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KWC and third party software stored in compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines, if semiconductor memories or other media. Laws in you wear a handset on your body, use the Kyocera the United States and other countries preserve for Wireless Corp. (KWC) supplied and approved case...
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Display Grant section • Always keep the phone at least six inches http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid after searching on the (15 centimeters) away from your pacemaker FCC ID: OVFKWC-K24. when the phone is turned on. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
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Blasting areas —Turn off your phone where blasting Use only Kyocera-approved accessories with is in progress. Observe restrictions, and follow any Kyocera phones. Use of any unauthorized regulations or rules. accessories may be dangerous and will invalidate Potentially explosive atmospheres —Turn off your...
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Your phone complies with the standards set by these reports and the FCC guidelines. E911 mandates Where service is available, this handset complies with the Phase I and Phase II E911 Mandates issued by the FCC. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
ETTING TARTED Installing the battery Charging the battery Your Kyocera K312 phone comes with a You must have at least a removable lithium ion (LiIon) battery. partial charge in the battery Fully to make or receive calls. charge the battery before using the phone.
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Caring for the battery Accessing keypad shortcuts General safety guidelines Navigation key shortcuts • Do not take apart, puncture, or short-circuit From the home screen, press the navigation key in the battery. one of four directions to access three shortcuts •...
Back the previous screen. key enters a space during text entry. Press and hold to activate or deactivate Silent mode. Space # User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
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only (sold separately). Jack Hands-free Headset to raise or lower orienting volume. Volume key activates Camera mode. To activate Camera mode, Camera key press and hold until you hear two beeps. Camera lens light flashes when Camera Flash/Message Indicator Light taking a picture or lights when you have a message or missed call.
Note: • Press to select a menu item. “Choosing a menu view” on page 37 for details. • Press to back up a menu level. • Press to return to the home screen. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Performing basic functions To... From the home screen... Press and wait until the phone beeps. Turn the phone on Turn the phone off Press and hold until the phone beeps. Make a call Enter the number and press End a call Press Press Answer a call...
Camera zoom mode is ready. The battery is fully charged. The more black bars, the greater the charge. The alarm clock is set. The phone is in privacy mode or is accessing a secure Web site. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
AKING AND NSWERING ALLS Making a call Follow the prompts. Press to end the call. Make sure you are in an area where a signal can be received. Look for the symbol on the home Answering a call screen. The more bars you see in this symbol, the stronger the signal.
Using the speakerphone Adjusting the volume during a call • To adjust the earpiece volume during a call, Your Kyocera K312 phone has a built-in press up or down. speakerphone. • To turn on the speaker, press . If you...
Placing a call on hold • To return the call, press to select Calls then press You can place a call on hold once you have enabled this feature. Setting missed call alerts If you are already on a call and you receive Note: You can set an alert to beep every five minutes another call, you cannot place the incoming call...
15, press briefly, Speed dialing then press and hold Before you can use speed dialing, you must save a phone number as a contact and assign a speed dial location to it. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Setting up voicemail • You can set the phone to beep or vibrate every five minutes to remind you that you Before your phone can receive voicemail have voicemail. messages, you must set up a password and record See “Setting message alerts” on page 36. a personal greeting with your service provider.
Setting the roam ringer Please check with uniformed personnel before operating your phone in Airplane mode. You can set a ringer to indicate when an incoming call will be subject to roaming charges. Setting Airplane mode → → → • Select Menu Settings Sounds...
If the word doesn’t match what you want, entering a name for a contact, you’re in normal press to look at other word matches. text mode. See “Changing modes” on page 16. When you see the word you want, press User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Entering symbols Changing modes While entering text in normal text mode, you can Sometimes you need to change modes. For enter symbols by pressing until you see the example, to enter numbers in an email address symbol you want. Using this method, you have while in mode, you must change to access to the...
Change text entry modes mode, press . Choose Capitalize any letter Lowercase any letter mode, press . Choose . Initial Caps mode, press . Choose Select soft options on the screen Press the appropriate key, User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
TORING ONTACTS Use your phone’s Contacts directory to store Adding a code or extension information about a person or company. Each When you save the phone number of an contact entry can have up to six phone numbers, automated service, you may include a pause to two email addresses, two Web addresses, two stop dialing, for example, where you would wait street addresses, and a space for notes.
