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The Kyocera Wireless Corp. ("KWC") products described in this manual

may include copyrighted KWC and third party software stored in

semiconductor memories or other media. Laws in the United States and

other countries preserve for KWC and third party software providers

certain exclusive rights for copyrighted software, such as the exclusive

rights to distribute or reproduce the copyrighted software. Accordingly,

any copyrighted software contained in the KWC products may not be

modified, reverse engineered, distributed or reproduced in any manner

not permitted by law. Furthermore, the purchase of the KWC products

shall not be deemed to grant either directly or by implication, estoppel, or

otherwise, any license under the copyrights, patents or patent

applications of KWC or any third party software provider, except for the

normal, non-exclusive royalty-free license to use that arises by operation

of law in the sale of a product.

Kyocera is a registered trademark of Kyocera Corporation. Brick Attack

and Doodler are trademarks of Kyocera Wireless Corp. BREW is a

trademark and QUALCOMM is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM

Incorporated. Tetris is a registered trademark of Elorg Company LLC.

Openwave is a trademark of Openwave Systems Incorporated. eZiText is

a registered trademark of Zi Corporation.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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FCC/IC Notice

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject

to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful

interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received,

including interference that may cause undesired operation.

To maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines, if you wear a

handset on your body, use the Kyocera Wireless Corp. (KWC) supplied

and approved case TXLCC10042B and universal belt clip

TXLCC10047B.

Other accessories used with this device for body-worn operations must

not contain any metallic components and must provide at least 22.5 mm

separation distance including the antenna and the user’s body.

THIS MODEL PHONE MEETS THE GOVERNMENT’S REQUIREMENTS FOR

EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES.

Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and

manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for exposure to radio

frequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission of

the U.S. Government. These limits are part of comprehensive guidelines

and establish permitted levels of RF energy for the general population.

The guidelines are based on standards that were developed by

independent scientific organizations through periodic and thorough

evaluation of scientific studies. The standards include a substantial safety

margin designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and

health.

The exposure standard for wireless mobile phones employs a unit of

measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR

limit set by the FCC is 1.6 W/kg.*

Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating positions specified

by the FCC with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level

in all tested frequency bands.

Although the SAR is determined at the highest certified power level, the

actual SAR level of the phone while operating can be well below the

maximum value. This is because the phone is designed to operate at

multiple power levels so as to use only the power required to reach the

network. In general, the closer you are to a wireless base station antenna,

the lower the power output.

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Before a phone model is available for sale to the public, it must be tested

and certified to the FCC that it does not exceed the limit established by

the government-adopted requirement for safe exposure. The tests are

performed in positions and locations (e.g., at the ear and worn on the

body) as required by the FCC for each model. The highest SAR values

for these model phones are:

FCC ID: OVFKWC-K493 (Phone model: K493)

PCS/CDMA mode (Part 24) - Head: 1.17 W/kg;

Body-worn: 0.42 W/kg.

FCC ID: OVFKWC-K4X4 (Phone model: K494)

AMPS/CDMA modes (Part 22) - Head: 1.37 W/kg;

Body-worn: 0.66 W/kg.

PCS/CDMA mode(Part 24) - Head: 1.36 W/kg;

Body-worn: 0.47 W/kg.

(Body-worn measurements differ among phone models, depending upon

availability of accessories and FCC requirements. The body-worn SAR

values provided above were obtained by using Kyocera Wireless Corp.

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[KWC] supplied and approved case TXLCC10042B and universal belt clip

TXLCC10047B).

While there may be differences between the SAR levels of various

phones and at various positions, they all meet the government

requirement for safe exposure.

The FCC has granted an Equipment Authorization for this model phone

with all reported SAR levels evaluated as in compliance with the FCC RF

emission guidelines. SAR information on this model phone is on file with

the FCC and can be found under the Display Grant section

http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid after searching on the FCC ID:

Model: K493 FCC ID: OVFKWC-K493

Model: K494 FCC ID: OVFKWC-K4X4

Additional information on SAR can be found on the Cellular

Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) web-site at

http://www.wow-com.com.

* In the United States and Canada, the SAR limit for mobile phones used

by the public is 1.6 watts/kg (W/kg) averaged over one gram of tissue.

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The standard incorporates a substantial margin of safety to give

additional protection for the public and to account for any variations in

measurements.

Caution

The user is cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly

approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the warranty

and user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Warning

Use only Kyocera approved accessories with Kyocera phones. Use of

any unauthorized accessories (includes faceplates/front housings) may

be dangerous and will invalidate the phone warranty if said accessories

cause damage or a defect to the phone.

Optimize your phone’s performance

Use the guidelines on page 2 to learn how to optimize the performance

and life of your phone and battery.

Air bags

If your vehicle has an air bag, DO NOT place installed or portable phone

equipment or other objects over the air bag or in the air bag deployment

area. If equipment is not properly installed, you and your passengers risk

serious injury.

Medical devices

Pacemakers—Warning to pacemaker wearers: Wireless phones, when in

the ‘on’ position, have been shown to interfere with pacemakers. The

phone should be kept at least six (6) inches away from the pacemaker to

reduce risk.

The Health Industry Manufacturers Association and the wireless

technology research community recommend that you follow these

guidelines to minimize the potential for interference.

• Always keep the phone at least six inches (15 centimeters) away from

your pacemaker when the phone is turned on.

• Do not carry your phone near your heart.

• Use the ear opposite the pacemaker.

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• If you have any reason to suspect that interference is taking place, turn

off your phone immediately.

Hearing aids—Some digital wireless phones may interfere with hearing

aids. In the event of such interference, you may want to consult your

service provider or call the customer service line to discuss alternatives.

Other medical devices—If you use any other personal medical device,

consult the manufacturer of the device to determine if it is adequately

shielded from external RF energy. Your physician may be able to help you

obtain this information.

In health care facilities—Turn your phone off in health care facilities when

instructed. Hospitals and health care facilities may be using equipment

that is sensitive to external RF energy.

Potentially unsafe areas

Posted facilities—Turn your phone off in any facility when posted notices

require you to do so.

Aircraft—FCC regulations prohibit using your phone on a plane that is in

the air. Turn your phone off before boarding aircraft.

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Vehicles—RF signals may affect improperly installed or inadequately

shielded electronic systems in motor vehicles. Check with the

manufacturer of the device to determine if it is adequately shielded from

external RF energy.

Blasting areas—Turn off your phone where blasting is in progress. Observe

restrictions, and follow any regulations or rules.

Potentially explosive atmospheres—Turn off your phone when you are in any

area with a potentially explosive atmosphere. Obey all signs and

instructions. Sparks in such areas could cause an explosion or fire,

resulting in bodily injury or death.

Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are often, but not always,

clearly marked. They include:

• fueling areas such as gas stations

• below deck on boats

• transfer or storage facilities for fuel or chemicals

• vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas, such as propane or butane

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• areas where the air contains chemicals or particles such as grain,

dust, or metal powders

• any other area where you would normally be advised to turn off your

vehicle engine

Use with care

Use only in normal position (to ear). Avoid dropping, hitting, bending, or

sitting on the phone.

Keep phone dry

If the phone gets wet, turn the power off immediately and contact your

dealer. Water damage may not be covered under warranty.

Resetting the phone

If the screen seems frozen and the keypad does not respond to

keypresses, reset the phone by completing the following steps:

1. Remove the battery door.

2. Remove and replace the battery.

If the problem persists, return the phone to the dealer for service.

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Accessories

Use only Kyocera Wireless Corp. approved accessories with Kyocera

Wireless Corp. phones. Use of any unauthorized accessories may be

dangerous and will invalidate the phone warranty if said accessories

cause damage or a defect to the phone.

Radio Frequency (RF) energy

Your telephone is a radio transmitter and receiver. When it is on, it

receives and sends out RF energy. Your service provider’s network

controls the power of the RF signal. This power level can range from

0.006 to 0.6 watts.

In August 1996, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

adopted RF exposure guidelines with safety levels for hand-held wireless

phones. These guidelines are consistent with the safety standards

previously set by both U.S. and international standards bodies in the

following reports:

• ANSI C95.1 (American National Standards Institute, 1992)

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• NCRP Report 86 (National Council on Radiation Protection and

Measurements, 1986)

• ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation

Protection, 1996)

Your phone complies with the standards set by these reports and the

FCC guidelines.

Battery and charger specifications

Charger

Input

Output

4.5V 1.5A

5.2V 400mA

CV90-60858-01

CV90-60859-1

Standard Battery: 3.6V / 900mAh

100-240VAC/50/60Hz

120VAC / 60Hz

Customer support

Your service provider’s customer support department may be accessible

directly from your phone when you dial a number such as *611. They can

answer questions about your phone, phone bill, call coverage area, and

specific features available to you, such as call forwarding or voicemail.

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For questions about the phone features, refer to the materials provided

with your phone, or visit www.kyocera-wireless.com.

For additional questions, you may contact the Kyocera Wireless Corp.

Customer Care Center in one of the following ways:

•Web site: www.kyocera-wireless.com

•Email: [email protected]

•Telephone: 1-800-349-4478 (U.S. and Canada) or 1-858-882-1401

Customer support phone numbers are also available in the following

countries.

Argentina:

Australia:

Brazil:

0-800-666-0052

800-507-000

0-800-55-2362

Chile:

Colombia

India:

800-43-1212

01-800-700-1546

1-600-121214 (toll-free) or

0124-284-5000 (toll)

001-866-650-5103

0-800-990-100

Mexico:

New Zealand:

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Panama:

Peru:

001-800-201-1984

0-800-51-934

Puerto Rico:

Venezuela:

1-866-664 6443

0-800-100-2640

Before requesting support, please try to reproduce and isolate the

problem. When you contact the Customer Care Center, be ready to

provide the following information:

•The name of your service provider.

•The actual error message or problem you are experiencing.

