Kyocera OYSTR User Guide

User Guide for OYSTR

This manual is based on the production version of the Kyocera KX9 phone. Software changes may have occurred after this printing. Kyocera reserves the right to make changes in technical and product specifications without prior notice. The products and equipment described in this documentation are manufactured under license from QUALCOMM Incorporated under one or more of the following U.S. patents:

4,901,307 5,056,109 5,101,501 5,109,390 5,228,05 4 5,267,261 5,267,262 5,337,338 5,414,796 5,416,79 7 5,490,165 5,504,773 5,506,865 5,511,073 5,535,23 9 5,544,196 5,568,483 5,600,754 5,657,420 5,659,56 9 5,710,784 5,778,338 Other patents pending.

The Kyocera Wireless Corp. (“KWC”) products described in this manual may include copyrighted KWC and third party software stored in semiconductor memories or other media. Laws in the United States and other countries preserve for KWC and third party software providers certain exclusive rights for copyrighted software, such as the exclusive rights to distribute or reproduce the copyrighted software. Accordingly, any copyrighted software contained in the KWC products may not be modified, reverse engineered, distributed or reproduced in any manner not permitted by law. Furthermore, the purchase of the KWC products shall not be deemed to grant—either directly or by implication, estoppel, or otherwise—any license under the copyrights, patents or patent applications of KWC or any third party software provider, except for the normal, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use that arises by operation of law in the sale of a product.

Kyocera is a registered trademark of Kyocera Corporation. QUALCOMM is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM, Inc. eZiText is a registered trademark of Zi Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

82-N8973-1EN, Rev. 001

FCC Notice

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. To maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines, if you wear a handset on your body, use the Kyocera Wireless Corp. (KWC) approved universal pouch CV90-61344-02.

Other accessories used with this device for body-worn operations must not contain any metallic components and must provide at least 22.5 mm separation distance including the antenna and the user’s body.

THIS MODEL PHONE MEETS THE GOVERNMENT’S REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES.

Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission of the U.S. Government. These limits are part of comprehensive guidelines and establish permitted levels of RF energy for the general population. The guidelines are based on standards that were developed by independent scientific organizations through periodic and thorough evaluation of scientific studies. The standards include a substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and health.

The exposure standard for wireless mobile phones employs a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6 W/kg.* Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating positions specified by the FCC with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands.

Although the SAR is determined at the highest certified power level, the actual SAR level of the phone while operating can be well below the maximum value.

This is because the phone is designed to operate at multiple power levels so as to use only the power required to reach the network. In general, the closer you are to a wireless base station antenna, the lower the power output.

Before a phone model is available for sale to the public, it must be tested and certified to the FCC that it does not exceed the limit established by the government-adopted requirement for safe exposure. The tests are performed in positions and locations (e.g., at the ear and worn on the body) as required by the FCC for each model. The body-worn SAR values were obtained by using Kyocera Wireless Corp. [KWC] supplied and approved universal pouch CV90-61344-02.

Body-worn measurements differ among phone models, depending upon availability of accessories and FCC requirements. While there may be differences between the SAR levels of various phones and at various positions, they all meet the government requirement for safe exposure. The FCC has granted an Equipment Authorization for this model phone with all reported SAR levels evaluated as in compliance with the FCC RF emission guidelines. SAR information on this model phone is on file with the FCC and can be found under the Display Grant section at http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid after searching on the FCC ID: OVFKWC-KX9D.

Additional information on SAR can be found on the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) web-site at http://www.wow-com.com.

* In the United States and Canada, the SAR limit for mobile phones used by the public is 1.6 watts/kg (W/kg) averaged over one gram of tissue. The standard incorporates a substantial margin of safety to give additional protection for the public and to account for any variations in measurements.

Caution

The user is cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the warranty and user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Optimize your phone’s performance

Use the guidelines on <Blue>page 7 to learn how to optimize the performance and life of your phone and battery.

Air bags

If you have an air bag, DO NOT place installed or portable phone equipment or other objects over the air bag or in the air bag deployment area. If equipment is not properly installed, you and your passengers risk serious injury.

Medical devices

Pacemakers—Warning to pacemaker wearers: Wireless phones, when in the ‘on’ position, have been shown to interfere with pacemakers. The phone should be kept at least six (6) inches away from the pacemaker to reduce risk.

