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Page 2: ...nc eZiText is a registered trademark of Zi Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Copyright 2005 Kyocera Wireless Corp All rights reserved Ringer Tones Copyright 2000 2002 Kyocera Wireless Corp 82 N8271 1EN Rev 002 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 h...

Page 3: ...fer among phone models depending upon availability of accessories and FCC requirements 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 guidelin...

Page 4: ...lt 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 y...

Page 5: ...n 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 NCRP Report 86 National Council on Radiation Protection and M...

Page 6: ...g Letters Numbers and Symbols 16 5 Sending and Receiving Text Messages 19 Sending text messages 19 Retrieving text messages 22 Customizing message settings 23 6 Customizing Your Phone 25 Silencing all sounds 26 Choosing ringers 26 Setting sounds for your phone 27 Adjusting volume 27 Setting message alerts 28 Using shortcuts 28 Personalizing the screen 29 Creating a secure environment 30 Network se...

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Page 8: ...one 5 Press the battery door until it clicks into place Note Before you remove the battery make sure the phone is powered off Charging the battery You must have at least a partial charge in the battery to make or receive calls To charge the battery 1 Connect the AC adapter to the jack on the bottom of the phone 2 Plug the adapter into a wall outlet The battery icon in the upper right corner of the...

Page 9: ...and ringer volume settings Repeating sound vibration or lighted alerts Performing basic functions Turn the phone on and off Press and hold until the phone beeps or plays a tone Make a call Enter the number and press End a call Press Answer a call Open the flip and press Access voicemail Press and hold and follow the system prompts Verify your phone number Select Menu Phone Info Silence the ringer ...

Page 10: ...t entry Jack for AC adapter included Navigation key scrolls through lists and text entry field and accesses shortcuts from the home screen OK key selects a menu item or option Right softkey accesses the Contacts directory and other menu options End Power key turns the phone on and off ends a call and returns you to the home screen from other menus Back key erases characters in text entry and retur...

Page 11: ...Name Speed Dial List Messaging Groups Business List Personal List Information Recent Calls All Calls Incoming Calls Outgoing Calls Missed Calls Erase Call Lists Recent Calls Timer All Calls Timer Home Calls Timer Roam Calls Timer Kilobyte Counter Messageing New Txt Msg Voicemail InBox Sent Saved Drafts Msg Settings Group Lists Erase Messages Media Gallery Images Sounds Settings Silent Mode Sounds ...

Page 12: ...e message You have a text message You have a voice and text message The battery is fully charged The more black bars the greater the charge The alarm clock is set The phone is in privacy mode or is accessing a secure Web site The phone is at the home screen To access Menu press The phone is at the home screen To access Contacts press The phone is set to light up instead of ring The phone is set to...

Page 13: ...hts up depending on your settings The phone number of the caller appears on the home screen If the number is stored in your Contacts directory the contact name also appears 1 Open the flip 2 Press to answer the incoming call or Press to answer the incoming call and turn on the speakerphone simultaneously Setting Open to Answer The default setting of your phone requires you to press to answer an in...

Page 14: ...n to Answer on page 6 1 Select Menu Settings Convenience Hold Call Enabled If you have not recorded a hold message you will be prompted to record one such as Please hold I ll answer in a minute 2 Record the message twice as prompted 3 Select Save or Options Play Re Record or Exit The next time a call comes in you will have the option of placing it on hold Placing a call on hold You can place a cal...

Page 15: ...recent call and press to select Options Save adds the phone number to the Contacts list Send Msg allows you to send a text message to the phone number Erase erases the selected call record 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 30 To classify a phone numb...

Page 16: ...nanswered calls to your phone are then automatically transferred to voicemail even if your phone is in use or turned off 1 From the home screen press and hold 2 Follow the system prompts to create a password and record a greeting Checking voicemail messages When a voice message is received your screen displays New Messages along with the symbol at the top of your screen The symbol flashes if the m...

Page 17: ...d emergency numbers Note Please check with uniformed personnel before operating your phone in Airplane mode Setting Airplane mode 1 Select Menu Settings Convenience Airplane Mode 2 Press to select OK after reading the message 3 Select Enabled or Disabled 4 Select Yes or No to set the date and time 5 Press to select Done Tracking calls You can track the number and duration of calls made and receive...

Page 18: ...an set a ringer to indicate when an incoming call will be subject to roaming charges Select Menu Settings Sounds Roam Ringer Enabled You will hear the ringer Setting Call Guard You can set the phone to warn you before you answer or place a call while roaming Select Menu Settings Convenience Call Guard Call Prompt The phone now emits a distinctive roam ring to indicate when you are roaming during c...

