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Dor ado The software features of this handset are subject to modifications and may have changed since the printing of this guide.
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The Kyocera Wireless Corp. ("KWC") products FCC RF exposure guidelines, if you wear a handset described in this manual may include copyrighted on your body, use the Kyocera Wireless Corp. (KWC) KWC and third party software stored in semiconductor supplied, approved leather case CV90-K0511-01 and memories or other media.
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Your physician may be able to help you obtain Accessories this information. Use only Kyocera-approved accessories with Kyocera Blasting areas—Turn off your phone where blasting is in phones. Use of any unauthorized accessories may be progress. Observe restrictions, and follow any dangerous and will invalidate the phone warranty if regulations or rules.
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CV90-N5000, 3.7V / 1000mAh Extended Battery CV90-N5001, 3.7V / 1800mAh 093 453 037 Kyocera Wireless Corp. 10300 Campus Point Drive, San Diego, CA 92121 U.S.A. Visit us at www.kyocera-wireless.com To purchase accessories, visit www.kyocera-wireless.com/store User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
ETTING TARTED Installing the battery Removing the battery Your Kyocera Dorado phone comes with a Tip: Before you remove the battery, make sure Warning: removable lithium ion (LiIon) battery. the phone is powered off. Fully charge the battery before using the phone.
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Charging the battery • Never dispose of any battery in or near a fire. It could explode. You must have at least a partial charge in the battery to make or receive calls. Common causes of battery drain To charge the battery: •...
End/Power key turns the phone on and off. Ends a call. # Space key enters a space during text entry. Activates Silent mode. 0 Next key cycles through word choices during text entry. User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
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Port Plug attached to phone, lift up to disclose phone jacks. Jack for AC adapter (included) Latch releases the phone’s rear cover. Jack for hands-free headset and data cable (sold separately)* Warning: Inserting an accessory into the incorrect jack will damage the phone. Performing basic functions Press and hold Access Recent Calls list:...
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* To change the way the menus appear, see • Press to select a menu item. “Choosing a menu view” on page 31 for details. • Press to back up a menu level. • Press to return to the home screen. User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
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Understanding screen icons (blinking) The phone is sending high-speed data. These icons may appear on your phone’s home (blinking) The phone is receiving screen and the external LCD. high-speed data. The phone is operating in IS2000 (1X) High-speed data service is available, digital mode.
Highlight the name and press to dial Using the speakerphone the number. Your Kyocera Dorado phone has a built-in Answering a call speakerphone that you can use during a call. When a call comes in, the phone rings, vibrates, or This function works only for the current call.
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Press to answer the call and turn on the When a call comes in, press to select speakerphone simultaneously. “ Speaker is . The caller is placed on hold and Hold Call ON” displays on the screen. hears your recorded hold message. - or - To speak to the caller, select Answer...
Before you can use speed dialing, you must save a Select a list: phone number as a contact and assign it a speed All Calls Incoming Calls Outgoing , or Calls Missed Calls dial location. User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
• To add a speed dial location to a saved or new Setting up voicemail contact, see “Customizing a phone number” on Before your phone can receive voicemail messages, page 19. you must set up a password and record a personal greeting with your service provider.
→ Select Menu Settings Convenience Locking the keypad Airplane Mode. The Keyguard locks your keypad on your phone to Press to select after reading the prevent accidental keypresses when the phone is message. User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
Select Understanding roaming Disabled Enabled Setting an alert for roaming Tracking calls The phone can alert you when you roam outside of You can track the number and duration of calls your home service area. made and received on your phone. →...
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Analog only analog mode only. – forces a call into analog mode Analog call for the duration of the next call. – sets the phone to work in digital Digital only mode only. User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
NTERING ETTERS UMBERS YMBOLS You can enter letters, numbers, and symbols in Entering numbers contacts, text messages, and your banner. • To enter a number while in mode, press a number key once. Understanding text entry screens • To enter a number while in mode, The current text entry mode (and capitalization press and hold a number key until the number...
