BLU G8 User Manual

User Manual

User Manual

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Note: User Manua l is just to guide the user about the
functionality o f the phone. It is not a certificate of technology.
Some functions may vary due to mod ifications and u pgrade of
software, or due to printing mistake.

“It is adv isable to charge battery to 100% before start using
phone for better battery l ife”

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1- Welcome ............................................................... 7

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1.1. Exciting Features ............................................... 7

2- Phone Layout ........................................................ 9

2.1. Keys and Parts ................................................... 9

1. USB Jack .............................................................. 9

2. Earphone Jack ...................................................... 9

3. Receiver ................................................................ 9

4. Front Camera ........................................................ 9

5. Front Flash ............................................................ 9

6. Screen ................................................................... 9

7. Menu Key .............................................................. 9

8. Home Key ............................................................. 9

9. Back Key ............................................................... 9

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10. Volume Key ......................................................... 9

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11. Power Key ........................................................... 9

12. Rear Flash ........................................................... 9

13. Rear Camera ....................................................... 9

14. Speaker ............................................................... 9

15. Finger print .......................................................... 9

2.2. Icons and Indicators ........................................... 9

3- Getting Started .................................................... 10

3.1. Insert SIM card ................................................. 10

3.3. Unlock the Phone ..............................................11

3.4. Using the Touch screen .................................... 12

3.5. Using the Phone ’s Buttons ............................... 13

3.6. Context Menus ................................................. 13

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3.7. Options menus ................................................. 14

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3.8. Menu Icons ....................................................... 14

4-Placing and Receiving Calls ................................ 14

4.1. Make a Call ...................................................... 14

4.2. Disable Phone Calls (Airplane mode) .............. 15

4.3. Disable SIM card .............................................. 15

5-The Home Screen ................................................ 15

5.1. Open and Close the Launcher ......................... 16

5.2. Switch to Recently Used Application ................ 17

5.3. Customize Home Screen ................................. 17

6-Connect to the Internet ........................................ 18

6.1. To configure your Internet: ............................... 18

6.2. Access Internet via Wi-Fi .................................. 18

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7-Managing Notifications ......................................... 19

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7.1. Open the Notifications Panel ............................ 19

7.2. Respond to Notifications .................................. 19

7.3. Close Notifications Panel ................................. 19

8-Messaging ............................................................ 20

8.1. Message environment & Settings..................... 20

8.2. Using the Onscreen Keyboard ......................... 20

8.3. Create and Send Multimedia Message ............ 22

8.4. Operation on a message: ................................. 22

9-Multimedia ............................................................ 23

9.1. Camera ............................................................ 23

9.2. Photos .............................................................. 24

9.3. Share an image ................................................ 24

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9.4. Music ................................................................ 24

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9.5. FM Radio .......................................................... 25

9.6. Record Sounds ................................................ 25

9.7. Make Screenshot ............................................. 25

9.8. New features of the volume control .................. 26

10-Connect to Networks and Devices ..................... 26

10.1. Connect to PC ................................................ 26

10.2. Connect to Internet ......................................... 28

10.3. Connect to Wi-Fi Networks ............................ 28

10.4. Pair with Bluetooth Devices ........................... 28

10.5. Connect to Internet via your Phone ................ 28

10.6. Install Secure Certificate from SD Card ......... 28

11-Download Applications ....................................... 29

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12-Phone Settings ................................................... 30

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13- Health and Safety Information .......................... 30

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1- WELCOME

Congratulations on your purchase of the BLU mobile phone.
Your phone provides many functions which are practical for
daily use , such as a hands-free loudspeaker, camera, MP 3
player, internet and much more.

You can read the manual to understand how to use BLU
Mobile phone and experience the well-establishe d functions
and simple operation method. Please use the original
accessory in order to achieve the best use of effects. Use of
non-original components may lead to d amage cause d to the
machinery, in which case BLU shall not be responsible. BLU
Warranty Certificate enclosed at the end.

1.1. Exciting Features

 Android P

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 6.26 inch S creen
 Cameras (Front 8MP and Back 13MP)
 External Memo ry (Expandable upto 64 GB)
 Dual SIM
 Multimedia p layer
 Gravity sensor
 Wi-Fi
 GPS
 Battery 4000mAh

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 For your safety

Do not switch your phone on wh en t he use of w ireless devices is
prohibited or whe n the wireless device may ca use interference or
danger.

