Kyocera 2100 Series - Manual

Air bags If you have an air bag, DO NOT place installed or portable phone equipment or other objects over the air bag or in the air bag deployment area. If equipment is not properly installed, you and your passengers risk serious injury. Potentially unsafe areas Posted facilities– Turn your phone of...

Resetting the phone If the screen seems frozen and the keypad does not respond to keypresses, reset the phone by completing the following steps (see see page 3 for detailed instructions): 1. Remove the battery door.2. Remove and replace the battery. If the problem persists, return the phone to the d...

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User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones xvii Table of Contents 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Installing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Removing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . ....

xviii Speed dialing and 1-Touch Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Working with the Recent Calls list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Entering letters, numbers, and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 4 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

xx 7 Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Using the Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Indicators and alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 8 Frequently Asked Que...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 1 1 GETTING STARTED This document describes the Kyocera 2135 trimode phone, with CDMA digital service at 800 MHz and 1900 MHz, and analog service at 800 MHz; and the Kyocera 2119 single-mode phone, with CDMA digital service at 1900 MHz. For additional info...

2 Getting Started 4. Slide the battery door on while pressing down firmly, ensuring that the battery door clicks into place. Repeat if the battery door is not aligned. Do not force. 5. Connect the AC Adapter to the proper jack on the bottom of the phone, then connect the adapter’s plug to a wall out...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 3 Removing the battery 1. Turn off the phone by holding down until “Powering off” appears. 2. Hold the phone face down. 3. Using your thumb, slide the battery door down until it stops. 4. Lift the battery door off the phone. 5. Lift the battery up and out ...

4 Getting Started Getting to know your phone Jack for Hands-free headset (sold separately) only. Home screen. Press to select Menu. OK key selects a menu item or option. Navigator key adjusts volume when in a call; scrolls up, down, left, or right through lists and menus; and positions the cursor du...

6 Getting Started Screen icons The following icons may appear on your phone screen: The phone is operating in CDMA digital mode. If does not appear, the phone is operating in analog mode (2135 only). The phone is receiving a signal. You can make and receive calls. The phone is not receiving a signal...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 7 You have a text message, voicemail, or page. ( indicates an urgent text message, voicemail, or page.) The battery is fully charged. The more black bars you see, the greater the charge. Enhanced CDMA voice privacy is on, if available from your service pro...

8 Getting Started Menus Press from the home screen to see these menus. Press left or right to see different menus. To change the appearance of the menus you see Enter text using normal alpha text entry. Capitalize the next letter when entering text. Capitalize every letter when entering text. Capita...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 9 when you select Menu , refer to page 64. (The menus below appear in Large Icons view.) From any menu, press to select an option. Contacts View All Add New Find Name Speed Dial List Business List Personal List Information Messages Voicemail Send New Text ...

10 Getting Started Using menus • From the home screen, press to select Menu , then press left or right to see menus. ( Note— If you have Main Menu View set to List Menus , press up or down to see menus.) • Press to select a menu or menu item. • Once you have selected a menu, press up or down to scro...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 11 Basic functions To turn on the phone • Press . ¤ appears on the home screen when the phone is turned on and ready to make or receive a call. appears if the phone is operating in CDMA digital mode. To turn off the phone • Hold down until “Powering off” a...

12 Getting Started To make a call 1. Fully extend the antenna. 2. Enter the phone number. 3. Press . To end a call • Press . To answer a call • Press . To silence the ringer or alert • To silence the ringer or stop the vibration alert during an incoming call, press . Press to answer the call. Note— ...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 13 To mute and unmute during a call • To turn Mute on, press right, then press to select Mute . • To turn Mute off, press to select UnMute . To adjust the volume manually • To adjust the earpiece volume manually during a call, press up or down. To adjust t...

14 Getting Started d. Select one of the following: Enabled— Adjust the volume automatically. The volume you have just set is used as a baseline. You can manually adjust the volume during a call. Disabled— Keep the volume level the same unless you adjust it using . e. Press to save the setting. To ac...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 15 To lock the keypad • To protect your phone from accidental keypresses when a call is not in progress, press left and hold. To unlock the keypad • Press → → in this order. To use a shortcut key Three shortcut keys are automatically programmed into your p...

