Kyocera VMS200 - Manuals

User Guide 3 Purchasing accessories To purchase accessories for your new phone, such as a hands-free headset, carrying case, or car power adapter, please visit www.virginmobileusa.com. Finding your phone’s serial number To activate your Virgin Mobile account, you need your phone's serial number. Wit...

4 Phone overview Phone overview Getting to know your phone The following illustration shows the phone in open position. 1. Earpiece speaker. 2. Main screen. 3. Navigation key scrolls through lists and text entry fields and accesses shortcuts from the main screen. 4. Left option button selects items ...

User Guide 5 The following illustration shows the phone in closed position. With the phone closed, the keys are locked to prevent accidental key presses. 1. Jack for hands-free headset only (sold separately). 2. Volume key to raise or lower speaker volume. 3. External screen displays time, caller ID...

6 Phone overview Screen icons These icons may appear on your phone’s screen: The phone is operating in IS95 digital mode. The phone is operating in 1X digital mode. The phone is receiving a signal. You can make and receive calls. Fewer bars indicate a weaker signal. A call is in progress. The phone ...

User Guide 7 Main menu The contents of the main menu are as follows: My Stuff My ringtonesMy graphicsMy gamesMy themes My Account Accesses your Virgin Moble account Settings DisplaySoundsConvenienceCall optionsSecurityMessagingNetworkAccessoriesPhone info Contacts Find nameAdd newGroupsSpeed dial li...

8 Basic navigation Basic navigation Use these keys to access the basic functions on your phone:• Left option button : Select items that appear on the lower left of the display. At the main screen, you can select Menu . • Right option button : Select items that appear on the lower right of the displa...

User Guide 9 2 B ASIC F UNCTIONS This section explains basic functionality of your phone. For more detailed explanations of your phone’s features, refer to the later chapters. Powering up To turn on your phone, press the End key and wait until the phone display lights up.To turn off your phone, pres...

10 Ending phone calls Answer using earpiece Press the Send key or any key with Any Key Answer enabled. For more information, see “Any key answer” on page 43. Answer using speakerphone Press the Speakerphone key. Answer using flip You can set the phone to answer immediately when you open the flip. Th...

User Guide 11 3 C ALL F EATURES This chapter describes call features such as volume, holding calls, speed dialing, and other features. Volume control You have several ways to control the volume of your phone. Adjust volume during a call To adjust the earpiece volume during a call, press the Volume k...

12 Emergency services Send a call to voicemail To immediately send a call to voicemail without answering it, select Ignore . Note: Make certain that Open to answer is Disabled, or else opening the flip will answer the call. See “Open to answer” on page 43. Check voicemail When a voice message is rec...

User Guide 13 4 T EXT E NTRY You can enter letters, numbers, and symbols in contacts, text messages, and your banner. Text entry modes The current text entry mode (and capitalization setting, when applicable) are indicated by icons.The text entry screen has the following features: 1. The number of r...

14 Text entry modes 2. If the word doesn’t match what you want, press the 0 Next key to check other word matches. 3. When you see the word you want, press the Space # key. Enter symbols While entering text in normal alpha mode, you can enter symbols by pressing the 1 key until you see the symbol you...

User Guide 15 Text entry quick reference This table gives instructions for entering letters, numbers, and symbols. To.. Do this... Enter a letter Use normal alpha mode and press a key until you see the letter you want. For more options, see “Text entry modes” on page 13. Enter a number Use numbers o...

16 Call lists 5 R ECENT C ALLS Call lists Details on the calls you made, received, or missed are stored in the Recent Calls list and are identified by the following icons: View recent calls 1. Select Menu > Recent Calls and one of the following: – Missed calls displays calls received, but not ans...

User Guide 17 6 M ESSAGING This chapter describes how to send, receive, and erase messages from your phone. For information on voicemail messages, see “Voicemail” on page 11. Note: The features and menus described in this chapter may vary depending on services available in your area. Check with your...

18 Erase messages icon flashes if the message is urgent. Urgent messages are also marked in the Inbox. Message notifications If you see a message notification, select Inbox to view messages. Scroll to a message and select View to open it. To clear a message notification, select Dismiss . Message ico...

User Guide 19 Working with messages This section provides some tips about messaging with your phone. Unable to send messages You may not be able to send or receive messages if your phone’s memory is nearly full, or if digital service is not available at the time. To free up memory, erase old message...