The Health Industry Manufacturers Association and the wireless technology research community recommend that you follow these guide lines to minimize the potential for interference.

• Always keep the phone at least six inches (15 centimeters) away from your pacemaker when the phone is turned on.

• Do not carry your phone near your heart.

• Use the ear opposite the pacemaker.

• If you have any reason to suspect that interference is taking place, turn off your phone immediately.

Hearing aids—Some digital wireless phones may interfere with hearing aids. In the event of such interference, you may want to consult Virgin Mobile or call the customer service line to discuss alternatives.

Other medical devices—If you use any other personal medical device, consult the manufacturer of the device to determine if it is adequately shielded from external RF energy. Your physician may be able to help you obtain this information.

In health care facilities—Turn your phone off in health care facilities when instructed. Hospitals and health care facilities may be using equipment that is sensitive to external RF energy.

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Potentially unsafe areas

Posted facilities—Turn your phone off in any facility when posted notices require you to do so.

Aircraft—FCC regulations prohibit using your phone on a plane that is in the air. Turn your phone off before boarding aircraft.

Vehicles—RF signals may affect improperly installed or inadequately shielded electronic systems in motor vehicles. Check with the manufacturer of the device to determine if it is adequately shielded from external RF energy. Your auto manufacturer may be able to help you obtain this information.

Blasting areas—Turn off your phone where blasting is in progress. Observe restrictions, and follow any regulations or rules.

Potentially explosive atmospheres—Turn off your phone when you are in any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere. Obey all signs and instructions. Sparks in such areas could cause an explosion or fire, resulting in bodily injury or death.

Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are often, but not always, clearly marked. They include:

• fueling areas such as gas stations

• below deck on boats

• transfer or storage facilities for fuel or chemicals

• vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas, such as propane or butane

• areas where the air contains chemicals or particles such as grain, dust, or metal powders

• any other area where you would normally be advised to turn off your vehicle engine

Use with care

Use only in normal position (to ear). Avoid dropping, hitting, bending, or sitting on the phone.

Keep phone dry

If the phone gets wet, turn the power off immediately and contact your dealer. Water damage may not be covered under warranty.

Resetting the phone

If the screen seems frozen and the keypad does not respond to keypresses, reset the phone by completing the following steps:

1. Remove the battery door.

2. Remove and replace the battery.

If the problem persists, return the phone to the dealer for service.

Accessories

Use only Kyocera-approved accessories with Kyocera phones. Use of any unauthorized accessories may be dangerous and will invalidate the phone warranty if said accessories cause damage or a defect to the phone.

Radio Frequency (RF) energy

Your telephone is a radio transmitter and receiver. When it is on, it receives and sends out RF energy. Virgin Mobile’s network controls the power of the RF signal. This power level can range from 0.006 to

0.6 watts. In August 1996, the U.S. Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) adopted RF exposure guidelines with safety levels for hand-held wireless phones. These guidelines are consistent with the safety standards previously set by both U.S. and international standards bodies in the following reports:

• ANSI C95.1 (American National Standards Institute, 1992)

• NCRP Report 86 (National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, 1986)

• ICNIRP (International Commission on NonIonizing Radiation Protection, 1996)

Your phone complies with the standards set by these reports and the FCC guidelines.

E911 mandates

Where service is available, this handset complies with the Phase I and Phase II E911 Mandates issued by the FCC.

Hearing-Aid Compatibility (HAC) Features of this Phone

This Virgin Mobile phone has been certified as receiving an M4 rating for hearing aid-compatibility performance. While there is no guarantee, digital wireless phones that receive a minimum of an M3 rating should provide acceptable performance with most hearing aids. Hearing loss and hearing aids are highly individualized, however, so optimal performance cannot be guaranteed. Other factors, such as type of hearing aid device or degree of hearing loss, also can affect a phone’s performance for a particular user.

Hearing Aids and Wireless Phones

A hearing aid uses a microphone to collect and convert sound waves to electrical signals. The hearing aid then amplifies and converts the electrical signals back to audible sounds for the hearing aid user to hear. Radiofrequency (RF) emissions generated by digital wireless phones often interfere with the operation of a hearing aid’s microphone, distorting the amplified audible sound. In addition, hearing aid microphones tend to collect ambient noise and amplify these sounds, interfering with the desired audio transmission.

