Kyocera 5135 - Manual

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 3 Menu → Settings → Network → Digital or Analog and choose from the options available. • You are far away from a base station or cell site when in digital mode. • Data cables or accessories, such as the Hands- free headset, are connected to the phone. • No servi...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 5 Understanding screen icons These 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. The phone is receiving a signal. You can make and receive calls. Fewer bars indicate...

6 Getting Started Performing basic functions To... From the home screen... Turn the phone on Open the flip, press , and wait until the phone beeps. The phone will remain on when the flip is closed. Turn the phone off Open the flip, then press and hold until you see “Powering Off.” Make a call Open t...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 7 Using menus The contents of the main menu are as follows: Contacts View AllAdd NewFind NameSpeed Dial ListBusiness ListPersonal ListInformation To use menus: Messages VoicemailSend New Text InBoxNet AlertsText OutBoxFiledErase MsgsMsg Settings Settings Silence...

8 Making and Answering Calls 2 M AKING AND A NSWERING C ALLS Making a call 1. Make sure you are in an area where the signal can be received. Open the flip and look for the § symbol on the home screen. Note: The more bars you see in this symbol, the clearer the reception will be. If there are no bars...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 9 Changing the way you answer calls You can set the phone to answer immediately when you open the flip, or to continue ringing until you press . 1. Select Menu → Settings → Extras → Answer with Flip. 2. Highlight an option and press to select it: – Enabled cause...

10 Making and Answering Calls • To cancel the alert option, select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Missed Call Alert → Disabled . Viewing recent call details Details on the last 15 calls you made or received are stored in the Recent Calls list. You can get details on the caller’s name and phone number, a...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 11 Setting up speed dialing Speed dialing allows you to quickly dial a stored phone number by entering a one- or two-digit speed dialing location. 1. Open a saved contact. 2. Highlight the phone number and press . 3. Select Speed Dialing . 4. Select a speed dial...

12 Making and Answering Calls Setting up voicemail Before your phone can record voicemail messages, you must set up a password and record a personal greeting. When you have set up your voicemail, all unanswered calls to your phone are automatically transferred to voicemail, even if your phone is in ...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 13 2. Press to select an option: – Disabled— Turn alert off. – Vibrate once— Vibrate once when message is received. – Vibe & remind— Vibrate when message is received, and every five minutes until you open and close the flip or press . – Soft beep once —Beep ...

14 Making and Answering Calls Recent Calls This timer displays the total number and duration of recent calls you have made and received since the last time you reset the timer. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Call Information → Recent Calls Timer . 2. Press to select Reset . This resets the timer to zer...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 15 2. Select an option and press . – Automatic automatically switches the phone between digital and analog. – Analog only sets the phone to work in analog mode only. – Analog call forces a call into analog mode for the duration of the next call. – Digital only s...

16 Making and Answering Calls Note: If your phone has more than one setting for Automatic, contact your service provider to determine which one to use. Calling emergency numbers You can place calls to 911 even if your phone is locked or your account is restricted. Making and receiving calls after di...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 17 3 S TORING C ONTACTS Use your phone’s Contacts directory like a set of phone index cards to store information about a person or company. Your phone can hold, on average, about 200 contacts. Saving a new contact 1. From the home screen, enter the phone number ...

18 Storing Contacts 2. Press right to scroll through the options at the bottom of the screen. 3. Press to select a type of pause. 4. Enter the remaining numbers. Editing a contact 1. Select Menu → Contacts . 2. To find the contact you want to edit, select either View All or Find Name . 3. Press to s...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 19 Setting up Fast Find With Fast Find, you press one or two keys to view close matches of the number you are looking for. 1. From the home screen, select Menu → Settings → Extras → Fast Find . 2. Select Enabled . Using Fast Find 1. Press the keys corresponding ...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 21 Understanding text entry modes Note: The mode you start in depends on the task you are doing. If you are entering a phone number, you start in number mode. If you are entering a name for a contact, you start in normal text mode. Entering numbers • In mode, pr...

22 Storing Contacts 4. Press the number key corresponding to the symbol you want. Entering accented characters If your phone is set to a language other than English, use the following key references to enter accented characters using mode. Changing text entry modes In order to enter characters belon...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 23 4 S ENDING AND R ECEIVING T EXT M ESSAGES The features and menus described in this chapter may vary depending on services available in your area. In addition, usage charges may apply to each message. For clarification on these issues, check with your service ...

