Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Strobe K612b Kyocera
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ii User Guide for the Strobe Ph one This manual is based on the production versio n of the Kyocera K612 and Ky ocera K612b phones. Software changes may hav e occurred after this printing. Kyocera reserv es the right to make changes in technical and product specificatio ns without prior notice.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone iii The guide lines ar e based on standa rds that were deve loped by ind ependen t scient ific or ganizati ons through periodic an d thorough evalua tion of scienti fic stud ies. The s tandards in clude a substantial safety marg in desig ned to assure the safety of all perso ns, regard less of age and health.
iv The Health Industry Manufact urers Association and the wireless technology research community recommend that you fo llow these g uidelines t o minim ize the potenti al for interfe rence. • Always keep the phone at least six inches (15 centimeters) away from your pacemaker when the phone is turned on.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone v Accessories Use only Kyo cera-approved accessories w ith Kyocera phones. Use of an y unauthorized accessories may be dangerou s and will invalidat e the phone warranty if said accessories cause damage or a defect to the phone.
vi Contents C ONTENTS 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Install ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Getting t o know your p hone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Making and Answering Calls . .
User Guide for the Strobe Phone vii 12 Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Launchin g the Web Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Search ing for a Web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 13 Using Bluetooth ® Wireless Technology .
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User Guide for the Strobe Phone 1 1G ETTING S TARTED Installing the battery Y our Strobe phone comes with a removable lithium ion (LI Ion) battery . Fully charge the batt ery befo re us ing the phone . T o instal l the ba ttery: 1. Hold the phone face down.
2 Getting Started Recharging the battery Y ou can safely recharge the battery at any time, even if it has a partial c harge. Note: Before removing the battery , make sure the phone is powered off. Caring for the battery General safety guidelin es • Do not take apart, puncture, or short-circuit the battery .
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 3 Getting to know your phone Y our phone has two keypads—the number keypad and QWERTY keypad. Numb er keypad When the flip is closed, use the number keypad to enter numbers, letters and sym bols. Antenna . External earpi ece .
4 Getting Started Navigation key scrolls through lists and text entry fields and accesses shortcuts from the m ain 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 or off, ends a call or browser session, and returns you to the main screen.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 5 QWERT Y Keypad When the flip is open, use the QWERTY keypad to enter numbers, letters and symbols. Internal screen . Internal speaker . Left softkey accesses menus and functions. Send/T alk key starts or answers a call.
6 Getting Started Enter key for hard returns. Navigation key scrolls through lists and text entry fields and accesses shortcuts from the main screen. OK key selects a menu item or option. 34 35 36 Camera flash . Mirror for a self-portrait. Camera lens .
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 7 Using menu s Accessing menu ite ms • From the home screen, press the left softkey to select Menu . • Press the right softkey to select Contacts . • Press left, right, up, or down to see menus and options. • Press to se lect a menu item.
8 Getting Started Performing basic functions Note: The phone must be powered ON to perform the following functions. Flip closed T o... From the extern al home screen... T ur n the ph one on Press and wait until the phone beeps. T ur n the ph one of f Press and hold until the phone beeps.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 9 Flip open T o... From the internal home screen.. . T ur n the ph one on Press and wait until the phone beeps. T ur n the ph one of f Press and hold until the phone bee ps. Make a call Enter the number and press . End a call Press .
10 Getting Started 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.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 11 2M AKING AN D A NSWE RING C ALLS Phone calls Making a call Make sure you are in an area where a signal can be received. Look for the symbol on the home screen. The more bars you see in this symbol, the stronger the signal.
12 Redialing a num ber • T o redial a recent call, press twice to open your recent calls list. Highlight a phone number or name and press . Tip : T o redial the last numbe r called, received, or missed, pr ess three times. Calling a saved num ber If you have already saved a phone numbe r , you can use the Contacts list to find it quickly .
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 13 Changing the hold messag e 1. Select Menu → Settings → Convenience → Hold Call → Re-Recor d Msg and follow the prompts.
14 Speed dialing Calling recent calls 1. Press down and hold. 2. Highlight the number you w ant to call and press . -or - 1. Select Menu → Recent Calls → Outg oing Ca lls . 2. Highlight the number you w ant to call and press . Erasing recent calls 1.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 15 1. From the home screen, press and hold to dial into your voicemail. 2. Follow the system prompts to record a greeting and complete the system setup. Note: If you are having trouble accessing your voicemail, contact your service provider .
