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Kyocera 3250 User Manual

Kyocera 3250 User Manual

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  • Page 2 User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 phone This manual is based on the production version of the Kyocera 3250 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...
  • Page 3 SAR level of the phone while operating can be well below the maximum value. This is because the phone is User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone designed to operate at multiple power levels so as to use only the power required to reach the network.
  • Page 4 FCC ID OVFKWC-3250. Additional information on SAR can be found on the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet http://www.wow-com.com Association (CTIA) web-site at * 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.
  • Page 5 Use with care Use only in normal position (to ear). Avoid dropping, hitting, bending, or sitting on the phone. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Keep phone dry If the phone gets wet, turn the power off immediately and contact your dealer.
  • Page 6 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: •...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Quick reference to text entry ....27 User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Storing Contacts ..... 28 Saving a contact .
  • Page 8 Using Tools ......54 Voice Memo .......54 Scheduler .

  • Page 9: Getting Started

    Push down on the door until it clicks into place. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Charging the battery You must have at least a partial charge in the battery to make or receive calls.
  • Page 10 Caring for the battery General safety guidelines • Do not take apart, puncture, or short-circuit the battery. • 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.

  • Page 11: Getting To Know Your Phone

    PTT-capable phone(s). (included). Jack AC Adapter Antenna (sold separately). Jack Data Cable Inserting an accessory into the incorrect jack will Warning: damage the phone. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone (sold separately) only. (item 7) to select Menu...
  • Page 12 selects a menu item or option. OK key turns the speakerphone on and off. Speakerphone key starts or answers a call. Talk key for entering numbers, letters, or symbols. Keypad changes the text mode in text entry. * Shift key erases the last character in text entry, or returns to the Back key previous menu.

  • Page 13: Using Menus

    • Press up or down to view menu items. • Press to back up a menu level. • Press to return to the home screen. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Messages Settings Voicemail Silent Mode Send New Keyguard...
  • Page 14 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.
  • Page 15 Using the Sport Clip The Sport Clip is built into the battery door of your 3250 phone. It is designed to attach to a backpack, a purse, or to stand upright with a fold-out stand. The Sport Clip is not designed to attach to Note: clothing (e.g., a belt).

  • Page 16: Using Push To Talk

    SING The Push To Talk (PTT) feature on your Kyocera 3250 phone allows you to quickly communicate with an individual or group. Once connected, simply press and hold your phone’s Walkie-Talkie (WT) button to communicate. You can only use the PTT feature with other PTT- Note: compatible phones.
  • Page 17 The recent calls list is still available when Note: you’re outside your PTT service area. However, you User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone are not able to make PTT calls. telling you that your PTT call is pending and cannot...
  • Page 18 – When the message is successful, “Request – When the message is unsuccessful, the bong Erasing PTT call history See page 19 to erase call history. Checking your contacts’ availability Your Kyocera 3250 phone lets you know when PTT contacts are: Available Do Not Disturb Off-Line is not registered with the voice network.

  • Page 19: Creating Ptt Groups

    (not to exceed 200, including those in the PTT Contacts List). You can create a PTT User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone group from a list of existing contacts in other groups or add new contacts to a group from scratch.
  • Page 20 Select . The message “Add Another Contact to Save the Group?” appears. – Select if you want to add a new PTT contact to the group, then repeat steps 5 through 9. – Select if you do not want to add a new PTT contact to the group.
  • Page 21 5 through 9 of “Creating a PTT Group” on page 11. Choose Select Select . Your Kyocera 3250 phone sends an Save invitation to the members you have added to the group. Editing a PTT group name You can only edit group names that you originally created.

  • Page 22: Dealing With Multiple Calls

    Leaving a PTT group You cannot leave a PTT group that you created. → Select Menu Push To Talk → Manage PTT Groups Select Group Highlight the name of the group you want to leave. Press . The message, “Leave Group?” appears.
  • Page 23 PTT call. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Multiple calls active When you accept a Call Waiting call, the following rules determine whether the phone uses the earpiece or the speakerphone for audio delivery.

