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  • Page 1 A556C User Manual English - CJA60A1KFAGA...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Conventions used in this guide Table of contents In this user guide, we use the following symbols to indicate useful and important information: Basics ..........................6 In Box ................................6 Phone Overview ............................6 NOTE Notes, usage tips, or additional information NOTE Proper Holding Position .........................7 Battery ...............................
  • Page 3 Contacts ..........................34 Entertainment........................91 About Contacts ............................34 Camera/Camcorder ..........................91 Opening Your Contacts ........................34 Gallery ............................... 94 Getting Started ............................34 Videos ................................ 96 Editing/ Deleting Contacts ........................37 Sound Recorder ............................. 97 Communicating ............................39 Music ................................97 Account Setting ............................

  • Page 4: Specifications

    Specifications Display Sensors 2.8 inches QVGA, IPS full-angle viewing, TFT 262k colors Accelerometer, E-compass, Proximity Sensor Multitouch capacitive touch screen Camera A-GPS 2Mp FF with LED flash Power Management (Performance) Dimensions and Weight Battery Type Capacity Standby Time Talk Time Dimensions: 4.7 x 2.4 x 0.5 inch (121.2 x 63 x 14.45mm) Lithium-Ion(Li-ion) 1300 mAh...

  • Page 5: Basics

    Back key Home key Search key Menu key The A556C is equipped with an antenna located in the base of the unit. For Back cover lock NOTE optimum call quality, hold the phone along the sides and avoid touching the top...

  • Page 6: Battery

    Battery 5. The USB icon on the cable should always face up when connecting the cable to your device as shown. Note that browsing the web frequently, extended data usage, being in a poor signal area, or subjecting the device to extreme temperatures will cause the battery to discharge quickly. To increase battery life, limit your data usage, or turn off Wi-Fi ®...

  • Page 7: Turning Phone On Or Off

    When you select Silent mode, is displayed in the Status bar. Ringtones, alerts, and all audible sounds except media and alarms are silenced. To turn silent mode off, press and hold Power/Lock key and then tap Silent NOTE mode again. Airplane mode 1.

  • Page 8: Keyboard

    1. Caps/Shift key To type a single uppercase letter. To continuously type letters, press Caps/Shift key twice to lock it. Press Caps/Shift key Remember, the A556C has a built-in QWERTY keyboard, which you can use for all phone again to unlock. functions.

  • Page 9: Getting Started

    Getting Started TouchPal Input Touch to enter text or numbers. Touch & hold to select input method. Google Account Touch to enter edit panel. You must sign in to a Google account to use Gmail , Google Calendar , and other Google Touch to enter Voice input mode.

  • Page 10: Getting To Know The Home Screen

    5. Enter your Google account Username and Password > Tap Sign in > Finish. Previewing the Home screens The A556C supports multiple Google accounts. If you have the same contact across multiple Google accounts, you can merge duplicates into a single item in the contact list.

  • Page 11: Essential Display Icons

    Moving an item on the Home screen Essential Display Icons 1. From the Home screen, tap and hold the item you want to move until it vibrates. Don’t lift your finger. 2. Drag the item to a new location on the Home screen. Status icons 3.

  • Page 12: Notifications Panel

    Notification icons Notifications Panel Notification icons in the Status bar alert you to items that may require your attention such When you receive a new notification, an icon will be displayed in your status bar at the top as new messages, calendar event reminders, missed call notifications, etc. Here’s what each of your screen.

  • Page 13: Sleep Mode

    Sleep Mode Sleep mode saves battery power by turning off your display. You will still receive messages and calls when the display is turned off. Switching to Sleep mode Press Power/Lock key to switch your phone to Sleep mode. Your phone automatically turns off the display after a period of inactivity. To customize the screen timeout settings, from the Home screen, tap Apps >...

  • Page 14: Adjusting Volume

    Show web suggestions, Use My Location, Search history, Searching Your Phone and the Web Manage search history. The search key is a powerful part of the A556C’s software and enables you to quickly locate Phone Searchable items Opens list of searchable locations on your phone.

