Kyocera KX444 - Manual

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 3 Getting to know your phone Speakerphone button turns the speakerphone on or off. The loudspeaker is located behind the keypad (item 9). Jack for Hands-free headset (sold separately) only. Volume control button adjusts the volume. Home screen. Press (item 6) t...

4 Getting Started 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. In this guide, an arrow → ...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 5 Understanding screen icons These icons may appear on your phone’s screen. The phone is operating in IS2000 (1X) digital mode and Push to Talk (PTT) service is available.The phone is operating in IS2000 digital mode, but PTT service is not available.The phone ...

6 Using Push to Talk 2 U SING P USH TO T ALK The Push to Talk (PTT) feature on your Kyocera KX444 phone allows you to use your phone like a walkie-talkie to communicate with another individual with Verizon Wireless PTT service. Simply select a contact, then press and hold your phone’s Push to Talk (...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 7 PTT call types You can make two types of walkie-talkie calls:• A barge call automatically connects to the other party. The receiving party does not have the option to ignore the call. • An alert call sends the receiving party a tone indicating that someone wa...

8 Using Push to Talk Receiving a barge call When your phone receives a barge call, the “Barge” tone plays. You then hear the caller speaking through the speakerphone. The caller’s phone number will appear on the screen. If the caller’s number is saved in your PTT Contacts list or your phone’s contac...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 9 – To ignore the alert, press to select Ignore , press , or press the speakerphone button on the top of the phone. 2. Press and hold the PTT button as you speak. 3. Release the PTT button to let the caller speak. 4. To end the PTT call, press . If the other pa...

10 Using Push to Talk Incoming calls and messages PTT calls are not interrupted by incoming standard voice calls or text messages. If your phone receives a standard voice call or text message while you are on a PTT call, the following occurs:• Standard voice calls are sent directly to voicemail. If ...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 11 3 M AKING AND A NSWERING C ALLS This chapter discusses phone, fax, and data calls on your KX444 phone. For information about walkie-talkie radio calls, see “Using Push to Talk” on page 6. Making a call 1. Make sure you are in an area where the signal can be ...

12 Making and Answering Calls Adjusting the volume during a call • To adjust the earpiece volume during a call, press up or down. Calling emergency services Note: Regardless of your 3-digit emergency code (911, 111, 000, 999, etc.), your phone will operate as described below. • Dial your 3-digit eme...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 13 Setting missed call alerts You can set an alert to beep every five minutes after you have missed a call.• Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Missed Call → Enabled . • To turn off the alert when it rings, press or . • To cancel the alert, select Menu → Setting...

14 Making and Answering Calls Erasing recent calls 1. Select Menu → Recent Calls → Erase Lists . 2. Select an option: Incoming Calls , Outgoing Calls , Missed Calls , or Erase All . 3. Press right and press to select Yes . Speed dialing Speed dialing allows you to quickly dial a stored phone number ...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 15 Checking voicemail messages When a voice message is received, your screen will display a notification: “New Message [x] Voicemail.” This text will remain for about five minutes. After that, look for the symbol at the top of your screen. The symbol flashes if...

16 Making and Answering Calls Timing your calls You can set your phone to beep 10 seconds before each minute passes when you are on a call.• Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Minute Alert → Enabled . Receiving data or faxes Your phone may be able to receive certain data or faxes, depending on the sy...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 17 Controlling network roaming Specifying digital or analog mode You may force the phone into either digital or analog mode. This is useful if you are in an area that borders on digital service and the automatic feature is causing the phone to keep switching be...

18 Entering Letters, Numbers, and Symbols 4 E NTERING L ETTERS , 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 b...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 19 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. Press right to highlight the current mode and press ...

20 Entering Letters, Numbers, and Symbols 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 18. Enter a number Use ...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 21 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 entry To save a contact, take these steps. 1. From the home screen, enter the ...

22 Storing Contacts Adding a code or extension When you save the phone number of an automated service, you may include a pause where your phone would stop dialing; for example, where you would wait to dial an extension. 1. Enter the first portion of the phone number. 2. Press right to scroll through...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 23 – Add Voice Dial —Speak the name of the contact person for this number so that you can dial it using voice recognition (VR). For more information, see page 43. – Speed Dialing —Assign or remove the location you use to speed dial the number. – Edit Type —Assi...

24 Storing Contacts Setting Fast Find With Fast Find, you press one or two keys to view close matches of the number you are looking for. Note: Fast find cannot be used to find contacts on the PTT Contacts list (set up on the Verizon Web site). • From the home screen, select Menu → Settings → Conveni...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 25 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 14. Important: The features and menus described in this chapter may vary depending...

26 Sending and Receiving Text Messages 3. From the text entry screen, press right twice, select Options → Insert and select from the options:– My Sounds —Add a sound or melody. Highlight one from the list and press to select Insert . – My Pictures —Add a graphic you have received in a text message, ...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 27 – Save AutoText Ô Save the message you have just entered as a prewritten message, then return to the message entry screen so you can send the message. 2. When you have finished setting options, press to return to the message window. 3. Highlight Send and pre...

28 Sending and Receiving Text Messages PTT barge call When your phone receives a PTT barge call, it sounds the “Barge Call” tone and you will hear the caller speaking through the speakerphone.• To speak, press and hold the PTT button. To listen, release the PTT button. To end the call, press Once th...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 29 Retrieving text messages When a text message is received, your screen will display text similar to: “New message 1 Text Msg”. This text will remain for about five minutes. After that, look for the symbol at the top of your screen. The symbol flashes if the m...

