Kyocera KX17 - Manuals

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 3 Getting to know your phone Home screen. Speakerphone key activates the speakerphone. Send/Talk key starts or answers calls. Keypad for entering numbers, letters, or symbols. * Shift key changes the text mode in text entry. Jack for hands-free headset and dat...

4 Getting Started Using menus • Press to select Menu . • 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 → tells you to select an option from a menu. For example, ...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 5 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 . Acce...

6 Making and Answering Calls 2 M AKING AND A NSWERING C ALLS Making a call 1. 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 bett...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 7 Adjusting the volume during a call • To adjust the earpiece volume during a call, press up or down. Using the speakerphone Your Kyocera Prisma phone has a built-in speakerphone that you can use during a call. This function works only for the current call. On...

8 Making and Answering Calls – Prepend allows you to add an area code to the number if you plan to save the number as a contact. – Send Msg allows you to send a text message to the phone number. – Save New adds the phone number to the Contacts list.or View Contact allows you to view the contact info...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 9 See “Enabling 1-Touch dialing,” and “Using 1-Touch dialing”on this page. Enabling 1-Touch dialing 1. Select Menu → Settings → Convenience → 1-Touch Dialing → Enabled . 2. Press . Using 1-Touch dialing To call a contact that has a speed dial location:• From t...

10 Making and Answering Calls Calling emergency services Note: Regardless of your 3-digit emergency code (911, 111, 999, 000, etc.), your phone operates as described below. • Dial your 3-digit emergency code and press . You can call the code even if your phone is locked or your account is restricted...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 11 Controlling network roaming Setting an alert for roaming You may use this setting if you want the phone to alert you when you roam outside of your home service area. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Network → Roam/Svc Alert . 2. Select an option and press . – Wh...

12 Storing Contacts 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, including the area code. Not...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 13 4. Select Options . 5. Highlight an option and press to select it: Assign Ringer , Unassign Ringer , Erase Contact, Edit Name, or Classify Contact . Editing a phone number 1. Select Menu → Contacts . 2. Select View All or Find Name to find the contact you w...

14 Storing Contacts Searching the Contacts directory Press down 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- 1. Select Menu → Contacts. 2. Select from the following:– View All —List all contacts. –...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 15 4 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 indicated by ...

16 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 . 2. Select Symbols and press . 3. Press up or ...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 17 Quick reference to text entry This table gives general instructions for entering letters, numbers, and symbols. To... Do this... Enter a letter Use mode and press a key until you see the letter you want. For more information, see page 15. Enter a number Use...

18 Sending and Receiving Text Messages 5 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 9. Important: The features and menus described in this chapter may vary depending on ...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 19 7. Scroll down to select:– Add Address —Return to the “To” screen to add another recipient without losing the message text. Enter the new address, then select Next to return to the message entry screen. – Msg Receipt —Request a receipt that the recipient re...

20 Sending and Receiving Text Messages Viewing the OutBox You can check the status of messages you have sent as long as they have been saved to the OutBox. 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 → Ms...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 21 Note: If you receive a new message while you are reading a message, the one you are reading will be replaced by the new one. You can find the older message in the InBox: Select Menu → Messages → InBox . If you see the symbol If the symbol is flashing, the m...

22 Sending and Receiving Text Messages Erasing single messages 1. Select Menu → Messages . 2. Press down to find the type of text message you want to erase: InBox , OutBox , Saved Msgs, or Drafts . 3. Press . 4. Highlight the message to erase and press . 5. Press to select Erase . A notification app...

24 Customizing Your Phone 6 C USTOMIZING Y OUR P HONE The contents of the Settings menu are as follows. Silent Mode Vibrate OnlyVibrate, RingLights OnlyNorm. Sounds Keyguard Guard Now30s autogrd1m autogrd5m autogrdDisabled Sounds Ringer VolumeRinger TypeBusiness RingPersonal RingRoam RingerEarpiece ...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 25 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...

26 Customizing Your Phone Adjusting volume You can adjust the earpiece, speakerphone, and ringer volume as well as key tones. Adjusting the earpiece volume To adjust the earpiece volume manually during a call, press up or down. To set the earpiece volume: 1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Earpiec...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 27 – Vibe, remind ; Beep, remind; HiYa! remind; Rock! remind; HappyRemind sets the phone to notify you once when a new message is received and then notify you again every five minutes. To stop a reminder alert, press to select Ignore . – Disabled —Turn off mes...

28 Customizing Your Phone 2. Press right and then to select Edit . 3. Enter your new text. Press to clear any digits. 4. Press to select Save . Choosing a menu view Two menu views are available: 1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Main Menu View , then the option you want: – Graphic displays a gra...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 29 • Select Menu → Settings → Display → Auto-Hyphen → Enabled . Selecting a screen saver Screen savers appear on the home screen and are activated 10 seconds after the last keypress. Incoming calls and alerts override screen savers. 1. Select Menu → Settings →...

30 Customizing Your Phone Locking your phone When your phone is locked, you can call only emergency numbers or your service provider number. You can still receive incoming calls. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Security . 2. Enter your four-digit lock code. 3. Select Lock Phone . 4. Highlight an option:...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 31 2. Enter your four-digit lock code. 3. Select Erase Contacts . 4. Select Yes . A message appears: “Erase ALL contacts?” 5. Select Yes and press to erase all contacts. Network settings Switching between phone lines Your phone can have two service accounts, o...

32 Fun & Games 7 F UN & G AMES The games in this section may not be available on your phone. Check with your service provider for availability.If you receive an incoming call alert while you are playing Brick Attack™ or Race 21™, the game is paused and exited. You can return to play once the...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 33 – You lose points each time you exceed 21 in a column. – Select to skip one card per round. 5. Press to select to get your score and advance to the next round . 6. Select an option and press to select it. – New Game — Initiates game play. To pause the game,...

34 Tools 8 T OOLS Scheduler The Scheduler allows you to schedule events and set reminder alerts. Creating an event 1. Select Menu → Tools → Scheduler. 2. Press down to select Add Event and press . 3. Enter a name for the event. For help entering text, see page 15. 4. Select Next . 5. Enter the time,...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 35 6. Enter the number of guests and press to select Next . The amount each guest pays is calculated. 7. Select Done . Calculator Use the calculator for basic mathematical equations. 1. Select Menu → Tools → Calculator . 2. Use the keypad to enter numbers. 3. ...

36 Tools 3. If you search by City, the Find City screen is displayed. a. 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 A . b. Press Search . c. Cities beginning with A are displayed, like Anchorage, Athens, and Atlanta. d. ...

User Guide for the Kyocera Prisma Phone 37 I NDEX Numerics 1-touch dialing , 9 A alarm clock , 2, 34 alerts for messages , 26 for missed calls , 7 assigning business and personal ringers , 25 auto-hyphenation , 28 AutoText , 22 B banner , 27 battery , 1 blocking outgoing calls , 30 Brick Attack , 32...