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This booklet introduces you to the basics of getting started with Sprint and your KYOCERA DuraMax. Visit sprint.com/support for the complete User Guide, along with videos, tutorials, and community forums for your phone.
Using This Guide This Get Started guide is designed to help you set up and use your new KYOCERA DuraMax. It’s divided into four sections to help you find the information you need quickly and easily. Get Ready − page 1 − Find out what...
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Your KYOCERA DuraMax Earpiece Internal Antenna External Call List Button Camera Lens Speaker Button micro SD Flash Main Card Headset Screen Volume (Internal) Jack Button Speaker Softkeys Charger/ Outer Accessory Screen Navigation MENU/OK Jack BACK Indicator Camera Direct TALK Key...
Get Your Phone Ready Install the Battery Turn the Phone On 1. Insert the battery, contacts end first, and gently Press to turn your phone on. ► press into place. 2. Replace the cover, making sure all tabs on the cover align with the battery compartment slots and press down until the cover snaps into place.
Activate Your Phone Activate Your Phone When you have finished, if your phone is still not activated or you do not have access to the • If you purchased your phone at a Sprint Store, it Internet, contact Sprint Customer Service at is probably activated and ready to use.
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Use Your Phone: Voicemail Set Up Your Voicemail Retrieve Your Voicemail All unanswered calls are automatically transferred Press and hold ► to your voicemail, even if your phone is in use or From any other phone: turned off. You should set up your voicemail and personal greeting as soon as your phone is 1. Dial your wireless phone number.
Phone Calls Make a Phone Call • Save to save the current call’s phone number in your Contacts. 1. Enter a number from standby mode. • Contact Details to display information about 2. Press to delete one or more digits. the caller stored in your Contacts. 3. Press , or the external speaker button.
Contacts View Contacts Edit Contacts 1. Press Contacts (right softkey) from the standby 1. In standby mode, press CONTACTS (right softkey). screen. 2. Highlight the entry you want to edit and press OPTIONS (right softkey) > Edit Contact or Edit 2. Use the navigation key to scroll through the list Group.
Messages Send a Message 4. Compose a message. • Press OPTIONS (right softkey) to select 1. Press > Messaging. additional options. 2. Press Send Message. 5. Select <Add Attachment> and select a 3. Select a recipient from the list or from the category of files you would like to attach following options: (Picture, Video, Voice, Audio, or File Manager).
To read a message Be a hero. Don’t drive distracted. When you receive a message, your phone will ► display a notification message. Use your navigation key or select View. To reply to a message: 1. While the message is displayed, press REPLY (left softkey).
Email Setup Email allows you to stay connected 24 hours a day anywhere on the Nationwide Sprint Network. You can set up email accounts through the email application. Set Up an Email Account 1. Press > Web. 2. From the SprintWeb home page, select Messaging >...
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Find sports scores, news, and weather. Shop online. Browse the Web just the way you want to. • Press > Web. (Your data connection starts and you see the SprintWeb home page.) Note: If Net Guard is enabled and displayed, press YES (left softkey) to continue and launch the Web.
Download Games, Ringers, and More You have access to a dynamic variety of downloadable content, such as games, ringers, screen savers, and other applications. (Additional charges may apply.) Follow the basic steps below to access and download these items. Access the Download Menus Download an Item 1. Press > My Stuff.
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To download a selected item: Your data session will end, and your phone will redirect you to the appropriate phone menu 1. From the information page, use your navigation screen. key to move the cursor over Buy. When the cursor changes from an arrow into a hand, •...
Camera & Camcorder Take a Picture 2. Press Camcorder > Video Mail or Long Video to activate camcorder mode. 1. Press > Photos & Videos > Camera to Note: Video Mail is limited to 50 seconds if Quality is activate camera mode. set to Fine and 70 seconds if set to Normal. Shortcut: To activate camera mode, you can also Note: The length of a Long Video will vary press and hold...
Camcorder Settings 4. Select the recipient from the list or from the following options: 1. From camcorder mode, press OPTIONS (right • Go to Contacts to select a recipient from your softkey) > Video Settings. Contacts. (Qualifying Contacts entries must contain 2. Select an option and press a wireless phone number or an email address.) •...
