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  • Page 2 User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone This manual is based on the production version of the Kyocera Candid KX16 phone. Software changes may have occurred after this printing. Kyocera reserves the right to make changes in technical and product specifications without prior notice.
  • Page 3 User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone Optimize your phone’s performance Use the guidelines on page 2 to learn how to optimize the performance and life of your phone and battery.
  • Page 4 If the problem persists, return the phone to the dealer for service. Accessories Use only Kyocera-approved accessories with Kyocera phones. Use of any unauthorized accessories may be dangerous and will invalidate the phone warranty if said accessories cause damage or a defect to the phone.
  • Page 5 3.7V, 1800 mAh 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 Candid KX16 Phone Output 5.2VDC, 400 mA 4.2VDC, 600 mA...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    ONTENTS Getting Started..... . 1 Installing the battery ..... . 1 Getting to know your phone .

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    Press the battery door until it clicks into place. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone Charging the battery You must have at least a partial charge in the battery to make or receive calls.
  • Page 8 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 9: Getting To Know Your Phone

    Back key erases characters in text entry. Returns to previous screen. Activates the flashlight when pressed and held. # 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 Candid KX16 Phone...
  • Page 10 Antenna (does not extend). Volume key to raise or lower speaker volume. Camera key. Camera lens. Mirror when taking your own picture. Camera flash and flashlight. External screen displays time, caller ID, signal and battery strength . Jack for hands-free headset and data cable (sold separately)*. *Warning: Inserting an accessory into the incorrect jack will damage the phone.

  • Page 11: Using Menus

    • Press to select a menu item. • Press to back up a menu level. • Press to return to the home screen. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone Camera Launches the Camera Media Gallery Camera Pictures Images...

  • Page 12: Performing Basic Functions

    Performing basic functions To... Turn the phone on Turn the phone off Make a call End a call Answer a call Access voicemail Verify your phone number Silence the ringer on an incoming call Activate voice dialing Launch the browser Record a voice memo Access recent calls list Launch the camera...

  • Page 13: Understanding Screen Icons

    The alarm clock is set. The phone is in privacy mode or is accessing a secure Web site. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone High-speed (3G) data service is available and active on your phone. Check with your service provider for availability.

  • Page 14: Making And Answering Calls

    AKING AND Making a call Make sure you are in an area where a signal can be received. Look for on the home screen. The more bars you see in this symbol, the Note: stronger the signal. If there are no bars, move to where the signal strength is better.

  • Page 15: Using The Speakerphone

    Using the speakerphone Your Kyocera Candid KX16 phone has a built-in speakerphone that you can use during a call when the flip is open. This function works only for the current call. Once the call is ended, the speakerphone turns off and earpiece volume returns to normal.

  • Page 16: Setting Missed Call Alerts

    Setting missed call alerts You can set an alert to beep every five minutes after you have missed a call. → → Select Menu Settings → Alerts Missed Call Alert Press to select an option: – Vibrate, Beep, Freeway, Game, Bloop, sets the phone to alert you Winner, Zilofon once when a new message is received.

  • Page 17: Speed Dialing

    → 1-Touch Dialing Enabled Press User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone Using 1-Touch dialing To call a contact that has a speed dial location: • From the home screen, press and hold the speed dialing number. If it is a two-digit number, press the first digit briefly, then press and hold the second digit.

  • Page 18: Silencing An Incoming Call

    If you see “New Messages” with the flip open Press to select , which initiates a call Call to your voicemail number. Follow the prompts to retrieve the message. To clear the screen without checking messages: • Press to select Ignore If you see only the symbol...

  • Page 19: Setting Roaming Alerts And Ringers

    On roam change decreasing tones when roaming service is acquired and three increasing tones when home area service is acquired again. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone – On any change increasing tones if there is a change in roaming service or three decreasing tones if the phone loses service.

  • Page 20: Controlling Network Roaming

    Controlling network roaming Specifying digital or analog mode Depending on services available from your service provider, you may set the phone to either digital or analog mode. This is useful if you are in an area that borders on digital service and the automatic feature is causing the phone to keep switching between modes.

  • Page 21: Storing Contacts

    Release Either save now or add more contact information. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone – To save now, press To enter additional phone numbers, email and Web addresses, or notes, press repeatedly. For help switching between numbers and letters for email or Web addresses, see “Changing modes”...

  • Page 22: Editing A Phone Number

    Select Options Highlight an option and press , Edit Contact Erase Contact Editing a phone number → Select Menu Contacts Select View All Find Name contact you want to edit. Highlight the contact to edit and press Press down to highlight the phone number you want to edit.

