BLU Neo 4.5 User Guide

NEO 4.5

User Manual

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Table of Contents

Safety Information .............................................. 3

Appearance and Key Function ........................... 4

Introduction ........................................................ 5

Call Functions .................................................... 6

Contacts ............................................................. 7

Messaging ......................................................... 8

Internet Browser ................................................. 9

Bluetooth & Wi-Fi ................................ ............. 10

Camera ............................................................ 12

Gallery ............................................................. 13

Music ............................................................... 14

Sound Recorder ................................ ............... 15

Alarm Clock ..................................................... 16

FM Radio ......................................................... 16

Play Store ........................................................ 17

Settings ............................................................ 18

Storage ............................................................ 21

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Safety Information

Please carefully read the terms below:

Use Safely

Do not use your mobile phone where it might cause danger.

Transportation Safety

Please observe all transportation laws and regulations.
Please drive with both hands on the wheel.

DO NOT TEXT AND DRIVE

Hospitals

Please follow limitations.
Please turn off your mobile phone when near medical instruments.

Airports

Remember to follow all airport and flight safety regulations.
Please do not use your phone during flight.

Toxic Chemicals

Do not use your mobile phone around fuels or chemicals.

Explosion Hazard

Do not use in an area where explosions may occur.

Accessories and Batteries

Please use only Blu authorized batteries and accessories.

Backup

Please keep a written record of all important information.

Water

Your phone is not waterproof. Keep it away from water and liquids.

SOS Emergency Calls

Make sure your mobile phone is switched on and in a service area.
In home screen, tap the phone key and dial 911 and send.

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Volume

Power

Back

Home

Menu

Rear Camera

Flash

Speaker

Front Camera

Appearance and Key Function

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SIM Slot

Memory

Card

Introduction

Installation of the SIM Card
Note: Please keep the SIM card out of the reach of children. The

SIM card and its contact are easily damaged due to scratching or
bending. Please be cautious when carrying, installing or taking out
the SIM card. SIM: Contact your cellular phone service provider
directly to obtain the SIM card.

To insert SIM card:

1. Remove the rear cover and battery. Insert the SIM card.

2. Insert the SD card. (For additional storage capacity)

3. Insert the battery and replace the rear cover of the mobile phone.

Power On and Off
On - Please ensure the SIM card has been properly inserted into the

phone. Long press the Power key to switch on the phone on.
Off - In standby mode, long press on Power key until an options

menu appears. Select Power Off in the menu and confirm in the
pop-up prompt to switch off the phone.

Security

You may set a security lock feature as a security measure for the
phone. For further information regarding password locks, password
revision and other functions please enter into the security option in
system settings.

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Call Functions

At the dial keyboard, enter the phone number and then click the dial
key. If dialing an extension, you may click the dial pad icon in the
bottom of the screen to open the interface and enter the number of
the extension. You may also press and hold the 0 key to add a (+)
sign when adding an international dialing prefix.

Call Logs

Every telephone number called and received will be saved in the
phones call log. All numbers in the call log can be dialed directly by
clicking the dial icon on the screen. When the number appears on
the list, click it to view details.

Call Options

There are different options that can be used in the call log and
dialing interface. You may enter the call menu on the dial interface
where you may adjust speed dial and call settings. In the call logs,
you may press the search button to browse through contacts list or
set default contact resources.

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Add Contact

Search

Contacts

Enter: Click on the applications menu and select contacts

• The default display is the phone contacts and SIM card contacts

• The contacts are organized alphabetically by default.

Click the Search icon to enter the contact search interface.

 Any numbers or letters associated with any of the contacts

saved in the list will be shown in the search results.

Add New Contact

1. Click the add contact icon (+) to add contact.

2. Select to save your contacts to the Google account, the phone or
the SIM card.

3. You may enter different contact details which include adding a
picture, name, telephone number, group, address, and email among
other options.

4. Click to finish and save contact.

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Messaging

You may use this function to exchange text messages and
multimedia messages with your family and friends. The messages to
and from the same contact or phone number will be saved into a
single conversation so you may see the entire message history
conveniently.

Send an SMS

Application Menu » Messaging » New message (or shortcut icon)

1. Click to enter recipient
(You may enter contacts from contact book or enter a new number)

2. Compose Message

3. Send

Send an MMS

When creating message, the default message style is SMS. The
message will automatically convert to MMS when adding an
attachment.

