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WELCOME Welcome to Sytech! Thank you for purchasing the new Smart Phone ABYSS by SYTECH. Please read this manual carefully before operating your product and pay close attention to the precautions which are mentioned below.
CONTENTS FOR YOUR SAFETY ..........7 General Safety .............. 7 Distraction ..............8 Driving ..............8 Operating Machinery ..........8 Product Handling ............8 General Statement on Handling and Use ....8 Small Children ............10 Demagnetization ............ 10 Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) ........ 10 Antenna ..............
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Pacemakers ............13 Hearing Aids ............13 Medical Devices ............. 13 Hospitals ..............14 Aircraft ..............14 Interference in Cars ..........14 Explosive Environments ..........14 Petrol Stations and Explosive Atmospheres .... 14 Blasting Caps and Areas ........15 GETTING STARTED ..........16 Keys Explained ............
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Calling from a Text Message ........33 Receiving Calls ............33 Answering a call ............. 33 Muting the ringtone during an incoming call .... 34 Muting the microphone during a call ....... 34 Turning the Speakerphone On/Off ......34 Ending a Call ....
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Deleting a Bookmark ..........45 BLUETOOTH ............45 MULTIMEDIA ............48 Taking Pictures with Your Camera ....... 48 Listening to Your FM Radio .......... 48 Playing Your Music ............49 Opening Your Gallery ........... 50 Playing Your Videos ............. 50 Creating Voice Memos ..........
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Managing Other Settings ..........59 Text-to-speech Output ..........59 Accessibility ............60 OTHER APPLICATIONS ......... 60 Clock ................60 Calculator ..............60 SPECIFICATIONS ........... 61 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ......62...
FOR YOUR SAFETY General Safety Don‟t make or receive Don‟t use at petrol handheld calls while driving. And never text stations. while driving. Keep your phone at least 15 mm away from Your phone may produce your ear or body while a bright or flashing light.
Switch off when near Only use approved explosive materials or accessories. liquids. Don‟t rely on your phone for emergency communications. Distraction Driving Full attention must be given to driving at all times in order to reduce the risk of an accident. Using a phone while driving (even with a hands free kit) can cause distraction and lead to an accident.
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measures designed to protect users and their environment. Always treat your phone and its accessories with care and keep it in a clean and dust-free place. Do not expose your phone or its accessories to open flames or lit tobacco products. ...
Small Children Do not leave your phone and its accessories within the reach of small children or allow them to play with it. They could hurt themselves or others, or could accidentally damage the phone. Your phone contains small parts with sharp edges that may cause an injury or may become detached and create a choking hazard.
Store the phone safely before driving your vehicle. Seizures/ Blackouts The phone can produce a bright or flashing light. Repetitive Motion Injuries To minimize the risk of RSI when texting or playing games with your phone: Do not grip the phone too tightly. ...
Phone Heating Your phone may become warm during charging and during normal use. Electrical Safety Accessories Use only approved accessories. Do not connect with incompatible products or accessories. Take care not to touch or allow metal objects, such as coins or key rings, to contact or short-circuit in the battery terminals.
Interference General Statement on Interface Care must be taken when using the phone in close proximity to personal medical devices, such as pacemakers and hearing aids. Pacemakers Pacemaker manufacturers recommend that a minimum separation of 15 cm be maintained between a mobile phone and a pacemaker to avoid potential interference with the pacemaker.
operation of your medical device. Hospitals Switch off your wireless device when requested to do so in hospitals, clinics or health care facilities. These requests are designed to prevent possible interference with sensitive medical equipment. Aircraft Switch off your wireless device whenever you are instructed to do so by airport or airline staff.
Areas with potentially explosive atmospheres include fuelling areas, below decks on boats, fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities, areas where the air contains chemicals or particles, such as grain, dust, or metal powders. Blasting Caps and Areas Power off your mobile phone or wireless device when in a blasting area or in areas posted power off “two-way radios”...
GETTING STARTED Package contents Before you use your SYTECH ABYSS for the first time; make sure all the contents mentioned below are included. If any of the below is missing, please go back to where the phone was purchased from.
Keys Explained Function Power Key Hold to switch audio profiles, or to turn on or off Airplane mode, or to power off. Press to switch your phone to Sleep mode. Press to wake up your phone. Home Key Press to return to the Home Screen from any application or screen.
Starting up Installing the SIM/SD Card and Battery Switch off your phone before installing or replacing the battery, SIM, or memory card. Make sure the phone is turned off and it is not connected to a computer or external device before installing the SIM/SD card and battery.
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3. Insert the memory card into the card slot with the metal contacts facing down until it inserts to the right position. 4. Insert the battery by aligning the gold contacts on the battery with the gold contacts in the battery compartment. Gently push down on the battery until it clicks into place.
2. Connect the charger to a standard AC wall outlet. 3. Disconnect the charger when the battery is fully charged. Sytech recommends you to charge the battery completely before the first use. Batteries usually last longer when they are charged up to a 100% before using.
