Firefly Mobile F100 Instructional manual

GETTING STARTED

Installing SIM Card

Before installing your SIM card, always make sure Firefly is turned-off.

1. Gently apply pressure to separate Firefly’s armor jacket. Only

remove top plate.

2. Insert the SIM card under the metal arm of the SIM card bay,

ensuring the cut corner is lower left and the gold contacts of the card
face into the phone.

3. If necessary, set the Key Pad back into place in the top plate. Gently

clip plates together.

Refueling Firefly

Firefly is powered by an internal, rechargeable Li-ion battery. A charger is
provided with your phone. Use only approved chargers to refuel your
Firefly.

1. Insert the lead of the provided charger into Firefly’s Charger Port.

2. Connect the charger into a standard AC wall outlet.

• To signal Firefly is properly refueling, the Tail Lights emit light

pulses at regular intervals.

Igniting Firefly

To ignite your Firefly, hold down (*) for one second and your Firefly comes
to life. To shut-down your Firefly, hold (*) for the same time interval.

CALL FUNCTIONS

Making a Call

Firefly can call emergency 911 and any of the three numbers you choose to
program into its Calling Keys.

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1. Press (*), (*), or (*) and the person’s name that corresponds to the

Calling Key you just pressed will appear in the display (the LCD
will glow the color you assigned to this key).

2. To dial the person you selected, press the Call soft key.

3. To indicate a call has been placed, the name assigned to the dialed

Calling Key will scroll across the display.

Ending a Call
When you are finished with your call, briefly press the End soft key.

Answering or Rejecting a Call

You can only receive calls from parent-authorized callers whose numbers
are programmed into your Calling Keys or those that have been entered into
your White List.

• Exception: A parent (using PIN) can switch off the white list. This

permits Firefly to receive calls from any number.

When an authorized caller dials your phone, the caller’s name will scroll
across the display. If the caller is not authorized, the call is automatically
blocked.

1. Press the Accept soft key to answer a call.

• When you answer the call, the caller’s name appears above a

timer that lets you for how long you have been talking.

2. Press the Reject soft key to reject a call.

Answering a Second Call

You can answer an incoming call while you have a call in progress.

To answer a call while you have a call in progress, proceed as follows.

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1. Press the Accept soft key to answer the incoming call. The first call

is automatically put on hold.

• Both callers’ numbers will appear at the top of the display. A

(1.) followed by the phone number of that caller appears at the
top of the screen. The phone number of the second caller is
listed underneath (2.- Phone Number).

2. To switch between the two calls, press the Swap soft key.

3. To end the current call, press the End soft key. You are

automatically switched back to any held calls.

FIREFLY PHONE BASICS

Idle Mode

After igniting your Firefly, the phone naturally phases into Idle Mode. In
Idle Mode the name of the wireless carrier appears in the middle line of the
display. The date and time are located on the bottom line. The battery icon
and the service reception bars appear on the top line of the display. Every
65 seconds Firefly Mobile’s logo rotates across the display field. When this
happens the Tail Lights pulse.

911 Trigger

This is one of the fundamental safety features of Firefly.

1. Hold-in the 911 Trigger for 3 seconds.

• The LCD glows bright red and “911!” appears in the display.

This is a safety mechanism implemented to ensure that the
Emergency 911 Trigger was not accidentally depressed.

2. To connect immediately to emergency 911, press the Call soft key.

If you do not want to call emergency 911, press the Exit soft key.

• After pressing the Call soft key, Firefly immediately calls

emergency 911. When this emergency call is placed, “911
Emergency!” will repeatedly scroll across the screen and the
LCD continues to glow red.

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• After having engaged the 911 Trigger, if the Call soft key is not

depressed within 5 seconds, the display automatically reverts to
Idle Mode and the call to Emergency 911 will not be dialed.

The Lights

• Firefly’s LCD changes seven different colors. When the phone is

turned-on or you press any key, the Key Pad backlight, the LCD
screen, and Firefly’s Tail Lights begin their glow cycles.

• When you press one of the Calling Keys all of Firefly’s lights glow,

but the LCD will glow the specific color you assigned to that Calling
Key.

