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User Guide for the Cyclops Phone This manual is based on the production version of the Kyocera K325 phone. Software changes may have occurred after this printing. Kyocera reserves the right to make changes in technical and product specifications without prior notice. The products and equipment described in this documentation are manufactured under license from QUALCOMM Incorporated under one or more of the following...
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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.
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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. •...
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Accessories Use only Kyocera-approved accessories with Kyocera 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.
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Hearing aids also have ratings similar to wireless phones. Most newer hearing aid models receive at least an M2 rating. To determine the level of compatibility between your hearing aid and this Virgin Mobile HAC-certified phone, combine the M rating of your hearing aid and the M4 rating of this phone.
ETTING TARTED Installing the battery Your Cyclops phone comes with a removable lithium ion (LiIon) battery. Fully charge the battery before using the phone To install the battery: Hold the phone face down. Place your thumb on the ribs at the top of the battery door and slide the battery door downward to remove it...
Finding your phone's serial number To activate your Virgin Mobile account, you need your phone's serial number (ESN). To locate the number: Turn your phone on. From the main screen, press select Menu Using the , scroll to highlight then press Using the , scroll to highlight and then press...
Getting to know your phone This is how the phone looks when it is open. When the phone is closed, the keys are locked to Keypad - prevent accidental key presses. Main screen. activates the speakerphone and Speakerphone key answers incoming calls. accesses menus and functions.
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Jack Hands-free Headset TTY device only (sold separately). to raise or lower ringtone volume. Volume key activates Camera mode. To Camera key activate Camera mode, press and hold until you hear two beeps. External Speaker Camera lens Camera Flash/Message Indicator Light when taking a picture or lights when you have a message or missed call.
Understanding screen icons These icons may appear on your phone’s screen. The phone is operating in IS95 digital 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.
Performing basic functions The phone must be powered ON to perform the following functions. Note: To... Turn the phone on Turn the phone off Make a call End a call Answer a call Adjust volume during a call Acknowledge an alert Access menus Scroll menus Select menus...
Using menus The contents of the main menu are as follows: Messaging My Account Send text msg Allows you to view Inbox your balance and Send IM Top-Up your Send email account. Send picture msg VirginXL VAM (Virgin Mobile Launches VirginXL Audio Messaging) and provides access Voicemail...
Navigation key shortcuts From the main screen, press and hold access the following shortcuts: Access My Account Access Recent calls lists Down: Launches VirginXL Left: Access text messaging Right: Caring for the battery Recharging the battery You can safely recharge the battery at any time, even if it has a partial charge.
CCOUNT You can manage your Virgin Mobile account directly from your phone. The basic tasks are summarized in this chapter. For more information about your account, go to www.virginmobileusa.com Checking your account balance You can check your Virgin Mobile account status in one of two ways (additional charges may apply): •...
Enter your and press vKey Scroll down to select Login Enter the amount you want to Top-Up and press Scroll down to select Top-Up Now and press Your phone will confirm the amount you want to Top-Up. Scroll down to select That's it.
AKING AND Phone calls Making a call Make sure you are in an area where a signal can be received. Look for the main screen. The more bars you see in this symbol, the stronger the signal. If there are no bars, move to where the signal strength is better.
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Adjusting the volume during a call • To adjust the earpiece volume during a call, press the side volume key Silencing an incoming call • Press to select In the absence of voicemail, this feature Note: drops the call. - or - •...
– If you have not recorded a hold message, you are prompted to record one, such as “Please hold. I’ll answer in a minute.” Record the message twice, as prompted. Select Save Options Play Re-Record or Exit The next time a call comes in, you have the option of placing it on hold.
Viewing recent calls → Select Menu Recent calls Select either All calls Incoming calls , or Outgoing calls Missed calls Select a recent call item and press select Options – adds the phone number to the Save Contacts list. – sends a text message to Send text msg the contact.
Enabling 1-Touch dialing → → • Select Menu Settings → 1-Touch dialing Enabled Using 1-Touch dialing To call a contact that has a speed dial location: • From the main screen, press and hold the speed dialing number. If it is a two-digit number, press the first digit briefly, then press and hold the second digit.
You can call the code even if your phone is locked or your account is restricted. When you call, your phone enters Emergency mode 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.
NTERING You can enter letters, numbers, and symbols in contacts, text messages, and your banner. Understanding screen The current entry mode (and capitalization setting, when applicable) are indicated by icons. characters remaining text entry fields Text entry modes There are six text entry modes: Case change Numbers only Normal alpha...