ANSI Standard

To diminish interference between wireless phones and hearing aids, the FCC requires wireless carriers to offer phones that meet the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) C63.19 standard for reduced RF emissions. Wireless phones that comply with the FCC’s hearing aid-compatibility (HAC) regulations must receive a minimum rating of “M3” for RF emissions under the ANSI C63.19 standard. The “M” rating refers to the phone’s RF emissions level for use with hearing aids operating in the microphone setting. The higher the phone’s “M” rating, the more likely the phone is compatible with a hearing aid operating in the microphone setting. Hearing aids also have ratings similar to wireless phones. Most newer hearing aid models receive at least an M2 rating.

To determine the level of compatibility between your hearing aid and this Virgin Mobile HAC-certified phone, combine the M rating of your hearing aid and the M4 rating of this phone. For example, if you pair an M3 hearing aid with this M4 phone, you will achieve a combined rating of seven.

• Any combined rating equal to or greater than 6 provides excellent performance.

• Any combined rating equal to 5 offers good performance.

• Any combined rating equal to 4 offers acceptable performance.

Please visit our website www.virginmobileusa.com if you have any additional questions about hearing aid-compatibility.

Battery and charger specifications

Charger Input Output

CV90-R2233-01 100-240V AC / 50/60 Hz 5 V 350mA

CV90-G2926-01 100-240V AC / 50/60Hz 4.5 V 1.2A

Standard Battery

CV90-M6310-01, 3.7V / 850mAh

Extended Battery

CV90-M3415-11, 3.7V / 1500mAh

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Finding your phone’s serial number . . . . . . . . . . 1

Installing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Activating your Virgin Mobile account. . . . . . . . . 2

Programming your phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Getting to know your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Understanding screen icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Using menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Navigating through menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Performing basic functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Caring for the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 My Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Checking your account balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Top-Up your account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3 Making and Answering Calls . . . . . . . . . 10

Making a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Answering a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Silencing an incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Redialing a number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Calling a saved number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Using the speakerphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Setting the phone to hold calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Dealing with missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Viewing recent call details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Speed dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1-Touch dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Setting up voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Calling emergency services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Tracking calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Timing your calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4 Entering Letters, Numbers,

and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Understanding text entry screens . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Text entry modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Capitalization settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Quick reference to text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5 Storing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Creating a new contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Adding a code or extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Customizing your contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Editing a contact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Erasing a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Customizing a phone number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Finding contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Using caller groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

6 Sending and Receiving

Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Sending text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Retrieving text messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Erasing messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Customizing message settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

7 VirginXL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Accessing VirginXL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Navigating VirginXL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

8 My stuff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

My ringtones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

My games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

My graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

My sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

9 Customizing Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Silencing all sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Choosing ringtones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Setting sounds for your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Adjusting volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Setting message alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Personalizing the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Creating a secure environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Setting position location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Setting privacy alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

10 Using Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Voice memo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Scheduler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Alarm clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Tip calculator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Stopwatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

11 Using Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Setting up voice dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Making a call using voice tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Making a call using digit dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Using voice features with

hands-free headsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Training voice recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

12 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Customer support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

13 Consumer Limited Warranty. . . . . . . . . . 51

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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1GETTING STARTED

Finding your phone’s serial number

To activate your Virgin Mobile account, you need your phone’s serial number. To locate the number:

1. Make sure your phone is turned off.

2. Hold the phone face

down.

3. Toward the bottom of the

phone there is a recess to aid you in opening the battery door. Use your fingernail to pull the battery door away.

4. If necessary, remove the battery by pulling

back on the top edge of the battery.

5. Your phone’s serial number (the ESN) is

located just below the first barcode inside the phone, next to the letter “D.” It is an 11-digit number.

6. Write down the ESN.

7. Replace the battery (see “Installing the

battery” on this page).

Installing the battery

Your Kyocera OYSTR phone comes with a removable lithium ion (LiIon) battery.

charge the battery before using the phone.