  • Page 15: Connecting Your Phone To A Computer

    Phone Calls Connecting Your Phone to a Computer Copying files to/from the microSD card You can copy your music, photos, and other files to the microSD card of your phone. Making Calls This option is available only when a microSD card is inserted into the slot of NOTE your phone.

  • Page 16: Answering Or Rejecting Calls

    Making an international call Making an emergency call 1. From the Home screen, tap . Or tap Apps > Phone. 1. From the Home screen, tap . Or tap Apps > Phone. 2. Tap and hold 0 until the international prefix ‘+’ appears. 2.

  • Page 17: Using In-Call Options

    To avoid damaging your hearing, do not hold the phone up to your ear when the NOTE speakerphone is on. Using Call Log The phone stores the numbers of all incoming and outgoing calls in the Call log. The Call log displays the details of the call including time, date, and duration.

  • Page 18: Listening To Your Voicemail

    Adding a phone number from your Call log to your the Contacts lists Using Voice Dialer 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Phone > Call log. You can use the Voice Search application or Voice Dialer application to place a phone call by speaking the name of a contact or a phone number.

  • Page 19: Contacts

    Contacts Saving a phone number from the Dial Pad 1. From the Home screen, tap Phone. 2. Enter the number > Press Menu key > Add to contacts. 3. Tap Create new contact or an Existing contact. About Contacts 4. Enter the information for the contact > Tap Done. Contacts give you quick and easy access to the people you want to reach.

  • Page 20: Editing/ Deleting Contacts

    Sharing visible contacts Editing/ Deleting Contacts 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Contacts. Editing contact details 2. Press Menu key > Import/Export. 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Contacts. 3. Tap Share visible contacts > Select Bluetooth ®...

  • Page 21: Communicating

    Adding a contact to your favorites Communicating 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Contacts. Sending text message 2. Tap and hold the desired contact > Add to favorites. 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Contacts. To remove a contact from your favorites list, tap and hold the contact > Remove from 2.

  • Page 22: Account Setting

    Messaging Account Setting Working with Google accounts 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Contacts. About Messaging 2. Press Menu key > Accounts. Use Messaging to send text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS) to other mobile phones. After registering your Google account, your online Google contacts are synchronized to 1.

  • Page 23: Reading Messages

    5. Tap Send. Resuming a draft message Press Back key to save the message as a draft. 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Messaging. Your text message automatically becomes a multimedia message on below condition: 2. Tap the message indicated by “Draft” to resume editing. NOTE Compose a message over 160 characters 3.

  • Page 24: Receiving Cmas Alerts Messages

    Replying to a message Changing Messaging Settings 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Messaging. 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Messaging. 2. Tap the received message > Tap Type to compose > Enter your message. 2. Press Menu key > Settings. 3.

  • Page 25: Google

    Google Receive Emergency Alerts Emergency Alerts Check to receive CMAS Alerts. Presidential Set to receive Presidential CMAS Alerts. Presidential Alerts are always displayed and this setting can not be changed. Gmail Amber Set to receive Amber CMAS Alerts. Opening your Inbox and Reading your Gmail Imminent Threat - Set to receive Extreme CMAS Alert.
  • Page 26 5. Type the message text in the Compose Mail field. Searching for email messages To attach an image file, press Menu key > Attach > Select the picture you want to attach. All fields of your email messages are searchable. Search will include all your Gmail Messages, not just those that synchronized to your phone.

  • Page 27: Google Talk Tm

    Gmail settings Google Talk Settings are unique to each Gmail account. Changes will only affect the active account. Use Google Talk to send instant messages to other Google Talk users anywhere they are logged in. 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Gmail 2.
  • Page 28 Monitoring online status Block friend: This option will block a user from sending you messages and add NOTE the user to your blocked friends list. The Talk friends list is sorted by online status: active chats, online, away, busy, and offline. Within Always show friend: This setting will add the friend to your Most popular list.

  • Page 29: Maps

    Talk settings Opening and viewing Maps 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Talk. Viewing your location 2. Press Menu key > Settings. 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Maps. 2. Press Menu key > My Location. General Automatically Automatically sign in to Talk when you turn your...

  • Page 30: Places

    Viewing a location in Street view Getting directions Street view mode provides a street-level view of the location. Street view may not be available 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Maps. for all areas. 2. Press Menu key > Directions. 1.