Do not use your phone whil e driving.

Follow relevant rules or regulations in hospitals and health care facilities.
Switch your ph one off near m edical devices.

Switch your phone off in an aircraft. The radio signa l from it may
cause interferen ce in signals of the aircraft.

Switch your phone off near hig h-precision electroni c de vic es. It
may aff ect the per for manc e of these devices .

Do not attempt to disa ssemble your phon e or its accessories. Only
qualified personnel may servic e or repair the phone.

Do not plac e your phone and its acces sories in contai ners with stron g
electromagne tic field.

Do not place mag netic storage media near your phone. Ra diation
from the phon e may erase the information stored on them.

Do not put your phone in a high-temperature pla ce or use it in a place
with flamma ble gas such as a petrol pumps.

Kee p your pho ne an d its acc esso rie s away fro m chi ldre n. Do
not allow ch ildren to use y our phone witho ut guidance.

Respect other ’s privacy and l egal rights when using your pho ne.

Read th is simple guideline. Avoiding them may be dangerous
or i llegal. Read the comple te us er manual for further
information.

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2- PHONE LAYOUT

1. USB Jack

2. Earphone Jack

3. Receiver

4. Front Camera

5. Front Flash

6. Screen

7. Menu Key

8. Home Key

9. Back Key

10. Volume Key

11. Power Key

12. Rear Flash

13. Rear Camera

14. Speaker

15. Finger print

Icons

Indicators

Icons

Indicators

Signal strength

indicator

Alarm has been set

New missed calls

Wi-Fi is activated

2.1. Keys and Parts

2.2. Icons and In dicators

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Airplane mode is

activated

Bluetooth is on

The headphone

is being used

Battery charging

symbol

New received

message

3- GETTING STARTED

3.1. Insert SIM c ard

SP642 is a Dual SIM mobile phone allowing you to use the
facility of two networks. Both sim have micro slot.
To insert SIM card(s):
 Turn off the phone and use the ejector pin to remove the
card slot.
 Insert the SIM card co rrectly in the card slot(s). (see below
fig)

Insert SIM card carefully!

Changing Pictures

 Finally inserted into t he card slot.

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 3.2. Insert Me mory card

SP642 allows you to expand external memory with a micro SD
card, up to 64 GB.
 Turn off the phone and use the ejector pin to remove the
card slot.
Insert the memor y card into the slot.

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 Changing Pictures
 Finally inserted into t he card slot.

Use only compatible memory cards. Incompatible me mory
cards may damage the card or the device will corrupt the data
stored in the card.

3.3. Unlock the P hone

You may need to provide PIN, Password, Fingerprint or draw a
pattern to unlock your phone.
To unlock the screen:

 Press the power key to wake up the phone.
 Hold and drag t he unlock icon to upside to unloc k.

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You may be requi red to un lock your phone base d on the
unlock method in se ttings.

To set the unlock method:

 On the main menu, touch Se ttings > Security & Location.
 Touch set up screen lock.
 Choose the type of locking as desired. You can set your

screen lock on the basis o f pattern, PI N, Password, Fingerprint
or none.

3.4. Using the Touch scree n

You can use the touch screen in the following ways:
 Touch: Acts on items on the screen, such as app lication and
settings icons, to type letters and symbols usi ng the onsc reen
keyboard, or to press onsc reen buttons.
 Touch and h old: Touch and hold an item on the screen unt il
an action occu rs.

 Drag: Touch and hold an item a nd m ove your finger on the

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screen until you reach the target position.

Button

Press

Menu: This is used for recent application

Home: returns to Ho me screen.

Back: Returns to the main screen.

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 Swipe or slid e: Quickly slide your finger ac ross the surface of
the screen, (without dragging an item). For example, slide the
screen up or down to scroll a list,
 Pinch: In some applications (Such as Browser, and Gallery)
you can zoom in and out by placing two fingers on the screen
at once and pinching t hem together (to zoo m o ut) or
spreading them apa rt (to zoom in).

 Rotate the screen: On m ost s creens, the orientation of the
screen changes as you rotate it. You can turn this feature ON
and OFF.

3.5. Using the P hone’s Buttons

The phone’s buttons offer a lot of functions and shortcuts.

The phone provides you with Context menus and Options
menus for accessing the features in an intuitive way.