1. Click the attachment icon in the messaging interface.

2. Click to add attachments and create an MMS message.

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Attachment

Type for MMS

Message

Internet Browser

Menu Functions

Backward

• After browsing through multiple pages, this option will return
the user to the previous page.

Forward

• After browsing through multiple pages, this option will move to
a web page after the current page.

Windows

• You may view all windows open by clicking the windows icon
in the upper right part of the browser.

Bookmarks

• Click the save to Bookmarks option to make the current URL
as a saved Bookmark.

• Click Bookmarks/History to opened saved bookmarks.
More
Find on page: Search current page.
Share page: Select to share the current page.

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Save for offline reading: Saves page for offline reading.
Bookmarks/History: Show your browsing history and view the most

visited pages.
Settings: Contains a variety of browser settings.

Bluetooth & Wi-Fi

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology that
devices can use to exchange information and connect to different
types of devices which include headsets and other devices.

Power on Bluetooth

1) Settings » Bluetooth and select to power on Bluetooth.

2) The Bluetooth icon will appear in the notification bar. Click “scan

for devices” and the phone will start to scan for all devices within

range.

3) In Bluetooth settings all the devices found will displayed in the list
under the icon.

Note: The maximum detecting time of the phone is 2 minutes.

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List of available

devices

List of available networks and

the network connection screen

Power on Wi-Fi

1) Settings » Wi-Fi and select ON to power on Wi-Fi

2) Click on the desired Wi-Fi network to be connected.

Unsecured networks can be connected to directly - secured
networks require a password or credentials prior to connection.

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Select between

Camera & Video

Camera Options

Camera

Camera
Prior to use: Install memory card before using the camera or video

camera. All photos or videos taken by the phone are typically stored
in the memory card for large storage capacity for images.

Open Camera

1. Applications Menu » Camera

2. Switch to video mode if you want to record videos.

Note: You may place a camera shortcut icon on any of the screens

Take Pictures

1. Aim the object that the picture will be taken.

2. Press the “Shutter” button on the screen.

3. After taking the picture, the file will be saved in the camera’s
gallery folder.

4. You can view the photos by clicking the preview box button.

You may adjust various settings for the camera by pressing Menu
while in the camera interface. When in the camera viewfinder mode,
you can switch to video or photos’ gallery.

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Pictures and videos

are stored in

separate albums

Gallery

Open Images

Applications Menu » Gallery

Share Pictures

You may share pictures by sending them through different types of
installed applications. You may also send pictures through the MMS
message function by composing a message and attaching the
picture. Any image can also be sent via the Bluetooth function by
selecting Bluetooth equipment that has been paired.

Adjust Image

Press Menu and Edit to adjust images
You may select from different effects that may include: Vintage,

Black and White, Instant, Latte, Litho, X-Process, Crop, Rotate,
Mirror, Straighten, Vignette, Contrast, Exposure, Auto color,
Shadows, Vibrancy, among other settings that can be used to adjust
picture images.

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Song Status

Track Controls

Playback

Settings

View Images

In the picture interface, click on an album to view images
In the photo album, scroll the picture towards left to view the next

picture or towards right to view the previous one.

Crop Pictures

If you want to adjust the size of the picture, use the crop tools. Once
the arrow appears, pinch your fingers in or out to adjust the size. If
you want to adjust the image and keep its proportion, please hold
down any of the four corners of the image and adjust accordingly.

Music

Open Music

Application Menu » Music

Search Music

You may choose to search for music from media folder through artist
name, song name, album name. The following formats are

available: AMR, MIDI, MP3, WAV, and OGG.

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Recording

Controls

Recording

Time

Sound Recorder

The Sound Recorder can record voice or any audio.
You may send any recorded audio via Bluetooth or MMS and also

have the option to make any recorded audio the phones default ring
tone.

The recorder uses AMR, 3GPP and OGG format.

Record

-Keep the phone’s microphone near the voice source.

-Click the record button to record the audio.

-Click the stop button to stop recording the audio.

All recordings will be saved in the recording folder in the default
music program and can be accessed from the sound recorder
application.

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Click to add, edit or

delete alarms

Alarm Clock

1. Click on the Clock icon in the application menu

2. Click set alarm button and enter the alarm clock set interface

where you may add and edit alarms

FM Radio

FM Radio

Through this function, you may listen to FM radio on the device. The
FM radio uses the wired headphones as an antenna in order to
receive signal. Before using this function, connect the original
equipment headphones that came with the phone.

