Kyocera KX16 - Manuals

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 3 Getting to know your phone Home screen. Left softkey accesses menus and functions. Send/Talk key starts or answers calls. Speakerphone key activates the speakerphone. Keypad for entering numbers, letters, or symbols. * Shift key changes the text mode in...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 5 Using Menus • Press to select Menu . • Press to select Contacts . • Press left, right, up, or down to view menus and options*. • Press to select a menu item. • Press to back up a menu level. • Press to return to the home screen. In this guide, an arrow ...

6 Getting Started Performing basic functions To... From the home screen... Turn the phone on Press and wait until the phone chimes. Turn the phone off Press and hold until the phone beeps. Make a call Enter the number, and press . End a call Press . Answer a call Press . Access voicemail Press and h...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 7 Understanding screen icons These icons may appear on your phone’s home screen and the external LCD. The phone is operating in IS2000 (1X) digital mode.The phone is operating in IS95 digital mode.The phone is operating in Analog (FM) mode.The phone is re...

8 Making and Answering Calls 2 M AKING AND A NSWERING C ALLS Making a call Make sure you are in an area where a signal can be received. Look for on the home screen. Note: The more bars you see in this symbol, the stronger the signal. If there are no bars, move to where the signal strength is better....

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 9 • If the flip is open, select Options and then Ignore Call to immediately send the caller to voicemail. Missed Call appears on your screen until the caller leaves a message. Note: In the absence of voicemail, this feature drops the call. Answering calls...

10 Making and Answering Calls Setting missed call alerts You can set an alert to beep every five minutes after you have missed a call. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Alerts → Missed Call Alert . 2. Press to select an option: – Vibrate, Beep, Freeway, Game, Bloop, Winner, Zilofon sets the phone...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 11 Speed dialing Speed dialing allows you to quickly dial a stored phone number by entering a one- or two-digit speed dialing location number and pressing . Note: Before you can use speed dialing, you must save a phone number as a contact and assign a spe...

12 Making and Answering Calls If you see “New Messages” with the flip open 1. Press to select Call , which initiates a call to your voicemail number. 2. Follow the prompts to retrieve the message. To clear the screen without checking messages: • Press to select Ignore . If you see only the symbol 1....

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 13 Timing your calls You can set your phone to beep 10 seconds before each minute passes when you are on a call.• Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Minute Alert → Enabled . Receiving data or faxes Your phone may be able to receive certain data or faxes, d...

14 Making and Answering Calls 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 featu...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 15 3 S TORING C ONTACTS Use your phone’s Contacts directory to store information about a person or company. Your phone can hold, on average, about 200 phone numbers. Creating a new contact 1. From the home screen, enter the phone number you want to save, ...

16 Storing Contacts 4. Select Options . 5. Highlight an option and press to select it: , Edit Contact or Erase Contact . Editing a phone number 1. Select Menu → Contacts . 2. Select View All or Find Name to find the contact you want to edit. 3. Highlight the contact to edit and press . 4. Press down...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 17 Searching the Contacts directory 1. Select Contacts for a list of all contacts. To quickly get down the list, enter the first letter of the contact. The menu skips to that letter of the alphabet.-or- 2. Select Menu → Contacts. 3. Select a search method...

18 Using the Camera 4 U SING THE C 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. • If you get a “Low memory” error on your phone’s scr...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 19 – White Balance allows the camera to adjust to whites. Useful feature for optimizing picture taking in different light situations. Options are Automatic, Fluorescent, Incandescent, or Daylight. – Color Tone allows the selection of Low tone, Medium or H...

20 Using the Camera Camera mode indicators and icons The camera mode displays the following onscreen indicators and icons: Taking a picture Flip open 1. Select Menu → Camera . - or -Press the camera ke y . 2. Focus on the image using the phone’s display as a viewfinder. Tip: Press up or down to zoom...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 21 5 E NTERING T EXT , N UMBERS , AND S YMBOLS You can enter letters, numbers, and symbols in contacts, text messages, and your banner. Understanding text entry screens The current text entry mode (and capitalization setting, when applicable) are indicate...

22 Entering Text, Numbers, and Sy mbols 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: 1. Select Options . 2. Select Add Symbol . 3. Press down ...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 23 To... Do this... Enter a letter Use mode and press a key until you see the letter you want. For more information, see page 21. Enter a number Use mode and press a key once to enter its number. For more options, see page 21. Enter a symbol Press until y...

24 Sending and Receiving Text Messages 6 S ENDING AND R ECEIVING T EXT M ESSAGES This chapter describes how to send, receive, and erase text messages from your phone. For information on voicemail messages, see page 11. Important: The features and menus described in this chapter may vary depending on...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 25 – Save Message —Save the message without sending. – Save as Quick Text— Save the message you have just entered as a prewritten message, then return to the message entry screen so you can send the message. – Settings/ Set Priority —Label the message as ...

26 Sending and Receiving 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 → Msg Settings → Save to Sent . – Select Enabled to save all sent messages to the Outbox. – Select Prompt to alert you to...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 27 If you see the symbol If the symbol is flashing, the message is urgent. 1. Select Menu → Messages → InBox . A list of all your received messages appears.New, unread messages appear in bold . indicates an “Urgent” message. 2. Press up or down to scroll ...