To install the battery:

1. Hold the phone face

down.

2. Toward the bottom of the

phone there is a recess to aid you in opening the battery door. Use your fingernail to pull the battery door away.

3. Place the battery in the

phone casing with the metal contacts toward the bottom of the phone.

4. Place the battery door

tabs in the openings near the top of the phone.

5. Press the battery door

until it clicks into place.

Note: Before you remove the battery, make sure

the phone is powered off.

Fully

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Charging the battery

You must have at least a partial charge in the battery to make or receive calls.

To charge the battery:

1. Connect the AC adapter to

the jack on the bottom of the phone.

2. Plug the adapter into a

wall outlet.

The battery icon in the upper-right corner of the screen tells you whether the phone is:

• Charging (the icon is animated)

• Partially charged

• Fully charged

Note: The battery will not charge if you use

the phone, even when it is connected to an AC adapter.

Activating your Virgin Mobile account

Before you can start talking, messaging, or downloading, you need to activate service with Virgin Mobile. You need your phone’s ESN to activate your Virgin Mobile account (see “Finding your phone’s serial number” on page 1).

Activate your account online by going to

www.virginmobileusa.com and clicking on Activate. Or call Virgin Mobile At Your Service at

1-888-322-1122.

Programming your phone

Once your account is activated, you will receive

MDN and MSID/Network ID numbers. These are

used to program your phone. When you are ready, follow these steps to program your phone:

1. Turn on your phone.

2. Using the keypad, dial ##VIRGIN (##847446).

Press the left option button to select

Service.

3. Highlight Edit and press .

4. The prompt “Edit MDN - enter ten digits…” is

displayed. If any numbers appear on this screen, press to clear the screen.

5. Enter the 10-digit MDN number.

6. Press the left option button to select OK.

7. The prompt “Edit MSID - enter ten digits…”

is displayed. If any numbers appear on this screen, press to clear the screen.

8. Enter the 10-digit MSID/Network ID number.

Drop any zeros at the beginning and enter only the last 10-digits.

9. Press the left option button to select Done.

10. A message saying your programming is

complete is displayed. The phone turns off and then on by itself.

That’s it—you are done! Nice work. It might take a couple of hours to get you set up on our network, but we will send a text message to your phone to let you know you can start talking. Also, it may take up to 4 hours for VirginXL, voicemail, and Top-Up features to come online.

2 Getting Started

Getting to know your phone

Main screen.

Left option button accesses menus and functions.

Send/Talk key starts or answers calls. Press once to activate voice

dialing, twice to display the Recent Calls list, and three times to redial the last dialed number.

Speakerphone key activates the speakerphone and answers

incoming calls.

Keypad for entering numbers, letters, or symbols.

* Shift key changes the text mode in text entry.

0 Next key cycles through word choices during text entry.

Jack for AC adapter (included) .

Navigation key scrolls through lists and text entry field and accesses

shortcuts from the main screen.

OK key selects a menu item or option.

Right option button accesses the Contacts directory and other

menu options.

End/Power key turns the phone on and off, ends a call, and returns

you to the main screen from other menus.

Back key erases characters in text entry and returns to the

previous screen.

# Space key enters a space during text entry. Activates Vibrate mode.

Warning: Inserting an accessory into the incorrect jack will damage the phone.

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Antenna (does not extend)

Jack for hands-free headset and data cable (sold separately) .

Volume key to raise or lower speaker volume.

Warning: Inserting an accessory into the incorrect jack will damage the phone.

4 Getting Started

Understanding screen icons

These icons may appear on your phone’s home screen.

The phone is operating in IS95 digital mode.

The phone is receiving a signal. You can make and receive calls. Fewer bars indicate a weaker signal.

A call is in progress.

The phone is not receiving a signal. You cannot make or receive calls.

You have a voice message.

The phone is at the main screen. To access

Menu, press the left option

button . The phone is at the main screen. To

access

Contacts, press the right option

button . The phone is set to vibrate or to vibrate

and then ring. Position location is set to Virgin

Mobile and to emergency services. Position location is set to emergency

services only.

Speakerphone is on.

Auto-Answer is on.

DRM protected.

The data link is active.

Data is being sent.

Data is being received.

The data link is on, but no data is being transmitted.