16 Understanding roaming – Home Calls T imer tracks calls you have made and received in your h om e network. T o reset this timer to zero, press the right softkey to s elect Reset . – Roam Calls T imer tracks all roam ing calls you have made and received.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 17 Setting th e roam ringer Y ou c an set a ringer to indicate when an incoming call will be subject to roaming charg es. • Select Menu → Settings → S ounds → Roam Ring er → Enabled. Setting Call Gu ard Y ou can set the phone to warn you before you answer or place a call while roaming.
18 QWERTY k ey pad 3E NTE RING T EXT Y ou can enter letters, numbers, and symbols in contacts, text messages, and your banner with either QWERTY keypad (flip open) or the number keypad (flip closed). Read the appropriate section for details. QWERTY key pad Understand ing screen When the flip is open, enter text w ith the QWERTY keypad.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 19 2. Select Add Symbol . 3. Press the key corresponding to the symbol you want. Entering smileys 1. From the text entry screen, select Op tions . 2. Select Add Smiley . 3. Press down to view the list of smiley s. • Press the key corresponding to the smiley you want.
20 Number key pad 2. Wait for the cursor to move right and enter the next letter . Note: T o enter a space, press . Entering word s quickly When you press a series of keys using mode, checks its dictionary of com mon words and guesses at the word you are trying to spell.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 21 Quick reference to text entry This table gives general instructions for entering lette rs, numbers, and symbols. For QWERTY keypad T o... Do this... Enter a letter Use mode and press a key , see page 18. Enter a number Use mode and press a key .
22 Number key pad For number keypad T o... Do this.. . Enter a letter Use mode and press a key until you see the letter you want. For more information, see page 19. Enter a number Use mode and press a key once to enter its number . For more options, see page 19.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 23 4S TORING C ONTAC TS Use your phone’ s Contacts directory to store information about a person or company . Each contact entry can have up to six phone numbers, two email addresses, two Web addresses, two street addresses, and a space for notes.
24 Editing a contact 4. Select Ri nger → Assign Ringer . 5. Scroll down the list to hear the different ringers and press to select one. Assigning p ictures 1. Press the right softkey to select Contacts . 2. Highlight a contact and press . 3. Highlight the contact nam e and press the right softkey to s elect Options .
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 25 3. Press the right softkey to select Options . 4. Highlight Erase Contact and press . 5. Press the left softkey to confirm. Sending a vCard Y ou can send contact information as a text messages. 1. Press the right softkey to select Contacts .
26 Using groups 6. Enter the new information and follow the prompts. 7. Select Save , if necessa ry . Using groups Y ou can create and save a lis t of m ultiple recipients. Y our Strobe phone stores five group lists with up to 10 recipients per list. Creating Gro ups 1.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 27 2. Select a search method: – Vie w A ll lists all saved contacts. – Find N ame locates a specific name. Enter part of the contact name then select Find . – Spe ed Dia l List , V oi ce Dia l List , or Messaging Grou ps selects a contact from the specified list.
28 Sending text messages 5T EXT M E SSAG ING This chapter describes how to send, rece ive, and erase text messages from your phone. For information on voicemail message s, see “V oicemail” on page 14. Important: The features and menus described in this chapter may vary depending on services available in your a rea.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 29 2. Select an option and press : – Insert QuickT ext: Scroll th rough the list of options and press to select one. – Add S ymbo l: Scroll through the list and press the corresponding number key or letter key to s elect it.
30 Sending text messages Adding a sig nature The signature you create is included at the end of all outgoing messages and is counted as characters in your messages; however , it does not appear in the message creation screen. T o create a signature : 1.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 31 T o enabl e the Save to S ent setting 1. Select Menu → Messages → Msg Settings → Save to Sent . 2. Select an option and press . – Enabled automatically saves all successfully sent messages in the Sent folder .
32 Retrieving text messages Note: If you receive a new message while you are reading a messa ge, the one you ar e reading will be replaced by the new one. Y ou can find the older message in the InBox: • Select Menu → Messages → InBox . If you see the symbol 1.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 33 – If you select message a from Drafts , press the right softkey to select Erase . 4. Press the right softkey to select Options . 5. Select Erase to erase the message. A notification appears: “Erase this m essage?” 6.