•The steps you took to reproduce the problem.

•The phone’s electronic serial number (ESN). To find the ESN select

Menu → Phone Info.

Qualified service

If the problem with your phone persists, return the phone with all

accessories and packaging to the dealer for qualified service.

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Become a product evaluator

To participate in the testing and evaluation of Kyocera Wireless Corp.

products, including cellular or PCS phones, visit beta.kyocera-wireless.com.

093 453 037

Kyocera Wireless Corp.

10300 Campus Point Drive, San Diego, CA 92121 U.S.A.

Visit us at www.kyocera-wireless.com

To purchase accessories, visit

www.kyocera-wireless.com/store

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CONTENTS

1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Replacing the faceplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Using menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2 Making and Answering Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Making a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Silencing an incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Calling emergency services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Speed dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Setting up voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Locking the keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Setting roaming alerts and ringers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3 Entering Letters, Numbers, and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

4 Storing Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Saving a contact entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Editing or erasing a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Finding contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Contents

5 Sending and Receiving Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Sending text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Retrieving text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Customizing message settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

6 Customizing Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Silencing all sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Choosing a different ringer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Adjusting volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Using shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Personalizing the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Creating a secure environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Setting message alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Network settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Data settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Setting position location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

7 Using Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Setting up voice dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Calling using voice tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Using voice features with accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

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Training voice recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

8 Using Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Scheduler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Alarm Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Tip Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

World Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Stopwatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Flashlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

9 Media Gallery / Fun & Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

My Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

My Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

10 Connecting to the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Using the Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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Contents

1 GETTING STARTED

Your phone comes with a removable lithium ion (LiIon) battery.

Fully charge the battery before using the phone.

Installing the battery

1. Hold the phone facing away from you.

2. Use your fingernail to pull the circular latch toward the

bottom of the phone and pull the battery door away.

3. Place the battery in the phone casing with the metal

contacts toward the top of the phone.

4. Place the battery door notches in the openings near the

bottom of the phone.

5. Press the circular latch until it clicks.

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Charging the battery

You must have at least a partial chargein the battery to make or receive

calls.

To charge the battery, connect the AC adapter to the jack on the

lower right side of the phone, then plug the adapter into a wall

outlet.

The battery icon in the upper-right corner of the screen tells you whether

the phone is:

• Charging (the icon is animated)

• Partially charged

• Fully charged

Recharging the battery: You can safely recharge the battery at any time, even

if it has a partial charge.

Caring for the battery

General safety guidelines

• Do not take apart, puncture, or short-circuit the battery.

Getting Started

• If you have not used the battery for more than a month, recharge it before

using your phone.

• Avoid exposing the battery to extreme temperatures, direct sunlight, or

high humidity.

• Never dispose of any battery in or near a fire. It could explode.

Common causes of battery drain

• Playing games.

• Using the Web.

• Keeping backlight on.

• Operating in analog ( ) mode. Your phone switches between modes to

find the best signal. To set your phone to operate in a single mode, select

Menu → Settings → Network → Digital or Analog.

• Operating in digital mode when far away from a base station or cell site.

• Using data cables or accessories, such as the Hands-free headset.

• Operating when no service is available, or service is available

intermittently.

• High earpiece and ringer volume settings.

• Repeating sound, vibration, or lighted alerts.

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Replacing the faceplate

Your Kyocera K490 Series phone has a removable faceplate. To remove

the faceplate and replace it with a new one:

1. Place your thumbnail under the small lip at the bottom of the faceplate.

2. Lift the faceplate away from the phone.

3. Align the tabs on the new faceplate with the slots in the phone.

4. Press the faceplate until it snaps into place.

Performing basic functions

• Turn the phone on: Press and wait until the hourglass icon appears.

• Turn the phone off: Press and hold until the phone beeps or the screen

goes blank.

• Make a call: Enter the number and press .

• End a call: Press (the red key).

• Answer a call: Press (the green key).

• Access voicemail: Press and hold and follow the system prompts.

Contact your service provider for details about their voicemail system.

• Verify your phone number: Select Menu → Phone Info.

Getting Started

• Silence the ringer: Press , then to answer.

• Lock the keypad: Press left.

• Access a contacts list: Press down.

• Silence all sounds: Press right.

• Access your shortcuts: Press up.

• Turn the flashlight on: Press and hold .

• Turn the flashlight off: Release .

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Getting to know your phone

1 Flashlight you can turn on by pressing , using a

personal shortcut, or using the Tools menu.

2 Jack for Hands-free Headset (sold separately) only.

3 Home screen. Press (item 4) to select Menu.

4 OK key selects a menu item or option.

5 Navigation key scrolls through lists and positions

cursor. Also accesses shortcuts from the home

screen.

6 Send/Talk key starts or answers a call.

7 Keypadfor entering numbers, letters, or symbols.

8 * Shift key changes the text mode in text entry.

9 Antenna does not extend.

Clear key erases the last character in text entry, or

returns to the previous menu.

Getting Started

End/Power key turns the phone on or off, ends a call,

or returns you to the home screen.

Space # key enters a space during text entry.

Jack for AC adapter (included).

0 Next key cycles through word choices during text

entry.

Warning: Inserting an accessory into the incorrect jack will damage the phone.

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Using menus

The contents of the main menu are as follows:

Recent Calls

Incoming Calls, Outgoing Calls, Missed Calls, Erase Lists

Contacts

View All, Add New*, Find Name, Add Voice Dial, Speed Dial List, Voice Dial

List, Information, Business List, Personal List

Messages

Voicemail, Send New, InBox, Net Alerts*, OutBox, Saved Msgs, Group Lists*,

Erase Msgs, Msg Settings

Settings

Silent Mode, Keyguard, Sounds, Display, Voice Services, Security, Call

Information, Network, Convenience, Msg Settings, Accessories

Fun & Games (or Media Gallery)

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Tetris *

TM TM

Brick Attack *, Doodler , My Sounds, My Pictures

Tools

Getting Started

Scheduler, Alarm Clock, Tip Calculator, Calculator, World Clock*, Timer,

Stopwatch, Flashlight

Phone Info

Your Phone Number, SW Version, PRI Version, ESN, Technology, SID,

Browser Name, Browser Version, Icon Key (Scroll down to view information.)

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• From the home screen, press to select Menu.

• Press left, right, up, or down to see menus.**

• Press to select a menu or menu item.

• Press up or down to view menu items.

• Press to back up a menu level.

• Press to return to the home screen.

* Not available on all phones. Check with your service provider.

** To change the way the menus appear, select Menu → Settings →

Display → Main Menu View, then select either Graphic or List and press .

In this guide, an arrow → tells you to select an option from a menu. For

example, Menu → Settings means select Menu, then select the Settings

option.

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Understanding screen icons

These icons may appear on your phone’s screen.

The phone is operating in IS2000 (1X) digital mode.

The phone is operating in IS95 digital mode.

The phone is operating in Analog (FM) mode.

The phone is receiving a signal. You can make and receive calls. Fewer

bars indicate a weaker signal.

A call is in progress.

The phone is not receiving a signal. You cannot make or receive calls.

The phone is roaming outside of its home service area.

You have a text message, voicemail, or page. (Blinking icon indicates

an urgent message, voicemail, or page.)

The battery is fully charged. The more black bars, the greater

the charge.

Getting Started

The alarm clock is set.

The phone is in privacy mode or is accessing a secure Web site.

High-speed (3G) data service is available and active on your phone.

Check with your service provider for availability.

The phone is sending or receiving high-speed data.

The phone is sending or receiving medium-speed data.

The phone is sending or receiving standard-speed data.

High-speed data service is available, but the phone is dormant.

The phone is at the home screen. To access the menus, press .

Keyguard is on. The keypad is locked.

The phone is set to light up instead of ring.

The phone is set to vibrate or to vibrate and then ring.

Position location is set to your service provider and to

emergency services.

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Position location is set to emergency services only.

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2 MAKING AND ANSWERING CALLS

Making a call

1. Make sure you are in an area where the signal can be received. Look for

the symbol on the home screen.

Note: The more bars you see in the symbol, the clearer the reception. If

there are no bars, try to move to where the reception is better. If your phone

cannot locate a signal for 15 minutes, it changes to Power Save mode. If

you see the text “Power Save Mode” and on the screen, press any key to

return to normal operating mode.

2. Enter the phone number.

3. Press .

4. To end the call press .

Redialing a number

To redial the last number called, press twice. If you see a message

prompting you to speak a name, press again.

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Calling a saved number

If you have already saved a phone number, you can use the contacts list to

find it quickly.

1. Press down. This brings up a list of all saved contacts.

2. Scroll down the list, find the contact you want, and press to dial

the number.

For more about finding contact information, see page 40.

Tip: To call a saved number using your phone’s voice recognition feature,

see “Calling using voice tags” on page 82.

Answering a call

When a call comes in, the phone rings, vibrates, or lights up (depending on

your settings), and a dancing phone icon appears. The phone number of

the caller also appears, if it is not a restricted number. If the number is

stored in your Contacts directory, the contact name also appears.

• To answer the call, press .

Making and Answering Calls

• If you do not wish to answer the call, select Silence and press . Silence

mutes the ringer and sends the caller to voicemail if you do not pick up

the call.

Note: If voicemail has not been enabled for your phone, this action

terminates the call.

Silencing an incoming call

• To silence an incoming call quickly, press . Then press to answer

the call.

This action silences the current call only. The next call will ring as normal.

Adjusting the volume during a call

• To adjust the earpiece volume during a call, press up or down.

Calling emergency services

Note: Regardless of your 3-digit emergency code (911, 111, 000, 999, etc.),

your phone will operate as described below.

• Dial your 3-digit emergency code and press .

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You can call the code even if your phone is locked or your account is

restricted. When you call, your phone enters Emergency mode. This enables

the emergency service exclusive access to your phone to call you back, if

necessary. To make or receive regular calls after dialing the code, you must

exit this mode.