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You can change the default text entry mode when creating a text message. This setting applies only to the message body screen, not the “To” screen. → → Select Menu Messages → Msg Settings Default Text Select Normal Alpha Rapid Mode User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
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Quick reference to text entry This table gives general instructions for entering letters, numbers, and symbols. To... Do this... Enter a letter mode and press a key until you see the letter you want. For more information, see page 14. Enter a number mode and press a key once to enter its number.
For help switching Highlight the contact name and press between numbers and letters for email or to select Options Web addresses, see “Changing modes” on → Select Ringer Assign Ringer page 15. User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
Press down once and press to select Select Saved Images Caller IDs Options. With mobile PhoneTools for Kyocera, Note: Highlight an option to designate the number as you can transfer digital pictures to your phone. , or and press Work...
Save Press to select Contacts Highlight the contact to edit and press Press down to highlight the number. Press to select Options Highlight an option and press – to call the contact. Call User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
Finding contact information Highlight a contact and press – To call the contact, highlight the number To find a phone number or contact, you can and press (1) check the Frequent list, (2) search the Contacts directory, or (3) use Fast Find. Setting Fast Find Checking the Frequent List With Fast Find, you press one or two keys to view...
(To learn how to enter text, see Chapter 3, Select an option and press “Understanding text entry screens” .) – Scroll through the list of Insert QuickText: Add another recipient if desired: options and press to select one. User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
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– Scroll through the list and press – allows you to choose from the Add Symbol: Settings the corresponding number key to select it. following after pressing • to request notification when – Scroll through the list and press Msg Receipt Add Smiley: the message is received.
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The scheduled message is sent at the message or alerted that the message is being scheduled time. You cannot cancel appended. delivery of the message. User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
Retrieving text messages The scheduled message was sent and delivered as scheduled. You cannot When a text message is received, your screen cancel delivery of the message. displays “New Messages” with the symbol at the top of your screen. The symbol flashes if the The message was received.
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Saved Folder, Drafts see “Setting message alerts” on page 30. To erase messages from Folder, All Messages. all folders, select All Messages A message appears: “Erase all messages?” Select to erase messages or to cancel. User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
Your phone stores up to 40 Creating group lists QuickText messages, with up to 100 characters per You can create and save a list of multiple recipients. message. Your Kyocera Dorado phone stores five group lists → → Select Menu Messages with up to 10 recipients per list.
Web Prompt Smart Sound Security Call Guard Minute Alert Lock Phone Earpiece Volume Limit Calls Spkrphone Volume New Lock Code Erase Contacts Emergency Numbers *Not available on all phones. Check with your service provider. User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
You can silence all sounds and set the phone to Press and hold vibrate or light up when you receive calls and alerts. Choosing ringers Setting the phone to vibrate or light up Your Kyocera Dorado phone has pre-programmed → → Select Menu...
You can download additional ringers to your phone to automatically adjust the earpiece volume when using the Mobile Phone Tools for Kyocera software, there is a change in the amount of noise around if available (sold separately). To purchase this you or the caller’s voice.
→ → → Select Using shortcuts Menu Settings Sounds Key Length From the home screen, press in one of four Choose and press Normal Long directions to access three shortcuts and one custom menu. Setting key sound Access your Custom Menu You can choose the sound the phone makes when Access Recent Calls Down:...
Adjusting the backlighting and select Save Your screen lights up while you are in a call or when you press a key on the keypad. However, you can set the duration and brightness of backlighting. User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
Setting numbers to auto-hyphenate Selecting a color theme Auto-hyphenation, when enabled, automatically You can select a color theme for the display inserts hyphens into your phone numbers to be background of your phone. consistent with the U.S. dialing plan. → →...
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Unassigned Select Erase Contacts Enter the phone number, including the area Select to erase all contacts. A message code. Do not enter 1 before the area code. appears: “Erase ALL Contacts?” Select Done User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
To purchase a data cable call 800-349-4188 Note: Set Phone Line (U.S.A. only), 858-882-1410, or visit Select one of the two lines and press www.kyocera-wireless.com/store Connect the phone to the laptop or PC. Data Settings Set the Com Port speed. Setting Com port speed →...