• If left alone, all of Firefly’s lights stay ignited for a period of 15

seconds before shutting off.

• When charging Firefly, the Tail Lights pulse.

• Pressing the Light Show Ignite key engages a 30 second light show.

• Pressing the 911 Trigger causes the LCD to turn bright red.

Scrolling Through the Control Menus

Whether you are accessing the password-required Parent-Only Access
control menus or you only want to view the All-Access control menus, you
can scroll through these control menus by using the Back and Next soft
keys.

• Pressing the Next soft key skips/advances you to the next control

menu.

• Pressing the Back soft key allows you to return to previous control

menus.

• After entering a control menu, press the Back soft key (any changes

you might have made will not be saved)

• After you have scrolled through the control menus, an “Exit?” prompt

appears in the display. Press the Exit soft key to completely exit the
control menus. The phone will automatically return to Idle Mode.

Firefly Light Show

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Pressing the round Light Show Ignite key engages your Firefly’s light show.
For thirty seconds the LCD screen sequentially flashes its seven different
colors. The Key Pad and Tail Lights also flash.

Adjusting Key Pad Volume

1. Using the (^) or (\/) volume keys raises or lowers the Key Pad volume

accordingly.

2. When adjusting the volume, a volume-indicator bar displays your

Firefly’s volume level. Use the Save soft key to save your selection.

3. Pressing the Cancel soft key will return your phone to its previous

volume level. After 15 seconds Firefly will automatically default to
its previous Key Pad volume settings if the Cancel or Save soft keys
are not pressed.

Adjusting Earpiece Volume

1. During a call, if you wish to adjust the earpiece volume, use the (^) or

(\/) keys, located on the phone’s right side.

2. In order to preserve volume adjustments, please follow steps 2 and 3

from the above section, “Adjusting Key Pad Volume.”

Trouble Shooting - Manually Override

In the event that your phone’s display freezes, remove Firefly’s top armor
plate. Using a paper clip, gently touch the circular, copper node located on
the right side of the circuit board. The phone will immediately turn-off. To
turn back-on, ignite Firefly as normal.

FIREFLY’S PASSWORD SYSTEM

We have created a software system in our phone that allows parents quick
and easy access to Firefly’s control menus. It is important that the Calling
Keys, the incoming Call List, and other control features are flexible and can
be rapidly and easily changed by an adult. Firefly’s system enables parents
full-access to Firefly’s Control menus while denying children access to these
Parent-Only Access menus. However, the system allows children to
customize their Firefly through the All-Access menu section.

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How Firefly’s Password System Works

After Firefly is turned-on, it remains in idle mode.

1. To access the control menus, press (*) and hold it down for 3

seconds.

2. Next, you are prompted to “Enter a PIN” or forgo these Parent-Only

control menus by choosing the Skip soft key.

Skip to All-Access Control Menus

If you press the Skip soft key, you are immediately advanced to the All­Access control menus (which begins with the “Set Ring” control menu).
After the user has pressed the Skip key All-Access is granted to the
remaining control menus and one can go on to set ring tones for each calling
key, set Firefly’s corresponding Calling Key and screen LCD colors, the
phone’s clock, and the ring volume.

The Control Menu Cycle: Access Denied, Access Granted

A four-digit Parent-Only Access PIN must be properly punched into the
phone in order to access the control menus which program Firefly’s calling
keys, permitted incoming-call lists, and to change Firefly’s access PIN.
Children are only denied access to the Parent-Only Access sections of the
control menus—all the other control features are at your children’s disposal.
Thus, when an incorrect PIN is entered, “Wrong PIN” immediately appears
in the display screen. The user is immediately cycled back to the “Enter
PIN” control menu.

Entering Password

Depressing (*) for three seconds allows you to access Firefly’s control
menus. The first screen of the control menu choices is the “Enter PIN?”
prompt. The PIN code is four characters. You can choose from numbers 0­9 and symbols #, *, - for each character of your password.

1. To enter the PIN press the Enter soft key

2. Use the Directional soft keys to move cursor through the number

and symbol choices.

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