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User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones This manual is based on the production version of the Kyocera K490 Series phones. Software changes may have occurred after this printing. Kyocera reserves the right to make changes in technical and product specifications without prior notice. The products and equipment described in this documentation are manufactured under license from QUALCOMM Incorporated under one or more of the following...
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The FCC has granted an Equipment Authorization for this model phone with all reported SAR levels evaluated as in compliance with the FCC RF emission guidelines. SAR information on this model phone is on file with the FCC and can be found under the Display http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid Grant section searching on the FCC ID:...
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Vehicles—RF signals may affect improperly installed or inadequately shielded electronic systems in motor vehicles. Check with the manufacturer of the device to determine if it is adequately shielded from external RF energy. Blasting areas—Turn off your phone where blasting is in progress.
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For questions about the phone features, refer to the materials provided with your phone, or visit www.kyocera-wireless.com. For additional questions, you may contact the Kyocera Wireless Corp. Customer Care Center in one of the following ways: • Web site: www.kyocera-wireless.com •...
ETTING TARTED Your phone comes with a removable lithium ion Fully charge the battery before (LiIon) battery. using the phone. Installing the battery Hold the phone facing away from you. Use your fingernail to pull the circular latch toward the bottom of the phone and pull the battery door away.
Common causes of battery drain • Playing games • Using the Web • Keeping backlight on • Operating in analog ( ) mode. Your phone switches between modes to find the best signal. To set your phone to operate in a single mode, →...
Using menus The contents of the main menu are as follows: Recent Calls Messages Incoming Calls Voicemail Outgoing Calls Send New Missed Calls InBox Erase Lists Net Alerts* Contacts OutBox View All Saved Msgs Add New* Group Lists* Find Name Erase Msgs Add Voice Dial Msg Settings...
AKING AND Making a call Note: Redialing a number Calling a saved number NSWERING ALLS Tip: Answering a call Silence Note: Silencing an incoming call Making and Answering Calls...
Adjusting the volume during a call Calling emergency services Note: Emergency mode To exit Emergency mode Exit Dealing with missed calls User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones Missed Calls Setting missed call alerts → → Menu Settings → Missed Call Enabled Menu →...
Using 1-Touch dialing Setting up voicemail Note: Checking voicemail messages If you see “New Message” on your screen Call User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones If you see the Note: Locking the keypad Changing the keyguard setting symbol → → Menu Settings Keyguard...
Tracking calls → → Menu Settings Recent Calls— All Calls Timer— Timing your calls → → Menu Settings → Minute Alert Enabled Receiving data or faxes Setting roaming alerts and ringers Setting an alert for roaming Call Information. Roam/Svc Alert Reset →...
Setting Call Guard to avoid roaming calls → → Menu Settings → Call Guard Call Prompt Controlling network roaming Specifying digital or analog mode → → Menu Settings Digital/Analog Automatic Analog only Analog call Digital only User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones Turning roaming on or off →...
NTERING ETTERS Understanding text entry screens capitalization setting text entry mode Text entry modes Note: UMBERS Entering numbers Entering words letter by letter text entry field Entering words quickly Entering Letters, Numbers, and Symbols YMBOLS → →...
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: . @ ? ! – , & : ‘’ To access the full set of symbols: Press right to highlight the current mode and press...
Quick reference to text entry To... Enter a letter Enter a number Enter a symbol Enter a space Erase a character Erase all characters Move the cursor right or left Change text entry modes Capitalize the next letter Lowercase the next letter Capitalize the first letter of each sentence Highlight an option at the bottom of the screen...
TORING ONTACTS Saving a contact entry Tip: Note: Menu Add New, Save New Options Save— Assign Ringer Unassign Ringer— User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones → → Contacts Save Assign Picture Unassign Picture— Number Type— work home mobile pager Add Voice Dial— Speed Dialing—...
Adding a code or extension Time Pause— Hard Pause— Release Save New Editing or erasing a contact → Menu Contacts View All Find Name Options Add New Assign Ringer Unassign Ringer Assign Picture Unassign Picture Erase Contact Edit Name Classify Contact Exit Save Editing a phone number...
Edit Type— mobile pager Erase Number— Erase Voice Dial— Edit Number— Edit Voice Dial— Secret— Primary Number— Prepend— Exit— Save User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones Finding contact information work home Checking the Frequent List or the All Contacts List To enable the Frequent List setting Frequent List Searching the Contacts directory...
ENDING AND Important: Sending text messages Writing a message → Menu Messages Contacts List New Address User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones ECEIVING ESSAGES Note: → Send New Note: Recent List Group List Options Recent List Contacts Group Lists Next Send...
Note: If you cannot send messages Understanding appended messages Characters remaining Text entry field Important: User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones Receiving incoming calls while creating messages → → Menu Messages Saved Viewing the OutBox → Menu Messages Ignore Saved →...
Retrieving text messages If you see the “New Message” note View — Ignore — — Note: Menu InBox If you see the Reading the message Note: Note: Forward → → Messages Reply with Copy symbol → → Menu Messages InBox bold Reply Play...