28 Sending and Receiving Text Messages Erasing single messages 1. Select Menu → Messages . 2. Press down to the type of text message you want to erase: InBox , OutBox , or Saved . 3. Press . 4. Highlight the message to erase and press . 5. Select Options . 6. Select Erase to erase the message. A not...

30 Using Voice Recognition 7 U SING V OICE R ECOGNITION Voice recognition allows you to make and answer calls by speaking commands into the phone’s microphone. Note: You cannot use voice recognition to end a call; you must press when the flip is open. Setting up voice dialing To make or receive call...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 31 Erasing all voice tags To erase all voice name dial recordings in your phone: 1. Select Menu → Settings → Voice Features → Erase Voice Dial . 2. Select Yes . Calling using digit dialing When using digit dialing, you speak digits to dial a phone number....

32 Using Voice Recognition To wake up the phone: 1. Say “ Wake Up” and listen for a tone. 2. Say “ Wake Up” again until you hear two tones. If the phone does not recognize your “Wake up” command, see “Training voice recognition” on page 32. Answering the phone You can set the hands-free car kit to e...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 33 8 C USTOMIZING Y OUR P HONE The contents of the Settings menu are as follows. Silent Mode Vibrate OnlyVibe then RingLights OnlyNormal Sounds Sounds Ringer VolumeRinger TypeBusiness RingerPersonal RingerRoam RingerFlip OpenFlip ClosedPwr On/Off SoundKey...

34 Customizing Your Phone Silencing all sounds Your phone is set to make sounds when you receive calls, press keys, navigate through menus, and receive alerts (such as new messages).You can silence all sounds and set the phone to vibrate or light up when you receive calls and alerts. Setting the pho...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 35 Setting sounds for your phone You can set your phone to sound tones when you open and close the flip, and when you turn the phone on and off. Sounds will not occur during an incoming call, if you are in a call, or if a headset or car kit is attached to...

36 Customizing Your Phone 2. Press right to increase the volume, or left to decrease the volume. 3. Press to select Save . Setting key length You can change duration of the tones the phone makes when you press the keys. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Key Length . 2. Choose Normal or Long . 3. ...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 37 Creating a shortcut to frequent contacts By default, your phone lists your entire contacts list when you select Contacts . You can also set the phone to show a list of your most frequent contacts. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Convenience → Frequent List...

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

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 39 Selecting wallpaper Wallpaper appears on the home screen. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Wallpaper . 2. Highlight a wallpaper design and press . 3. Press to assign the wallpaper. 4. Press to return to the home screen. Selecting a color theme You...

40 Customizing Your Phone Unlocking the phone 1. From the home screen, press to select Unlock . 2. 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. 1. Select Me...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 41 Note: You must first establish a second phone line with your service provider. Once established, a second phone number becomes available in the menu for selection: 1. Select Menu → Settings → Network → Set Phone Line . 2. Select one of the two lines an...

42 Customizing Your Phone Note: TTY/TDD service may not be available. 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...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 43 9 U SING M EDIA G ALLERY The media gallery stores and displays all the image and sound files in the phone. Accessing files 1. Select Menu → Media Gallery . 2. Select an option:– Camera Pictures displays thumbnails of the photos you have taken in chrono...

44 Using Media Gallery – Screen Savers displays available screensavers. – Caller IDs displays pictures and images that can be assigned to saved contacts. – Doodles displays files created with Doodler. 3. Select OK to display the files in that menu. 4. Highlight an image and select Options . Note: Op...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 45 10 T OOLS & G AMES Voice Memo The Voice Memo tool allows you to record and play back audio memos. Recording a voice memo 1. Select Menu → Tools & Games → Voice Memo → Record New . -or- Press and hold right. 2. Say your memo and press to select ...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 47 Example : Enter 5, press left to select X , enter 2, then press to obtain the result of 10. 5. Press to return to the home screen. 6. Press to clear the screen. Timer This timer counts down for a specified amount of time. It beeps when that amount of t...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 49 – To move the paddle, press left or right. – To exit the game, highlight Exit and press . Race 21 This game is a timed variation of Black Jack. Each game comprises three 90-second rounds. To score points, add cards in each of the four columns, trying t...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 51 11 C ONNECTING TO THE I NTERNET Using the Web Browser You can use your phone to browse the Internet if you have obtained phone Internet services from your service provider and if over-the-air Internet access is available in your area. Note: You cannot ...

52 Connecting to the Internet – Encryption should not be used unless you are instructed to do so by your service provider. – UP.Link selects a different browser server. You can use this option if you have more than one Web Browser account. – Restart restarts the Web Browser. Searching for a Web site...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 53 12 G ETTING H ELP Customer support Your service provider’s customer support department may be accessible directly from your phone when you dial a number such as *611 (check with your service provider). They can answer questions about your phone, phone ...

54 Getting Help Qualified service 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 www.kyocera-wireless.com/store . You may also call us at (800) 349-41...

User Guide for the Kyocera Candid KX16 Phone 55 I NDEX Numerics 1-touch dialing , 11 A alarm clock , 7, 46 alerts for messages , 36 for missed calls , 10 analog mode , 7 auto text , 25 auto-hyphenation , 38 B banner , 37 battery , 1 blocking outgoing calls , 40 Brick Attack , 48 C calculator , 46 ca...