Kyocera 3250 - Manual

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 3 Getting to know your phone Jack for Hands-free Headset (sold separately) only. Home screen. Press (item 7) to select Menu . Walkie-Talkie button. Press the Walkie-Talkie button to communicate with other compatible PTT-capable phone(s). Jack for AC Adapter (inc...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 5 Using menus • From the home screen, press to select Menu . • Press left, right, up, or down to see menus. • Press to select a menu or menu item. • Press up or down to view menu items. • Press to back up a menu level. • Press to return to the home screen. To ch...

6 Getting Started Understanding screen icons These icons may appear on your phone’s screen. 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 receiving a signal. You can make and receive calls. Fe...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 7 Using the Sport Clip The Sport Clip is built into the battery door of your 3250 phone. It is designed to attach to a backpack, a purse, or to stand upright with a fold-out stand. Note: The Sport Clip is not designed to attach to clothing (e.g., a belt). To ins...

8 Using Push To Talk 2 U SING P USH T O T ALK The Push To Talk (PTT) feature on your Kyocera 3250 phone allows you to quickly communicate with an individual or group. Once connected, simply press and hold your phone’s Walkie-Talkie (WT) button to communicate. Note: You can only use the PTT feature w...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 9 4. Press the WT button again to speak. 5. To end the PTT call, press , or select End Call from the menu screen. Note: If the called party ends the call, the call is automatically disconnected. Tip: If you originate a call to a person who is actively engaged in...

10 Using Push To Talk Note: If you change a PTT contact’s phone number, then you have to delete the existing contact name from the contacts list and add the individual’s name again. See “Adding New PTT Contacts” on page 9. Refusals There are t wo types of refusals possible when you’re adding new PTT...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 11 Checking and setting your presence Regardless of how you set your availability (presence), you can still make PTT calls. 1. Select Menu → Push To Talk → My Availability . 2. Select an option:– Available allows you to make and receive PTT calls. – Do Not Distu...

12 Using Push To Talk 9. Select Save . The message “Add Another Contact to the Group?” appears. – Select Yes if you want to add a new PTT contact to the group, then repeat steps 5 through 9. – Select No if you do not want to add a new PTT contact to the group. 10. When you are finished adding new PT...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 13 Note: If no PTT contact names appear, or if the desired contact is not on the list, then perform steps 5 through 9 of “Creating a PTT Group” on page 11. 3. Choose Select . 4. Select Save . Your Kyocera 3250 phone sends an invitation to the members you have ad...

14 Using Push To Talk Leaving a PTT group You cannot leave a PTT group that you created. 1. Select Menu → Push To Talk → Manage PTT Groups → Select Group . 2. Highlight the name of the group you want to leave. 3. Press . The message, “Leave Group?” appears. 4. Select Yes to leave the group, or No to...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 15 Note: The new PTT or cellular call now becomes the active call, and the original PTT or cellular call is placed on hold. 1. Make a PTT or cellular call. Note: Due to technical constraints, you cannot toggle between the two calls using . 2. Ask the party on th...

16 Making and Answering Calls 3 M AKING AND A NSWERING C ALLS Making a call 1. Make sure you are in an area where the signal can be received. Look for the ‡ symbol on the home screen. The more bars you see in this symbol, the clearer the reception will be. 2. Enter the phone number. 3. Press . 4. Pr...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 17 • To place the caller on hold momentarily, select Hold . This plays a recorded message from you telling the caller he/she is on hold. Before you can place calls on hold, you must first record a message and enable the Hold Call feature. See “Setting the phone ...

18 Making and Answering Calls Dealing with missed calls When you have missed a call, “Missed” appears on your screen unless the caller leaves a voicemail. • Press or to clear the screen. • To view the caller’s number or name, select Calls . In the Recent Calls list, the missed call is indicated with...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 19 – View Contact —Show details on the contact if the caller’s information is already in your Contacts directory. – Save New —Save the phone number as a contact. – Add to —Add the phone number to a saved contact. Note: If the number has been saved as “secret,” y...

20 Making and Answering Calls 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:• Press and hold a speed dialing location. If it is a two-digit location, press the first dig...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 21 Silencing an incoming call • To silence an incoming call quickly, press . Then press to answer the call. This action silences the current call only. The next call rings as normal. Adjusting the volume during a call • To adjust the earpiece volume during a cal...

22 Making and Answering Calls Receiving data or faxes Your phone may be able to receive certain data or faxes, depending on the system sending the information. You cannot receive voice calls while the phone is in data/fax mode. For more information, see “Data settings” on page 51. Calling emergency ...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 23 Setting an alert for roaming 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 . – When no svc alerts you with three tones ...