16 Getting Started To create a shortcut key You can create a shortcut key that allows you to quickly access a specific menu item by pressing up from the home screen. To create a shortcut key, complete the following steps from the home screen: 1. Press up. 2. Press to select Define . 3. Press up or d...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 17 To modify a shortcut key The shortcut key accessed by pressing up may have been set up by your service provider. Complete the following steps to modify it: 1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Shortcut Key . 2. Select a shortcut key option from the lis...

18 Getting Started 3. Enter a name. If you need to know how to use the keypad to enter letters, see page 35. 4. Press to Save . To set a speed dialing location 1. Open a saved contact (to create a contact, see “To save a phone number,” ). 2. Select the phone number to assign to a speed dialing locat...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 19 To speed dial • From the home screen, enter the one- or two-digit speed dialing number and press . For more information For more information on your phone, including an online tutorial, online help, and a detailed Kyocera 2100 Series Phones Reference Gu...

20 Battery 2 BATTERY Your phone comes with an internal/removable lithium ion (LiIon) battery. To learn how to install the battery, see page 1. The battery is partially charged when you receive the phone. Before using your phone, fully charge the battery. To charge the battery Connect the AC Adapter ...

User’s Guide for the Kyocera 2235 Phone 21 Power-save mode Your phone changes to power-save mode when it cannot locate a signal. When the phone is in power-save mode, you cannot make or receive calls, and “Power Save Mode” and appear on the screen. Press any key to return to normal operating mode. B...

22 Battery Tips for improving battery performance Before using your phone, fully charge the battery. The following functions drain the battery more quickly, and adversely affect talk and standby times: • Backlighting is frequently on. (To adjust backlighting, see page 63.) • The phone is frequently ...

User’s Guide for the Kyocera 2235 Phone 23 • The earpiece and ringer volume settings are high. To adjust the earpiece volume, see “To adjust the volume manually” on page 13. To adjust the ringer volume, select Settings → Sounds → Ringer Volume , and press left to lower the volume. • Check how often ...

24 Contacts 3 CONTACTS Use your phone’s Contacts directory like a set of phone index cards to store information about a person or company. Before using the Contacts directory, see “Entering letters, numbers, and symbols” on page 35. Working with contacts To save a phone number 1. From the home scree...

26 Contacts -or- If you want to continue entering information, select another option. You can also save a phone number through the Contacts directory as follows: 1. From the home screen, select Menu → Contacts → Add New → Phone Number . 2. Enter the phone number up to as many digits as will fit on t...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 27 4. Select Options to edit the entire contact, or select the specific information (such as the phone number) you want to edit. 5. Enter the new information. 6. If finished, press to select Save . To erase information from a contact 1. From the home scree...

28 Contacts To search the Contacts directory The Contacts directory lists entries alphabetically. You can search through a list of all contacts, speed dialing entries, or cards of a specific type, or you can enter the name you are searching for. 1. From the home screen, select Menu → Contacts . 2. P...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 29 3. Press down until you find the name you want. – To call the contact, select the number and press . – To display the full contact, press . To call from the Contacts directory 1. From the home screen, press down. 2. Select a name from the list. 3. Selec...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 31 To speed dial • From the home screen, enter the one- or two-digit speed dialing number and press . To call your voicemail number • From the home screen after receiving a notification, press and hold your voicemail speed dialing number. ( is the default....

32 Contacts To use 1-Touch Dialing • Enter the one- or two-digit speed dialing number and hold down the last number. For example, if the speed dialing number is 15, press , then press and hold . To redial the last number called • Press twice.

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 33 Working with the Recent Calls list The Recent Calls list shows the last 15 unique calls. Calls are identified by type. (Some types may not be available on all phones. Check with your service provider.) To view the Recent Calls list 1. From the home scre...

34 Contacts 3. Select an option: – If the call is from a number that has not been saved as a contact, select Time, Number, Save New, or Add to . – If the call is from a number already saved as a contact, select Time, Number, or View Contact . Note— If the number has been saved as “secret,” you must ...

36 Contacts To change text entry modes 1. From the text entry screen, press to highlight the options at the bottom of the screen. 2. Press right to highlight the current text entry mode. 3. Press to select it. 4. A list of text entry modes appears. Press down to scroll through the list. 5. Press to ...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 37 Shortcuts • To change text entry modes, press . • To change capitalization modes, press and hold . To use text entry modes To enter letters in mode: 1. Press the key once for the first letter, twice for the second letter, and so on. 2. After the cursor ...