To exit Emergency mode

When you have completed the emergency call:

1. Press to select Exit.

2. Press again to confirm your choice.

Dealing with missed calls

When you have missed a call, “Missed” appears on your screen unless the

caller leaves a voicemail.

• To view the caller’s number or name, select Missed Calls. In the Recent

Calls list, the missed call is indicated with a flashing .

• Press or to clear the screen.

• If the caller left a voicemail message, select Call.

Making and Answering Calls

Setting missed call alerts

You can set an alert to beep every five minutes after you have missed a

call.

• Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Missed Call → Enabled.

• To turn off the alert when it rings, press or .

• To cancel the alert, select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Missed Call →

Disabled.

Viewing recent call details

Details on the most recent calls you made or received are stored in the

Recent Calls list. You can get details on the caller’s name and phone

number, along with the time and length of the call. Icons indicate the types

of calls in the list.

Outgoing call

Incoming call

Missed call (flashing)

Forwarded call

Three-way call

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Viewing recent calls

1. Select Menu → Recent Calls.

2. Select a list: Incoming Calls, Outgoing Calls, or Missed Calls.

3. Select a recent call item.

4. Select an option:

– Time—Show the time of the call.

– Number—Show the caller’s number (for an incoming call), or the

number you called (for an outgoing call).

– Prepend—Place the cursor at the beginning of the phone number so

you can add an area code, if you plan to save the number as

a contact.

– Save New—Save the phone number as a contact.

– Add to—Add the phone number to a saved contact.

Note: If the phone number has been classified as “secret,” you must enter

your four-digit lock code to view or edit it. For information on the lock

code, see “Changing your lock code” on page 72. To classify a phone

number as secret, see “Saving a contact entry” on page 34.

Making and Answering Calls

Erasing recent calls

1. Select Menu → Recent Calls → Erase Lists.

2. Select an option: Incoming Calls, Outgoing Calls, Missed Calls, or Erase All.

3. Press right and press to select Yes.

Speed dialing

Speed dialing allows you to quickly dial a stored phone number by entering

a one- or two-digit speed dialing location number and pressing .

Note: Before you can use speed dialing, you must save a phone number as a

contact and assign a speed dial location to it.

• To save a phone number as a new contact and add a speed dial location,

see “Saving a contact entry” on page 34.

• To add a speed dial location to a saved contact, see “Editing or erasing a

contact” on page 37.

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Using speed dialing

To call a contact that has a speed dial location:

• From the home screen, enter a one- or two-digit speed dialing location

and press .

1-Touch dialing

1-Touch dialing is the fastest way to speed dial a contact that has a speed

dial location.

Note: You must (1) enable 1-Touch dialing on your phone and (2) have a

speed dial location assigned to a contact. To assign a speed dial

location to a contact, see the note under “Speed dialing,” above.

Enabling 1-Touch dialing

1. Select Menu → Settings → Convenience → 1-Touch Dialing → Enabled.

2. Press .

Making and Answering Calls

Using 1-Touch dialing

To call a contact that has a speed dial location:

• From the home screen, press and hold a speed dialing location. If it is a

two-digit location, press the first digit briefly, then press and hold the

second digit. For example, if the speed dialing location is 15, press

briefly, then press and hold .

Setting up voicemail

Before your phone can receive voicemail messages, you must set up a

password and record a personal greeting with your service provider. When

you have set up your voicemail, all unanswered calls to your phone are

automatically transferred to voicemail, even if your phone is in use or

turned off.

Note: Contact your service provider to set up your password and personal

greeting.

Checking voicemail messages

When a voice message is received, your screen will display a notification:

“New Message [x] Voicemail.” This text will remain for about five minutes.

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After that, look for the symbol at the top of your screen. The symbol

flashes if the message is urgent.

If you see “New Message” on your screen

1. Press to select Call. This initiates a call to your voicemail number.

2. Follow the prompts to retrieve the message. For specific information on

getting voicemail messages, contact your service provider.

If you see the symbol

1. Press to initiate a call to your voicemail number.

2. Follow the prompts to retrieve the message.

Note: You can set the phone to beep, light up, or play a tune every five

minutes to remind you that you have voicemail. See “Setting message

alerts” on page 76.

Locking the keypad

The Keyguard locks your keypad to prevent accidental keypresses when

the phone is turned on and a call is not in progress. You can still answer or

silence an incoming call.

Making and Answering Calls

• To lock the keypad from the home screen, press left and hold.

• To unlock the keypad, press

in this order.

Changing the keyguard setting

1. Select Menu → Settings → Keyguard.

2. Highlight an option. You can set the phone to lock the keypad

immediately, or automatically if no key is pressed after 30 seconds,

1 minute, or 5 minutes.

3. Press to save.

Tracking calls

You can track the number and duration of calls made and received on your

phone.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Call Information.

2. Select a timer:

– Recent Calls—Tracks all calls made and received by your phone since

this timer was last reset. To reset this timer, highlight Reset and press

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– All Calls Timer—Tracks all calls made and received by your phone.

This timer cannot be reset.

Timing your calls

You can set your phone to beep 10 seconds before each minute passes

when you are on a call.

• Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Minute Alert → Enabled.

Receiving data or faxes

Your phone may be able to receive certain data or faxes, depending on the

system sending the information. You cannot receive voice calls while the

phone is in data/fax mode. For more information, see “Data settings” on

page 78.

Setting roaming alerts and ringers

Setting an alert for roaming

You can set your phone to alert you with beeps when you roam outside of

your home service area.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Network → Roam/Svc Alert.

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2. Select an option and press .

– When no svc alerts you with three tones decreasing in pitch when

service is lost and three tones increasing in pitch when service is

acquired again.

– Roam Change alerts you with two decreasing tones when roaming

service is acquired and three increasing tones when home area

service is acquired again.

– Any Change alerts you with three increasing tones if there is a change

in roaming service or three decreasing tones if the phone loses

service.

Setting the roam ringer

You can set a ringer to indicate when an incoming call will be subject to

roaming charges.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Roam Ringer.

2. Highlight Enabled and press . You’ll hear a sample of the ringtone.

3. Press to set the ringtone.

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Setting Call Guard to avoid roaming calls

You can set a ringtone to warn you before you place or answer a call while

roaming.

• Select Menu → Settings → Convenience → Call Guard → Call Prompt.

The phone makes a distinctive ring to indicate an incoming call while you

are roaming, and you must press to accept the call or to place a call

while roaming.

Controlling network roaming

Specifying digital or analog mode

You may force the phone into either digital or analog mode. This is useful if

you are in an area that borders on digital service and the automatic feature

is causing the phone to keep switching between modes.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Network → Digital/Analog.

2. Select an option and press .

– Automatic automatically switches the phone between digital and

analog.

– Analog only sets the phone to work in analog mode only.

Making and Answering Calls

– Analog call forces a call into analog mode for the duration of the

next call.

– Digital only sets the phone to work in digital mode only.

Turning roaming on or off

This setting allows you to control the phone’s roaming feature by specifying

which signals the phone will accept.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Network → Roam Option.

2. Select an option and press .

– Automatic (recommended setting) accepts any system the phone

service provides.

– No Roaming prevents you from making or receiving calls outside of

your home service area.

Note: If your phone has more than one setting for Automatic, contact your

service provider to determine which one to use.

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3 ENTERING LETTERS, NUMBERS, AND SYMBOLS

You can enter letters, numbers, and symbols in contacts, text messages,

and your banner.

Understanding text entry screens

The current text entry mode (and capitalization setting, when applicable)

are indicated by icons.

Text entry modes

There are four text entry modes:

text entry field

Number mode

Normal text mode

capitalization setting

text entry mode

Rapid text entry mode

Symbol mode

Note: The mode you start in depends on the task you are doing. For example,

when entering a phone number, you’re in number mode. When entering

a name for a contact, you’re in normal text mode.

Entering Letters, Numbers, and Symbols

Entering numbers

• To enter a number while in mode, press a number key once.

• To enter a number while in or mode, press and hold a number key

until the number appears on the screen.

Entering words letter by letter

Use normal text mode to enter letters.

1. Press a key once for the first letter, twice for the second letter, and so on.

If your phone is set to Spanish, French, or Portuguese, accented letters

are available.

2. Wait for the cursor to move right and enter the next letter.

Entering words quickly

When you press a series of keys using mode, checks its dictionary of

common words and guesses at the word you are trying to spell.

1. For each letter of the word you want, press the key once. For example, to

enter the word “any” press

→

→ .

2. If the word doesn’t match what you want, press to look at other

word matches.

3. When you see the word you want, press .

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Entering symbols

While entering text, you can enter symbols by pressing until you see the

symbol you want. Using this method, you have access to the following

symbols:

@ ? !

– ,

& :

‘

’

To access the full set of symbols:

1. Press right to highlight the current mode and press to enter

the menu.

2. Select Symbols.

3. Press down to view the list of symbols.

4. Press the number key corresponding to the symbol you want.

Changing modes

Sometimes you need to change modes. For example, to enter numbers in

an email address while in mode, you must change to mode, enter

the numbers, and then change back to mode to complete the address.

Entering Letters, Numbers, and Symbols

To change text entry modes, you can either:

• Press and hold

until the icon for the mode you want appears.

-or-

• Press right to highlight the current text mode, press to enter the

menu, then select a different mode.

Capitalization settings

Three capitalization settings are available in and modes:

Capitalize next letter

Lowercase next letter

Capitalize first letter of every word (in a contact) or

sentence (in a text message)

If no icon appears, all letters will be in lower case.

To change capitalization settings:

• Press until the icon for the setting you want appears.

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Quick reference to text entry

This table gives general instructions for entering letters, numbers, and

symbols.

To...

Do this...

Enter a letter

Use mode and press a key until you see t

want. For more information, see page 28.