Setting position location This setting allows you to share your location information with network services other than emergency services (911, 111, 999, 000, etc.) in markets where service has been implemented. User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
SING OICE ECOGNITION Voice recognition allows you to make and answer Editing a voice tag calls by speaking commands into the phone. → → Select Menu Contacts Voice Dial List You cannot use voice recognition to end Note: Highlight the contact you want to edit and a call;...
Wake Up – Say “ ” to dial the number. Call again until you hear two tones. Wake Up – Say “ ” to hear the set of spoken digits. Verify User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
→ → • Select Menu Settings Voice Features command to answer an incoming call using the → Expert Mode Expert installed Kyocera hands-free car kit. To turn off Auto-Answer: Training voice recognition → → → • Select Menu Settings Accessories If your phone is having trouble recognizing your →...
Caller IDs Highlight a sound file and select Options can be assigned to saved contacts. Highlight an option and press – displays files created with Doodler. Doodles – the sound. Erase User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
– a sound as a ringer. Assign – a ringer. Rename – gives you the file size of the sound. Details – stored sounds. Erase All Select when done. Creating free space If your phone does not have enough memory to store a file, a dialog appears and asks you if you want to create space.
→ → Select Menu Tools & Games Play → Scheduler Add New Event Enter a name for the event and press Stop down. For help entering text, see page 14. Pause User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
Select classify the type of event, and Press to select whether or not this is a Options, then press recurring event. Meeting Phone Call Birthday , or Anniversary Vacation Medical Other – Select an option and press Daily Press to change the date of the event (the , or Weekly Monthly...
→ → Select Menu Tools & Games Highlight and select QuickAlarm Calculator Select an option and press 5 minutes Use the keypad to enter numbers. (default), , or minutes 30 minutes 60 minutes User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
to select mathematical operations: Select to begin the countdown. Start Select to pause the countdown. Stop x (multiply) + (add) Left Select to clear the timer. Reset ÷ (divide) - (subtract) Right Down Select to set the alarm sound and Sound Press to calculate the result.
Use your number keys (2-9) to enter the do not remain paused if the phone is turned off or letter(s) by which you want to search. For loses power. example, press once to enter the letter User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
Brick Attack Add cards to the third row Add cards to the fourth row The goal of this game is to eliminate bricks Press left or right to choose Shortcut: arranged in levels. You send a moving ball upward arrows at the bottom of the screen then press using a paddle at the bottom of the screen.
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→ Select then Done • Select . The image will be Options Save → → saved in Menu Media Gallery Press a number key to move the eraser. → Images Doodles User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
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Resuming a doodle To return to another saved doodle: → → • Select Menu Tools & Games → Doodler Resume Doodle - or - → → → Select Menu Media Gallery Images Doodles Using Tools and Games...
Using the Mobile Web – An underline and an arrow indicate that there is more text. Press down to view You can use your Dorado phone to browse the more text. Press to return to the Internet if you have obtained phone Internet previous screen.
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Searching for a Web site Changing the Web prompt → → → How you search for a Web site depends on your Select Menu Settings Convenience service provider. For more information, contact Web Prompt your service provider. Highlight an option and press –...
– To locate the ESN select → following countries. and scroll down Menu Phone Info to ESN: for the 11-digit number. Argentina: 0-800-666-0052 Australia: 1-800-507-000 Brazil: 0-800-55-2362 Chile: 800-43-1212 Colombia: 01-800-700-1546 User Guide for the Kyocera Dorado Phone...
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If the problem with your phone persists, return the phone with all accessories and packaging to the dealer for qualified service. Phone accessories To shop for Dorado phone accessories, visit . You may also www.kyocera-wireless.com/store call us at 800-349-4188 (U.S.A. only) or 858-882-1410.
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