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User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 This manual is based on the production version of the Kyocera KX444 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...
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This is because the phone is designed to operate at multiple power levels so as to User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 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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Push to Talk feature When using your phone as a walkie-talkie radio, hold the phone a minimum separation distance of one inch (2.5 cm) between your face and the device, including the antenna, to comply with FCC exposure limits. Optimize your phone’s performance Use the guidelines on page 1 to learn how to optimize the performance and life of your phone, antenna, and battery.
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FCC guidelines. E911 Mandates Where service is available, this handset complies with the Phase I and Phase II E911 Mandates issued by the FCC. User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Battery and charger specifications Charger Input CV90-60858-...
ETTING TARTED Fully charge the battery before using the phone. Installing the battery User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Charging the battery Recharging the battery: Caring for the battery General safety guidelines...
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Common causes of battery drain Performing basic functions Turn the phone on: Turn the phone off: Make a call: End a call: Answer a call: Make a Push to Talk (PTT) call: → → Menu Settings → Network Digital or Analog Answer a PTT call: Turn the speakerphone on or off for PTT calls: Access voicemail:...
Volume control button Home screen. Push to Talk (PTT) OK key Send/Talk key Navigation key Keypad * Shift key Antenna Clear key End/Power key Jack AC adapter Space # 0 Next key Warning: User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Menu...
Using menus Push to Talk Messages Recent Calls Contacts Mobile Web Settings Menu Settings (Continued) Phone Info Media Gallery Tools Get It Now → → Menu Settings Settings → → Menu Settings Display Graphic Menu → Main Menu View List Getting Started...
SING USH TO Tip: Phone position Speakerphone Note: Adjusting PTT call volume To adjust speakerphone volume while on a PTT call— To make PTT calls come through the earpiece— To make PTT calls come through the earpiece and silence ringers— Mode →...
Making a PTT barge call to a saved contact http://www.vzwpushtotalk.com → Menu Push to Talk. → → Menu Contacts Note: User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Making a PTT barge call to an unsaved phone number Note: View All.
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Receiving a barge call Making an alert call → Menu Push to Talk. Alert Receiving an alert call Using Push to Talk...
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Ignore Viewing recent PTT calls → Menu Recent Calls Incoming Calls Outgoing Calls Missed Calls Erasing PTT call history User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Saving, editing, and erasing PTT contacts http://www.vzwpushtotalk.com Note: Viewing a contact’s phone number →...
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Incoming calls and messages PTT icons Preventing PTT calls → → Menu Settings → Push to Talk Disabled. → → Menu Settings → Push to Talk Enabled. Settings Using Push to Talk...
AKING AND Making a call Note: Redialing a number Calling a saved number → → Menu Contacts User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone NSWERING ALLS Tip: Answering a call Silence Silencing an incoming call View All.
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Adjusting the volume during a call Calling emergency services Note: Emergency mode To exit Emergency mode Exit Note: Using your phone in an airplane Note: To set Airplane mode → → Menu Settings Airplane Mode Enabled Disabled Dealing with missed calls Missed Calls Call Making and Answering Calls...
Call If you see the symbol Note: Locking the keypad Menu → → Keyguard Guard now User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Changing the keyguard setting Menu Tracking calls Menu Recent Calls Reset All Calls Timer Kbyte Counter →...
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Timing your calls → → Menu Settings → Minute Alert Enabled Receiving data or faxes Setting roaming alerts and ringers Setting an alert for roaming → → Menu Settings Roam/Svc Alert When no svc Roam Change Any Change → Sounds Setting the roam ringer Roam Ringer Setting Call Guard to avoid roaming...
Specifying digital or analog mode → → Menu Settings Digital/Analog Automatic Analog only Analog call Digital only User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Turning roaming on or off Roam Option Automatic → Network No Roaming Note: → → Menu...
NTERING ETTERS Understanding text entry screens text entry field capitalization setting text entry mode Text entry modes Note: UMBERS YMBOLS Entering numbers Entering words letter by letter Entering words quickly Entering Letters, Numbers, and Symbols → →...
Entering symbols Symbols Changing modes you can either: To change text entry modes, User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Capitalization settings To change capitalization settings:...
TORING ONTACTS Saving a contact entry Tip: Note: Menu Add New, Save New Options Save User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Assign Ringer Assign Picture Number Type mobile pager Add Voice Dial → → Contacts Speed Dialing Secret Save...
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Adding a code or extension Time Pause Hard Pause Release Save New Editing or erasing a contact → Menu Contacts View All Find Name Options Add New Assign Ringer Assign Picture Erase Contact Edit Name Classify Contact Exit Editing a phone number Send Alert Send Text Msg View Number...
Erase Number Erase Voice Dial Edit Number Edit Voice Dial Secret Primary Number Prepend Exit User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Save Finding contact information Searching the Contacts directory → Menu Contacts Push to Talk View All...
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Setting Fast Find Note: → → Settings Convenience Enabled Using Fast Find Viewing contacts → Menu → Fast Find Storing Contacts...
Important: Sending text messages Writing a message Send New List Contacts List List New Address Recent List Contacts Group Lists User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone ECEIVING ESSAGES Note: Note: Recent Group Including pictures, sounds, and prewritten text Options...