Bluetooth Turn Bluetooth On and Off Share Contacts, Files, or Pictures Using Bluetooth 1. Press > Tools > Bluetooth > On/Off. 1. Press > Tools > Bluetooth > Trusted 2. Press ON (left softkey) to enable Bluetooth. Press Devices. OFF (left softkey) to disable Bluetooth. 2. Select the device from the Trusted Devices list Pair Bluetooth Devices and press TRANSFER...
GPS Navigation Your phone’s built-in GPS capability gives you access to a number of location-based services. Note: Before using any navigation programs, 3. Select an option and follow the onscreen make sure your phone is set to allow location instructions to get directions or view maps. detection.
Get the Most out of Sprint Direct Connect Sprint Direct Connect on your Sprint phone offers instant, two-way “walkie-talkie-style” ® ® communication between you and your family, friends, and co-workers, all at the click of a button. Your Direct Connect Number Important: When the Direct Connect feature is active, your phone’s data services are enabled Your Sprint phone allows you two different...
Dial Direct Connect Numbers Tip: Users with a Nextel phone must always add asterisks (*) between sets of numbers to dial • If the person you are calling has a separate Direct Connect numbers. If you use a single number for Direct Connect, make sure you dial number, make sure to tell your contacts with any asterisks (*) in the number.
Make and Answer Direct Connect Calls Make a Direct Connect Call Creating a Group Entry 1. Use your keypad to enter a Direct Connect You can create a group by assigning personal number. Contacts entries as members and then naming •...
Sending Call Alerts 3. Press and release the Direct Connect button. (The recipient’s phone will sound an alert tone Call alerts let another Direct Connect user know and display an alert message.) that you want to communicate using Direct Connect. When the person your are contacting Make a Group Connect Call receives your call alert, that person can press the 1. From standby mode, press CONTACTS (right...
Make and Answer Direct Connect Calls Answer Direct Connect Calls • If you disable the Direct Connect speakerphone ( ), you will only hear the When you receive a Direct Connect call, you hear caller’s voice through the earpiece. an incoming tone or the phone vibrates, depending 2. Accept the incoming call.
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Helpful Sprint Information Total Equipment Protection Total Equipment Protection is a service provided by Asurion Protection Services, LLC, Continental Casualty Company’s (a The protection you need so you can be CNA company) licensed agent for the customers of Sprint. worry free. Should anything happen to your phone, you’ll have a worry-free way to ensure that you get connected again soon.
Manage Your Account Online: sprint.com From Any Other Phone • Make a payment, see your bills, enroll in online • Sprint Customer Service: billing. Dial 1-888-211-4727 • Check minute usage and account balance. • Business Customer Service: Dial 1-888-788-4727 • See or modify the details of your Sprint service plan.
• Web – Visit sprint.com/support for the complete our carbon footprint and decrease our use of User Guide, along with videos, tutorials, and natural resources. To find out more, visit community forums for your KYOCERA DuraMax. sprint.com/responsibility. Sprint 411 Dial 411 for nationwide listings, movie show times, restaurant reservations, driving directions and more.
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Survey Please tell us what you think about your new phone. We are interested in your initial impressions of this new Sprint phone. Within two weeks of your phone purchase, please go to the website http://labs.sprint.com/sprintphonesurvey to complete a brief survey. Your feedback will help us provide the wireless features and services you want most.
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Index Numerics Contacts 5 Add 5 3-Way Call 4 Email 8 Delete 5 Setup 8 Activate 2 Edit 5 AOL & AIM Mail 8 GPS Navigation 15 Sharing 14 Location 15 View 5 Battery Charge 1 Location 15 Direct Connect Install 1 Turn On and Off 15 see Sprint Direct Connect...
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Index Sharing 13, 14 Survey 24 Bluetooth 14 Navigation 15 Contacts 14 Take a Picture 12 GPS 15 Files 14 Total Equipment Protection 21 Net Guard 9, 16 Pictures and Videos 13, 14 Transfer Audio 4 Sprint Phone Calls 4 Turn the Phone Off 2 411 23 Answer 4...
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