You have a text message.

You have a voice and text message.

The battery is fully charged. The more black bars, the greater the charge.

The alarm clock is set.

The phone is in privacy mode or is accessing a secure Web site.

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Using menus

The contents of the main menu are as follows:

My Account Messaging

Send text msg Voicemail Inbox Virgin Alerts Outbox Saved Drafts Erase msgs Msg settings

VirginXL

My stuff

My ringtones My games My graphics My sounds

Contacts

View all Add new Find name Groups Speed dial list Voice dial list Information

Recent calls

All calls Incoming calls Outgoing calls Missed calls Erase call lists Recent calls timer All calls timer

Tools

Voice memo Scheduler Alarm clock Tip calculator Calculator Time r Stopwatch

Settings

Sounds Display Convenience Call options Messaging Security Network Accessories Phone info

Navigating through menus

• Press left option button to select Menu.

• Press left, right, up, or down to view menus and options.

• Press to select a menu item.

• Press to back up a menu level.

• Press to return to the main screen.

In this guide, an arrow → tells you to select an option from a menu. For example,

Settings means select Menu then select the Settings option.

6 Getting Started

Menu →

Note: To change the way the menus appear, see

“Choosing a menu style” on page 38.

Performing basic functions

Turn the phone on and off: Press and hold

until the phone beeps or plays a tone.

Make a call: Enter the number and press . End a call: Press . Answer a call: Open the flip and press . Access voicemail: Press and hold and

follow the system prompts.

Verify your phone number: Select Menu → Settings → Phone info → Build info.

Silence the ringtone on an incoming call:

• Press then to answer.

-or-

• Press the side volume key down then to answer.

-or-

• Press .

-or-

• Press the left option button to

select

Silence. Access your Balance: Press up. Access Recent Calls: Press down. Access VirginXL: Press left. Access Text Messaging: Press right.

Caring for the battery

General safety guidelines

• Do not take apart, puncture, or short-circuit

the battery.

• If you have not used the battery for more than

a month, recharge it before using your phone.

• Avoid exposing the battery to extreme

temperatures, direct sunlight, or high humidity.

• Never dispose of any battery in or near a fire.

It could explode.

Common causes of battery drain

• Playing games.

• Keeping backlighting on.

• Operating in digital mode when far away from a base station or cell site.

• Using data cables or accessories.

• Operating when no service is available, or service is available intermittently.

• High earpiece and ringtone volume settings.

• Repeating sound, vibration, or lighted alerts.

Recharging the battery

You can safely recharge the battery at any time, even if it has a partial charge.

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2MY ACCOUNT

You can manage your Virgin Mobile account directly from your phone. The basic tasks are summarized in this chapter. For more information about your account, go to

www.virginmobileusa.com.

Checking your account balance

You can check your Virgin Mobile account status in one of two ways:

• From the main screen, press up.

-orSelect

Menu → My Account.

– Your account information

appears with Top-Up information relative to your selected plan.

– When your account is low

or empty, you will receive a notification to Top-Up.

Top-Up your account

Top-Up is how you add money to your Virgin Mobile account. You can Top-Up your Virgin Mobile account right from your phone. First, buy a Top-Up card at the thousands of retailers that carry them; or register your debit card, credit card, or Paypal account at

www.virginmobileusa.com.

When your balance is low, you can Top-Up your account from your phone:

Top-Up with a Top-Up Card

1. Select Menu → My Account.

2. Use the navigation key to scroll down to

the

Top -Up link and press .

3. Scroll down and select Credit Card or PayPal.

4. Enter your vKey and press .

5. Scroll down to select Login

and press .

6. Enter the amount you want to Top-Up and

press . You can Top-Up in amounts of $20, $30, $50, or $90.

7. Scroll down to select Top-Up Now and

press .

8. Your phone will validate the amount you want

to Top-Up. Scroll down to select press .

9. That’s it. Your phone will announce that

You’re Topped Up. Press .

10. Press to exit.

Note: You can also Top-Up over the Web at www.virginmobileusa.com.

Yes and

For more information

For more information about your Virgin Mobile account or Virgin Mobile service, visit

www.virginmobileusa.com.