24 Sending and Receiving Text Messages – Save Message— Save the message in your Filed folder. – Exit— Cancel the message without saving. Receiving incoming calls while creating messages • If you answer the call, you can continue working on the message when you are finished with the call by selecting...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 25 Including your own phone number 1. Create the message, and choose Callback Number from the message options screen. (For help creating the message, see page 23.) 2. Press to select Yes . 3. Press up and select Send Message . The message is sent and a copy is s...

26 Sending and Receiving Text Messages 4. Enter the phone number or email address of the person to whom you are sending the message, or select Contact to select a phone number or email address from a contact. 5. Press to select Next . If you cannot send messages You may not be able to send or receiv...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 27 Retrieving a text message When a text message is received, it is sent to your Text InBox and you are alerted by:• A note: “New Message: 1 Text”. • A symbol: , which flashes if the message is urgent. If you see the New Message note You can choose to:• View the...

28 Sending and Receiving Text Messages 2. Press down and press to select the type of message you want to erase ( Text InBox, Text OutBox, or Filed ). 3. Press to select the message to erase. 4. Select Erase to erase the message. A notification appears: “Erase this message?” 5. Select Yes to erase th...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 29 5 C USTOMIZING Y OUR P HONE Setting vibrate mode You can set the phone to vibrate or to vibrate and then ring when you receive an incoming call. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Call Ring/Vibe . 2. Select Ring only, Vibrate only, or Vibrate then ring. Sil...

30 Customizing Your Phone Specifying ringers for different calls You can set up your phone to ring differently depending on the type of call you get. 1. If you have not already done so, save the contact in your Contacts directory and specify it as personal or business. For help, see page 17. 2. Sele...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 31 To change the various elements of the key beep, select Menu → Settings → Sounds and choose either Key Beep Volume , Key Beep Length , or Key Beep Sound . Using shortcuts From the home screen, you can access four shortcuts by pressing the navigation key in any...

32 Customizing Your Phone Personalizing the screen Changing your banner The banner is the personal label for your phone. It appears on the home screen above the time and date. The banner can be up to 14 characters long. Note: On certain networks you may see a network message in place of your banner ...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 33 – Disabled— turns backlighting off completely. – 10 seconds— turns backlighting on for 10 seconds after your last keypress. – 30 seconds— turns backlighting on for 30 seconds after your last keypress. – 10 sec. & in call— turns backlighting on during a ca...

34 Customizing Your Phone Creating a secure environment This section describes the features involved in securing your phone and preventing access to personal information. All security features are shielded by a four-digit lock code. Changing your lock code The lock code is typically 0000 or the last...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 35 Erasing all contacts 1. Select Menu → Settings → Security → Erase All Contacts . 2. Select Yes to erase all contacts. A message appears: “Erase ALL contacts?” 3. Select Yes to erase all contacts. Erasing the recent calls list 1. Select Menu → Settings → Secur...

36 Customizing Your Phone Setting the phone line If you have two phone numbers set in your phone (for example, if you have service in two different countries), contact your service provider for assistance. Note: Not all service providers support this feature. Connecting to a laptop or a PC The Com P...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 37 6 C ONNECTING TO THE I NTERNET 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 incoming calls while y...

38 Connecting to the Internet Using the Web menu options The following options may appear on your screen:• highlights the selected option. • Home returns you to the main Web Browser window, or home page. • Mark Site saves the current location as a bookmark for easy access. • Bookmarks displays a lis...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 39 3. From your Web home page, press right to highlight Bookmarks. A list of bookmarks appears. 4. Enter the number corresponding to the bookmark you want and press . Checking use amounts Your phone has a timer that counts the number and total duration of Web ca...

40 Using Tools and Playing the Game 7 U SING T OOLS AND P LAYING THE G AME The Tools menu offers a variety of helpful items and a game, Brick Attack ™ . 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...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 41 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. Countdown This timer counts down for a specified amount of time. It beeps whe...

42 Using Tools and Playing the Game 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 → Tools → Brick Attack . 2. Press to select New . – To pause the game, press , then ...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 43 8 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 bill, ca...

44 Index I NDEX Numerics 1-Touch dialing , 11 911 calls , 16 A Alarm Clock , 5, 40 alerts for headsets , 35 for messages , 35 for missed calls , 9 all calls timer , 13 Auto-Answer , 8 auto-hyphenation , 33 B backlighting , 32 banner , 32 battery charging , 1 icon , 1, 5 installing , 1 safety guideli...

User Guide for the Kyocera 5135 Phone 45 erasing , 27 pre-written , 24 retrieving , 27 troubleshooting , 25 missed call alerts , 9 N normal text mode , 21 number mode , 21 number type , 17 P pauses in phone numbers , 18 phone book see Contacts directory phone book (Contacts directory) , 17 phone num...