Page 19: ...one numbers email and Web addresses or notes press down repeatedly For help switching between numbers and letters for email or Web addresses see Changing modes on page 17 Adding a code or extension When you save the phone number of an automated service you may include a pause to stop dialing for example where you would wait to dial an extension 1 From the home screen enter the first portion of the...

Page 20: ... 5 Select Personal or Business and press Note To assign Personal or Business ringers see Assigning business and personal ringers on page 26 Assigning number types When you assign a number type an icon is placed in front of a contact number to specify the type of number such as work home or mobile 1 Press to select Contacts 2 Highlight a contact and press 3 Highlight the contact number and press to...

Page 21: ...izing a phone number 1 Press to select Contacts 2 Highlight the contact to edit and press 3 Press down to highlight the number 4 Press to select Options 5 Highlight an option and press Call to call the contact Send Text Msg brings you to the text messaging screen Add Speed Dial assigns or removes the speed dial location View Number to see the selected phone number Erase Number erases the number fr...

Page 22: ...er of the alphabet or Select Menu Contacts 2 Select a search method View All lists all saved contacts Find Name locates a specific name Enter part of the contact name then select Find Speed Dial List Messaging Groups Business List or Personal List selects a contact from the specified list 3 Highlight a contact and press To call the contact highlight the number and press Setting Fast Find With Fast...

Page 23: ...ext mode See Changing modes on page 17 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 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 av...

Page 24: ...n to view the list of smileys 4 Press the number key corresponding to the smiley you want Switching default text entry modes You can change the default text entry mode when creating a text message This setting applies only to the message body screen not the To screen 1 SelectMenu Messaging MsgSettings Default Text 2 Select Normal Alpha or Rapid Mode Changing modes Sometimes you need to change mode...

Page 25: ...l you want See page 17 Enter a smiley Use mode and press a key once to enter its number For more options see page 17 Enter a space Press Erase a character Press Erase all characters Press and hold Move the cursor right or left Press right or left Move the cursor up or down Press up or down Change text entry modes Press and hold Capitalize any letter In mode press Choose Lowercase any letter In mod...

Page 26: ...lists on page 24 or Enter a New Address manually To learn how to enter text see Chapter 4 Understanding text entry screens 3 Add another recipient if desired Press to select Options then select Recent List Contacts or Group Lists or 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 ...

Page 27: ... and press Select a contact and press Highlight the number field and press Save Message saves the message in your Drafts folder This prevents the message from being deleted if you have activated AutoErase and enables you to send the message to others Save QuickText saves the message you have just entered as a prewritten message then returns to the message entry screen so you can send the message S...

Page 28: ...pears once you are in the message entry field 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 When you reach the message size limit you are prompted to edit the message or alerted that the message is being appended Receiving incoming calls while creating messages If you don t wish to ans...

Page 29: ...e 2 Scroll through the list of messages and press to read one Reading the message The options available to you may vary Check with Verizon Wireless 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 2 When you are finished you can Reply to the sender Play the sound embedded in the message E...

Page 30: ...d or read them erasing them one at a time from the list in Sent or the InBox or erasing them all at once Erasing single messages 1 Select Menu Messaging 2 Select the type of text message you want to erase and press InBox Sent or Saved 3 Highlight the message to erase and press 4 Select Options 5 Select Erase to erase the message A notification appears Erase this message 6 Select Yes to erase the m...

Page 31: ...ess 8 When finished select Done 9 To send a message to your new group see Sending text messages on page 19 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 40 QuickText messages with up to 100 c...

Page 32: ... Menu View Color Themes Wallpaper Screen Saver Backlighting Auto Hyphen Language Time Date Format Contrast Convenience Airplane Mode Open to Answer Fast Find Frequent List Hold Call 1 Touch Dialing Call Guard Messaging Alerts Signature Edit QuickText Callback Number Text Msg Receipt Save to Sent Auto Erase Default Text Voicemail Number Security Lock Phone Limit Calls New Lock Code Erase Contacts E...

Page 33: ...returns phone to a non silent mode 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 Press and hold Turning sounds back on Select Menu Settings Silent Mode Normal Sounds or Press and hold Choosing ringers Your Kyocera KX9a phone has pre programmed ringers you can choose to use for incoming ...

Page 34: ... earpiece volume manually during a call press the key up or down To set the earpiece volume 1 Select Menu Settings Sounds Earpiece Volume 2 Press right to increase the volume or left to decrease the volume and press Using smart sound You can set a baseline volume that the phone uses to automatically adjust the earpiece volume when there is a change in the amount of noise around you or the caller s...

Page 35: ...essage is received and then notify you again every five minutes To stop a reminder alert press to select Ignore Disabled turns off message alerts Using shortcuts From the home screen press in one of four directions to access three shortcuts and one custom menu Up Access Messaging Down Access your custom menu Left Access the Settings menu Right Access Tools Games Creating and updating your custom m...