  • Page 24: Making And Answering Calls

    AKING AND NSWERING Making a call Make sure you are in an area where the signal can ‡ be received. Look for the symbol on the home screen. The more bars you see in this symbol, the clearer the reception will be. Enter the phone number.

  • Page 25: Setting The Phone To Hold Calls

    When a call comes in, press . The caller is placed on hold and hears your Call recorded hold message. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone To speak to the caller, select To hang up without speaking to the caller, select End Call...

  • Page 26: Dealing With Missed Calls

    Dealing with missed calls When you have missed a call, “Missed” appears on your screen unless the caller leaves a voicemail. • Press to clear the screen. • To view the caller’s number or name, select In the Recent Calls list, the missed call is indicated with a flashing •...

  • Page 27: Speed Dialing

    Speed dialing allows you to quickly dial a stored phone number by entering a one- or two-digit speed dialing location and pressing User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Before you can use speed dialing, you must save Note: a phone number as a contact and assign a speed dialing location to it.

  • Page 28: Setting Up Voicemail

    Enabling 1-Touch dialing → → Select Menu Settings Convenience → 1-Touch Dialing Enabled Press Using 1-Touch Dialing To call a contact that has a speed dial location: • 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.

  • Page 29: Silencing An Incoming Call

    Settings Keyguard Highlight an option. You can set the phone to lock the keypad immediately, or automatically if no key User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone is pressed after 30 seconds, 1 minute, or 5 minutes. Press Tracking calls You can track the number and duration of calls made and received on your phone.

  • Page 30: Receiving Data Or Faxes

    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 51. Calling emergency services Regardless of your 3-digit emergency code Note:...
  • Page 31 User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Setting the roam ringer You can set a ringer to indicate when an incoming call will be subject to roaming charges.

  • Page 32: Entering Letters, Numbers, And Symbols

    NTERING ETTERS You may enter letters, numbers, and symbols in contacts, text messages, and your banner. Understanding text entry screens The text entry area is a large field in the center of the screen. The current text entry mode (and capitalization setting, when applicable) are indicated by icons.

  • Page 33: Entering Symbols

    If the database does not contain a word matching the sequence of keystrokes you entered, your phone sounds a single tone and displays a dialog allowing you User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone to spell and save the desired word using the input method.

  • Page 34: Capitalization Settings

    number, and then change back to complete the address. you can either: To change text entry modes, • Press and hold until icon for the mode you want appears. -or- • Press right to highlight the current text mode, then press to enter the menu, and select a different mode.

  • Page 35: Quick Reference To Text Entry

    Capitalize the first letter of each word Highlight an option at the bottom of the screen User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Do this... mode and press a key until you see the letter you want. For more information, see page 24.

  • Page 36: Storing Contacts

    TORING ONTACTS 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 Follow these steps to save a contact: From the home screen, enter the phone number you want to save.

  • Page 37: Editing Or Erasing A Contact

    Release Enter the remaining numbers. Select Save New User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Adding a plus sign for international calling Depending on services available from your service provider, you may be able to save contact phone numbers with a plus sign so that you do not need to enter an international access code.

  • Page 38: Editing A Phone Number

    – to erase the entire contact. Erase Contact – of the contact. Edit Name – as personal or business. Classify Contact Enter the new information. If you edited the name, press Editing a phone number → Select Menu Contacts Select View Phone List Find Name contact you want to edit.

  • Page 39: Finding Contact Information

    Scroll down to highlight the name you want. – To call the contact, press – To display the full contact, press User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Setting Fast Find With Fast Find, you press one or two keys to view close matches of the number you are looking for.

  • Page 40: Sending And Receiving Text Messages

    ENDING AND ECEIVING This chapter describes how to send, receive, and erase text messages from your phone. For information on voicemail messages, see page 20. The features and menus described in this Important: chapter may vary depending on services available in your area.
  • Page 41 – —Schedule when to send the Send Later message. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone – Save Message your from being deleted if you have activated AutoErase, and enables you to send the message to others.
  • Page 42 To send the message, press To set additional options, press Note: twice, select , and choose from the Options options. When finished setting options, press return to the message window, then select 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.