38 Contacts To enter words in rapid text entry mode (available in English only): 1. Press each letter key once. For example, to enter the word “any,” press keys → → . 2. Press to cycle through words. 3. Press right when you see the word you want. Tip— If you want to enter a symbol, press . Press to ...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 39 To enter symbols in mode: 1. Press down through the list of symbols. 2. Press the number key corresponding to the symbol you want. 3. To exit the list without entering a symbol, press . To enter numbers in mode: • Press a key once to enter the number on...

40 Contacts Languages and special characters Your phone may support English, Spanish, and French languages. If you select English, enter the letters printed on the keys. If you select another language, you can also enter letters with other marks as shown here: Spanish French A Á B C 2 A À Â B C Ç 2 ...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 41 To select a language 1. From the home screen, select Menu → Settings → Display → Language . 2. Select the language and press . 3. Press the appropriate keys to enter special characters. To enter pauses You can include a pause in a phone number. A timed ...

42 Contacts When you save the phone number of an automated service, such as voicemail, you may include a pause where you would be required to select an option or enter a password. For example, you could enter a phone number, then a pause, then a voicemail extension or calling card number. 1. Enter t...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 43 4 MESSAGES You can receive, send, and erase messages from your phone, depending on what is available in your area. (Check with your service provider.) • The features and menus described in this chapter may vary depending on services available in your ar...

44 Messages Retrieving messages When a text message, page, or voicemail is received, appears on your phone screen. The flashes if the message is marked “Urgent.” You can retrieve messages in any of the following ways: • When a new message is received, press to select View or Ignore from the bottom o...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 45 4. Read the message and select an option from the bottom of the screen: – Rep ly to the sender, if their address is available. – Erase the current message. – Save the message to your Filed folder. – Sender allows you to view the sender’s information. Yo...

46 Messages Sending messages • To learn how to enter text, see “Entering letters, numbers, and symbols” on page 35. • Scheduled, pending, and sent messages are stored in your Text OutBox . • If you are sending a message to more than one person, enter a space or a comma between each phone number or e...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 47 – If you select Ignore from the bottom of the screen, the call is silenced and the previous screen you were working in appears. To send a new message 1. Select Menu → Messages → Send New . 2. Enter the phone number or email address of the person to whom...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 49 Note— If you have selected an option such as Callback Number or Priority , the Options screen appears. Select another option such as Send Message to send the message. To send a saved message 1. Select Menu → Messages → Filed . 2. Press up or down throug...

50 Messages 8. Press up or down and press to select an option (see page 47 for options). Message delivery options To add a callback number to a message After creating a message and selecting the Callback Number option, follow these steps: • To send your own phone number, press to select Yes from the...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 51 To ensure that no callback number is sent: 1. Press right. 2. Press to select No from the options at the bottom of the screen. To send a scheduled message After creating a new or preformatted message (See “To send a new message” on page 47), you can sel...

52 Messages Additional information about scheduled messages Symbols appear next to messages in your Text OutBox , indicating the message status. 1. Select Menu → Messages → Text OutBox . 2. Press up or down through the list of messages. One of the following symbols appears next to each message: ‡ Th...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 53 Erasing messages 1. Select Menu → Messages → Erase Msgs . 2. Press up or down and press to select an option: – No cancels and returns to the Messages screen. – Entire InBox erases all messages in your Text InBox . – Old InBox erases read messages in you...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 55 Note— You can erase a scheduled message from the Text OutBox , but you cannot cancel delivery of the message. Troubleshooting messages Low memory If your phone is low on memory or is out of memory, you may not be able to receive new messages. An alert a...

56 Messages If you cannot send messages Sometimes you may not be able to send a message because service is not available. Your phone tries to send the message again later. If a message cannot be sent, an alert appears. Do one of the following to clear the alert: • Press to select OK from the options...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 57 5 SETTINGS The Settings menu includes the following options. Silence All No, normalYes, vibe onlyYes, lights only Keyguard Guard Now30s auto-guard 1m auto-guard 5m auto-guardAuto-guard off Sounds Call Ring/VibeRinger VolumeRinger TypeBusiness Call RingP...