Enter a number

Enter a symbol

Use mode and press a key once to enter

For more options, see page 28.

Use mode and press until you find the

you want. See page 30.

Enter a space

Press .

Erase a character

Press .

Erase all characters

Move the cursor right or left

Change text entry modes

Capitalize the next letter

Press and hold .

Press up or down.

Press and hold .

mode, press . Choose .

Entering Letters, Numbers, and Symbols

Lowercase the next letter

mode, press . Choose .

Capitalize the first letter of

each sentence

Highlight an option at the

bottom of the screen

Press left or right.

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4 STORING CONTACTS

Use your phone’s Contacts directory to store information about a person or

company. Your phone can hold, on average, about 200 phone numbers.

Saving a contact entry

To save a contact, take these steps.

1. From the home screen, enter the phone number you want to save.

Tip: Enter the area code with the phone number so that you can dial it

from any service area.

Note:To save a contact without entering a phone number, select

Menu → Contacts → Add New, select an option, and skip to step 3.

2. Press to select Save New.

3. Enter a name for the contact. If you need to learn how to enter letters,

see page 28.

Either save the contact now or assign options. To save now, press to

select Save.

-or-

Storing Contacts

To assign options, press right twice, then press to select Options.

Press up or down to highlight an option:

– Save—Save the information and return to the home screen.

– Assign Ringer or Unassign Ringer—Select or remove a ringer to identify

an incoming call from this contact.

– Assign Picture or Unassign Picture—Select or remove a picture to

identify an incoming call from this contact.

– Number Type—Select work, home, mobile, pager, or fax. The number

type will appear as an icon next to the number in the Contacts list.

– Add Voice Dial—Speak the name of the contact person for this number

so that you can dial it using voice recognition (VR). For more

information, see page 82.

– Speed Dialing—Select a speed dialing location from the list.

– Secret—Select Yes to lock the phone number. If a phone number is

locked, you must enter your four-digit lock code (see page 72) to

view or edit the number.

– Primary Number—Classify this number as the primary number for

the contact.

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– Classify Contact—Classify the contact as Personalor Business.

(See page 62 to set the phone to ring differently for personal and

business calls.)

4. Press to select Save. A check mark and the word “Saved” appear.

Adding a code or extension

When you save the phone number of an automated service, you may

include a pause where your phone would stop dialing; for example, where

you would wait to dial an extension.

1. Enter the first portion of the phone number.

2. Press right to scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen.

3. Press to select a type of pause.

–

A Time Pause—Stops dialing for two seconds, then continues to

dial.

A Hard Pause—Stops dialing until you select Release.

–

4. Enter the remaining numbers.

5. Select Save New.

Storing Contacts

Editing or erasing a contact

To make changes to a contact, take these steps. (To erase all saved

contacts, see page 75.)

1. Select Menu → Contacts.

2. Select View All or Find Nametofind the contact you want to edit.

3. Highlight the contact to edit and press .

4. Select Options.

5. Highlight an option and press to select it:

– Add New to add a number, address, or note.

– Assign Ringer or Unassign Ringer to select or remove a ringer to identify

an incoming call from this contact.

– Assign Picture or Unassign Picture to select or remove a picture to

identify an incoming call from this contact.

– Erase Contactto erase the entire contact.

– Edit Name of the contact.

– Classify Contact as personal or business.

– Exit without making changes.

6. Enter the new information.

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7. Press to select Save, if necessary.

Editing a phone number

1. Select Menu → Contacts.

2. Select View All or Find Nametofind the contact you want to edit.

3. Highlight the contact to edit and press .

4. Press down to highlight the phone number you want to edit and press

5. Highlight an option for the phone number and press :

– Send Text Msg—Send a text message to the phone number you

selected.

– View Number—See the phone number you selected.

– Add Voice Dial—Speak the name of the contact person for this number

so that you can dial it using voice recognition (VR). For more

information, see page 82.

– Speed Dialing—Assign or remove the location you use to speed dial

the number.

– Edit Type—Assign a type: work, home, mobile, pager, or fax. The type

icon appears next to the phone number in the Contacts list.

Storing Contacts

– Erase Number—Erase the number from the contact.

– Erase Voice Dial—Erase the voice dial name associated with the

number.

– Edit Number—Change the phone number.

– Edit Voice Dial—Record a new voice dial name.

– Secret—Make the number secret so that it will not appear on the

screen until the lock code is entered. Secret numbers can be called

without a lock code. (For more information, see “Restricting calls” on

page 75.)

– Primary Number—Make this number the first one that shows up when

you open the contact.

– Prepend—Move the cursor to the beginning of the number so you can

add the area code.

– Exit—Exit without making changes.

6. Enter the new information and follow the prompts.

7. Press to select Save,if necessary.

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Finding contact information

To find a phone number or contact, either (1) check the frequent contacts

list, (2) search the Contacts directory, or (3) use Fast Find.

Checking the Frequent List or the All Contacts List

From the home screen, press down to see the last 15 of your most

frequently called contacts (if you have enabled the Frequent List setting). You

also see the All Contacts list if you scroll down past the double line.

To enable the Frequent List setting

• Select Menu → Settings → Convenience → Frequent List→ Enabled.

Searching the Contacts directory

1. Select Menu → Contacts.

2. Select a search method:

– View All—List all saved contacts.

– Find Name—Locate a specific name.Enter part of the contact name,

then select Find.

– Speed Dial List, Voice Dial List, Business List, or Personal List—Select a

contact from a list.

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3. Scroll down until you find the name you want, then press .

– To call the contact, highlight the number and press .

– To display contact information, press .

Setting Fast Find

With Fast Find, you press one or two keys to view close matches of the

number you are looking for.

• From the home screen, select Menu → Settings → Convenience →

Fast Find → Enabled.

Using Fast Find

1. From the home screen, press the keys corresponding to the letters of the

name you want to find. A matching contact or speed dial entry appears.

Press down to scroll through matching entries.

2. View the name you want, then press to call the number or press to

view contact details.

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Viewing contacts

The following icons may appear next to information in your Contact entries.

work

home

mobile

pager

fax

email address

street address

Web page URL

Note

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5 SENDING AND RECEIVING TEXT MESSAGES

This chapter describes how to send, receive, and erase text messages

from your phone. For information on voicemail messages, see page 21.

Important: The features and menus described in this chapter may vary

depending on services available in your area. In addition, usage

charges may apply to each message. For details, check with

your service provider.

Sending text messages

You can only send text messages to phones that are capable of receiving

them, or to email addresses.

Writing a message

To send a text message to a single recipient:

1. Select Menu → Messages → Send New.

2. Choose a method to enter the recipient’s phone number or email

address:

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– Select a saved number from theRecent List or Contacts List, or select a

Group List you have created. For more about group lists, see page 55.

– Enter a New Address manually. (To learn how to enter text, see

page 28.)

3. To add another recipient to this message, choose a method:

– Press right to select Options. Then select Recent List, Contacts, or

Group Lists.

– Enter a space or comma after the first number. Then enter another

recipient manually.

Note: You can send a message to up to 10 contacts at once. The messages

will be sent one at a time, once to each addressee.

4. When you are done entering addresses, highlight Nextand press .

5. Enter the message. To learn how to enter text, see page 28. To add

special features such as smiley faces, see page 45.

Note: You may be charged for more than one message if your message

exceeds a certain number of characters. For more information, see

“Understanding appended messages” on page 47.

6. When you have completed the message, press to select Send.

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Setting sending options

When you are ready to send a message, you have several options for how

and when you want the message to be received.

1. Once you have completed the message, press right to highlight

Options and press . Then choose from the list:

– Insert...—Enhance your message with smiley faces or prewritten text

(if available from your service provider).

– Smileys—Select a smiley face icon by pressing the key corresponding

to the icon’s number. If the recipient’s phone does not support the

same technology as your phone, the icons appear to them in a

simplified form.

– QuickText—Select a prewritten message. Highlight one from the list

and press to select Insert. (To edit or create new prewritten

messages, see page 56.)

– Add Address—Return to the “To” screen to add another recipient

without losing the message text. Enter the new address, then select

Next to return to the message entry screen.

– Msg Receipt—Request notification when the message has been

received. (Note: Msg Receipt works only if the “Save to Outbox”

setting is enabled. To check this setting, see page 48.

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– Set Priority—Label the message as “Urgent.”

– Callback Number—Include a callback number with the message to let

the recipient know at what number they can call you back. Select Yes

to include your own number, or Edit to enter a different callback

number.

– Send Later—Schedule when to send the message.

– Save Message—Save the message in your Saved folder. This prevents

the message from being deleted if you have activated AutoErase,

and enables you to send the message to others.

– Save QuickText—Save the message you have just entered as a

prewritten message, then return to the message entry screen so you

can send the message.

2. When you have finished setting options, press to return to the

message window.

3. Highlight Send and press .

Adding a signature

This setting allows you to create signature text. The signature does not

appear in the message creation screen; however, the signature is included

at the end of all outgoing messages.

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To create a signature:

1. Select Menu → Settings → Msg Settings → Signature.

2. Enter your signature in the text field.

3. Press to save the setting.

Note: The signature text is tallied by the character counter because the

signature is included in the text field.

If you cannot send messages

You may not be able to send or receive messages if your phone’s memory

is nearly full, or if digital service is not available at the time. To free up

memory, erase old messages. See “Erasing messages” on page 53.

Understanding appended messages

Characters

remaining

Text entry field

If you go over the character limit for a single message, the phone may

automatically append an empty segment to your message to make space.

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Important: Your service provider will charge you for each message

segment.

When you start a message, the maximum character limit (“160” in the

example) appears above the text entry screen. This number counts down

as you enter characters, until it reaches 0. If you continue to enter text after

this counter reaches 0, a message segment may be appended. If a

segment is appended, a message will appear on the phone screen.

Receiving incoming calls while creating messages

• If you don’t wish to answer the call, select Ignore.