Battery Maintenance Even though the battery life deteriorates over time, there are certain things which can be done in order to prolong the battery life. Make sure to keep the battery in use. If it is left idle for too long it might not work properly.
Setting Up Your Phone for the First Time When you turn on your phone for the first time after you have purchased it or reset it to factory settings (see chapter Sorting out Your Phone Settings – Privacy: Reset to Factory Settings), you will need to adjust a few settings before using it properly.
The mobile phone locks itself automatically when it is left idle for a prolonged period of time. In order to unblock it, swipe the lock to the right towards the “unlock” icon. Tap the Menu Key and then select System settings > Display to change the settings of the lock screen.
Getting Around Your Phone Touch Control You can use finger gestures to control your phone. The controls on your touch-screen change dynamically depending on the tasks you‟re performing. 1. Tap the buttons, icons, or applications to select items or to open applications.
Extended Home Screen The Home Screen extends beyond the screen width, giving you loads more space to add more stuff. Simply slide your finger to the left or right and you will see the screen move. Choosing Your Wallpaper 1. Press the Home Key to return to the Home Screen. 2.
3. Tap Gallery, Live Wallpapers, Video Wallpaper, or Wallpapers and choose the image or animation you want to use as the wallpaper. Some cropping may be needed for Gallery images. 4. Tap Set wallpaper and the selected item will now be established as your wallpaper.
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main screen appears (1), move the application icon to the desired position and then release your finger (2). The icon will now be on your home screen so you can access it easily. Removing Items from Your Home Screen 1. Press the Home Key to return to the Home Screen. 2.
Status and Notification Icons Your phone will tell you exactly what‟s going on by showing you simple icons. Here‟s what they mean. USB connected Missed call Airplane mode Signal strength Battery charge New message Meeting mode Wi-Fi network...
Alarm set Earphone insert Silent mode Signal searching Bluetooth icon USB debugging connected New Wi-Fi network detected Data Conn off Using the Notification Panel Flick the status bar downwards from across the top of the screen to open the Notification Panel, where you can see your calendar events, new Messages and so on.
PHONE CALLS Making Calls There are many ways to make a call with your phone. Calling from the Phone 1. Press Home key > tap > Phone or tap on the Home Screen. 2. Enter the phone number using the on-screen keypad (1). to delete wrong digits.
Calling from Your Contacts 1. Press Home key > tap > People and all the contacts which are recorded on your phone will appear. Each contact will have a colour besides them to indicate in which SIM they are stored. You may, however, dial a SIM 1 contact through SIM 2.
You can search for a contact by tapping the button at the bottom of the screen. Calling from Your Call Log 1. If you have opened the dialer, touch the call log tab to open the call records. The options of “all, dialed, received, and missed calls”...
Calling from a Text Message If a text message contains a phone number that you want to call, you can make the call while viewing the text message. 1. Press Home key > tap > Messaging. 2. Tap the conversation and then find the message that contains the phone number you need.
Rejecting a call To reject an incoming call, drag the white circle in the center of the screen towards the left to reject the call. You may wish to drag the icon upwards towards the message icon to send a SMS to the person calling. You may choose one of the preset SMS‟s or compose your own SMS.
Ending a Call to finish a call CONTACTS You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google account or other accounts that support contact syncing. To see your contacts, Press Home key > tap >...
MESSAGING Your SMS (text message) and MMS (multimedia messaging service) are combined into one menu. Press the Home Key > > Messaging to access the Message inbox. Messages folder Instead of an inbox and outbox, your phone organizes all messages you send and receive into one box, where messages exchanged with the same number are grouped into one message thread in the Messaging Screen.
NOTE: Add an attachment to text message and it will be converted into an MMS automatically. Likewise if you remove all attachments and the subject from an MMS, it‟ll automatically become a text message. Message Settings The phone‟s message settings are pre-configured for you to use immediately.
CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET Your phone‟s impressive networking capabilities allow you to access the Internet or your corporate network with ease. You can use default connection settings to connect to the Internet via your mobile network, or Wi-Fi. The network connection can be enabled /disabled manually. Just press Home key >...
Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network In order to browse the internet, you must first connect to a Wi-Fi network. To do this, simply follow the steps below: 1. Press the Home key > tap > Settings > Wi-Fi. When the Wi-Fi is on, the Wi-Fi access points, or “hotspots”, that your phone has detected are displayed with their names and security settings.
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3. Once the password has been entered correctly the Wi-Fi connection is then established and it will save in the list of Wi-Fi networks. The next time this network is in range it will connect automatically. 4. If a new network is detected at any time it will be indicated.
Checking the Wi-Fi Network Status You can check the Wi-Fi network by looking at the icon in the status bar. The bars in the icon indicate the strength of the signal. The more the bars the higher the signal strength. Always try to be in a place with good signal in order to avoid any unnecessary 3G data charge.