3.6. Context Menus

You can ope n context menu by touching or key. Not
all screens have context menus. Examples of context men u
from Contacts and call environment.

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Opens the diale r

Opens messages

Opens the browser

3.7. Options menus

When you touch and hold some items on a screen, an Options
menu opens.

3.8. Menu Icons

You have the follow ing me nu icons to easily let you access its
important features:

4-PLACING AND RECEIVING CALLS

You can dial a phone number or touc h a number in yo ur
contacts. You can also place from the call log or contacts.

4.1. Make a Call

 Tap the icon on main menu or the home screen to dial

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the desired number.
 Touch t he icon on main menu or the home screen to

make a call from contact, g roups or favorites.
 To dial an international number, touch an d hold the 0 key to
enter the Plus (+) symbol, and then enter the international
country prefix, followed b y the phone number

 Touch the icon to call with SIM 1 or SIM 2.
 Press the Volume Up / Down keys to adjust the call volume.
 You can access Call Logs, Contacts from t he dialer screen.
 While during a call, touch the icon to end a call.

4.2. Disable Pho ne Calls (Airp lane mode)

Some locatio ns like airplanes may require you to turn off your
mobile, Wi-Fi, a nd Bluetooth wireless connections.

 Touch the d rop down from the top to open th e status bar..
 Touch the Airplane mode .

4.3. Disable SIM card

If you want to close the SIM card, go to :

Settings—Network & internet
> SIM cards.
> turn off SIM1/S IM2

5-THE HOME SCREEN

When you sign in , the home screen opens.
The Home screen is your start ing point to access all the
features on your phone.

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The status bar shows the time,
signal strength, battery status, and
notification.

Touch a nd hol d to move or
remove an icon or a widget.

5.1. Open and Cl ose the Launc her

The phone is d irectly on the main menu after boot ing.

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You have access to all applications installed on your device
and their widgets w hen available.
Touch an application to open a nd launch it.
To add an application shortcut to another locati on, press and
hold it until it enters t he desired locatio n. Place it and release
your finger.
Slide the Launche r left or right to bring more icons into view.
As soon as you install a new application, it comes in this list.

Widgets come when you long press on the h ome screen. Y

You can touch WIDGETS directly.
You cannot launch widget like an application; you can only
place it on deskt op screen.
Press and hold it until it ente rs Home screen. Place it and
release your finger. A context menu opens to configure the
widget or resize it, nat urally, it depends on the w idget.

5.2. Switch to Recently Used Ap plication

 Press the icon for open recently used application.
 Touch an icon to open its application. Or press to return

to the current applicat ion.

5.3. Customize Home Screen

You can add applications, shortcuts, widgets, and other items
to any part of the H ome screen or change the wallpape r.
Widgets:

 Long press on home screen for wi dgets.
 Drag a widget to a h ome screen: Touch and hold the

widget’s icon, slide yo ur finger where you want to place it , and

lift your finger.
 You may be asked to make further choices before the widget

activates. If there isn’t room where you d ropped it, th e widget
won’t get added to t he Home Screen.

Wallpapers: Wallpapers a re images from Gallery, still images
included with th e system. They take the place of the default
background for your Ho me Screen.

Touch a nd hold anywhere on a desktop Home screen that’s

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not occupied. A list of options appears.
 Touch the following wallpaper source:

o Device folde rs: Choose from pictures that you’ve taken with

camera or downloaded to your device.
 To set wallpaper, touch right option then se lect Set
wallpaper.
Folders: You can very easily regroup desktop icons in a folder
on screen to save space and access m ore applications.

 Touch and hold any icon on desktop screen to move it.
 Go on another icon and releas e to create a folder c ontaining

both icons.
 Then add as many icons as folder can hold, give it a name,
move it where you want.
You have all the tools to customize your Phone.

6-CONNECT TO THE INT ERNET

6.1. To configure your Interne t:

 Go t o Settings > Network & internet > Data us age >Turn on

‘Mobile data’

 By default, your network provider sends the Acces s Po int
Name settings via SMS, or it c omes automatically with your
SIM card. You may need to install these settings. After this,
you can choose from t he listed access p oint names. If the
access point names are not listed by default, please contact
your network provider for the same.

 To add any operator Access point Name, go to settings >
Network & internet > Mobile network > Advanced> Access
point Names>add.