• To answer the call, press . The message you were working on will be

saved in the Saved folder. To return to the message, select

Menu → Messages → Saved and select it.

Viewing the OutBox

Your sent messages are automatically saved to the OutBox.

To view the OutBox:

1. Select Menu → Messages → OutBox.

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2. Press up or down through the list of messages. One of the following

symbols appears next to each message:

The message is pending and will be sent when possible. You can cancel

delivery of the message.

The scheduled message will be sent at the scheduled time. You cannot

cancel delivery of the message.

The message cannot be sent because service is not available. An alert

appears on your phone if the message cannot be sent.

The scheduled message has been sent and will be delivered as

scheduled. You cannot cancel delivery of the message.

The message has been received by the recipient you specified.

The message has been received and opened by the recipient you

specified. (This symbol may not be available. Check with your service

provider.)

The message has been sent to more than one recipient.

The message has never been sent, or has not been sent since it was last

modified. You can cancel delivery of the message.

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Retrieving text messages

When a text message is received, your screen will display text similar to:

“New message 1 Text Msg”. This text will remain for about five minutes.

After that, look for the symbol at the top of your screen. The symbol

flashes if the message is urgent.

If you see the “New Message” note

You can choose to:

• View the message—Press twice and scroll down.

• Ignorethe message—Press right and press .

• Clear the screen—Press .

Note: If you receive a new message while you are reading a message, the

one you are reading will be replaced by the new one. You can find the

older message in the InBox: Select Menu → Messages → InBox.

If you see the symbol

If the symbol is blinking, the message is urgent.

1. Select Menu → Messages → InBox.

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A list of all your received messages appears.New, unread messages

appear in bold.

2. Press up or down to scroll through the list of messages.

3. Press to read a message.

Reading the message

The options available to you may vary. Check with your service provider.

Note: Sounds embedded in text messages will not play if the phone is set to

Silence All mode.

1. If the text message is long, press down to view the entire message.

Note: Message length is limited by your service provider. An incoming

message that exceeds the limit may be truncated.

2. When you are finished, you can Reply to the sender, Play the sound

embedded in the message, Erase the message, Save the message to your

Saved folder, or set additional Optionsfor the message:

– View Sender information.

– Forward the message.

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– Reply with Copy to reply to the message with a copy of the original

attached.

– Save Object(s), such as sound or pictures, from the message. (This

option is available if the incoming message includes a graphic or

sound.)

– Save Contact to save the sender’s phone number or email address in

your Contacts list. (This option is available if a vCard is included in

the message.)

– Save as QuickText to save the text from the message as QuickText,

which you can insert into other messages. Graphics and sound will

not be saved as part of QuickText.(For more about QuickText, see

page 56.)

3. Select Done.

Note:The symbol indicates

– A graphic did not come through. It may be too large or incorrectly

formatted.

– An appended message is missing. (For more about appended

messages, see page 47.)

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Setting message alerts

You can set your phone to alert you of incoming text messages or pages.

For more information, see “Setting message alerts” on page 76.

Erasing messages

It is a good idea to erase old messages, as messages take up memory in

your phone.

You have the option of erasing text messages and pages as you send or

read them, erasing them one-at-a-time from the list in the OutBox or InBox,

or erasing them all at once.

Erasing single messages

1. Select Menu → Messages.

2. Press down and press to select the type of text message you want

to erase (InBox, OutBox, or Saved).

3. Press to select the message to erase.

4. Select Erase to erase the message. A notification appears: “Erase this

message?”

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5. Select Yes to erase the message.

Note: You can erase a scheduled message from the OutBox, but you cannot

cancel delivery of the message.

Erasing all messages

1. Select Menu → Messages → Erase Msgs.

2. Press up or down and press to select an option:

– InBox erases all messages in your InBox.

– OutBox erases all messages in your OutBox.

– Saved Folder erases all messages in your Saved folder.

– All Messages erases all text messages in all folders listed above.

3. A notification appears: “Erase all messages?” Select Yes to erase

messages or No to cancel.

Erasing messages automatically

Use this setting to have old messages automatically erased from the InBox

when memory is low.

1. Select Menu → Messages → Msg Settings → Auto-Erase.

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2. Press to select Old InBox Msgs.

Customizing message settings

To make messaging easier, you can customize settings for sending and

receiving messages.

Creating group lists

You can create and save a list of multiple recipients. Your Kyocera phone

will store five group lists with up to 10 recipients per list.

1. Select Menu → Messages → Group Lists → Create New.

2. Enter a name for the list. For help entering text, see page 28.

3. Press to select Next.

4. To enter the first phone number or email address, select an option:

– Recent List—Select numbers from your Recent List.

– New Address—Enter the phone number or email address yourself. To

learn how to enter text, see page 28.

– Contacts List—Select contacts from your phone book.

5. To enter the next address, enter a space or comma after the first number

or email address. (If you insert a saved contact or a number from the

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Recent List, the phone will insert the comma automatically.) Then press

right twice, select Options, and choose from the options.

6. When finished, press right and press to select Done.

7. To send a message to your new group, see “Sending text messages” on

page 43.

Creating and editing prewritten messages (QuickText)

Your phone comes with prewritten (QuickText) messages, such as “Please

call me,” which you can insert into the body of a text message. You can edit

these messages and create new ones. Your phone will store up to 20

QuickText messages, with up to 100 characters per message.

1. Select Menu → Messages → Msg Settings → Edit QuickText.

2. To create a new pre-written message, highlight New QuickText and

press .

-or-

To edit an existing pre-written message, highlight the message and

press .

3. Enter or edit the text and press to select Done.For help entering text,

see page 28.

Sending and Receiving Text Messages

Note: You can also save a message you are writing or an incoming

message as QuickText. For directions, see “Setting sending options” on

page 45 or “Reading the message” on page 51.

Switching default text entry mode

You can set the default text entry mode to appear in message text entry

screens.

1. Select Menu → Messages → Msg Settings → Default Text.

2. Select Normal Alpha or Rapid Mode.

For more information on text entry modes, see page 28.

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6 CUSTOMIZING YOUR PHONE

The contents of the Settings menu are as follows.

Silent Mode

Vibrate Only, Vibrate, Ring, Lights Only, Normal Sounds

Keyguard

Sounds

Ringer Volume, Ringer Type, Business Ring, Personal Ring, Roam Ringer,

Earpiece Volume, Key Volume, Key Length, Missed Call, Smart Sound,

Minute Alert

Display

Backlighting, My Banner, Flashing Lights, Main Menu View, Screen Saver*,

Wallpaper**, Color Themes**, Auto-Hyphen, Language, Time Format,

Contrast

Voice Services

Add Voice Dial, Erase Voice Dial, Voice Training, Voice Wake-Up, Voice

Answer

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Security

Lock Phone, Limit Calls, Lock Code, Erase Contacts, Emergency #’s

Call Information

Recent Calls, All Calls Timer

Network

Data/Fax Calls, Privacy Alert, Set Phone Line, Roam/Svc Alert***, Roam

Option***, Digital/Analog***, Location

Convenience

Shortcut Key, Fast Find, Frequent List, 1-Touch Dialing, Web Prompt, Call

Guard

Msg Settings

Voicemail Num., Alerts, Signature, Edit QuickText, Callback Number, Msg

Receipt, Save to Outbox, Auto-Erase, Default Text

Accessories

Pwr Backlight, Headset Ring, Auto-Answer, TTY Device, Com Speed

* Not available on all phones with color display.

** Available only on phones with color display.

*** Not available on all phones. Check with your service provider.

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Silencing all sounds

Your phone is set to make sounds when you receive calls, press keys,

navigate through menus, and receive alerts (such as new messages).

You can silence all sounds and set the phone to vibrateor light up when you

receive calls and alerts.

Setting the phone to vibrate or light up

1. Select Menu → Settings → Silent Mode.

2. Choose an option and press :

– Vibrate Only—Causes the phone to vibrate for the duration of the

incoming call or other alert. appears.

– Vibrate, Ring—Causes the phone to vibrate for the first 10 seconds and

then ring for the remainder of the incoming call or other alert.

appears.

– Lights Only—Causes the phone to light up for the duration of the

incoming call or other alert. appears.

– Norm. Sounds—Causes the phone to ring for the incoming call or alert

(in effect, returns phone to a non-silent mode).

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3. Press to return to the home screen.

Note: The phone will ring when it is attached to an external power source

(such as a charger), even if all sounds have been silenced.

Shortcut to Vibrate Only mode

• From the home screen, press right and hold. appears.

Turning sounds back on

To restore all sounds to the phone:

• From the home screen, press right and hold. The or disappears.

-or-

• Use menus:

a. Select Menu → Settings → Silent Mode.

b. Select Norm. Sounds.

c. Press to save your selection.

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Choosing a different ringer

Your Kyocera phone has 14 ringers you can choose to use for incoming

calls.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Ringer Type.

2. Scroll down the list to hear the different ringers.

3. Press to select a ringer from the list.

Specifying ringers for different callers

You can assign ringers that identify calls from different phone numbers

saved in your Contacts directory.

• To assign a ringer to an individual contact, see page 35.

• To assign a ringer to a class of contacts:

a. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds.

b. Highlight Business Ring or Personal Ring and press .

c. Select a ringer and press .

Note: To classify a contact as Business or Personal, see page 36.

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Importing additional ringers

You can import additional ringers into your Blade phone using the Kyocera

Phone Desktop software (sold separately). To purchase this software and

other accessories, visit www.kyocera-wireless.com/store.

You may be able to download ringers over-the-air. Check with your service

provider for availability.

Adjusting volume

You can adjust the volume of the earpiece, the ringer, or the tones you hear

when the keys are pressed.

Adjusting the earpiece volume

To adjust the earpiece volume manually during a call, press up or down

to find a comfortable level.