  • Page 43: Retrieving Text Messages

    – —Saves all sent messages to the Enabled OutBox. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Retrieving text messages When a text message is received, your screen displays text similar to: “New message 1 Text Msg”. This text remains for about five minutes. After that, look for the symbol at the top of your screen.

  • Page 44: Erasing Messages

    If you receive a new message while you are Note: 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 → Messages InBox If you see the symbol If the symbol is flashing, the message is urgent.

  • Page 45: Customizing Message Settings

    Creating group lists Erase Msgs You can create and save a list of multiple recipients. to select an Your Kyocera 3250 phone stores five group lists with up to 10 recipients per list. Select Create New erases all messages in your Saved Saved Folder folder.
  • Page 46 Enter a name for the list. For help entering text, see page 24. Press to select Next To enter the first phone number or email address, select an option: – —Select numbers from your Recent List Recent List. – —Enter the phone number or New Address email address yourself.
  • Page 47 The signature is now included on all of your outgoing text messages. You will not see the signature on the message screen. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Switching default text entry mode You can set the default text entry mode for text messaging.

  • Page 48: Using Voice Recognition

    SING OICE ECOGNITION Voice recognition allows you to make and answer calls by speaking commands into the phone’s microphone. You cannot use voice recognition to end a call; Note: 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 tags.
  • Page 49 Say the name or the speed dial number of the contact you want to call. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Making calls using digit dialing ” to When using digit dialing, you speak the digits of a phone number to dial a phone number.

  • Page 50: Training Voice Recognition

    Training voice recognition If your phone is having trouble recognizing your voice, you can train it with the commands “Wake up.” → → Select Menu Settings Voice Services Select Voice Training Read the message and press Select Train All – Follow the prompts for each word until training is complete.

  • Page 51: Answering The Phone

    Settings Voice Services Voice Answer Highlight , then press Enabled User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Select Normal 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 contact entry in your phone, then the phone will say “Incoming call from (Name), answer?”...

  • Page 52: Customizing Your Phone

    USTOMIZING Silent Mode Display Backlighting Keyguard My Banner Sounds Main Menu View Ringer Volume Screen Saver Ringer Type Color Themes Business Call Ring Auto-Hyphen Personal Call Ring Language Roam Ringer Time Format Earpiece Volume Contrast Key Volume Key Length Voice Services Add Voice Dial Missed Call Alert Erase Voice Dial...

  • Page 53: Silencing All Sounds

    The phone will ring when attached to an Note: external power source (such as a charger), even if vibrate mode has been activated. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Shortcut to Vibrate Only mode From the home screen, press appears.

  • Page 54: Adjusting Volume

    Importing additional ringers You can import additional ringers into your 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, the speakerphone, or the beeps you hear when the...

  • Page 55: Personalizing The Screen

    Using the Frequent Contacts shortcut • From the home screen, press Frequent Contacts appear at the top of the list, followed by your complete Contacts List. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Personalizing the screen → Changing your banner The banner is the personal label for your phone.

  • Page 56: Adjusting The Backlighting

    You can add graphics you have created or saved Note: to the Screen Savers list. Refer to “My Pictures” on page 64 Choosing a different menu view You can change the appearance of the menus you see when you select from the home screen.

  • Page 57: Creating A Secure Environment

    Security Enter your four-digit lock code and select . A message appears: “Change Code?” Lock Code User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Select your new lock code again. Locking your phone When your phone is locked, you can call only emergency numbers or your service provider.

  • Page 58: Restricting Calls

    Designating emergency numbers The emergency numbers feature allows you to specify three personal phone numbers that can be called when the phone is locked. To designate emergency numbers: → → Select Menu Settings Security Enter your four-digit lock code. (For information on your lock code, see page 49.) Select Emergency #’s...

  • Page 59: Setting Message Alerts

    Accessories Headset Ring Select to have alerts originate from Out of headset the headset. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Network settings Switching between phone lines Your phone can have two service accounts, or phone → Alerts lines, associated with it. Each phone line has its own Net Alert phone number.
  • Page 60 Select the speed. The options are: (default), kbps 230.4 kbps There may be a higher charge for making calls Note: using high-speed data in areas where 1X service is available. Check with your service provider for details. Connecting to a TTY/TDD device You can connect the phone to a TTY device for the hearing impaired.