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3MAKING AND ANSWERING CALLS

Making a call

Make sure you are in an area where a signal can be received. Look for the symbol on the main screen. The more bars you see in this symbol, the stronger the signal. If there are no bars, move to where the signal strength is better.

Normal dialing

1. Open the flip.

2. Enter the phone number and press .

3. To end the call, press or close the flip.

Voice dialing

Voice dialing requires that a contact be saved with a voice tag. See “Creating a voice tag for a contact” on page 46.

1. Open the flip.

2. Press to initiate voice dialing.

3. Say the name of the contact when prompted.

The phone places the call.

4. Press or close the flip to end the call.

Answering a call

When a call comes in, the phone rings or vibrates, and an icon appears on the main screen. The phone number of the caller also appears if it is not restricted. If the number is stored in your Contacts directory, the contact name appears.

• Press to answer the incoming call.

-or-

• Press to answer the incoming call and turn on the speakerphone.

Answering calls using the flip

You can set the phone to answer immediately when you open the flip.

Menu → Settings → Convenience →

• Select

Open to answer → Enabled.

– Select

Disabled to have the phone

continue ringing when you open the flip.

Answering calls using “Any key”

You can set the phone to answer calls when you press any key on the keypad except

, , or .

Menu → Settings → Convenience →

• Select

Any key → Any key answer.

Note: You cannot use Any key answer and Any key mute at the same time (see “Silencing a call

using “Any Key”” on page 11).

Adjusting the volume during a call

• To adjust the earpiece volume during a call, press up or down.

10 Making and Answering Calls

Silencing an incoming call

• Press , , down, or the left option button (

Note: In the absence of voicemail, this feature

drops the call. You can then press to answer the call.

Note: This action silences the current call only.

The next call will ring as normal.

Silencing a call using “Any Key”

You can set the phone to mute the ringtone on incoming calls by pressing any key except

or .

Menu → Settings → Convenience →

• Select

Any key → Any key mute.

Note: You cannot use Any key mute and Any key answer at the same time (see “Answering calls

using “Any key”” on page 10).

Silence).

Redialing a number

• To redial a recent call, press twice to open your Recent calls list. Highlight a phone number or name and press .

Tip: To redial the last number called,

received, or missed, press three times.

Calling a saved number

If you have already saved a phone number, you can use the Contacts list to find it quickly.

1. From the main screen, press the right option

button to select

Contacts.

2. Scroll down the list to find the contact you

want to call.

3. Highlight the name and press to dial

the number.

Using the speakerphone

Your phone has a built-in speakerphone.

• To turn on the speakerphone, open the flip and press . If you press during an incoming call alert, you answer the call.

The icon at the top of the phone screen indicates that the speakerphone is on.

• To turn off the speakerphone, press

again.

Setting the phone to hold calls

The Hold Call feature allows you to place incoming calls on hold until you are ready to answer them.

Note: This feature will not work if “Open to

Answer” is enabled. See “Answering calls using the flip” on page 10.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Convenience → Hold call → Enabled.

– If you have not recorded a hold message,

you will be prompted to record one, such as “Please hold. I’ll answer in a minute.”

2. Record the message twice, as prompted.

3. Select Save or Options

(Play, Re-Record, or Exit).

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Note: The next time a call comes in, you will have

the option of placing it on hold.

Placing a call on hold

You can place a call on hold once you have enabled this feature.

Note: If you are already on a call and you receive

another call, you cannot place the incoming call on hold. It will go to voicemail.

1. When a call comes in, press the right option

button to select

Options → Hold call. The

caller will be placed on hold and will hear your recorded hold message.

Note: You can also press the left option

button to select

2. To speak to the caller, select Answer.

Ignore.

-orTo hang up without speaking to the caller,

End Call.

select

Changing the hold message

1. Select Menu → Settings → Convenience → Hold call → Re-Record msg and follow

the prompts.

2. Record the message twice.

3. Select Save or Options

(Play, Re-Record, or Exit).

Dealing with missed calls

When you have missed a call, “Missed Call” appears on your screen unless the caller leaves a voicemail.

• To clear the screen, press the left option button to select

OK.

• To view details of the call, press the right option button to select

Calls then

press .

• To return the call, press the right option button to select

Calls then press .