24 Entering Letters, Numbers, and Symbols 4 E NTERING L ETTERS , N UMBERS , AND S YMBOLS You may enter letters, numbers, and symbols in contacts, text messages, and your banner. Understanding text entry screens The text entry area is a large field in the center of the screen. The current text entry ...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 25 Entering words letter by letter Use normal text mode to enter letters. 1. Press a key once for the first letter, twice for the second letter, and so on. 2. Wait for the cursor to move right and enter the next letter. Entering words quickly When you press a se...

26 Entering Letters, Numbers, and Symbols number, and then change back to mode to complete the address. To change text entry modes, you can either: • Press and hold until icon for the mode you want appears.-or- • Press right to highlight the current text mode, then press to enter the menu, and selec...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 27 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 24. Enter a number Use m...

28 Storing Contacts 5 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. Saving a contact Follow these steps to save a contact: 1. From the home screen, enter the phone number you want to sa...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 29 how to set the phone to ring differently for personal and business calls.) 4. Press to select Save . A check mark and the word “Saved” appear. Adding a code or extension When you save the phone number of an automated service, you may include a pause where you...

30 Storing Contacts – Erase Contact to erase the entire contact. – Edit Name of the contact. – Classify Contact as personal or business. 6. Enter the new information. 7. If you edited the name, press to select Save . Editing a phone number 1. Select Menu → Contacts . 2. Select View Phone List or Fin...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 31 Finding contact information To find a phone number or contact, either (1) check the frequent contacts list, (2) search the Contacts directory, or (3) use Fast Find. Checking the frequent contacts list From the home screen, press down to see the last 15 of you...

32 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 20. Important: The features and menus described in this chapter may vary depending on...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 33 – Emoticons —Select a smiley face icon. Press and hold to cycle through emoticons while in the text entry screen. Highlight and press to select Insert . – AutoText —Select a prewritten message. Highlight one from the list and press to select Insert . (To edit...

34 Sending and Receiving Text Messages 5. To send the message, press to select Send . Note: To set additional options, press right twice, select Options , and choose from the options. 6. When finished setting options, press to return to the message window, then select Send . If you cannot send messa...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 35 Saving messages to the OutBox Messages can be saved to the OutBox automatically. Note: This option will appear only if available from your service provider. 1. Menu → Messages → Msg Settings → Save to OutBox . 2. Select an option:– Disabled —Does not save any...

36 Sending and Receiving Text Messages 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 messa...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 37 time from the list in the OutBox or InBox, or erasing them all at once. Erasing single messages 1. Select Menu → Messages . 2. Press down and press to select the type of text message you want to erase ( InBox , OutBox , or Saved ). 3. Press to select the mess...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 39 Creating a signature You can create a signature that will be added to the end of your outgoing messages. Note: The signature is counted into your maximum character limit of 100. 1. Select Menu → Messages → Msg Settings → Signature . 2. Enter the signature tex...

40 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 . Setting up voice dialing To make or receive calls using voice recogni...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 41 Remain silent to make the call, or say “ No ” to cancel. Note: If the phone finds multiple voice names saved in the Voice Dial List that match the name you said, you will be asked to verify which name you want to call. Say “ Yes ” when you hear the correct na...

42 Using Voice Recognition Training voice recognition If your phone is having trouble recognizing your voice, you can train it with the commands “Yes,” “No,” and “Wake up.” 1. Select Menu → Settings → Voice Services . 2. Select Voice Training . 3. Read the message and press . 4. Select Train All . –...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 43 Answering the phone You can set your hands-free car kit to (1) answer automatically or (2) answer using a voice command. Answering automatically You can set your phone to answer automatically. Note: This setting also works with the portable hands- free car ki...

44 Customizing Your Phone 8 C USTOMIZING Y OUR P HONE Silent ModeKeyguardSounds Ringer VolumeRinger TypeBusiness Call RingPersonal Call RingRoam RingerEarpiece VolumeKey VolumeKey LengthMissed Call AlertSmart SoundMinute AlertSpkrphone Volume Display BacklightingMy BannerMain Menu ViewScreen SaverCo...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 45 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 incoming calls. Se...