  • Page 61: Setting Position Location

    3-digit emergency code. – shares your position information Location On with your service provider’s network, in addition to emergency services. For information on emergency calls, see “Calling emergency services” on page 22. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone → Location...

  • Page 62: Using Tools

    SING OOLS Voice Memo The Voice Memo tool allows you to record and play back audio memos. You can access voice memo quickly by Shortcut: setting up a shortcut. See “Defining the “up” feature shortcut” on page 47. Functions Play Fast forward Pause NAME...

  • Page 63: Scheduler

    Month months, and right or left to scroll through days. Select and press Add Event User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Enter a name for the event. For help entering text, see page 24. Press Select Next and Alarm.

  • Page 64: Alarm Clock

    Select to set the occasion Date, Type, Next and Reminder. – Press up or down to select month, date, year, occasion type, and timing of reminder. – Press right or left to move between fields. Press to add the occasion. Viewing, editing, or erasing an event →...

  • Page 65: Tip Calculator

    Split Press to clear the default of 2 guests. Enter the number of guests and press The amount each guest pays is calculated. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone Calculator Use the calculator for basic mathematical equations. Select Menu Use the keypad to enter numbers.

  • Page 66: Timer

    Timer This timer counts down for a specified amount of time. It beeps when that amount of time has elapsed. → → Select Menu Tools Timer Press Press up or down to set the hours, minutes, and seconds. To move the cursor, press right.

  • Page 67: Fun & Games

    10 F & G AMES Your Kyocera 3250 phone comes with games, a doodler, and storage for downloaded sounds and pictures. The games described in this chapter may be available on your phone. Check with your service provider for availability.

  • Page 68: Brick Attack

    Use the following keys to guide the blocks Navigation: down the screen: Use: Rotate Counterclockwise Hard drop Move Left Rotate Clockwise Move Right Soft drop the tile Return to Tetris menu Pause Brick Attack The goal of this game is to eliminate bricks arranged in levels.
  • Page 69 – To end the game and return to the home screen, press – You lose points each time you exceed 21 in a column. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone – Remember, there is a time limit! – Select Press advance to the next round.

  • Page 70: Doodler

    Doodler Doodler allows you to create and manipulate ™ images, import shapes, and save images as screen savers. → Select Menu Fun & Games Press to select at the prompt, “Turn off backlight to conserve battery?” Wait 5 seconds for the intro screen to disappear, or press to clear it.
  • Page 71 Select when finished. – lets you enlarge or shrink a predefined Size shape by pressing are three size options. User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone – – repeatedly to cycle – Clear Tip:...

  • Page 72: My Sounds

    My Sounds Your Kyocera 3250 allows you to store sounds downloaded over the air and use them as ringers. (Check with your service provider for availability of over-the-air downloading.) To access stored sounds: → Select Menu Fun & Games Press up or down to scroll through the sounds.

  • Page 73: Connecting To The Internet

    When you are connected to the Web Browser, a browser home page will appear. It has a list of User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone NTERNET bookmarks and some Web menu options at the bottom of the screen.
  • Page 74 – displays the entire URL. Show URL – displays information about About Openwave your Web Browser version. – should not be used unless you are Encryption instructed to do so by your service provider. – selects a different browser server. You UP.Link can use this option if you have more than one Web Browser account.

  • Page 75: Index

    , 66 bookmarks , 60 Brick Attack , 66 browser timer , 57 Calculator , 33 callback number User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone calls , 16 making/answering , 18 missed , 21 timing , 51 Com Port speed...
  • Page 76 , vi purchasing hands-free headset and phone ringer , 51 jack , vi purchasing , 29 hard pause holding calls , 17 icons , 36 InBox , 21 keyguard icon , 21 setting , 21 keypad, locking , 49 language lights , 48 backlighting...
  • Page 77 , 35 retrieving Direct View, 35 , 35 saving to outbox , 32 sending new sending saved , 33 User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone , 37 to multiple recipients , 29 time pause , 58 Timer timers , 66...

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