  • Page 23: Searching The Contacts Directory

    Settings → Fast Find Enabled User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone Using Fast Find From the home screen, press the keys corresponding to the letters of the name you want to find. A matching contact or speed dial entry appears.

  • Page 24: Using The Camera

    SING THE AMERA Tips before operating your camera • You cannot activate the camera while on an active call or while browsing files in the media gallery. • Once the camera is active, the home screen acts as the viewfinder. •...

  • Page 25: Restoring Camera Menu Settings

    White Balance, Flash, Resolution, Quality, Shutter Sound, and LED. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone Menu options for camera mode → Select Menu Camera.

  • Page 26: Taking A Picture

    Camera mode indicators and icons The camera mode displays the following onscreen indicators and icons: Icon Description Flash on Top right hand Number of snapshots corner remaining numbers. Zoom level Bottom left Resolution setting hand numbers Multishot Self Timer (when camera/ capture key is pressed, the icon switches to a number and begins counting down)

  • Page 27: Entering Text, Numbers

    For example, when entering a phone number, you’re in number mode. When entering a name for a contact, you’re in normal text mode. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone UMBERS YMBOLS Entering numbers • To enter a number while in a number key once.

  • Page 28: Entering Symbols

    Entering symbols While entering text, you can enter symbols by pressing until you see the symbol you want. Using this method, you have access to the following symbols: . & @ , 1 ‘ : ? To access the full set of symbols: Select Options Select...

  • Page 29: Quick Reference To Text Entry

    Capitalize any letter Lowercase any letter Select soft options on the screen User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone Do this... mode and press a key until you see the letter you want. For more information, see page 21.

  • Page 30: Sending And Receiving

    ENDING AND This chapter describes how to send, receive, and erase text messages from your phone. For information on voicemail messages, see page 11. The features and menus described in Important: this chapter may vary depending on services available in your area. In addition, usage charges may apply to each message.

  • Page 31: Receiving Incoming Calls While Creating Messages

    Your service provider will charge you Important: for each message segment. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone When you start a message, the maximum character limit (“169” in the example) appears below the text entry field. This number counts down as you enter characters, until it reaches 0.

  • Page 32: Retrieving Text Messages

    To set the Outbox The Outbox default is set to disabled to conserve memory. If you want to save your sent messages: → → • Select Menu Messages Save to Sent – Select to save all sent messages to Enabled the Outbox.

  • Page 33: Reading The Message

    Sender – the message. Forward – to reply to the message Reply with Copy with a copy of the original attached. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone – → InBox – bold – Select Note: not come through. It may be too large or incorrectly formatted.

  • Page 34: Customizing Message Settings

    Creating group lists Erase Messages You can create and save a list of multiple Drafts recipients. Your Candid KX16 phone stores five group lists with up to 10 recipients per list. Select Create New to cancel.
  • Page 35 Options Select Recent List Contacts contact to add. When finished, select Done To send a message to your new group, see “Sending text messages” on page 24. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone Select then the...

  • Page 36: Using Voice Recognition

    SING OICE 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 Note: call; you must press when the flip is open. Setting up voice dialing To make or receive calls using voice dialing, contacts must be saved with associated voice tags.

  • Page 37: Calling Using Digit Dialing

    “Clear entire phone number?”, say “Yes” to clear or “No” to cancel. – Say to dial the number. Call User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone – Say – Say → Voice Features – Speak a digit to enter the next digit. Once...

  • Page 38: Training Voice Recognition

    Settings → Auto-Answer After 5 seconds Answering using voice commands If Auto-Answer is turned off, you can use a voice command to answer an incoming call using the Kyocera hands-free car kit. → → • Select Menu Settings → Auto-Answer...

  • Page 39: Customizing Your Phone

    Minute Alert Web Prompt* Earpiece Volume Call Guard Spkrphone Volume *Not available on all phones. Check with your service provider. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone HONE Voice Features Add Voice Dial Erase Voice Dial Voice Training Voice Wake-Up...

  • Page 40: Silencing All Sounds

    The phone will ring when it is attached to Note: an external power source (such as a charger), even if all sounds have been silenced. Choosing ringers Your Kyocera Candid Candid KX16 phone has multiple ringers you can choose to use for incoming calls. Select Ringer Type Scroll down the list to hear the different rings.

  • Page 41: Setting Sounds For Your Phone

    Disabled Adjusting volume You can adjust the earpiece, speakerphone, and ringer volume as well as key tones. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone Adjusting the earpiece volume To adjust the earpiece volume manually during a call, press the...

  • Page 42: Setting Message Alerts

    To stop a reminder alert, press to select – —Turn off message alerts. Disabled Using shortcuts Your Kyocera Candid KX16 phone comes with four shortcuts when in standby mode (flip open). Press Press → Press Sounds...