 After you have selected or configured the access po int name,
go t o Settings > Network & internet > Data usage to enable
Internet connection.

6.2. Access Internet via Wi-Fi

To browse the Internet via Wi-F i:

 Go to Settings> Network & internet and then tap Wi-Fi.
 Next, select the Wi-Fi connect ion listed under Wi-Fi

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networks.

7-MANAGING NOTIFICATIONS

Notification icons inform you of new messages and events.
When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the status
bar, along with a summary.

7.1. Open the No tifications Panel

Drag the status bar down from the top of the screen as shown
below:

The Notifications panel displays your network p rovider name
and a list of your current notificatio ns.

7.2. Respond to No tifications

Open the notification pa nel a nd touch a notification to
respond to it. What happens next dep ends on the notification.

7.3. Close Notif ications Panel

Drag the tab at the bottom of the Notifications p anel to the
top of the screen. Or just press t he back button. The panel
also closes whe n you touch a not ification to respond to it.

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Touch to compose a new text
or multimedia message.

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8-MESSAGING

8.1. Message envir onment & Settings

You can use Messages to exchange text messages and
multimedia messages with your friends.

The messages settings allow you to set SMS/MMS
notifications, vibrate, mes sage tones, delivery reports and
many others.

Take a tour and ex plore messages settings, you’l l find

interesting things.

8.2. Using the O nscreen Keyboar d

Some applications disp lay t he keyboard by default. In others,
you to uch a text field where you want to enter text, to open

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the keyboard.

Touch once to capitalize the next letter you
type. Touch and hold or double tap for
Caps Lock.

Secondary characters panel (speci al,
symbols, numbers)

Write your message here. After typing ,

press icon to close the keyboa rd.
Touch and hold the text fi eld t o o pen a
menu and to copy/cut texts.

Recipient zone: write the name, press right
icon to enter numbers or press b elow
frequents or all contacts to acc ess contacts
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This is to erase characters

8.3. Create and Send Multimedia Message

A Messag e becomes an MMS if you se nd it to an email
address, or add m ultimedia file(s).

 Touch compose new message.
 Enter or select a mobile phone number.
 Touch the composition text b ox and write your m essage.
 Touch Attach to attach various types of files.
 Send the MMS.

8.4. Operation on a message:

 Open the mess age thread containing the message yo u want
to operate.

Touch and hold this message until menu bar comes above.
Make your choice:

 To share the message.
 To forward a message.
 To copy the message.
 To view the message details.

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 To delete the message.

Press to take photo

Press to record video

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9-MULTIMEDIA

9.1. Camera

Your came ra’s pi ctures and videos are st ored in bot h the SD

card a nd dev ice. You can copy pictures a nd videos from both
the SD card and dev ice to a PC and vice versa.

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Click on settings icon for
more functions

9.2. Photos

You can use the Ph otos to view pictures, play videos and share
files.

 Touch the Photos icon in the main menu.
 Touch an album to open a nd view its contents.
 Touch a picture or a video in an album to view it.

9.3. Share an im age

 Open the main Photos window.
 Check or unch eck the image you want to share.
 Touch the icon at the bottom of s creen to share via

Bluetooth, Email ,etc.
 You can share via email, Bluetooth, and s o on.

9.4. Music

You can easily transfer yo ur favorite music from your PC to the
SD card a nd experience a whole world of interesting and
melodious music.

Press the phone’s volume up/down keys on t he right side of

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the mobile phone t o adjust the volume.

Tap to make screenshot

9.5. FM Radio

You can listen to your favorite FM channe ls using th e inbuilt
FM receiver of your phone and a corded earphone (the w ire is
used as antenna).

 Record sound
 Search FM stations
 Enable speaker

Press the phone’s volume up/down keys on t he right side of

the mobile phone t o adjust the volume.

9.6. Record Sounds

 Touch the Sound Recorder in the main menu.
 Tap to start recording a voice clip. “Record ing” appears

when it is recording a voice clip.
 Tap to stop and save the recording.

9.7. Make Screensh ot

Press and hold for 1 second both Volume Down and Power
buttons together. Or also you can long press Power Key to get
Screenshot functio n

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9.8. New features of the volume control

Tap to switch audio profile mode

Slide up or down to adjust volume

Tap to access all volume
settings

Android P uses the vertical volume interface, which users can
pop up by short press the volume button. It is very convenient
to switch the Audio Profiles and adj ust the volume.