Adjusting the ringer volume

This setting adjusts the volume for incoming calls as well as the Countdown

Timer, Scheduler Alert, and Alarm Clock.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Ringer Volume.

2. Press right to increase the volume, or left to decrease the volume.

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Changing the key tones

You can change the volume and duration of the tones the phone makes

when you press the keys. SelectMenu → Settings → Sounds and choose

Key Volume or Key Length.

Using shortcuts

From the home screen, you can access shortcuts by pressing the

navigation key in different directions.

Three shortcuts are programmed into your phone. (Left locks the keypad.

Right silences all sounds. Down accesses your Contacts directory.) For the

fourth direction (up), you can set a shortcut to one of the features of your

phone.

Defining the “up” feature shortcut

1. Select Menu → Settings → Convenience → Shortcut Key.

2. Highlight the feature you want a shortcut to, and press to select it.

Using the up feature shortcut

• From the home screen, press and hold up.

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Creating a shortcut to your frequent contacts list

By default, your phone lists your entire contacts list when you press

down. You can set the phone also to show a list of your most frequent

contacts.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Convenience → Frequent List.

2. Select Enabled to include the list or Disabled to remove it.

Using the Frequent Contacts shortcut

• From the home screen, press down. The Frequent Contacts appear

at the top of the list, followed by your complete Contacts List.

Choosing a different language

Your phone may display alternative languages.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Language.

2. Select a language, and press .

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Personalizing the screen

Changing your banner

The banner is the personal label for your phone. It appears on the home

screen above the time and date. The banner can be up to 14 characters

long.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → My Banner.

2. Select Edit.

3. Press to clear the screen.

4. Enter your new text.

5. Press to save.

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Choosing a different menu view

You can change the appearance of the menus you see when you select

Menu from the home screen.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Main Menu View, then the option

you want:

Graphic

List

2. Press to return to the home screen. The next time you press ,

you will see the menu view you selected.

Adjusting the backlighting

Your screen lights up while you are in a call or when you press a key on the

keypad. However, you can change when and how backlighting lights up.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Backlighting.

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2. Select an option from the list:

– 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 30 seconds, or 1 minute—Turn backlighting on for

5, 10, or 30 seconds or 1 minute after your last keypress.

– 5 sec/in call, 10 sec/in call, 30 sec/in call, or 1 min/in call—Turn backlighting

on for the duration of a call, and for 5, 10, or 30 seconds or 1 minute

after your last keypress. Note: These four settings drain the battery

more quickly and reduce talk and standby times.

Setting power backlighting

You can set backlighting to remain on when an external power source, such

as the AC adapter, is used with the phone.

Note: Power backlighting may not be available with some accessories.

Check with your service provider.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Accessories → Pwr Backlight.

2. Select Always On to keep backlighting on.

(The battery charges more slowly when power backlighting is on.)

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Setting backlighting to flash

You can set the backlighting on your phone to flash in a certain style when

an incoming call is received. When this setting is activated, the lights will

flash even if you silence the ringer.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Flashing Lights.

2. Select from Fast Flash, Slow Flash, Heartbeat, or Rhythm. As you highlight

the options a sample of each flash is provided.

3. Press to select your option.

Caution: A small percentage of users may be photo sensitive to flashing

lights. In rare cases, exposure to flashing lights, under certain

circumstances, may produce seizures. While such an event is not known to

occur with mobile phone use, and the Kyocera K490 Series phone has

been designed to minimize the possibility of any such occurrence, those

who believe they may be photo sensitive should not enable the Flashing

Lights feature.

Changing the display contrast

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Contrast.

2. Select the level of contrast you want.

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Setting numbers to auto-hyphenate

Auto-hyphenation is a setting that automatically inserts hyphens into your

phone numbers to be consistent with the U.S. dialing plan.

For example, 1-222-333-4444.

• Select Menu → Settings → Display → Auto-Hyphen → Enabled.

Selecting a screen saver

Note: Screen savers are not available on all Kyocera K490 Series phones.

They are included only on phones with a grayscale screen display and

on some phones with a color screen display that also include an

application such as BREW, Axcess Apps, or Download Shop. For

availability, contact your service provider.

Screen savers work only from the home screen, and they are activated 10

seconds after the last keypress. Incoming calls and alerts override screen

savers.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Screen Saver.

2. Highlight a screen saver and press .

3. Press to return to the home screen and wait 10 seconds to view the

screen saver you chose.

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Selecting wallpaper

Note: Wallpaper is not available on all K490 Series phones. It is available only

on phones with a color screen display.

Wallpaper appears on the home screen when the phone is not in use.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Wallpaper.

2. Highlight a wallpaper design and press to select it. Press again to

assign your selection.

3. Press to return to the home screen and view the wallpaper you chose.

Selecting a color theme

You can select a color theme to display on your phone. This feature is

available only on phones with a color screen display.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display →

Color Themes.

2. Highlight a color theme from the list and press .

3. Press to return to the home screen.

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Choosing a different time/date format

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Time Format.

2. Highlight the option you want.

Creating a secure environment

This section describes all the features involved in securing your phone and

preventing access to personal information. All security features are

shielded by a four-digit lock code.

Changing your lock code

The lock code is typically preset to 0000 or the last 4 digits of your phone

number. To change your lock code, take these steps:

1. Select Menu → Settings → Security.

2. Enter your four-digit lock code and select Lock Code. A message appears:

“Change Code?”

3. Select Yes and enter a new four-digit code. Enter your new lock code

again.

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Locking your phone

When your phone is locked, you can call only emergency numbers or your

service provider number. You can still receive incoming calls.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Security.

2. Enter your four-digit lock code.

3. Select Lock Phone.

4. Highlight an option:

– Never—Does not lock the phone.

– On power up—Locks the phone every time you turn it on.

– Now—Locks the phone immediately.

5. Press .

Unlocking the phone

1. From the home screen, press to select Unlock.

2. Enter your four-digit lock code.

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Designating emergency numbers

The emergency numbers feature allows you to specify three personal

phone numbers that can be called when the phone is locked.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Security.

2. Enter your four-digit lock code.

3. Select Emergency #’s.

4. Select an Unassigned slot.

Note: Enter the phone number, including the area code. Do not enter 1

before the area code.

5. Press to select Done.

Notes:

• You can view these numbers only when they’re being entered for the

first time.

• You cannot edit these numbers.

• To make a call to an emergency number from a locked phone, you must

dial the number (including area code) exactly as it was stored in

Emergency Numbers.

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Restricting calls

You can restrict the calls that can be made from your phone to only those

that have been saved in your Contacts.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Security.

2. Enter your four-digit lock code.

3. Select Limit Calls.

4. Select Limit Out.

Erasing all contacts

1. Select Menu → Settings → Security.

2. Enter your four-digit lock code.

3. Select Erase Contacts.

4. Select Yes to erase all contacts. A message appears: “Erase ALL

contacts?”

5. Select Yes to erase all contacts.

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Setting message alerts

You can choose how you want be alerted of incoming voicemail, pages, or

text messages.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Msg Settings → Alerts.

2. Select the type of alert: Message Alert, Net Alert, Page Alert, or Voicemail

Alert.

3. Press to select an option:

– Vibrate, Beep, HiYa!, Rock!, or Happy—Set the phone to vibrate, beep, or

play a tune once when a new message is received.

– Options with remind—Set the phone to notify you once when a new

message is received and then notify you again every five minutes. To

stop a reminder alert, press to select Ignore.

– Disabled—Turn off message alerts.

Setting alerts for your headset

When a headset (sold separately) is attached to the phone, you can set

alert sounds to originate from the headset.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Accessories → Headset Ring.

2. Select Out of headset to have alerts originate from the headset.

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Network settings

Switching between phone lines

Your phone can have two service accounts, or phone lines, associated with

it. Each phone line has its own phone number. When you are using one

line, you cannot receive calls from the other.

It would be as if the phone were “off” for that number. Your voicemail,

however, will still take messages. All contacts and settings are shared for

both lines.

Note: Before you can switch between phone lines, you must first establish a

second phone line with your service provider. Once it has been

established, a second phone number becomes available in the menu

for selection.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Network → Set Phone Line.

2. Select the other line and press .

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Data settings

Setting Com port speed

The Com Speed sets the data rate at which your phone connects to a

laptop or PC, or at which it sends and receives over-the-air text messages.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Accessories → Com Speed.

2. Select the speed. The options are: 19.2 kbps, 115.2 kbps (default),

230.4 kbps, and Other.

Note: There may be a higher charge for making calls using high-speed data

in areas where 1X service is available. Check with your service provider

for details.

Setting the phone to receive data or faxes

Your phone may be able to receive certain data or faxes, depending on the

system sending the information. To receive data or faxes, you must connect

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the phone to a laptop or PC and switch the phone from voice mode to data/

fax mode.

Note: To purchase a cable, contact your service provider, call (800) 349-4188

(U.S.A. only) or (858) 882-1410, or visit www.kyocera-wireless.com/store.

1. Connect the phone to the laptop or PC. (See “Setting Com port speed.”)

2. Set the Com Speed.

3. Select Menu → Settings → Network →

Data/Fax Calls.

4. Press to select an option:

– Voice only—Allow only voice calls.

– Fax next call or Data next call—Set the phone to fax mode or data mode

for the next incoming call or the next 10 minutes.

– Fax until off or Data until off—Force the phone into fax mode or data

mode until the phone is turned off.

Note: You cannot receive voice calls while the phone is in data/fax mode.

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Connecting to a TTY/TDD device

You can connect the phone to a TTY device for the hearing impaired. Note:

Enable TTY only when using the phone with a TTY device.

1. Connect the TTY device to the phone.

2. Enter

from your keypad.

3. Press to select the TTYoption.

Setting position location

This setting allows you to share your location information with network

services other than emergency services (911, 111, 000, 999, etc.), in

markets where service is implemented.*

1. Select Menu → Settings → Network → Location.

2. If you see a message prompt, press to continue.

3. Select 911 Only or Location On.

– 911 Only(default) shares your position information only with

emergency services when you call your 3-digit emergency code.