Enabling the Wi-Fi Hotspot You can use the phone as a portable WLAN router, to share your phone‟s internet connection with one or more PC or other devices. NOTE: When the portable Wi-Fi hotspot function is enabled, you can’t use your phone’s applications to access the internet via its Wi-Fi connection.
BROWSING THE INTERNET You can use your phone to get on the Internet via a network or Wi-Fi connection. Press the Home Key > tap > Browser. There are different ways to open web pages: Tap the address bar to enter the website you want to browse. Then tap on the touch keyboard.
Browsing Options When you browse the Web, you can also do the following: Press the Menu Key > Refresh to refresh the current page Press the Menu Key > Home to go back to the homepage Press the Menu Key > Save to Bookmarks to add a bookmark ...
Editing a Bookmark 1. Open a Browser window. 2. Tap Menu Key > Bookmarks/History. 3. Select an item you want to edit and hold on it until the shortcut menu pops up. 4. Select Edit bookmark. 5. Edit the name or location, and then tap OK to save it. Deleting a Bookmark 1.
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3. Tap on the Bluetooth function. Your phone will show all visible Bluetooth devices in range. 4. Tap the device you want to pair with (2) and operate according to the message which shows up on screen. When both devices to be paired accept the connection, the pairing process is completed and you may now transfer data.
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NOTE: Tap your device name to make your phone discoverable if other devices try to pair with your phone. NOTE: All content which is shared is stored in its respective folder. E.g. a picture will be stored in the image gallery. When searching for Bluetooth devices, or connecting to previously paired devices, press the Menu Key to rename the device, set the visibility timeout and show the files received.
MULTIMEDIA Taking Pictures with Your Camera Your phone has camera function. Open it by pressing Home Key > tap > Camera. to take a picture. To view it, just tap the picture in the right corner of the screen. You may shift to video mode by pressing e Video camera icon. When you press it the recording commences instantly.
radio broadcast depends on the coverage of the radio station in your area. The wired headset works as an antenna, so always connect the headset when using the radio. To tune in, plug your headset into your phone. Press Home key >...
Delete Sound effects Library Opening Your Gallery Press Home Key > tap > Gallery. You can use Gallery to view pictures and play videos. You can also do some basic editing of your pictures – such as setting them as wallpaper or contact photo, and sharing with friends.
2. Tap to start recording. 3. Tap to stop recording. 4. Tap to play back the voice recording. 5. Save the voice recording after you have stopped it, or tap Discard to delete the recording. 6. Tap the icon to view all the saved recordings. PHONE SETTINGS Setting Date and Time 1.
Auto-rotate screen: Rotate the screen display as you rotate the phone. Tick or Untick the box as you wish. Brightness: Adjust brightness of the screen DayDream: Select what should appear when the phone is idle Font Size: Select the font size for the phone ...
following: Select a language from the list which is available. Select to activate or deactivate the spellchecker Set the keyboard and input methods Configure the speech settings Configure mouse/Track pad settings Disabling Data Services Press Home key > tap >...
appear as “forbidden” which means you cannot connect to that particular network. 5. If you decide not to choose any other network, you must activate the data connection once again as it turns off automatically when manually searching for another network Setting Access Point Names To connect to the Internet you can use the default Access Point Names (APN).
Protecting Your Phone with a Pattern 1. Press Home key > tap > Settings > Security >Screen lock > Pattern. 2. Drag your finger to connect at least four dots, and draw the desired pattern. 3. Touch Continue. 4. Redraw your pattern to confirm. Unlocking the Screen with Your Pattern 1.
Creating a PIN or Password 1. Press Home key > tap > Settings > Security > Screen lock. 2. Tap PIN or Password. 3. Follow the on screen instructions to complete your PIN or password settings. Unlocking the Screen with Your PIN or Password 1.
your mobile phone carrier. It‟s best to lock your SIM card as soon as you can. 1. Press Home key > tap > Settings > Security > Set up SIM card lock. 2. Choose the SIM card you want set. 3.
You can view the space information of the SD card and the phone storage. Unmount SD card: You can unmount the SD card to safely remove it. Erase SD card: Erase all data on the SD card. Privacy: Reset to Factory Settings Press Home key >...
application and follow it to complete the setup. NOTE: please take your handset as the standard. Removing an Application 1. Press Home key > tap > Settings > Apps. 2. Select the application you want to delete. 3. Tap Uninstall and OK to confirm. Moving an Application You can move the applications downloaded or installed on your phone to the memory card when the phone memory is full.
Accessibility You can configure accessibility options for accessibility-related applications by pressing Home Key > tap > Settings > Accessibility. OTHER APPLICATIONS Clock Press Home key > tap > Clock, you can view the clock or set the alarm. On the top of the screen there are 3 icons available. Choose between Countdown timer, Clock or Chronometer.
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