  • Page 43: Personalizing The Screen

    The banner can be up to 14 characters long. → → Select Menu Settings My Banner User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone Press Press Enter your new text. Press Choosing a menu view → Two menu views are available:...

  • Page 44: Changing The Display Contrast

    – 7 sec. & in call, 15 sec. & in call, —Turn backlighting on for the & in call duration of a call, and for 7, 15, or 30 seconds after your last keypress. These settings drain the battery more Note: quickly and reduce talk and standby times.

  • Page 45: Creating A Secure Environment

    Settings Time/Date Highlight the option you want. Press to save the setting. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone Creating a secure environment This section describes all the features involved in → securing your phone and preventing access to Display personal information.

  • Page 46: Network Settings

    Unlocking the phone From the home screen, press select Unlock Enter your four-digit lock code. Designating emergency numbers The emergency numbers feature allows you to specify three personal phone numbers that can be called when the phone is locked. → →...

  • Page 47: Data Settings

    PC and switch the phone from voice mode to data/ fax mode. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone To purchase a cable call (800) 349-4188 Note: (U.S.A. only), (858) 882-1410, or visit www.kyocera-wireless.com/store...

  • Page 48: Setting Position Location

    TTY/TDD service may not be available. Note: Check with your service provider for more information. 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.

  • Page 49: Using Media Gallery

    Erase - or - Press to select Options – picture as a Caller ID or Assign as wallpaper. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone ALLERY – Modify Rotate horizontal, and Flip Vertical. Resize Brightness Sharpness Saturation Auto Adjust all levels.

  • Page 50: Creating Free Space

    – displays available Screen Savers screensavers. – displays pictures and images Caller IDs that can be assigned to saved contacts. – displays files created with Doodles Doodler. Select to display the files in that menu. Highlight an image and select Options vary according to menu Note: selection.

  • Page 51: Tools & Games

    . Enter a name for the memo. Rename Select Save Press to return to the home screen. User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone Erasing a saved voice memo Select Voice Memo Highlight the memo and select Select →...

  • Page 52: Alarm Clock

    Viewing, editing, or erasing an event → Select Menu Tools & Games Select View Day View Month event you want to view, edit, or erase. Press up, down, left, or right to highlight an event and press to select it. Select .

  • Page 53: Timer

    Tools & Games Select to begin counting. Start Select to stop counting. Stop User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone , enter Select Reset Press World Clock World Clock may not be available on your phone. Check with your service provider for availability.

  • Page 54: Flashlight

    Select your type of search. – Press search by City – Press down, then press Country If you search by City, the Find City screen is displayed. Use your number keys (2-9) to enter the letter(s) by which you want to search. For example, press once to enter the letter Press...

  • Page 55: Race 21

    Continue placing cards until you are satisfied with your selections. – You can pause or end the game at any time by pressing User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone left or – You lose points each time you exceed 21 in a column.

  • Page 56: Resuming A Doodle

    Use keys 1–9 or move the cursor around the screen as indicated. When finished, select → . The image Options Save is saved to My Pictures To move cursor away from drawing: → Select Options Tools Select , then Done Press a number key to move the cursor.

  • Page 57: Connecting To The Internet

    When you are connected, a browser home page appears. It has a list of bookmarks and User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone NTERNET some Web menu options at the bottom of the screen.
  • Page 58 – should not be used unless you Encryption are instructed to do so by your service provider. – selects a different browser server. UP.Link You can use this option if you have more than one Web Browser account. – restarts the Web Browser. Restart Searching for a Web site How you search for a Web site depends on your...

  • Page 59: Getting Help

    Argentina: 0-800-666-0052 Australia: 800-507-000 Brazil: 0-800-55-2362 Chile: 800-43-1212 Colombia: 01-800-700-1546 India: Toll free:1-600-121214 Toll: 0124-284-5000 User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone Mexico: 001-866-650-5103 New Zealand: 0-800-990-100 Panama: 001-800-201-1984 Peru: 0-800-51-934 Puerto Rico: 1-866-664-6443 Venezuela: 0-800-100-2640 Before requesting support, please try to reproduce and isolate the problem.
  • Page 60 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 Candid KX16 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.

  • Page 61: Index

    , 41 com port speed , 15 contacts directory , 38 contrast , 47 countdown timer custom menu User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone , 36 creating , 36 updating , 13, 41 data/fax setup digital mode , 38...
  • Page 62 ringers , 34 choosing types , 13 for roaming calls silencing , 35 volume roaming , 13 alerts , 14 controlling , 13 ringer saved phone numbers , 16 editing , 45 scheduler , 38 screen contrast , 7, 21, 26, 34 screen icons , 38 screen savers...

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