Options Select Add to Group pager note Select and press Personal Business To assign Personal or Business ringers, see Note: Press to select Save “Assigning business and personal ringers” on page 34. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Editing a contact Customizing a phone number Press to select Press to select Contacts Contacts Highlight a contact and press Highlight the contact to edit and press Highlight the contact name or number and Press down to highlight the press to select contact number.
Highlight the name you want and then press Frequent List Enabled to call the number. Searching the Contacts directory Select for a list of all contacts. Contacts To quickly get down the list, enter the first letter of the contact. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
ENDING AND ECEIVING ESSAGES This chapter describes how to send, receive, and – Press to select then select Options erase text messages from your phone. For , or Recent List Contacts Group Lists information on voicemail messages, see “Setting - or - up voicemail”...
When you have finished setting options, press access your , or Recent List, Contacts to return to the message window. and press Group Lists Select a contact and press Press to select Send Highlight the number field and press User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Adding a signature Understanding appended messages capitalization setting characters The signature you create is included at the end of remaining all outgoing messages and is counted as text entry mode characters in your messages; however, it does not appear in the message creation screen. text entry fields To create a signature:...
Viewing failed or pending messages Failed or pending messages are stored in your . To view your OutBox OutBox → → Select A list of Menu Messages OutBox. all failed or pending messages appears. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
If you see the symbol Scroll through the list of messages and press to read one. One of the following → → Select . A list of Menu Messages InBox symbols appears next to each message: all your received messages appears. –...
Select to erase the message. → → → Select Menu Messages Group Lists You can erase a scheduled message from Note: Create New , but you cannot cancel delivery of OutBox the message. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
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Enter a name for the list. For help entering To create a new pre-written message, text, see “Understanding text entry screens” select New Msg on page 15. -or- To edit an existing pre-written message, Select Next highlight the message and select Edit To enter the first phone number or email Enter or edit the text and press...
Contacts Group Lists multimedia message. Press select a recipient. to choose Select. You can send one multimedia message Note: – displays stored images on Images to a maximum of 10 recipients. the phone. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Press down to enter the field Hide or Show CC/BCC fields Sound and press to select Choose: Options. You can choose to hide the copy and blind • to instantly record a new sound Record Sound copy fields. and attach it to your message. →...
Press the multimedia message. If View – saves the current sound Save Sound the message is long, press down to view embedded in the multimedia message. the entire multimedia message. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
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– extracts email addresses, Save Address phone numbers, and/or URLs from the sender information and multimedia message body. – saves the text in the Save as QuickText multimedia message to the QuickText list. – saves the multimedia Save Message message to the Saved Folder on the phone. When you are finished viewing the multimedia message, select or press...
Default Text Earpiece Volume Web Prompt Voicemail Num. Spkrphone Volume Call Guard Security Lock Phone Limit Calls New Lock Code Erase Contacts Emergency Numbers *Not available on all phones. Check with your service provider. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Choosing ringers You can silence all sounds and set the phone to Your Kyocera K312 phone has multiple ringers vibrate or light up when you receive calls you can choose to use for incoming calls. and alerts.
→ Select Menu Settings Sounds You can adjust the earpiece, speakerphone, and Spkrphone Volume ringer volume as well as key tones. Press right to increase the volume, or left to decrease the volume. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Press to select – Save Vibrate & Remind Beep & Remind, Fwy & Remind, Game & Remind, Bloop & Adjusting key tone volume Remind, Winner & Remind, Zilofon & You can change the volume of the tones the phone sets the phone to notify you once Remind makes when you press the keys.
The “in call” settings drain the battery Choosing a menu view Note: more quickly. Three menu views are available: Wheel, Graphic, and List. → → → Select Menu Settings Display Main Menu View Select an option and press User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Using Power Save Mode Setting numbers to auto-hyphenate You can conserve battery life by activating Power Auto-hyphenation, when enabled, automatically Save mode to dim the backlight set in the inserts hyphens into your phone numbers to be procedure above. The backlighting appears for consistent with the U.S.
Unlocking the phone securing your phone and preventing access to From the home screen, press personal information. All security features are select Unlock shielded by a four-digit lock code. Enter your four-digit lock code. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Designating emergency numbers – calls, both incoming and Limit All outgoing. The emergency numbers feature allows you to specify three personal phone numbers that can be Erasing all contacts called when the phone is locked. You can erase all entries from your →...