Page 36: ... you press a key on the keypad However you can set the duration and brightness of backlighting 1 Select Menu Settings Display Backlighting Duration 2 Select an option and press 7 seconds 15 seconds or 30 seconds turns backlighting on for 7 15 or 30 seconds after your last keypress 7 sec in call 15 sec in call or 30 sec in call turns backlighting on for the duration of a call and for 7 15 or 30 sec...

Page 37: ...t 10 seconds to view the selected screen saver Note Downloaded screen savers are added to the end of the list Selecting wallpaper Wallpaper appears as background on the home screen 1 Select Menu Settings Display Wallpaper 2 Highlight a wallpaper design and press 3 Select Assign to save your selection Selecting a color theme You can select a color theme for the display background of your phone 1 Se...

Page 38: ...ter your four digit lock code 3 Select Emergency Numbers 4 Select an Unassigned slot 5 Enter the phone number including the area code Do not enter 1 before the area code 6 Select Done Notes You can view these numbers only when they re being entered for the first time 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 E...

Page 39: ...he 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 Select the TTY option 4 Press to clear the message 5 Highlight an option and press Note TTY TDD service may not be available Check with Verizon Wireless for more information Setting position location This setting allows you to share your location informat...

Page 40: ...oice memo 1 Select Menu Tools Games Voice Memo Recorded Memos 2 Highlight the memo and select Options 3 Select Rename 4 Press and hold to clear the default name 5 Use the keypad to enter a name for the memo 6 Select Save Erasing a saved voice memo 1 Select Menu Tools Games Voice Memo Recorded Memos 2 Highlight the memo and select Options 3 Select Erase The prompt Erase file appears 4 Select Yes or...

Page 41: ...curring event Select an option and press No Daily Weekly Monthly or Annually 11 Select Save Editing erasing or sending an event 1 Select Menu Tools Games Scheduler View Month 2 Press up down left or right to highlight the day with the event to view edit or erase and press 3 Press up or down to highlight the event and press 4 Press to select Options 5 Select Edit Erase or Send and press For more in...

Page 42: ... QuickAlarm again Tip Calculator The Tip Calculator helps you calculate how much tip to include with a bill 1 Select Menu Tools Games Tip Calculator 2 Enter the amount of your bill 3 Select Next 4 Select the amount you want to include as a tip 10 15 18 20 Other and press Your total bill appears including tip 5 To split the bill press to select Split 6 Press to clear the default of 2 guests 7 Enter...

Page 43: ...h Verizon Wireless for availability If you receive an incoming call alert while you are playing a game 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 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 ...

Page 44: ... exceed 21 in a column Select Skip to skip one card per round 5 Press to select to get your score and advance to the next round 6 Select an option and press to select it New Game initiates game play To pause the game press From here you can choose Resume New or Quit Resume Game returns you to the game you were last playing Scoreboard provides you with the top five scores Music plays music with thi...

Page 45: ...available screen savers Caller IDs displays pictures and images that can be assigned to saved contacts 3 Highlight an image and select Options Note Options vary according to menu selection 4 Highlight an option and press Erase the image image must not be locked Set As Default sets as default setting Assign an image as a caller ID wallpaper or screen saver Rename an image Details gives you the file...

Page 46: ... not have enough memory to store a file a dialog appears and asks you if you want to create space Select Yes to display the file browser categories with the memory needed and available memory Select No to return to the previous screen No files are saved or downloaded The actions are limited to the following Erase the selected file you cannot erase locked files Done re attempts the download or save...

Page 47: ...em When you contact the Customer Care Center be ready to provide the following information The name of your service provider Verizon Wireless 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 locate the ESN select Menu Phone Info and scroll down to ESN for the 11 digit number Qualified service If the pro...

Page 48: ...l contacts 31 contact entries 14 phone numbers 14 text messages 23 F fast find 15 finding contact information 15 frequent contacts 15 G games Brick Attack 36 Race 21 37 H hands free car kit purchasing iii 40 hands free headset purchasing iii 40 hard pause 12 I icons 5 contacts 13 recent calls 8 InBox 22 L language 28 lights lights only mode 5 26 limiting calls 31 lock code 30 locking phone 31 M me...

Page 49: ...speakerphone 7 speed dialing 8 14 stopwatch 36 symbol mode 17 T technical support 40 text entry 16 quick reference 18 text messages 19 time format 30 timer 36 timing calls 10 tip calculator 35 TTY TDD 32 U unlocking the phone 31 V vCard 14 vibrate 5 26 voice memo 38 erasing 33 naming 33 recording 33 voicemail 9 setting up 2 volume earpiece 7 27 key beep 27 ringer 27 W wallpaper 30 38 82 N8271 1EN ...

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