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Entering symbols While entering text in mode, 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: From the text entry screen, select Select Add Symbol...
Quick reference to text entry This table gives general instructions for entering letters, numbers, and symbols. For keypad To... Enter a letter Enter a number Enter a symbol Enter a smiley Enter a space Erase a character Erase all characters Move the cursor right or left Move the cursor up or down Change text entry modes...
TORING ONTACTS 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. Creating a new contact From the main screen, enter the phone number you want to save, including the area code.
→ Select Ringer Assign ringer Scroll down the list to hear the different ringtones or press to assign a ringer from your Saved Sounds folder. Press to assign the selected ringer. Assigning pictures Press to select Contacts Highlight a contact and press Highlight the contact name and press select Options...
Customizing a phone number Press to select Contacts Highlight the contact to edit and press Press down to highlight the phone number. Press to select Options Highlight an option and press – to call the contact. Call – brings you to the text Send text msg messaging screen.
Highlight an option and press – to see the contact in the group. View – to change the name of the group and Edit to add and remove contacts. – erases the group. Erase – brings you to the text Send text msg messaging screen.
ESSAGING This chapter describes how to send, receive, and erase text messages from your phone. For information on voicemail messages, see “Voicemail” on page 15. The features and menus described in Important: this chapter may vary depending on services available in your area. Check with Virgin Mobile for details and pricing.
Including prewritten text and symbols During text entry, you can insert auto text, symbols, or smiley’s in your message. From the text entry screen, select Select an option and press – to scroll through the list of Insert auto text options and press –...
Adding a signature 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. To create a signature: → → Select Menu Settings...
The message has been sent to more than one recipient. The message was never sent or not sent since it was last modified. You can cancel delivery of the message. Viewing failed or pending messages Failed or pending messages are stored in your Outbox.
– to reply to the message Reply with copy with a copy of the original attached. – to save the message. Save message – to save the text from the Save auto text message as auto text, which you can insert into other messages.
Customizing message settings To make messaging easier, you can customize settings for sending and receiving messages. Creating groups You can create and save a list of multiple recipients. Your Cyclops phone stores five group lists with up to 10 recipients per list. →...
PICTURE MESSAGING Sending picture messages You can send picture messages to phones that are capable of receiving them or to email addresses. For details and pricing, check with Virgin Mobile. Size limits may apply to picture message Note: files. Visit www.virginmobileusa.com Creating a picture message If you do not have pictures stored in your...
• Highlight an image and press to attach it to your message. Select Press down once to enter sound and press to select Options You may add only one new or stored Note: sound per picture message sent. • to instantly record a new sound Record sound and attach it to your message.
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Press to select Options to highlight additional options for the multimedia message: The options available to you may vary. Note: Check with Virgin Mobile. – launches the message creation Forward screen, allowing you to forward the picture message. The original address is not shown, nor the graphic, sound, and text fields.
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® Accessing the IM service ® Now you can access the AOL Messenger™ (IM) service from your Cyclops phone. Check Virgin Mobile’s Web site at for availability www.virginmobileusa.com and pricing. → To launch IM, select Menu You cannot receive incoming calls during a Note: IM session.
IRGIN Accessing VirginXL With VirginXL, you can access a variety of exclusive music, entertainment, and information services from your Cyclops phone. Download the latest games, ringtones, wallpapers, screen savers, and other content; surf the web; and more. New VirginXL features are added all the time. Check Virgin Mobile’s Web site at for availability www.virginmobileusa.com...
10 M Y STUFF My ringtones The My ringtones folder stores your preloaded and downloaded ringtones. You can download the latest ringtones to your Cyclops from the Virgin Mobile Web site at www.virginmobileusa.com from your phone using VirginXL. → → Select Menu My stuff...
If you don’t have enough money in your Note: account, you will need to Top-Up before downloading. Press left to launch VirginXL and then search for applications. Follow the prompts to purchase and download the selected application. The downloaded application is stored in the →...
11 C USTOMIZING The contents of the menu are as follows: Settings Sounds Display Ringtone volume Greeting banner Ringtones Menu style Business ringtones Color themes Personal ringtones Wallpaper Flip open Screensavers Flip closed Backlight Pwr on/off sound Auto-Hyphen Key volume Time/Date format Key length Contrast...
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 vibrate when you receive calls and alerts. Setting the phone to vibrate •...
