls. Mind they have stopped doing the free Lebara to Lebara calls unless you top up £5 a month (which I don't). I'll have to find out who's cheapest now.
Vodafone definately work, and they do a friends and family thing so for £7 a month you can have 6 (Vodafone) numbers that call call each other for free (The car was mobile 7 so didn't get the free calls, hence the Lebara sim).
are the sim cards in the right place on those holders bobilly in my pic before i shove them in. Tesco one top up £10 they give you £10 free
Yup in the right place
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I've got a Lebara sim in mine, as it's a basic 10p a minute whether you call landline or mobile in the UK (£5 gets you 50 minutes) although they are very cheap for international calls. Mind they have stopped doing the free Lebara to Lebara calls unless you top up £5 a month (which I don't). I'll have to find out who's cheapest now.
Vodafone definately work, and they do a friends and family thing so for £7 a month you can have 6 (Vodafone) numbers that call call each other for free (The car was mobile 7 so didn't get the free calls, hence the Lebara sim).
are the sim cards in the right place on those holders bobilly in my pic before i shove them in. Tesco one top up £10 they give you £10 free
Yup in the right place
oh thankgod lol, cool cant wait to get it put in and top it up, going to go for the tesco one seems a better deal and option