60 Settings Keyguard The Keyguard locks your keypad to protect your phone against accidental keypresses when the phone is turned on and a call is not in progress. You can still answer or silence an incoming call when Keyguard is activated. Note— Keyguard is only available when the phone is turned on...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 61 Shortcut— To turn keyguard on from the home screen, press left and hold. To turn keyguard off • Press → → in this order. Sounds You can change your phone’s alert sounds. • Select Menu → Settings → Sounds , then the setting you want. For information abou...

62 Settings To set up business or personal ringers If a contact has been saved as business or personal , you can choose from 15 different ringers. A sample plays as you select the ringer. Tip— To learn how to save contacts as business or personal , see page 24. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → B...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 63 Display You can change the appearance of your phone’s screen and adjust backlighting. • Select Menu → Settings → Display , then the option you want. To adjust backlighting 1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Backlighting . 2. Select an option from the...

64 Settings – 10 sec. & in call turns backlighting on during a call, and for 10 seconds after your last keypress. – 30 sec. & in call turns backlighting on during a call, and for 30 seconds after your last keypress. Note— Keeping backlighting on during a call drains the battery more quickly ...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 65 Security You must enter your four-digit lock code (typically 0000 or the last 4 digits of your phone number) to set any of the options on the Security menu. To lock and unlock the phone When you have locked your phone, you can only call a number your se...

66 Settings To unlock the phone • Select Unlock and enter your four-digit lock code. To limit calls out • Select Menu → Settings → Security → Limit Calls Out . Select No for unlimited calls, or select Yes, to Contacts to allow calls to contacts only. To change your lock code 1. Select Menu → Setting...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 67 To erase all contacts • Select Menu → Settings → Security → Erase All Contacts . – Select Yes to erase all contacts. A message appears: “Erase ALL contacts?” Select No to cancel or Yes to erase all contacts. – Select No to leave contacts unchanged. To e...

68 Settings To reset the phone • Select Menu → Settings → Security → Phone Reset . – Select Yes to reset the phone. A message appears: “Reset ALL phone settings?” Select No to cancel or Yes to reset the phone. – Select No to cancel. Note— Your four-digit lock code, Recent Calls list, Contacts direct...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 69 All Calls Timer This timer displays the total number and duration of all calls you have made and received. You cannot reset this timer. Browser Timer This timer displays the total duration of data calls you have made since the last time you reset the ti...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 71 Privacy Alert You can set your phone to sound an alert if enhanced CDMA voice privacy is on (check with your service provider to see if CDMA voice privacy is available in your area). 1. Select Menu → Settings → Network → Privacy Alert . 2. Press to sele...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 73 Roam Option This setting sets the signals your phone accepts. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Network → Roam Option . 2. Press to select an option: – Automatic (recommended setting) accepts any system the phone service supports. – No Roaming does not allow ...

74 Settings – Analog call forces a call into analog mode for the next call. – Digital only sets the phone to work in digital mode only. Extras Fast Find You can use Fast Find to find a contact quickly. • To enable Fast Find, select Menu → Settings → Extras → Fast Find → Enable . To use Fast Find Fro...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 75 3. Press up or down through the list to find the contact you want. 4. Press to call the contact. Note— Speed dial locations matching the numbers you entered appear first. For example, if you enter the numbers → → to find a contact named “Jane,” and you ...

76 Settings – Both prompts you when you start the browser and exit the browser. – No Prompts does not use any prompts. Messaging These settings allow you to set how the phone handles incoming and outgoing messages. To change your voicemail number You can change the phone number assigned to speed dia...

78 Settings To save messages automatically (Msg Auto-Save) Use this setting to automatically save messages. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Messaging → Msg Auto-Save . 2. Press to select an option: – Always (default) saves all messages to the Text OutBox. – Ask before save asks you whether you want to s...

80 Settings – Loud beep once sets the phone to beep once loudly when a message is received. – Loud beeps sets the phone to beep loudly approximately every five minutes. To stop this reminder, press to select Ignore . Convenience features Your phone comes with several features for additional convenie...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 81 2. Select Normal to keep the default setting, or Always on to keep backlighting on. (The battery charges more slowly when backlighting is set to Always on .) Headset Ringing When a headset (sold separately) is attached to the phone, alert sounds can ori...