10-CONNECT TO NETWORKS AND DEVICES

Your phone can connec t to a varie ty of networks and devices,
including Wi-Fi, GPRS, Bluetooth, devices, such as headsets.
You can also transfer fil es to/from your PC through the data
cable.

10.1. Connect to PC

You can connect your phone to PC via following options:

Connect the phone to your PC with the help of USB cable.
“Charging this dev ice via USB" notification will be shown.

Touch the notification, to change and conne ct to other modes.

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Charge only: Phone will on ly charged when select c harge only
mode.
Media device(MTP):This feature will let you manage files on
phone and compute r at the same time.
Camera(PTP):Let you transfer photos using camera s oftware
and manage pictu res on co mputers.
MIDI:Let you use the OTG cable to connect to the MIDI
keyboard.
USB virtual drive:PC can identify the phone ,and t he
“CD-ROM”contains “ADB”,”Drivers” will shows on the PC.

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10.2. Connect to Internet

Refer to section 6 for detai ls.

10.3. Connect to Wi-Fi Networks

Refer to Section 6 for details.

10.4. Pair with Bluetooth Devices

 Go to Settings > Connected devices> Connection
Preference>Bluetooth.
 If Blueto oth is off, check B luetooth to turn it on. Your phone
scans and displays the Bluetooth dev ices in range.
 If th e device you want to pair wit h is not in the list, make it
discoverable.
 Your phone will remain scanned until it is discoverable by
other devices.
 Touch the ID of the other device in the list Settings to pair
them. If you a re prompted to for a password, en ter a ny
password on one device and enter the same password you
entered in the other device to be paired , If the pairing is
successful, your ph one gets connected to the device.

10.5. Connect to Internet via your P hone

You can browse t he Internet on your PC us ing your mobile
phone. To do this:

 Connect your m obile phone to your PC via the USB cable.
 Go to Settings> Network & Internet>More >Hotspot &

tethering > USB Tethering.
A prompt for installation will app ear on your P C. Proceed as
suggested.
May be you need to ma nually install the drivers in PC.

10.6. Install Secure Certificate from SD Card

If your V PN or Wi-Fi Network relies on s ecure certificates, you

must obtain the cer tificates and store them in your phone’s

storage, before you can configu re access to those VPN or Wi-Fi
networks on your pho ne.
You may need to download the certificates from a website.

 Copy the certif icate from your computer to the root of the

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SD card.

 Touch Settings> Security & Location.
 Touch Install from SD card under Credential Storage.
 Touch the file name of the certificate to install. Only the

names of certificates that you have not already installed on
your phone are disp layed.

 If prompted, enter t he certificate’s password and touch OK.
 Enter a name for t he certificate and touch OK.

11-DOWNLOAD APPLICATIONS

The phone has a default configuration which includes some
applications. Discover all others apps by using play store. You
will be able to connect with mobile data or Wi-Fi for example,
and by signing in the application with just an email.
This is what it looks like:

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Network&inter
net

Let’s you manage WIFI,mobile,data u sage,hotspot,etc.

Connected
devices

Let’s you manage Bluetooth to communi cate with other
Bluetooth devices,or choo se USB connection mode.

Apps &
notifications

Let’s you view all applications downl oaded or on SD

card and manage all running a pplications in devices.

Smart controls

The intelligent body feeling.user can customize the
function they need.

Battery

Let’s you check the battery level ,status and manage
battery usage.

Sound

Let’s you configure how and at what volum e the phone

rings, vibrates etc.

Display

Let’s you configure brightness and o ther screen

settings.

Storage

Let’s you see and manage available sp ace on your

phone and on your SD card.

Scheduled
power on/off

Let’s you set the automatic power on time or shutdown
time.

Accounts

Let’s you add, remove and manage your Go ogle and

other supported accounts.

Security &
Location

Let’s you protect personal information, li ke adjust your

phone's lock, set SIM card loc k etc. And set the location
related settings.

Navigation bar

Let’s you choose which navigation bu ttons you like.

Google

Here list google services&p references.

Accessibility

Enable your installed accessibil ity applications and
adjust related settings.

System

View information about your phon e, such as signal
strength, status and phone information.