– Location Onshares your position information with your service provider

network, in addition to emergency services.

For information on emergency calls, see “Calling emergency services” on

page 15.

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7 USING VOICE RECOGNITION

Voice recognition allows you to make and answer calls by speaking

commands into the phone’s microphone.

Note: You cannot use voice recognition to end a call; you must press .

Setting up voice dialing

To make or receive calls using voice recognition (voice dialing), contacts

must be saved and have associated voice commands, or voice tags.

Creating a voice tag for a contact

1. Select Menu → Contacts → Add Voice Dial.

2. Follow the voice prompts to record a name for the contact.

3. Highlight an option:

– Add new—Savea new contact to go with the voice tag.

– Add to existing—Add the voice tag to a saved contact.

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Viewing entries with voice tags

• Select Menu → Contacts → Voice Dial List. A list of all contacts with

assigned voice tags appears.

Editing a voice tag

1. Select Menu → Contacts → Voice Dial List.

2. Highlight the contact you want to edit, and press to select it.

3. Highlight the phone number and press .

4. Select Add Voice Dial, Edit Voice Dial,or Erase Voice Dial.

5. Follow the prompts.

Calling using voice tags

1. If you haven’t already done so, record a voice tag for the person you wish

to call.

2. From the home screen, press . The phone responds: “Say a name.”

3. Say the name of the person you want to call.

4. If the name you said matches a contact in the Voice Dial List, the phone

responds: “Calling (Name).” Remain silent to make the call, or say “No”

to cancel.

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Note: If the phone finds multiple voice tags that sound like the name you

said, you will be asked to verify which name you want to call. Say “Yes”

when you hear the correct name. Say “No” when you hear an incorrect

name.

5. When you are finished, press . You cannot end the call with a voice

command.

Using voice features with accessories

You can use voice commands to make a phone call or to answer the phone

only if your phone is connected to a professionally installed Kyocera hands-

free car kit (sold separately).

Note: The following features apply only to professionally installed hands-free

car kits unless noted.

To shop for hands-free car kits, visit www.kyocera-wireless.com/store, or call

800-349-4188 (U.S.A. only) or 858-882-1410.

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Waking up the phone

If your phone is connected to a professionally installed Kyocera hands-free

car kit, you can use a voice command to activate the phone to make a

phone call.

Note: Voice Wake-up does not work with Keyguard active.

To activate the Voice Wake-up setting:

1. Select Menu → Settings → Voice Services → Voice Wake-Up →With ext. pwr.

2. Select Menu → Settings → Keyguard → Disabled, then press .

To wake up the phone:

1. Say “Wake Up” and listen for a tone.

2. Say “Wake Up” again until you hear two tones.

If the phone does not recognize your “Wake up” command, see “Training

voice recognition” on page 86.

Answering the phone

You can set the hands-free car kit to either(1) answer automatically or (2)

ring until you press a key or answer using a voice command.

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Answering automatically

To set it to answer automatically:

• Select Menu → Settings → Accessories → Auto-Answer → After 5 secs.

Note: This setting also works with the portable hands-free car kit.

Answering using voice commands

If Auto-Answer is turned off, you can use a voice command to answer an

incoming call using a Kyocera hands-free car kit.

To turn off Auto-Answer:

• Select Menu → Settings → Accessories → Auto-Answer → Disabled.

To activate the Voice Answer setting:

1. Select Menu → Settings → Voice Services → Voice Answer.

2. HighlightEnabled, then press .

3. Select Menu → Settings → Silent Mode → Norm. Sounds.

To answer a call:

When you receive an incoming call, the phone responds: “Incoming call,

answer?” or “Incoming roam call, answer?” If the caller is recognized as a

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saved contact entry, then the phone will say “Incoming call from (Name),

answer?”

• Say “Yes” or press any key except .

Ignoring an incoming call

To ignore an incoming call, do one of the following:

• Say “No” and press to silence the alert.

• Remain silent. The voice alert repeats twice and the phone rings once,

then returns to the home screen.

Training voice recognition

If your phone is having trouble recognizing your voice, you can train it with

the commands “Yes,” “No,” and “Wake up.”

1. Select Menu → Settings → Voice Services.

2. Select Voice Training.

3. Read the message and press .

4. SelectTrain All.

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5. Follow the prompts for each word until training is complete.

Note: The “Wake up” command can only be used with a car kit or headset

(both sold separately). See page 84.

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8 USING TOOLS

Scheduler

The Scheduler allows you to schedule events and set reminder alerts.

Note: You cannot access Scheduler if your phone does not have a signal.

Adding an event

1. Select Menu → Tools → Scheduler.

– For a day in this month, select View Day.Press left and right to

scroll through days.

– For a day in a different month, select View Month. Press up or

down to scroll through months, and right or left to scroll through days.

2. Press to add an event to a selected date.

3. Enter a name for the event and press . For help entering text, see

page 28.

4. Set the event Start time, Duration, and Alarm and press .

– Press up or down to select hour, minutes, and timing of alarm.

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– Press left or right to move between fields.

5. Add a note to the event and press or press twiceto finish.

Viewing, editing, or erasing an event

1. Select Menu → Tools → Scheduler.

2. Select View Day or View Month to find the event you want to view, edit,

or erase.

3. Press up, down, left, or right to highlight an event and press to

select it.

4. Press right and press to select Edit, Erase, or New. Follow the

prompts.

5. Press to return to the home screen or to return to scheduler

options.

Alarm Clock

Use the Alarm Clock to set an alert for a specific time. The alert occurs only

if the phone is on.

1. Select Menu → Tools → Alarm Clock → Set.

– Press up or down to select an hour and minutes.

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– Press left or right to switch between hours, minutes, and a.m./

p.m.

– Use the phone keypad to enter numbers.

2. Press to select Done and save the setting.

3. When the alarm rings, select Off to turn off the alarm or Snooze to silence

the alarm for 10 minutes.

Tip Calculator

The Tip Calculator helps you calculate how much tip to include on a bill.

1. Select Menu → Tools → Tip Calculator.

2. Enter the amount of your bill and press .

3. Select the amount you want to include as a tip (10%, 15%, 18%,

20%, Other) and press . Your total bill appears, including tip.

4. If you want to split the bill, press right and press to select Split.

5. Press to clear the default of 2 guests.

6. Enter the number of guests and press .

The amount each guest pays is calculated.

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Calculator

Use the calculator for basic mathematical equations.

1. Select Menu → Tools → Calculator.

2. Use the keypad to enter numbers.

3. Press to select mathematical operations.

equal

divide

add

multiply

–

subtract

decimal point

Clear all numbers entered and display a zero.

Display the value currently stored in memory.

M+

Add the displayed digit to the value stored in memory.

Clear the value currently stored in memory.

Change the sign of the displayed number.

Clear one function or one digit from the screen. Hold down to clear

all of the digits and operations and display a zero.

Exit the calculator and return to home screen.

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World Clock

The World Clock lets you check times in cities around the world in relation

to local time.

World Clock may not be available on your phone. Check with your service

provider for availability.

1. Select Menu → Tools → World Clock.

The World Clock menu is displayed. Your local time and date is on the

first line, followed by your selected world city and that city’s time and

date.

When you first access World Clock, you are prompted to select a city.

2. Press to select Cities.

The Cities menu is displayed, showing 85 world cities in alphabetical

order.

3. Press up or down to scroll through the cities list. You can also use the

number keys (2-9) to alphabetically tab through the list.

4. Press to select a city, like Athens.

The World Clock menu is displayed again, with Athens’ time and date.

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From the World Clock menu, you can also select Search to search by city or

country.

1. Select Search from the World Clock menu.

The Search By menu is displayed.

2. Select your type of search.

– Press to search by City.

– Press down, then press to search by Country.

3. If you search by City, the Find City screen is displayed.

a. Use your number keys (2-9) to enter the letter(s) by which you want

to search. For example, press 2 once to enter the letter A.

b. Press Search.

c. Cities beginning with A are displayed, like Anchorage, Athens, and

Atlanta.

d. Use to move through the list, then press to select a city.

4. If you search by Country, the Find Country screen is displayed.

a. Use your number keys (2-9) to enter the letter(s) by which you want

to search. For example, press 2 once to enter the letter A.

b. Press Search.

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c. Countries beginning with A are displayed, like Afghanistan, Algeria,

and Australia.

d. Use to move through the list, then press to select a country.

Timer

This timer counts down for a specified amount of time. It beeps when that

amount of time has elapsed.

1. Select Menu → Tools → Timer.

2. Press to Set.

3. Press up or down to set the hours, minutes, and seconds. To move

the cursor, press left or right.

4. Select Start to begin the countdown.

Select Stop to pause the countdown.

5. When the alarm rings, press to silence it.

Stopwatch

1. Select Menu → Tools → Stopwatch.

2. Select Start to have the stopwatch begin counting.

3. Select Stop to stop counting.

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4. Select Reset to set the counter back to zero and begin counting again.

Press when finished.

Flashlight

The flashlight is located on the top-left corner of your phone, near the

headset jack.

You can turn on the flashlight in three ways:

• From the home screen, press and hold . The flashlight remains on until

you release the key.

-or-

• Select Menu → Tools → Flashlight → Turn On.

The flashlight remains on for 15 minutes.

To turn it off, select Menu → Tools → Flashlight → Turn Off.

-or-

• If the flashlight is defined as your shortcut, start at the home screen, then

press and hold up.

The flashlight remains on for 15 minutes.

To turn it off, press and hold up again.

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To define or change your shortcut, see “Defining the “up” feature

shortcut” on page 64.

Using Tools

9 MEDIA GALLERY / FUN & GAMES

The games described in this chapter may not be available on your phone.

Check with your service provider for availability.