Save Object(s) Save Contact Save as QuickText Done Note: Setting message alerts User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones Erasing messages Erasing single messages → Menu Messages OutBox, Saved Erase Note: Erasing all messages → Menu Messages InBox OutBox Saved Folder InBox, →...
All Messages Erasing messages automatically → Menu Messages Auto-Erase. Old InBox Msgs Customizing message settings Creating group lists → Menu Messages Create New Next Recent List → → Msg Settings Creating and editing prewritten messages (QuickText) → → Group Lists Edit QuickText New Address Contacts List...
New QuickText Done Note: Switching default text entry mode → Menu Messages Default Text Normal Alpha Rapid Mode User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones → → Msg Settings...
Silencing all sounds Setting the phone to vibrate or light up → → Menu Settings Vibrate Only— Vibrate, Ring— Lights Only— Norm. Sounds— Note: User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones Shortcut to Vibrate Only mode Turning sounds back on Silent Mode Choosing a different ringer Ringer Type Specifying ringers for different callers...
→ Menu Settings Business Ring Note: Importing additional ringers www.kyocera-wireless.com/store Adjusting volume Adjusting the earpiece volume Adjusting the ringer volume → Ringer Volume. Sounds Personal Ring Changing the key tones Menu Key Volume Using shortcuts Defining the “up” feature shortcut Shortcut Key Using the up feature shortcut →...
Creating a shortcut to your frequent contacts list → → Menu Settings Frequent List Enabled Using the Frequent Contacts shortcut Choosing a different language → → Menu Settings Personalizing the screen Changing your banner → → Menu Settings Edit User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones Choosing a different menu view →...
– 5 sec/in call, 10 sec/in call, 30 sec/in call, Turn backlighting on for the 1 min/in call— duration of a call, and for 5, 10, or 30 seconds or 1 minute after your last keypress. These four settings drain the Note: battery more quickly and reduce talk and standby times.
→ → Menu Settings Screen Saver Selecting wallpaper Note: → → Menu Settings Selecting a color theme → → Menu Settings Color Themes User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones → Display Choosing a different time/date format Creating a secure environment Changing your lock code →...
Setting message alerts → → Menu Settings Alerts Message Alert Net Alert Page Alert Voicemail Alert Vibrate, Beep, HiYa!, Rock!, remind— Ignore Disabled— Setting alerts for your headset → → Menu Settings Headset Ring Out of headset User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones Network settings Switching between phone lines →...
115.2 kbps 230.4 kbps Note: Setting the phone to receive data or faxes Note: www.kyocera-wireless.com/store → → Menu Settings Data/Fax Calls Voice only— 19.2 kbps Other Note: Connecting to a TTY/TDD device Setting position location → Network Fax next call Data next call—...
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911 Only Location On 911 Only Location On User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones...
SING OICE Note: Setting up voice dialing Creating a voice tag for a contact → → Menu Contacts Add new— Add to existing— Viewing entries with voice tags → → Menu Contacts ECOGNITION Editing a voice tag Calling using voice tags Add Voice Dial Note: Voice Dial List...
Using voice features with accessories Note: www.kyocera-wireless.com/store Waking up the phone Note: → → Menu Settings → Voice Wake-Up With ext. pwr → → Menu Settings Disabled Wake Up Wake Up User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones Answering the phone Answering automatically Auto-Answer Note:...
Ignoring an incoming call Training voice recognition Wake up → → Menu Settings Voice Training Train All Note: Voice Services Using Voice Recognition...
SING OOLS Scheduler Note: Adding an event → → Menu Tools Scheduler Month User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones Viewing, editing, or erasing an event Menu View Day Erase View Day View Alarm Clock Menu → → Tools Scheduler View Month →...
EDIA ALLERY incoming call alert Tetris → Menu Fun & Games New Game— Continue Game Resume Saved— Scoreboards— No Time Limit Timed 3 Min Timed 5 Min. User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones & G AMES Navigation: → Tetris Rotate Counterclockwise Hard drop Move Left Rotate Clockwise...
Brick Attack → Menu Fun & Games Resume Doodler → Menu Fun & Games New Doodle Selected color is black Note: → Brick Attack Select a drawing shade Exit Select a drawing color → Doodler. Move cursor away from drawing cursor Note: Color...
Erase part of drawing Add a shape Size, Rotate, Done. Clear screen Saving the doodle Save Note: User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones Resuming a doodle Doodler Add Shape. Menu My Pictures My Sounds Move. My Pictures → Menu Fun & Games →...
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Note: → Menu Fun & Games Assign Edit Delete Exit → My Pictures Media Gallery / Fun & Games...
10 C ONNECTING TO THE Using the Web Browser Note: Starting the Web Browser → → Menu Do More User Guide for Kyocera K490 Phones NTERNET Using the Web menu options Home Wireless Web Mark Site Bookmarks Setup Show URL About Openwave Encryption UP.Link...
Searching for a Web site Bookmarking a Web site Mark Site Going to a bookmarked site → → Menu Do More Bookmarks Checking Net alerts Alerts → Menu Messages Changing the Web prompt Web Prompt Wireless Web → Net Alerts →...
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