12-PHONE SETTINGS

You can go to Settings to customize you r phone’s preferences

and behavior in a variety of ways:

13- HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION

Certification Informa tion (RoHS)

We at BLU take our social resp onsibility seriously and are

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committed to the cause of saving our environment; it is in

FCC Regulations:

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keeping with these commitments that we are proud to state
that BLU phones are RoHS complaint.

This mobile phone complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to th e following two conditi ons: (1) This
device may not cause harmful interference, a nd (2) this device
must a ccept any interference received, including interference
that may cause undes ired operation.

This mob ile phone has been tested and found to comply with
the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of
the FCC Rules. T hese limits are designed to prov ide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, us es and c an radiated
radio frequency energy and , if not installed and used in
accordance with t he instructions, may cause h armful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not o ccur in a particular
installation I f this equipmen t does cause harmful interference
to rad io or television reception, which can be determine d by
turning the equipment off and on, the use r is encouraged to
try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:

-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-Increase the sepa ration between the eq uipment and receiver.

-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circu it different
from that to which t he receiver is c onnected.

-Consult the dealer or an experie nced radio/TV technician for
help.

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party

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responsible for compliance co uld void the user‘s authority to

operate the equipment.

The antenna(s) used fo r this transmitter must not be
co-located or operating in conjunction w ith any other antenna
or transmitter.

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This mobile phone meets the government ’s requi rements for

exposure to radio waves.
This phone is designed and man ufactured not t o exceed the
emission limits for exposure to radio f requency (RF) en ergy set
by the Federal Commun ications Commiss ion of the U.S.
Government.

The exp osure standard for w ireless mobile phones employs a
unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate,
or SAR. The SAR l imit set by the FCC is 1.6W/kg. *Tests for
SAR are conducted using standa rd operating positions
accepted by the FCC with the phone trans mitting at its highest
certified power level in all tested frequency bands. Although
the SAR is determined at the highest certified power level, t he
actual SAR level of th e phone while operating can be well
below the maximum value. This is beca use the phone is
designed to operate at multiple power levels so as to use only
the poser requi red to reach the network. In ge neral, the
closer you are to a wireless base station antenna, the lower
the power output.

The highest SAR value for the model phone as reported to the
FCC when tested for use at the ear is 0.38W/kg and when
worn on the body, as described in t his user guide, is 0.78W/kg

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(Body-worn measurements differ among phone models,

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depending upon available accessori es and FCC requirements.)

While there may be differences between the SAR levels of
various phones an d at various positions, they all m eet the
government requirement.

The FCC has granted an Equipment Aut horization for this
model phone with all rep orted SAR levels ev aluated as in
compliance wit h t he FCC RF expos ure gu idelines. SAR
information on this model phone is on file w ith the FCC and
can be found under the Display Grant sect ion o f
www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid after searching on FCC ID:
YHLBLUG8

SAR Recommendations

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For body worn operation , this phone has been tested and
meets the FCC RF expos ure guidelines for use with an
accessory that contains no metal and the positions the
handset a minimum of 1.0 cm from the body. Use of other
accessories may not ensure compliance with FCC RF expos ure
guidelines. I f you do not use a body -worn accessory a nd are
not holdi ng the p hone at the ear, position the handset a
minimum of 1.0 cm from your body w hen the phone is
switched on.

Do not use the phone while driving. When you have to use t he
phone, please use the personal hands-free kit.
Please do not put the phone o nto any passenger seat or any
place from wh ich it may fall down in case of vehicular collisio n
or emergency braking.

During Flight

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Flight is influenced by interference caused by the phone. It is
illegal to use a phone on the airplane. Please turn off your
phone or switch to flight mode duri ng a flight.

In Hospitals

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Your Phone’s radio waves may interfere with the funct ioning

medical devices. Consult a physician or the manufacturer of
the medical device to determine whether they are adequately
shielded from external Radio Frequency. Switch off your
device when regulat ions instruct you to do so.
Do not carry the wireless device in the upper po cket.
Turn off the phone if the re is a ny reason to suspect t hat
interference is taking p lace.