Highlight and press TTY On To purchase a cable, call 800-349-4188 Note: (U.S.A. only), 858-882-1410, or visit www.kyocera-wireless.com/store Connect the phone to the laptop or PC. Set the Com speed. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Setting position location This setting allows you to share your location information with network services other than emergency services (For example: 911, 111, 999, and 000) in markets where service has been implemented. This feature works only when your phone is Note: in digital mode.
When you are finished with the call, open the flip and press to end the call. Editing a voice tag → → Select Menu Contacts Voice Dial List Highlight the contact to edit, and press User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Waking up the phone If you pause, the phone will prompt you with If your phone is connected to a Kyocera installed the following five options. After the prompt, hands-free car kit, you can use the voice speak an option.
Menu Settings previous screen. → Voice Features Voice Answer Select or the item you want to train. Train All Highlight and press Enabled Follow the prompts for each word until training is complete. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
SING THE AMERA Tips before operating your Highlight an option and press camera – options are On, Off, or Automatic. Flash – options are 1280 x 1024 (best Resolution • You cannot activate the camera while for printing), 640 x 480, 320 x 240 (best on an active call or while browsing files in the for sending to email), and 160 x 120.
Options Press up or down to scroll through the Multishot options on the vertical menu bar: – displays available camera settings Settings Self Timer you may set up prior to taking a picture. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Camera key map Icon Description Flip open Top right corner Number of snapshots numbers remaining Camera Menu Screen Bottom left corner Take picture Dismiss menu Resolution setting numbers options Select Capture Select OK to take picture Taking a picture → Select Options Close, dismisses Select Menu...
Send – displays available images. Saved Images multimedia messaging application or – displays wallpaper selections. Wallpapers press to select Options – displays available Screen Savers – the image. Erase screensavers. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
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– displays pictures and images – contains ringers saved on Caller IDs Ringers saved and the text IDs you assigned them. your phone. – saved from Doodler. – contains voice memos you Doodles Voice Memos made to yourself. Highlight a display and press to select Press to select...
Creating an event Play → → Select Menu Tools & Games → Stop Scheduler Add New Event Enter a name for the event and press Pause down. For help entering text, see page 15. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
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Select and classify the type of event Press to select whether or not this is a Options and press recurring event. Meeting Phone Call Birthday Anniversary Vacation Medical – Select an option and press Daily Other , or Weekly Monthly Annually Press to change the date of the event (the...
Enter the number of guests and press alarm or to silence the alarm for Snooze select . The amount each guest pays is Next 10 minutes. calculated. Opening the flip turns off the alarm. Note: Select Done User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Calculator Timer Use the calculator for basic This timer counts down for a specified amount mathematical equations. of time. It beeps when that amount of time → → has elapsed. Select Menu Tools & Games Calculator → → Select Menu Tools &...
– To exit the game, highlight Exit with your selections. press – You can pause or end the game at any time by pressing – You lose points each time you exceed 21 in a column. User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
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– Select to skip one card per round. To move the cursor away from the drawing: Skip → Press to select to get your score Select Options Colors and Tools and advance to the next round Select then Done Select an option and press to select it.
Doodles Resuming a doodle To return to another saved doodle: → → Select Menu Tools & Games → Doodler Resume Doodle - or - → → Select Menu Media Gallery → Images Doodles User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
12 C ONNECTING TO THE NTERNET Using the Web Browser – An underline and an arrow indicate that there is more text. Press down to You can use your phone to browse the Internet if view more text. Press to return to you have obtained phone Internet services from the previous screen.
Setting a Web Prompt Allows you to set a prompt to confirm start or exit of the internet browser. → → → Select Menu Settings Convenience Web Prompt Select an option and press User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
Customer Care Center, be ready to For additional questions, you may contact the provide the following information: Kyocera Wireless Corp. Customer Care Center in • The name of your service provider. any of the following ways: • The actual error message or problem you •...
. You may also www.kyocera-wireless.com/store call us at 800-349-4188 (U.S.A. only) or 858-882-1410. Become a product evaluator To participate in the testing and evaluation of Kyocera Wireless Corp. products, including cellular or PCS phones, visit beta.kyocera-wireless.com User Guide for the Kyocera K312 Phone...
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