30 Sending and Receiving Text Messages If you see the symbol If the symbol is blinking, the message is urgent. 1. Press down. 2. Select Inbox . A list of all your received messages appears. New, unread messages appear in bold . 3. Press up or down to scroll through the list of messages. 4. Press to ...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 31 Setting message alerts You can set your phone to alert you of incoming text messages or pages. For more information, see “Setting message alerts” on page 40. Erasing messages Your phone is designed to store 99 text messages and pages. It is a good idea to er...

32 Sending and Receiving Text Messages Customizing message settings To make messaging easier, you can customize settings for sending and receiving messages. Creating group lists You can create and save a list of multiple recipients. Your KX444 phone will store five group lists with up to 10 recipien...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 33 3. To create a new pre-written message, highlight New AutoText and press . -or-To edit an existing pre-written message, highlight the message and press . 4. Enter or edit the text and press to select Done . For help entering text, see page 18. Note: You can ...

34 Customizing Your Phone 7 C USTOMIZING Y OUR P HONE The contents of the Settings menu are as follows. Silent Mode Vibrate OnlyVibrate, RingLights OnlyNorm. SoundsInformation KeyguardSounds Ringer VolumeRinger TypeBusiness RingPersonal RingRoam RingerEarpiece VolumeKey VolumeKey LengthMissed CallSm...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 35 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...

36 Customizing Your Phone Importing additional ringers You may be able to download ringers over the air. Check with Verizon Wireless. Adjusting volume You can adjust the volume of the earpiece, the speakerphone, the ringer, or the tones you hear when the keys are pressed. Adjusting the earpiece volu...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 37 Defining the feature shortcut (up) 1. Select Menu → Settings → Convenience → Shortcut Key . 2. Highlight the feature you want a shortcut to, and press to select it. Using the feature shortcut • From the home screen, press and hold up. Choosing a different la...

38 Customizing Your Phone Setting power backlighting You can set backlighting to remain on when an external power source, such as the AC adapter, is used with the phone. Note: Power backlighting may not be available with some accessories. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Accessories → Pwr Backlight . 2. ...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 39 Selecting wallpaper Wallpaper appears on the home screen when the phone is not in use. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Wallpaper . 2. Highlight a wallpaper design and press . 3. Press to return to the home screen and view the wallpaper you chose. Selec...

40 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. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Security . 2. Enter your four-digit lock code. 3. Select Emergency #’s . 4. Select an Unas...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 41 Setting alerts for your headset When a headset (sold separately) is attached to the phone, you can set alert sounds to originate from the headset. 1. Select Menu → Settings → Accessories → Headset Ring . 2. Select Out of headset to have alerts originate from...

42 Customizing Your Phone 4. Press to select an option: – Voice only— Allow only voice calls. – Fax, next call or Data, next call— Set the phone to fax mode or data mode for the next incoming call or the next 10 minutes. – Fax, until off or Data, until off— Force the phone into fax mode or data mode...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 43 8 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 usin...

44 Using Voice Recognition Using voice features with hands-free car kits You can use voice commands to make a phone call or to answer the phone only if your phone is connected to a professionally installed hands-free car kit (sold separately). Note: The following features apply only to professionall...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 45 To answer a call:When you receive an incoming call, the phone responds: “Incoming call, answer?” or “Incoming roam call, answer?” If the caller is recognized as a saved contact entry, then the phone will say “Incoming call from (Name), answer?”• Say “Yes” or...

46 Using Tools 9 U SING T OOLS Scheduler The Scheduler allows you to schedule events and set reminder alerts. Note: You cannot access Scheduler if your phone does not have a signal. Adding an event 1. Select Menu → Tools → Scheduler K – For a day in this month, select View Day . Press left and right...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 47 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 ...

48 Media Gallery 10 M EDIA G ALLERY My Sounds Your phone contains preset sounds, which you can add to outgoing text messages. To access stored sounds: 1. Select Menu → Media Gallery → My Sounds . 2. Press up or down to scroll through the sounds. 3. Highlight an option and press to select it: – Play ...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 49 Doodler You can create and save graphics on your phone. 1. Select Menu → Media Gallery → Doodler. 2. Wait 5 seconds for the intro screen to disappear, or press to clear it. 3. Select New Doodle to open the drawing screen. 4. Use keys 1–9 to move the cursor a...

50 Media Gallery Saving the doodle It is a good idea to save the doodle while you are working on it. If you receive a call while creating an unsaved doodle, it will be lost.• Highlight Save and press . The image will be saved in the My Pictures folder. (See page 48.) Note: If you make changes to an ...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 51 11 G ET I T N OW About Get It Now ® Your Kyocera phone from Verizon has the ability to download and manage applications through Get It Now.Get It Now brings you the full range of applications and services you have come to expect from the Internet, including ...

52 Get It Now Opening an application Downloaded applications are stored under the Get It Now menu. Each application comes with its own unique icon, to help you identify it easily. 1. Press and hold right. Note: The Get It Now icon always remains at the beginning of this menu. Downloaded applications...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 53 12 C ONNECTING TO THE I NTERNET Using Mobile Web You can use your phone to browse the Internet if you have obtained phone Internet services from Verizon Wireless and if over-the-air Internet access is available in your area. Note: You cannot receive incoming...

54 Getting Help 13 G ETTING H ELP Customer Support The Verizon Wireless customer support department is accessible directly from your phone when you dial *611. They can answer questions about your phone, phone bill, call coverage area, and specific features available to you, such as call forwarding o...

User Guide for the Kyocera KX444 Phone 55 I NDEX Numerics 1-Touch dialing , 14 911, 111, 999, or 000 calls , 12 A airplane , 12 Alarm Clock , 5, 46 alerts for headsets , 41 for messages , 40 for missed calls , 13 analog mode , 5 applications, downloading , 51 auto-hyphenation , 38 AutoText , 26, 27,...