34 Customizing message settings Creating and editing prewrit ten messages (QuickT ext) Y our phone comes with prewritten (QuickT ext) messages, such as “Please call me,” which you can insert into the body of a text message. Y ou can edit these messages and create new ones.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 35 6M ULTIMEDIA M ESSAGIN G Sending multimedia messa ges Y ou can only send multim edia messages to and from phones that are capable of receiving them or to email addresses. For details on availibility , check with your service provider .
36 Receiving multimedia messages • Media Gall ery to display a list of categories that contain saved or downloaded sounds and voice memos. – Highlight Saved Sounds . Press the left softkey to select Open. – Highlight a sound to add to the multimedia message.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 37 3. Press up or down through the list and highlight Disabled . Press . Viewing multimedia messages When you receive a multimedia messag e, a appears on your phone’ s screen and remains until all messages a re viewed.
38 7U SING TH E C AMERA T ips before operating your camera • Y ou cannot activate the camera while on a call. • Once the camera is active, the home screen acts as the viewfinder . • If you get a “Low mem ory” error , check your resolution and quality compression settings.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 39 – White Bal ance allows the camera to adjust for different lighting. Options are Automatic, F luorescent, Incandescent, or Daylight. – Color T one allows you to capture pictures with different coloring. Options are Normal, Black & White, Negative, and Sepia.
40 Taking a picture Camera mode indicators and icons The camera mode displays the following onscreen indicators and icons: T a king a picture 1. Select Menu → Cam era . 2. Focus on the ima ge using the phone’ s display as a viewfinder . 3. T ake the picture using one of several methods: – Press .
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 41 8M EDI A G ALLERY The Media Ga llery stores camera pictures, images, sounds, and videos in the phone and displays those files on the phone’ s screen.
42 Accessing files Browsing images The images menu allows you to assign your files to various applications. 1. Select Menu → Media Gallery → Images . 2. Highlight an option and press : – Saved Images displays available images. – W a llpap ers displays wallpaper selections.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 43 9C USTOMIZING Y OUR P HO NE The contents of the S ett ings menu are as follows:* Silent Mode Vi br a t e O nl y V ibe then Ring Lights Only Normal Sounds Keyguard Gu.
44 Creating a custom me nu Creating a custom menu Y ou ca n create a custom menu that contains your favorite features with the internal keypad’ s custom menu key . 1. Press . 2. Press the left softkey to select Edit . 3. Scroll through the available features and press to select or deselect options.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 45 2. Highlight an option: – Guar d on clos e – Disabled 3. Press to save. Choosing ringers Y our Strobe phone has multiple ringers you can choose to use for incoming c alls. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Ringer T ype .
46 Setting sounds for y our phone Adjusting volume Y ou can adjust the earpiece , speakerphone, and ringer volume as well a s key tones. Adjusting the ringer volum e 1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Ringer V olume . 2. Press right to increase the volume, or left to decrease the volume.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 47 T o set the ea rpiece volume: 1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Earpiece V olume . 2. Press r ight to increase the volume, or left to decrease the volume. 3. Press the left softkey to select Save . Adjusting speakerphone volu me 1.
48 Personalizing the screen 2. Highlight a wallpaper design and press . 3. Press the left softkey to assign the wall pape r . 4. Press to return to the home screen. Selecting a screen saver Screensavers appear on the home screen when the flip is open or closed and are activated 10 seconds after the last keypress.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 49 Note: The battery charges more slowly when power backlighting is on. Setting nu mbers to auto -hyphenate Auto-hyphenation, when enabled, automatically inserts hyphens into your phone numbers to be consistent with the U.
50 Creating a secure environment Limiting calls Y ou ca n limit the calls that can be made from your phone to emergency numbers, your contac ts, and your service provider’ s numbers. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Security . 2. Enter your four -digit lock code.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 51 Network settings Switching bet ween phone lin es Y our 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 .
52 Connecting to a TTY /TDD device Connecting to a TTY/TDD device Y ou 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 ##889 from your keypad.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 53 10 U SING T OOLS AND G AMES Games The games in this section may not be available on your phone. Check with your service provider for availability . If you receive an incomi ng call alert while you are playing a gam e, the game is paused and exited.