If you receive an incoming call alert while you are playing Tetris® or Brick

Attack™, the game is paused and exited. You can return to play once the

call alert ends. Games do not remain paused if the phone is turned off or

loses power.

Tetris

The goal of this game is to guide the falling blocks down the screen to

create a solid horizontal row at the bottom. The game ends when the new

block cannot enter the play field because the area is occupied by another

block or obstacle.

1. Select Menu → Fun & Games → Tetris.

2. Select an option and press to select it.

– New Game—Initiates game play. To pause the game, press or .

Pressing returns you to the menu where you can Continue Game to

resume or choose from the other available options.

– Resume Saved—Returns you to the game you were last playing.

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– Scoreboards—Displays the top five scores for the different game

variations, including No Time Limit (default), Timed 2 Min, Timed 3 Min,

Timed 5 Min., and Garbage.

– Settings—Choose various settings for your Tetris game:

– Game Type—Choose type of game.

– Music—Choose when music will play with this game: Music Always,

During Title, or No Music. (The No Music setting does not silence

the sounds made when you press keys. To silence keys, see

“Silencing all sounds” on page 60).

– Next Piece—Choose whether to show the next piece that will fall.

– Sound Effects—Choose to hear sound effects while playing the

game.

– Starting Level—Choose a level of play.

Navigation:Use the following keys to guide the blocks down the screen:

To:

Use:

Rotate Counterclockwise

Hard drop

Move Left

or left

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Rotate Clockwise

Move Right

, , or up

or right

Soft drop the tile

Return to Tetris menu

Pause

or down

Brick Attack

The goal of this game is to eliminate bricks arranged in levels. You send a

moving ball upward using a paddle at the bottom of the screen.

1. Select Menu → Fun & Games → Brick Attack.

2. Press to select Yes at the prompt, “Turn off backlight to conserve

battery?”

3. Press to select New.

– To pause the game, press , then press to Resume.

– To move the paddle, press left or right.

4. To exit the game, highlight Exit and press .

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Doodler

You can create and save graphics on your phone.

1. Select Menu → Fun & Games → Doodler.

2. Wait 5 seconds for the intro screen to disappear, or press to clear it.

3. Select New Doodle to open the drawing screen:

Selected

color is black

cursor

(Selected colors are indicated by a white triangle.)

4. Use keys 1–9 to move the cursor around the screen as

indicated.

Note: Press to bring the cursor back to center.

For more drawing tips, refer to the following sections.

Select a drawing shade

(on phones with grayscale display)

• Press up or down to place the white triangle on a shade of gray at the

left edge of the screen.

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Select a drawing color

(on phones with color display)

1. Press left or right to highlight Color at the bottom of the screen.

Press

2. Highlight a color from the palette and press .

Move cursor away from drawing

1. Press up or down to select . (Shortcut: Press )

2. Press a number key to move the cursor.

Note: To start drawing again, select a drawing shade or color.

Erase part of drawing

1. Press up or down to select .

2. Press a number key to move the eraser.

Add a shape

1. Press left or right to select Add Shape.

Press .

2. Select a shape and press .

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3. To modify the shape, press left or right to highlight an option and

press .

Options are Size, Rotate, and Move. (To move the shape, use keys 1–9.)

4. Select Done.

Clear screen

• Press .

Saving the doodle

It is a good idea to save the doodle while you are working on it. If you

receive a call while creating an unsaved doodle, it will be lost.

• Highlight Save and press . The image will be saved in My Pictures.

Note: If you make changes to an existing doodle, you must save it with a

different name.

Resuming a doodle

• To return to the last saved doodle you were working on, select

Menu → Fun & Games → Doodler → Resume Doodle.

• To return to another saved doodle, select

Menu → Fun & Games → Doodler → My Pictures.

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My Sounds

The Ringtones menu stores up to 10 sounds that you have downloaded.

To access stored sounds:

1. Select Menu → Fun & Games → My Sounds.

2. Press up or down to scroll through the sounds.

3. Highlight an option and press to select it:

– Play allows you to listen to the sound.

– Assign allows you to use the sound as a ringer on your phone.

– Delete erases the sound from your Ringtones list.

My Pictures

The My Pictures menu stores up to 25 graphics you have created using the

Doodler or received via text messaging. It also includes predefined

graphics for your use. Check with your service provider for availability.

Note: All downloaded graphics are also stored in the Screen Saver menu.

To view, edit, or erase graphics:

1. Select Menu → Fun & Games → My Pictures.

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2. Press up or down to scroll through the graphics.

3. Highlight an option and press to select it:

– Assign sets your graphic as a screen saver.

– Edit takes you to the Doodler, where you can modify the graphic. You

cannot edit predefined graphics.

– Delete erases the graphic from memory. The graphic is also erased

from the Screen Saver menu. (You cannot delete predefined

graphics that came with the phone.)

– Exit returns you to the home screen.

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10 CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET

Using the Web Browser

You can use your phone to browse the Internet if you have obtained phone

Internet services from your service provider and if over-the-air Internet

access is available in your area.

Note: You cannot receive incoming calls while you are using the Web

Browser.

Starting the Web Browser

1. Select Menu → Do More → Wireless Web.

A message about airtime fees appears every time you start the browser.

To cancel the message, see “Changing the Web prompt” on page 108.

For more information about how airtime is charged, contact your service

provider.

2. Press to continue.

If this is the first time you have connected to the Internet, a message

informs you that security is not yet enabled for your Web Browser.

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3. Press to select Yes to enable security.

When you are connected, a browser home page appears. It has a list of

bookmarks and some Web menu options at the bottom of the screen.

– A appears in a secure session.

– An underline and an arrow indicate that there is more text. Press

down to view more text. Press to return to the previous screen.

4. When you have finished using the Internet, press to exit the browser.

Using the Web menu options

The following options may appear on your screen:

• Home returns you to the main Web Browser window, or home page.

• Mark Site saves the current location as a bookmark for easy access.

• Bookmarks displays a list of your saved Web sites.

• Setupgives you options for changinghow information is displayed.

– Show URL displays the entire URL.

– About Openwave displays information about your Web Browser

version.

– Encryption should not be used unless you are instructed to do so by

your service provider.

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– UP.Link selects a different browser server. You can use this option if

you have more than one Web Browser account.

– Restart restarts the Web Browser.

Searching for a Web site

For instructions on how to search for a Web site, contact your service

provider.

Bookmarking a Web site

1. Go to the site you would like to bookmark.

2. Select Mark Site from the bottom of the screen.

Going to a bookmarked site

1. Select Menu → Do More → Wireless Web.

2. If you see a message prompt, press to continue.

3. From your Web home page, press right to highlight Bookmarks. A list

of bookmarks appears.

4. Enter the number corresponding to the bookmark you want and press

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Checking Net alerts

Alerts received from a Web site are sent to your Net Alerts inbox.

1. Select Menu → Messages → Net Alerts. This action launches the

browser inbox.

2. Press to accept browser fees.

3. Select an alert and follow the prompts.

Changing the Web prompt

1. Select Menu → Settings → Convenience → Web Prompt.

2. Highlight an option and press to select it:

– At Start confirms that airtime fees will be applied when you use the

browser.

– At End verifies you want to exit the browser.

– Both prompts you when you start the browser and exit the browser.

– No Prompts does not use any prompts.

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INDEX

Brick Attack, 99

Numerics

1-Touch dialing, 20

Calculator, 91

call counters, 23

callback number, 46

Com Port speed, 78

Contacts directory, 34

contrast, 69

Alarm Clock, 11, 89

alerts

for headsets, 76

for messages, 76

for missed calls, 17

analog mode, 10

auto-hyphenation, 70

countdown timer, 94

data/fax setup, 78

digital mode, 10

display contrast, 69

Doodler, 100

backlighting, 69

banner, 66

battery, 1

blocking outgoing calls, 75

bookmarks, 107

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emergency

hands-free car kit

answering using voice, 84

hands-free headset

and phone ringer, 76

jack, 6

position location, 11, 80

erasing

contact entries, 75

text messages, 53

hard pause, 36

Fast Find, 41

fax mode, 78

icons, 10

InBox, 50

finding a saved phone number, 40

flashing lights, 69

frequent contacts, 40

keyguard, 11, 22, 23

keypad, locking, 22

games

Brick Attack, 99

Doodler, 100

Tetris, 97

language, 65

lights, 69

lights-only mode, 11, 60

set to flashing, 69

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Index

limiting calls

out, 75

number mode,

lock code, 72

locking

keypad, 22 35

number type,

phone, 73

OutBox, 48

memory,

saving, 53

menu view, 67

phone book

(Contacts

directory), 34

phone numbers

editing, 38

volume, 63

roaming, 10

alerts, 24

finding, 41

saving, 34

controlling, 26

ringer, 25

verifying your own, 4

phone, unlocking, 73

position location, 11, 80

prepend, 18, 39

saved phone numbers

editing, 38

finding, 41

QuickText, 45, 46, 56

Scheduler, 88

screen contrast, 69

screen icons, 10, 17, 28, 49, 60

screen savers, 70

secret contacts, 18, 35

security, 72

redialing a number, 13

resetting the phone, xiv

ringers

choosing types, 62

for different calls, 62

for roaming calls, 25

silencing, 5

shortcuts, 64

silent mode, 11, 60

sound files, 103

speed dialing, 20

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Index

Stopwatch, 94

symbol mode, 30

vibrate, 11, 60

Voice Answer, 84

voice dialing, 81

voicemail, 4, 21

volume

Tetris, 97

text entry, 28

quick reference, 32

text messages, 43

erasing, 53

earpiece, 15, 63

key beep, 64

ringer, 63

pre-written, 45

retrieving, 50

sending, 43

Web Browser, 105

World Clock, 92

time format, 72

Timer, 94

timing calls, 23

Tip Calculator, 90

TTY/TDD, 80

unlocking the phone, 73

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