  • Page 31: Navigation

    Navigation Previewing your route 1. From an active navigation, tap the directional instruction banner at the top of the screen. Navigation is an internet-connected GPS navigation system with voice guidance. 2. Tap to preview the next or previous segment of your route. Navigation provides both spoken and on-screen turn-by-turn driving directions.

  • Page 32: Latitude

    Latitude Responding to an invitation 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Latitude. Latitude allows you to share your location with friends and view their locations on a map. 2. Tap New sharing request. Your location is not shared automatically. You must join Latitude, and then invite your friends to view your location or accept their invitations.

  • Page 33: Calendar

    Calendar Share best Share your precise location information. The Calendar application data on your phone syncs with the web-based Google Calendar available location service. It is also compatible with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync Calendar. Share only city Share only your city location, not a street-level location. Your friend level location will see your picture in the middle of your current city.
  • Page 34 Viewing calendar and events Editing or deleting an event Changing calendar view 1. In event details view, press Menu key > Edit event to edit the event. When you open Calendar, Month view is shown by default. You can also view the Calendar 2.

  • Page 35: Market

    Changing Calendar settings Finding applications 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Calendar. Browsing applications 2. Press Menu key > More > Settings. Or press Menu key + p at the same time. You can browse and sort applications by category. 1.

  • Page 36: Books

    Creating a Google Checkout account The application is uninstalled. You can install the application again at any time. If you paid to buy the application, you will not be charged again. You must have a Google Checkout account to purchase items from Android Market. You can set up a Checkout account with your first purchase from the Android Market.
  • Page 37 Reading a book Quick tips You can see quick tips for using Google Books on Android Viewing contents of the book Help center You can learn how to make the most of Google Books on Android 1. While reading a book, press Menu key > Contents. Contact us You can get help with issues reading Google Books on your Android 2.

  • Page 38: Web

    Reading an email You can read messages in your Combined Inbox or individual account folders. 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Email. Press Menu key to see more options. Email 2. Tap an email you want to read. The Email application is used to read and send email from services other than Gmail .
  • Page 39 5. Tap Send. Email account settings To save an unsent email message on your phone, tap Save as draft. 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Email. To cancel an email message, tap Discard. 2. Press Menu key > Account settings. Starring/un-starring an Email General Account name...

  • Page 40: Browser

    Browser Using Browser options Stopping page loading Search for information or browse web pages using the browser. To access the internet, you ® must have an active data or Wi-Fi connection. 1. While webpage is loading, press Menu key > Stop. Or tap on the right of the URL field.
  • Page 41 Viewing downloaded files Opening a bookmark 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Browser. 1. When viewing any webpages, tap at the right of the URL field. Or press Menu key > Bookmarks. 2. Press Menu key > More > Downloads. Or press Menu key + d at the same time. 2.
  • Page 42 Page Text size Select the size of the text. Advanced Set search engine Select the web search engine you want to use. content settings Default zoom Select the zoom level that Browser uses when first Website settings Set for individual websites. settings opening a webpage.
  • Page 43 Watching videos Sharing videos 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > YouTube 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > YouTube 2. Tap a video begin playback. 2. Tap a video to play. Tap the video to pause or resume playback. 3.

  • Page 44: Youtube Tm

    If you selected a network that is secured, enter the security key and then tap Connect. About Help Open the YouTube Help Center in your phone’s Depending on the network type and security settings, you may also need to enter more Browser.

  • Page 45: Bluetooth

    ® Bluetooth 2. Tap an item you want to view it. Check the checkbox of the item you want to delete and then tap Delete. Press Menu key to select Sort by size or Sort by time. ® Using Bluetooth Viewing a file ®...