→ Options Insert My Sounds Insert My Pictures Insert. Emoticons Tip: AutoText Insert Contacts Send Setting sending options Insert Add Address Next Set Priority Insert Callback Number Send Later Save Message Saved Sending and Receiving Text Messages Options Edit...
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Send Adding a signature → → Menu Settings Signature Note: If you cannot send messages User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Understanding appended messages Important: → Msg Settings Receiving incoming calls while creating messages Characters remaining Text entry field...
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PTT barge call PTT alert call Answer Standard call Ignore Saved Viewing the OutBox Ignore OutBox Sending and Receiving Text Messages...
Retrieving text messages User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone → → Menu Messages → → Direct View Enabled If you see the “New Message” note Ô View Ô Ignore Ô If you see the body of the message (Direct View) Ô...
If you see the symbol Inbox bold Reading the message Note: Note: Play Erase Options Sender Forward Reply with Copy Save Object(s) Save Contact Save as AutoText Note: Reply Save Sending and Receiving Text Messages Done...
Customizing message settings Creating group lists → Group Lists Create New Next Recent List New Address Contacts List Options Done Creating and editing prewritten messages (AutoText) → Msg Settings Edit AutoText Sending and Receiving Text Messages...
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New AutoText Done Note: Switching default text entry mode → Msg Settings Default Text Normal Alpha Rapid Mode User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone...
→ → Menu Settings Vibrate Only Vibrate, Ring Lights Only Norm. Sounds Note: User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Turning sounds back on Norm. Sounds Choosing a different ringer Silent Mode Ringer Type Specifying ringers for different callers Η...
Menu Settings Language Personalizing the screen Changing your banner → → Menu Settings My Banner Edit User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Choosing a different menu view → Convenience Menu View → Display Adjusting the backlighting → Backlighting Display...
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Setting power backlighting Note: → → Menu Settings Pwr Backlight Always On Setting backlighting to flash → → Menu Settings Flashing Lights Fast Flash Slow Flash Heartbeat Rhythm Caution Changing the display contrast Contrast → Accessories Setting numbers to auto-hyphenate Auto-Hyphen Selecting a screen saver →...
Settings Color Themes Choosing a different time/date format → → Menu Settings Time Format Creating a secure environment User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Changing your lock code → Display Code Locking your phone → Display Never On power up →...
Network settings Switching between phone lines Note: → → Menu Settings Set Phone Line User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Data settings Setting Com port speed → Accessories Com Speed 115.2 kbps Note: Setting the phone to receive data or faxes →...
Voice only— Fax, next call Data, next call— Fax, until off Data, until off— Note: Connecting to a TTY/TDD device Note: Setting position location Note: Location → → Menu Settings Network 911 Only Location On 911 Only Location On Customizing Your Phone →...
Add new Add to existing Viewing entries with voice tags → → Menu Contacts User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone ECOGNITION Editing a voice tag Erase Voice Dial Using voice tags to place calls Add Voice Dial Note: Voice Dial List →...
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Using voice features with hands-free car kits Note: Waking up the phone Note: → → Menu Settings → Voice Wake-Up With ext. pwr → → Menu Settings Disabled “Wake Up” “Wake Up” Answering the phone Answering automatically Note: Auto-Answer Answering using voice commands Auto-Answer →...
“Yes” Ignoring an incoming call “No” Training voice recognition “No,” “Wake up.” → → Menu Settings Voice Training Train All Note: User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone “Yes,” Voice Services...
SING OOLS Scheduler Note: Adding an event → → Menu Tools SchedulerK View Day View MonthK Viewing, editing, or erasing an event → → Menu Tools Scheduler View Day View Month Erase Alarm Clock → → Menu Tools Alarm Clock Done Snooze Edit...
Tip Calculator → → Menu Tools Tip Calculator Split Calculator → → Menu Tools Calculator User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Timer → → Menu Tools Timer Start Stop Stopwatch → → Menu Tools Stopwatch Start Stop Reset...
10 M EDIA ALLERY My Sounds → Menu Media Gallery Play Send Assign Delete My Sounds My Pictures → My Sounds Send Assign Edit Delete Exit Saving memory → → Menu Media Gallery My Pictures Media Gallery Delete.
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Doodler → Menu Media Gallery New Doodle Note: User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone Select a drawing color → Doodler. Move cursor away from drawing cursor Note: Clear screen Erase part of drawing Add a shape Color Add Shape.
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Saving the doodle Save Note: Resuming a doodle → Menu → Doodler Resume Doodle → → Menu Media Gallery My Pictures → Media Gallery → Doodler Media Gallery...
12 C ONNECTING TO THE Using Mobile Web Note: Starting Mobile Web User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone NTERNET Using the Web menu options Home Mark Site Setup Show URL About Openwave Encryption UP.Link Restart Checking Net alerts Net Alerts...
13 G ETTING Customer Support www.kyocera-wireless.com. www.kyocera-wireless.com Menu Qualified service Become a product evaluator beta.kyocera-wireless.com → Phone Info Getting Help...