Set sound when flip closes → → Select Menu Settings Flip closed Scroll through the list to hear the sounds and press to select one. Set sound when phone powers on or off → → • Select Menu Settings → Pwr on/off sound Enabled –...
To set the earpiece volume: → → Select Menu Settings Earpiece volume Press right to increase the volume, or left to decrease the volume. Press to select Save Adjusting speakerphone volume → → Select Menu Settings Spkrphone volume Press right to increase the volume, or left to decrease the volume.
- allows you to select a graphic My Graphics from your media folder. Press to assign the wallpaper. Press to return to the main screen. Downloaded wallpapers are saved in Note: → → Menu My stuff My graphics VirginXL graphics Selecting a screensaver Screensavers appear on the main screen when the flip is open or closed and are activated 10...
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. Power backlighting may not be available Note: with the optional desktop charger or other accessories. →...
Unlocking the phone From the main screen, Enter your four-digit lock code. Changing your lock code The lock code is typically 0000 or the last 4 digits of your phone number. Write down your lock code if you Important: change it. Virgin Mobile cannot unlock your phone for you if you forget your lock code.
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This feature works only when your phone is Note: in digital mode. You do not have the option of turning off the locator to emergency services. → → Select Menu Settings Location Select 911 Only Location on – (default) shares your position 911 Only information only with emergency services when you call your 3-digit emergency...
12 U SING OICE Voice recognition allows you to make and answer calls by speaking commands into the phone’s microphone. Setting up voice dialing To make or receive calls using voice dialing, contacts must be saved with associated voice tags. Creating a voice tag for a contact Press to select...
Making a call using digit dialing When using digit dialing, you speak digits to dial a phone number. You cannot speak a string of digits. You Note: must speak one digit at a time and wait for the prompt. From the main screen, press responds: “Say a name or say Dial.”...
Answering automatically You can set your phone to answer automatically. This setting also works with the portable Note: hands-free headset. → → • Select Menu Settings → Auto answer After 5 seconds Answering using voice commands If Auto-Answer is turned off, you can use a voice command to answer an incoming call using the installed hands-free headset.
13 U SING THE AMERA Tips before operating your camera • You cannot activate the camera while on a call. • Once the camera is active, the main screen acts as the viewfinder. • If you get a “Low memory” error, check your resolution and quality compression settings.
– sets the picture compression. The Quality higher the compression, the better the detail of the picture (higher pixel rate). Options are Low, Medium, or High (default). When set to High, the picture file size is larger, using more memory. –...
Picture mode indicators and icons The picture mode displays the following onscreen indicators and icons: Icon Description Flash on Picture mode Top right hand Number of snapshots corner numbers remaining Zoom level Bottom left Resolution setting hand numbers Multishot Self Timer Taking a picture Press and hold to activate picture mode...
14 U SING OOLS Voice memo The Voice Memo tool allows you to record and play back audio memos. Recording a voice memo → → Select Menu Tools Voice memo Record new Record your memo and press select Stop Select to save your memo.
Enter a name for the event and press down. For help entering text, see page 17. Select and classify the type of event Options and press Meeting Phone Call Anniversary Vacation Medical Press to change the date of the event (the current date is the default date).
– Press up or down to change the hours, minutes, and AM/PM options. Press to set the time of the alarm. Select to set the alarm sound. Options Highlight an option and press Select to set the recurring time. Options Highlight an option and press Enter a note for the alarm and press Press...
Press to clear the screen. Options Adds displayed digit to the value stored in memory. Displays currently stored value on screen. Clears value currently stored in memory. Timer This timer counts down for a specified amount of time. It beeps when that amount of time has elapsed.
15 G ETTING Customer support To contact Virgin Mobile’s customer support department for information about your phone, account history, call coverage area, and specific features available to you, such as VirginXL or voicemail: • Go to www.virginmobileusa.com • Dial *VM from your Virgin Mobile phone. •...
16 C ONSUMER IMITED Kyocera Wireless Corp. (“KYOCERA”) offers you a limited warranty that the enclosed product or products (the “Product”) will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period that expires one year from the date of sale of the Product to you, provided that you are the original end-user purchaser of the Product and provided that your purchase was made from an authorized...
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DANGEROUS AND WILL INVALIDATE THE PHONE WARRANTY IF SAID ACCESSORIES CAUSE DAMAGE OR A DEFECT TO THE PHONE. KYOCERA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR ANY AND ALL DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, GENERAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, AGGRAVATED, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR UNFORESEEABLE OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS,...