  • Page 46: Disconnecting Or Unpairing From A Bluetooth Device

    ® ® Connecting to a Bluetooth device 5. When you see the name of your headset displayed in the Bluetooth devices section, tap the ® name. Your phone then automatically tries to pair with the Bluetooth device. Once paired, your phone will automatically connect whenever it detects a paired Bluetooth ®...
  • Page 47 Entertainment Receiving information from another device Your device is capable of receiving a wide variety of file types with Bluetooth ® , including photos, music tracks, and documents such as PDFs. Camera/Camcorder To receive files from another device, your phone must have an microSD card installed.
  • Page 48 Camcorder settings General Exposure +2, +1, 0, -1, -2 When in Camcorder mode, Camcorder settings are displayed on screen. Before recording, you settings Scene mode Auto, Night can adjust your camcorder settings or leave them in automatic mode. Picture size 2M Pixels, 1M Pixels 1.
  • Page 49 Gallery to change the album view mode. You can view the pictures and videos in a grid or in stacks, sorted by date and location. Use Gallery to view your pictures and videos. You can edit and add effects to your photos. You can also easily add a photo as your contact icon, location icon, or wallpaper.
  • Page 50 Tap Delete > Tap Confirm Deletion to delete the picture from your microSD card. to pause the video. Tap More > Tap one of the icons shown below: to resume playback. Details Get details about the picture. to skip forward. Set as Wallpaper Use a picture as Home screen wallpaper.
  • Page 51 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Music. 2. You can select library to open at the bottom of the screen. You can view the lists of music in the microSD card. The lists are automatically organized according information contained in the music files. To view each list of music, you can tap the corresponding category;...
  • Page 52 Tools Creating a playlist 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Music. 2. Tap and hold the desired track > Add to playlist > New. 3. Enter the Playlist name > Save. Clock Adding a song to a playlist Opening the Clock 1.
  • Page 53 Editing an alarm Memo 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Clock. Adding a new memo 2. Tap > Tap an existing alarm. 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Memo. 3. Turn the alarm on or off by checking or un-checking the checkbox, ‘Turn alarm on’. In the 2.
  • Page 54 Settings Managing file or folder 1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > My Files. 2. Find the file or the folder you want to manage, Tap and hold the item you want to move to another location > Move > Select the desired Settings on Your Phone folder or location >...
  • Page 55 Sound Location & security ® Silent mode When set to silent, your phone doesn’t play any ring, alert, and Use wireless Location determined by Wi-Fi and/or mobile networks. effects sounds. networks You must silence media and alarms in their own applications. Use GPS satellites When locating, accurate to street level(uncheck to conserve Vibrate...
  • Page 56 Accounts & sync Language & keyboard Background data Set whether applications can sync, send and receive data at Select language Select the language to use for the text on your phone. any time. User dictionary Add or delete the words suggested when entering text. Auto-sync Allow applications to sync data automatically.
  • Page 57 Without limiting the foregoing, it is further understood that TCT Mobile and its Affiliates are not responsible for any use of the Accessed Information or the results arising from such use, and that you use such information at your own risk.
  • Page 58 Important health information and safety precautions Handle battery packs carefully This product contains a Lithium-ion polymer or Lithium-ion battery. There is a risk of fire and When using this product, the safety precautions below must be taken to avoid possible legal burns if the battery pack is handled improperly.
  • Page 59 If the battery leaks: Explosive atmospheres Do not allow the leaking fluid to come in contact with skin or clothing. If already in contact, When in any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere or where flammable materials exist, flush the affected area immediately with clean water and seek medical advice. the product should be turned off and the user should obey all signs and instructions.
  • Page 60 Nonionizing radiation Avoid applying excessive pressure to the device Your device has an internal antenna. This product should be operated in its normal-use Do not apply excessive pressure on the screen and the device to prevent damaging them and position to ensure the radiative performance and safety of the interference. As with other remove the device from your pants’...
  • Page 61 Damage requiring service Use product with approved equipment Unplug the product from the electrical outlet and refer servicing to an authorized service This product should be used only with personal computers and options identifified as suitable technician or provider under the following conditions: for use with your equipment.
  • Page 62 To ensure continued reliable and safe operation of your device, use only the accessories This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled listed below with your A556C device.The Battery Pack has been assigned a model number environment. End users must follow the specific operating instructions for satisfying of CAB31P0000C1.
  • Page 64 Use only the supplied or an approved antenna. Unauthorized antennas, modifications, or attachments could impair call quality, damage the phone, or result in violation of regulations. Do not use the phone with a damaged antenna. If a damaged antenna comes into contact with the skin, a minor burn may result.

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