Open FM radio

Press the FM Radio icon to open the application.

1. Click “Search” automatic scans of FM channels.

2. Click to add favorite radio stations.

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Radio

Options

Add Favorite
Radio Stations

Scan

Search and select

between different Play

Store categories

FM Radio as Background

Click on the Home key to move the FM Radio to the background.

Play Store

Google Play allows you to download music, movies, and even
games. Click the Play icon to sign in with your Google account.

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Settings

Wi-Fi

 Settings » Wi-Fi to power on. When on, the Wi-Fi will

automatically search for available networks. Any
unsecured network can be used directly and any secured
network requires a password or credentials prior to
connection.

Bluetooth

 Press the switch to power on Bluetooth. Once on, the

Bluetooth will automatically scan for any nearby open
equipment.

Data Usage

 Mobile and Wi-Fi Data Usage

More Wireless

 Tethering, Portable Hotspot, VPN
 Airplane Mode

Note: When in flight mode, all network connections will turn off
automatically.

Call Settings

 Set Voice call and other call settings

Audio Profiles

This option sets the phone tone settings for receiving calls and
notifications. Some of the settings include:

 Vibrate, volume, ring tones, ring tones notification, dial

touchpad, and haptic feedback and tones

Display

Brightness, Auto rotating screen, Wallpaper, Screen Timeout

Storage

 View the phone memory usage.

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Battery

 General power usage

Power Saving

 Click to switch to power saving mode

Apps

 Manage applications - Manage and delete installed

applications.

 Running services - Press the ‘Stop’ button to stop any of

the services listed and removes from the "running
services" list.

Location Access

 Use wireless - Use wireless services to find locations in

applications.

 When using the GPS satellite positioning, set accuracy to

street level (Cancel it to save battery).

Security

Set up screen locks: Use slide, face/voice unlock, pattern, PIN or
password to lock the screen.

 Pattern: The first time there will be simple unlock

instructions and examples. Click “next step” to continue

the security pattern step.

 PIN: Enter PIN number to unlock the screen.
 Password: Use password to unlock the screen

You may stop the security feature at any time.

Set up SIM card PIN lock

 SIM card PIN (Personal Identification Number) is used to

prevent unauthorized use of SIM card.

To change a blocked PIN code, you will need to unlock the SIM lock
then go to the Change Password screen. The phone will
automatically prompt you enter the old PIN code and ask to enter a
new PIN code twice. The phone will then prompt you that the
change was successful. If you enter the PIN incorrectly three times,

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the SIM and PIN codes will be automatically locked. You will need
the PUK code to unlock the phone which is available through your
service provider. If you enter the PUK code incorrectly 10 times, the
SIM card will be permanently locked. Please see your service
provider for a new SIM card.

 Password visible – Make the password visible when it’s

typed.

 Use security credentials - Allow applications to visit

security credentials or other credentials.

Language and Input

 Language – Change the language of the phone.
 Custom Dictionary - Add or delete words to the custom

dictionary.

 Keyboard Settings – Haptic vibration, Haptic tones,

Capitalizing, Speech Input, Inputting words, Predictive text
function, Auto-Text, Input keyboard method

Backup & Reset

 Backup Data – Will back up all application data, WLAN

passwords, and other settings to Google's servers

 Restore to Factory Settings - Clear all data stored on the

phone.

Date & Time

 Date and Time adjustment.
 Time Zone - Select Time Zone according to where your

location.

 Select Date Format - There are 3 kinds of formats you can

choose from: Month-Day-Year, Day-Month-Year and
Year-Month-Day, and Year-Month-Day which is the default
setting

Schedule Power On & Off

 Schedule power on and off

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Accessibility

 Power button ends call and auto rotate screen
 Speak Passwords and large text

Developer Options

If the phone does not display Developer options press “Build
number” seven (7) times in the about phone tab in settings.

 The developer options gives access to USB Debugging

and other developer options

About Phone

 Phone information status and firmware updates

Storage

Connect the phone with the USB cable provided. Once connected, a
connection interface will appear. In the connection mode interface,
select USB mass storage and turn on from the connection screen to
be able to transfer files.

Some system settings and UI options may vary depending on final
SW version.

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