82 Tools 6 TOOLS The Tools menu offers a variety of helpful items. Alarm Clock Use the Alarm Clock to set an alert for a specific time. The alert occurs only if the phone is on. 1. Select Menu → Tools → Alarm Clock → Set . – Press up or down to select an hour and minutes. – Press left or right to sw...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 83 Tip Calculator 1. Select Menu → Tools → Tip Calculator . 2. Enter the amount of your bill and press . 3. Select the amount you want to include as a tip (15%, 18%, 20%, 10%, 5%, Other) and press . Your total bill appears, including tip. 4. If you want to...

84 Tools Calculator Use the calculator for basic mathematical equations. 1. Select Menu → Tools → Calculator . 2. Use the keypad to enter numbers. 3. Press to select mathematical operations. = Performs the equals function. ÷ Inserts the division character after the last number entered. - Inserts the...

86 Tools Countdown Timer This timer counts down for a specified amount of time. It beeps, using the volume set for alerts, when that amount of time has elapsed. 1. Select Menu → Tools → Countdown Timer . 2. Press to select Set . 3. Press up or down to set the hours, minutes, and seconds. To move the...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 87 Stopwatch 1. Select Menu → Tools → Stopwatch . 2. Select Start to have the stopwatch begin counting. 3. Select Stop to stop counting. 4. Select Reset to set the counter back to zero and have the stopwatch begin counting again. 5. Press when finished.

88 Tools Brick Attack™ 1. Select Menu → Tools → Brick Attack . 2. To start the game, press to select New . 3. To pause the game, press , then press to Resume . The goal of this game is to eliminate bricks arranged in levels. To do this, you send a moving ball upward using a paddle at the bottom of t...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 89 7WEB 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. Using the Web Browser To learn how to enter text in the Web...

90 Web Browser -or- Press from the Web Browser home screen. To go back • Press to go back one screen. Web Browser options The following options may appear on your screen: • Home returns you to the main Web Browser window, or home page. • Mark Site saves the current location as a bookmark for easy ac...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 91 – 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, such as one for business and one for person...

92 Web Browser • An underline and an arrow indicate that there is more text. Press down to go to the next screen of text. Press up to move back one screen. Net Alerts If your service provider activated Internet services on your phone and you are in an area that provides over-the-air Internet access,...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 93 8 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS What is my lock code? The default lock code is usually either 0000 or the last four digits of your phone number. If you forget your lock code, call your service provider. How do I lock and unlock the phone? See “Security” on...

94 Frequently Asked Questions Select Menu → Settings → Display → My Banner. Enter your text and press . How do I speed dial? Enter the one- or two-digit speed dial number and press . How do I use Fast Find? See “To use Fast Find” on page 74. How do I change a shortcut key? Select Menu → Settings → D...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 95 My phone displayed the message “Reading Info. Please wait ...” when I turned it on. What does this mean? Your phone is performing routine maintenance. This normally takes a few minutes. My phone is out of memory. What do I do? Erase old messages or cont...

96 Frequently Asked Questions How do I get accessories for my phone? To shop for phone accessories, visit www.kyocera-wireless.com/store, or call (800) 211-1537 (U.S.A. only) or (510) 683-4004. How do I become a product evaluator? To participate in the testing and evaluation of Kyocera Wireless Corp...

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 97 For additional questions, you may contact the Kyocera Wireless Corp. Customer Care Center in any of the following ways: • Web site: www.kyocera-wireless.com • Email: [email protected] • Phone: (800) 349-4478 (U.S.A. and Canada only) or (85...

98 Frequently Asked Questions • The phone’s electronic serial number (ESN).To find the ESN: a. Remove the battery (see “Removing the battery” on page 1). b. Locate the white label on the back of the phone. c. Your phone’s 11-digit ESN begins with “D” and is located under the bar code on the label.

User’s Guide for Kyocera 2100 Series Phones 99 Index Numerics 1-Touch Dialing, 29 A Alarm Clock, 82alerts, 71, 78, 92analog mode, 73answering calls, 12 B backlighting, 57, 63 power, 58, 80 battery care and safety, 20performance, 22removing, 3replacing, 1 C calls answering, 12ending, 12making, 12muti...