54 Voice Memo 4. Continue placing cards until you are satisfied with your selections. – Y ou can pause or end the game at any time by pressing . – Y ou lose points each time you exceed 21 in a column. – Select Skip to skip one card per round. 5.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 55 Erasing a saved voice memo 1. Select Menu → T ools & Games → V oice Memo → R ecorded Memos . 2. Highlight the memo and select Options . 3. Select Erase . The prompt “Erase file?” appears. 4. Select Y es or No .
56 Alarm Clock 4. Press the right softkey to select Options . 5. Select Edit , Erase , or Send and press . – For more information about editing the event, see “Scheduler” on page 55. – T o erase the event, highlight Erase and press . Press the left softkey to confirm.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 57 5. T o split the bill, right softkey to select Split . 6. Press to clear the default of 2 guests. 7. Enter the number of guests and press the left softkey to s elect Next . The amount each guest pays is c alculated. 8.
58 Setting up voice dialing 11 U SING V OI CE R ECOGNI TION V oice r ecognition allows you to make and answer calls by speaking commands into the phone’ s microphone. Setting up voice dialing T o make or receive c alls using voice dialing, contacts must be sa ved with associated voice tags.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 59 Erasing voice tags T o erase all voice name dial recordings in your phone: 1. Menu → Settings → V oice Features → Erase V oice Dial . 2. Select Ye s . Making a call using digit dialing When using digit dialing, you speak digits to dial a phone number .
60 Training voice recognition 2. Select Menu → Settings → Keyguard → Disabled , then press . T o wake up the phone: 1. Say “ Wa k e U p ” and listen for a tone. 2. Say “ W ake Up ” again until you hear two tones. If the phone does not recognize your “Wake up” command, see “T raining voice recognition” on page 60.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 61 12 C ONNECT ING TO THE I NTERNET Y ou 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: Y ou cannot receive incoming calls while you are using Web Browser .
62 Searching for a Web site Searching for a Web site How you search for a Web site depends on your service provider . For more information, contact your service provider . Going to a b ookmarked site 1. Select Menu → Web Browser . If you see a message prompt, press to continue.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 63 13 U SING B LUE TOO TH ® W IRELESS T EC HN OLO GY The Bluetooth wireless technology on your Strobe phone enables wireless connectivity with accessories such as porta ble or installed hands- free car kit s, headsets, handse ts, computers, PC cards and adapters, PDAs, and speakers.
64 7. Press the left softkey to select Add . 8. Select the device with which you wish to pair with your Stro be phone from the menu and Press the left softkey to select Add . Note: When pairing is initia ted from another Bluetooth wireless technology device, you will see the prompt “Devic e <device name> requests to connect using Bluetooth.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 65 Bluetoot h wireless technology set tings Y ou can change/review the information about each device you have set up on your phone. 1. Select Menu → Bluetooth → My Devi ces . 2. Scroll to the device and press the right softkey to select Options.
66 Services Y ou can view a list of the av ailable Bluetooth wireless technology service protocols supporte d by your Strobe phone: 1. Select Menu → Bluetooth → Settin gs → Services . 2. A list of supported service protocols is listed. 3. Press to return to the B T Set tin gs menu.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 67 14 G ETTING H ELP Customer support Y our service provider’ s customer support department may be accessible directly from your phone when you dial a number , such as * 611 (check with your service provider).
68 Phone accessories T o shop for Stro be phone accessories, visit www .kyocera-wirel ess.com/store . Y ou may also call us at 800-349-4188 (U.S.A. only) or 858-882-1410. Become a prod uct evaluator T o participate in the testing and evaluation of Kyocera Wireless Corp.
User Guide for the Strobe Phone 69 I NDEX Numerics 1-Touc h dialin g , 14 A acces sorie s , 2 alarm clo ck , 10, 56 alert s for mess ages , 46 for miss ed calls , 13 auto t ext , 34 auto-hyp henation .
70 Index QWER TY keypad , 18 R Race 21 , 53 recent call icons , 13 resetti ng the phon e , iv ringe rs choosi ng type s , 45 for cont acts , 23 for roamin g call s , 17 silenc ing , 8, 9 volume , 46 r.
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