Unsafe Areas

Please turn off your phone when you are close to a gas station
or in t he vicinity o f any place where fue l and chemical
preparations, or any othe r dangerous goods are stored.
Taking Care of Your Device
Your device is a product of superior design and crafts manship
and should be h andled w ith care: The following suggestions
will help you protect your phone:
Keep the dev ice dry. If your dev ice gets wet, remove t he
battery without turning on the device, wipe it wi th a dry cloth
and take it to the serv ice center.
Do not st ore the device in high or cold temperature. H igh /
cold temperature can shorten th e life of electronic devices
and damage batteries.
Do not use or sto re the devi ce in dusty, dirty areas. Its moving
parts and electron ic components can be damaged.
Do not attempt to open the device other than as instructed in
this guide. Repairing the p hone by yourself other than our
authorized service agents/centers goes against the warranty
rules.
Do n ot drop, knock, or shake the device. Roug h handling can

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break internal circuit boards and fine mechanics.
Do n ot use ha rsh che micals, clean ing s olvents, or strong
detergents to clean the device. Only use a soft, clean, dry
cloth to clean the surface of the device.
Do not store your dev ice near magnetic fields or allow your
device to come in contact w ith magneti c fields for extended
period of time.

Battery Recommendations

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Please put the battery in a well-ventilated place out of direct
sunlight. Charge the battery at room temperature range.
If the time span of the battery af ter charging becomes much
shorter than usual, the battery life is at an end. Replace the
battery with a new battery of the same make and
specification.
Do not discard t he battery wit h household trash. P lease
dispose of used battery according to your local environmenta l
laws and guidelines.
Use manufacturer app roved batteries, cha rgers, accessories
and suppl ies. We will not be responsible for user’s safety
when using unap proved batteries or accessories.

“It is advisable to charge battery to 100% before start using
phone for better battery l ife”

Recycle Your Phone

The WEEE logo (shown at the left) appears on
the product (battery, handset, an d charger) to
indicate that this product must not be disp osed
off or dumped with your othe r household wastes.

electrical waste equipment by relocating over to the specified
collection point for recycling of such hazardous waste.

You are liable to dispose of al l your electronic or

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Collection and proper recovery of your electronic waste

equipment’s at the time of disposa l will allow us to he lp

preserve the environment. Recycling of the electronic waste
equipment will ensure safety of human healt h and
environment.

Do’s and Don’ts for disposa l e-waste

Do’s:
Ensure that an Authorized Person repairs your BLU products.

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Call Our Local Authorized Collection Centers to Dispose BLU
products.

Always drop your used electronic products, batteries or any
accessories thereof after t he end of their life at nearest
Authorized Collect ion Point or Collection Center.

Separate the packaging material according to responsible
waste disposal optio ns and sorting for recycling.

Always remove the battery from the product, when you do not
intend to use the product anymore it in f uture.

Don’ts:
Do not Dismantle your BLU Product on your own
Do not give your e -waste to Scrap Dealer/ Rag Pickers.
Do not dispose -off the e-waste in landfills.
Never dump E-waste in garbage bins.
Do not dispose of your product at municipal waste bins or

rooms.
Do not throw used batteries into house hold waste.
Consequences of improper handling and disposal of E-Waste
Improper disposal of waste prevents natural resources from

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Some waste contains hazardous chemicals and if not d isposed
of properly may release toxins into the soil and water, and also
releases greenhouse gases into the environmen t

If e-waste is n ot properly disposed of, it can threat to the
health and well-being of huma ns and animals and it also has
adverse effect on the environment.

Placing of ba tteries or dev ices on or in heating devices, such as
microwave, ovens, stoves, or radiators and imprope r disposal
of batteries may lead to explosion.

If the battery terminals are in contact with metal objects, it
may cause a fire.

Disclaimers

The colors and specifications shown/mentioned in the user
manual may differ from the actu al product. Images shown are
for representat ion purpose only. Other product logos and
company names mentioned he rein may be tradema rks or
trade names of the ir respective owners.
The content of th is ma nual may va ry f rom the actual co ntent
displayed in the mobile phone. In such a case, the later sha ll
govern.
We keep the right to make modifications to any of the content
in t his user guide w ithout public announcement or pr ior
notification.
For devices with external power suppl ies, plug socket should
be placed in sh ort distance and e asily accessible.
Using the wrong type battery replacement there is a danger of
explosion, be sure to follow the i nstructions disposal of used
batteries.

Copyrights

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All rights reserved. Reproduction, transfer,
distribution or storage of part or all of the
contents in this document in any form
without the prior written permiss ion of is

To prevent possible he aring damage, do not listen at high
volume levels of long periods.
To use the device only with the earphones included, never
change the earpho nes included for another one.

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strictly prohibited.