20 Message settings Message settings Message settings help configure your phone’s text message settings. Text message alert Choose your alerts for voicemail, pages, or messages. 1. Select Menu > Messaging > Msg settings > TXT tone . 2. Select an alert. Reminder If Reminder is activated, the...

User Guide 21 Auto-erase You can set your phone to erase message automatically when memory is needed for incoming messages.Select Menu > Messaging > Msg settings > Auto-erase and one of the following: • Disabled erases no messages. • Inbox Msgs erases old messages in your Inbox when memory ...

22 Viewing Contacts list 7 C ONTACTS Use your phone’s Contacts list to store information about a person or company. Each contact entry can have up to six phone numbers, two email addresses, two Web addresses, two street addresses, and a space for notes. Viewing Contacts list To view existing contact...

User Guide 23 Add code or extension When you save the phone number of an automated service, you may include a pause to stop dialing, where you can wait to dial an extension. 1. From the main screen, enter a phone number. 2. Select Options and a type of pause: – Hard pause causes the phone to stop di...

24 Working with contacts – Primary number makes this number the primary number for the contact. – Add to group adds the number to the business, personal, or custom group. Contact email address To work on the email address of an existing contact: 1. Select Menu > Contacts > Find name . 2. At th...

User Guide 25 – Secret / Not secret makes the note secret, hiding it from the screen until you enter the lock code. Assign ringtone To assign a ringtone to a contact: 1. Select Menu > Contacts > Find name . 2. At the Contacts list, select a contact. 3. At the contact’s detail screen, scroll to...

26 Searching contacts Customize groups 1. Select Menu > Contacts > Groups . 2. At the Groups list, select a group. 3. Select Options and one of the following: – Ringtone assigns a ringtone to the group. – TXT tone assigns a text tone to the group. – Picture assigns a picture to the group. – Er...

User Guide 27 8 V IRGIN XL Accessing VirginXL With VirginXL, you can access music, entertainment, and information services from your phone. Download ringtones, wallpapers, screen savers, and more. Check Virgin Mobile’s Web site at www.virginmobileusa.com for availability and pricing, or check direct...

28 Checking your account balance 9 M Y A CCOUNT You can manage your Virgin Mobile account directly from your phone. The basic tasks are summarized in this chapter. For more information about your account, go to www.virginmobileusa.com. Checking your account balance You can check your Virgin Mobile a...

User Guide 29 4. Scroll down to select Login and press the OK key. 5. Scroll down and select Credit Card or PayPal . 6. Enter the amount you want to add and press the OK key. You can Top-Up in amounts of $10, $20, $30, $50, or $90. 7. Scroll down to select Top-Up Now and press the OK key. 8. At the ...

30 My ringtones 10 M Y STUFF Note: If you don’t have enough money in your account, you need to Top-Up before downloading. My ringtones The My ringtones folder stores your preloaded and downloaded ringtones. You can download ringtones to your phone from the Virgin Mobile Web site at www.virginmobileu...

User Guide 31 11 T OOLS Your phone comes with tools and games. Some of the games or tools described here may not be available on your phone. If you receive an incoming call while you are playing a game, the game is paused and exited. You can return to play once the call alert ends. Games do not rema...

32 Calendar – Scroll up or down to change hour, minute and AM/PM. Press the OK key to save the time and move to the next field. 6. At the Duration field, modify the duration of event, if needed. Press OK to change the duration. – Scroll left or right to move between the hour and minute fields. – Scr...

User Guide 33 – Select Options > Sort by time to sort events by time. – Select Options > Sort by type to sort events by type. – Select Options > Sort by priority to sort events by priority. – Select Options > Erase all events to delete all events. – Select Options > Erase all past eve...

34 Tip calculator Set the quick alarm 1. Select Menu > Tools > Alarm clock . 2. Highlight the quick alarm and select Set . 3. At the Time field, select a time option. A notification shows the quick alarm is on. When the quick alarm rings, select Off to turn off the alarm or Reset to set the qu...

User Guide 35 Timer The Timer counts down for the specified time, and beeps when that amount of time has elapsed. 1. Select Menu > Tools > Timer > Set . 2. At the Set Timer, enter the time length. – Scroll left or right to move between the hours, minutes and seconds fields. – Scroll up or d...