46 Customizing Your Phone Importing additional ringers You can import additional ringers into your phone using the Kyocera Phone Desktop software (sold separately). To purchase this software and other accessories, visit www.kyocera-wireless.com/store . You may be able to download ringers over-the-ai...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 47 Defining the “up” feature shortcut 1. Select Menu → Settings → Convenience → Shortcut Key . 2. Highlight the feature you want a shortcut to, and press to select it. Using the up feature shortcut From the home screen, press and hold up. Creating a shortcut to ...

48 Customizing Your Phone Note: You can add graphics you have created or saved to the Screen Savers list. Refer to “My Pictures” on page 64 Choosing a different menu view You can change the appearance of the menus you see when you select Menu from the home screen. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Display...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 49 Setting numbers to auto-hyphenate Auto-hyphenation is a setting that automatically inserts hyphens into your phone numbers to be consistent with the U.S. dialing plan. For example, 1-222-333-4444.• Select Menu → Settings → Display → Auto-Hyphen → Enabled . Ch...

50 Customizing Your Phone Designating emergency numbers The emergency numbers feature allows you to specify three personal phone numbers that can be called when the phone is locked.To designate emergency numbers: 1. Select Menu → Settings → Security . 2. Enter your four-digit lock code. (For informa...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 51 Setting message alerts You can choose how you want to be alerted of incoming voicemail, pages, or text messages. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Messaging → Alerts . 2. Select the type of alert: Message Alert , Net Alert , Page Alert , or Voicemail Alert . 3. Pre...

52 Customizing Your Phone 2. Select the speed. The options are: 19.2 kbps , 115.2 kbps (default), 230.4 kbps . Note: There may be a higher charge for making calls using high-speed data in areas where 1X service is available. Check with your service provider for details. Connecting to a TTY/TDD devic...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 53 Setting position location This setting allows you to share your location information with network services other than emergency services (911, 111,000, 999 etc.), in markets where service has been implemented. Note: This feature works only when your phone is ...

54 Using Tools 9 U SING T OOLS Voice Memo The Voice Memo tool allows you to record and play back audio memos. Shortcut: You can access voice memo quickly by setting up a shortcut. See “Defining the “up” feature shortcut” on page 47. Functions Recording a voice memo 1. Select Menu → Tools → Voice Mem...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 55 Erasing a saved voice memo 1. Select Menu → Tools → Voice Memo . 2. Highlight the memo and press . 3. Press right to highlight Erase . 4. Press and follow the prompts. Scheduler The Scheduler allows you to schedule events, such as meetings or appointments, an...

56 Using Tools 4. Select Next to set the occasion Date, Type, and Reminder.– Press up or down to select month, date, year, occasion type, and timing of reminder. – Press right or left to move between fields. 5. Press to add the occasion. Viewing, editing, or erasing an event 1. Select Menu → Tools →...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 57 Tip Calculator The Tip Calculator helps you calculate how much tip to include on a bill. 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 (10%, 15%, 18%, 20%, Other) and p...

58 Using Tools Timer This timer counts down for a specified amount of time. It beeps when that amount of time has elapsed. 1. Select Menu → Tools → Timer . 2. Press to Set . 3. Press up or down to set the hours, minutes, and seconds. To move the cursor, press left or right. 4. Select Start to begin ...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 59 10 F UN & G AMES Your Kyocera 3250 phone comes with games, a doodler, and storage for downloaded sounds and pictures.The games described in this chapter may be available on your phone. Check with your service provider for availability.If you receive an in...

60 Fun & Games Navigation: Use the following keys to guide the blocks down the screen: Brick Attack 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 the screen. 1. Select Menu → Fun & Games → Brick Atta...

62 Fun & Games Doodler Doodler ™ allows you to create and manipulate images, import shapes, and save images as screen savers. 1. Select Menu → Fun & Games → Doodler . 2. Press to select Yes at the prompt, “Turn off backlight to conserve battery?” 3. Wait 5 seconds for the intro screen to dis...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 63 Using the Tool Kit • To change between the tools in the toolkit, highlight Tools and press repeatedly to cycle through the options. Tip: For a shortcut to the Move feature, press Modifying the Doodle There are several options at the bottom of the drawing scre...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 65 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 receive...

66 Connecting to the Internet – Show URL displays the entire URL. – About Openwave displays information about your Web Browser version. – 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 i...

User Guide for the Kyocera 3250 Phone 67 I NDEX Numerics 1-Touch dialing , 19 A accounts (setting) , 51 Alarm Clock , 6, 56 alerts for headsets , 51 for messages , 51 for missed calls , 18 Auto-Erase setting , 37 auto-hyphenation , 49 AutoText , 33, 38 B backlighting , 48 banner , 47 battery , 1 dra...