36 Menu options 12 S ETTINGS Menu options The contents of the Settings menu are as follows: Display GraphicsMenu styleThemesGreeting bannerLanguageBacklightAuto-hyphenTime/Date formatBrightness Sounds Ringtone volumeMy ringtonesBusiness ringtonesPersonal ringtonesFlip soundsPower on/off soundKey vol...

User Guide 37 Display Graphics You can select a wallpaper for your phone’s main screen, a screensaver which appears after 10 seconds of no keypresses, and caller IDs for your contacts. Select Menu > Settings > Display > Graphics > Wallpapers , Screensavers , or Caller IDs , then one of t...

38 Sounds Set backlight duration You can set the length of time that bright backlighting remains on. Select Menu > Settings > Display > Backlight > Duration and one of the following: • Disabled turns backlighting off. • 7 seconds , 15 seconds , or 30 seconds (default) turns backlighting ...

User Guide 39 Ringtones You can change the ringtone for your phone. You can also assign ringtones for different tasks.Your phone has multiple ringtones you can choose to use for all incoming calls, incoming business calls, and incoming personal calls. 1. Select Menu > Settings > Sounds > My...

40 Convenience Fast find With Fast Find enabled, you can press one or two keys to view close matches of the number you are looking for. 1. From the main screen, press the keys corresponding to the letters of the name you want to find. A matching contact or speed dial entry appears. 2. Scroll to your...

User Guide 41 Change the hold message 1. Select Menu > Settings > Convenience > Hold call > Re-record msg . 2. Record the message twice, as prompted. 3. Select Save to save the message or Options and one of the following. – Play to replay your message. – Re-record to record your message ...

42 Call options Digit lengths Use the digit lengths to determine whether to limit your dialed numbers to North American numbers or any numbers. Select Menu > Settings > Call options > Voice dialing > Digit lengths and one of the following: • North American recognizes only digit strings o...

User Guide 43 Open to answer This feature enables you to answer a call by opening the flip. Select Menu > Settings > Call options > Open to answer > Enabled . Any key answer By default, the phone is set to mute the ringtone when you press any key. To set the phone to answer calls when yo...

44 Messaging You can view these numbers only when entering them for the first time.To make a call to an emergency number from a locked phone, you must dial the number (including area code) exactly as it was stored in Emergency Numbers. Erase contacts You can erase all entries from your Contacts list...

User Guide 45 This feature works only when your phone is in digital mode. You do have the option of turning off the locator to emergency services.Select Menu > Settings > Network > Location and one of the following. • 911 only (default) shares your position information only with emergency s...

46 Phone information Hearing aid Enable your phone to operate with a T-coil Hearing Aid device. Select Menu > Settings > Accessories > Hearing aid > OK > Enabled . Note: Enable Hearing Aid only when using your phone with a T-coil Hearing Aid device. Phone information You can access in...

User Guide 47 13 V OICE C OMMANDS You can call a contact, dial a phone number, access menus, or find contact information from your voice dial list using voice commands. Note: You cannot use voice recognition to end a call; you must press the End key when the flip is open. Voice dial list To call or ...

48 Voice commands 3. Say “Contact” and the name of the person you want to call. The phone prompts, “Please repeat” or “Say a name” if it does not recognize the name. If the name you spoke matches a contact in the Voice Dial List, the phone prompts: “Name, correct?” Say “Yes” to make the call, “No” t...

User Guide 49 14 G ETTING H ELP Customer Support To contact Virgin Mobile’s customer support department for information about your phone, account history, call coverage area, and specific features available to you, such as call forwarding or voicemail: • Go to www.virginmobileusa.com. • Dial *VM fro...

50 Product evaluation 15 C ONSUMER L IMITED W ARRANTY Kyocera Wireless Corp. (“KYOCERA”) offers you a limited warranty that the enclosed product or products (the “Product”) will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period that expires one year from the date of sale of the Product t...

52 I NDEX Numerics 1-touch dialing , 41 A accessories headsets , 45 settings , 45 T-coil hearing aid , 46 TTY device , 45 accessory , v, 3, 49 activation of phone , 3 adding contacts , 22 extensions , 23 voice dial list , 47 air bag , iii aircraft , iv airplane mode , 39 alarm clock , 33 alert priva...