Setting missed call alerts

You can set an alert to beep every five minutes after you have missed a call.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Alerts → Missed call alert.

2. Press to select an option:

–

Vibrate, Beep, Freeway, Game, Bloop, Winner, Zilofon sets the phone to alert you

once when a new message is received.

Vibrate & remind, Beep & remind, Fwy &

–

remind, Game & remind, Bloop & remind, Winner & remind, Zilofon & remind sets the

phone to notify you once when a new message is received and then notify you again every five minutes. reminder alert, press to select

–

Disabled turns off message alerts.

To stop a

Ignore.

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Viewing recent call details

Details on the last 60 calls you made, received, or missed are stored in the Recent calls list and are identified by the following icons:

Outgoing call Incoming call

Missed call (flashing)

Viewing recent calls

1. Press down, or select Menu → Recent calls.

2. Select a list—All calls, Incoming calls, Outgoing calls, or Missed calls—and

press .

3. Select a recent call item and press to

display its details.

4. Press the left option button to Save the

phone number to the Contacts list.

-orIf the number is already saved in the Contacts list, press the left option button to

View the contact.

-orPress the right option button to

Options:

select –

Send text msg sends a text message to

the contact.

Erase record erases the selected

–

call record.

Note: If the phone number has been classified as

“secret,” you must enter your four-digit lock code to view or edit it. For information on the lock code, see “Changing your lock code” on page 40. To classify a phone number as secret, see “Creating a new contact” on page 19.

Calling recent calls

1. Press down or select Menu → Recent calls.

2. Select a list—All calls, Incoming calls, Outgoing calls, or Missed calls—and

press .

3. Highlight the number you want to call and

press .

Erasing recent calls

1. Press down or select Menu → Recent calls.

2. Select Erase call lists and press .

3. Select an option: All calls, Incoming calls, Outgoing calls, or Missed calls.

4. Press the left option button to select Yes .

Speed dialing

Before you can use speed dialing, you must save a phone number as a contact and assign a speed dial location to it.

• To add a speed dial location to a saved or new contact, see “Customizing a phone number” on page 21.

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Using speed dialing

To call a contact that has a speed dial location:

• From the main screen, enter the one- or twodigit speed dialing location and press .

1-Touch dialing

1-Touch dialing is the fastest way to speed dial a contact that has a speed dial location.

Note: You must (1) enable 1-Touch dialing on your

phone and (2) have a speed dial location assigned to a contact. See “Speed dialing” on page 13.

Enabling 1-Touch dialing

• Select Menu → Settings → Convenience →

1-Touch dialing → Enabled.

Using 1-Touch dialing

To call a contact that has a speed dial location:

• From the main screen, press and hold the speed dialing number. If it is a two-digit number, press the first digit briefly, then press and hold the second digit. For example, if the speed dialing location is 15, press briefly, then press and hold .

Setting up voicemail

Before your phone can receive voicemail messages, you must set up a 4–10 digit passcode 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 use or turned off.

1. From the main screen, press and hold to

dial into your voicemail.

2. Follow the system prompts to record a

greeting and complete the system setup.

Note: If you are having trouble accessing your

voicemail, contact Virgin Mobile.

Checking voicemail messages

When a voice message is received, your screen displays “New Messages” along with the symbol at the top of your screen. The symbol flashes if the message is urgent.

If you see “New Messages”

1. Press the left option button to select Call, which initiates a call to your

voicemail number.

2. Follow the prompts to retrieve the message.

To clear the screen without checking messages:

• Press the right option button to

Ignore.

select

If you see only the symbol

1. Press and hold to initiate a call to your

voicemail number.

2. Follow the prompts to retrieve the message.

Tip: You can set the phone to beep or vibrate

every five minutes to remind you that you have voicemail. See “Setting message alerts” on page 37.

14 Making and Answering Calls

Calling emergency services

Note: Regardless of your 3-digit emergency code

(911, 111, 999, 000, etc.), your phone operates as described below.

• Dial your 3-digit emergency code and press .

You can call the code even if your phone is locked or your account is restricted. When you call, your phone enters emergency service exclusive access to your phone to call you back, if necessary. To make or receive regular calls after dialing the code, you must exit this mode.

To exit Emergency mode

When you have completed the emergency call:

1. Press the left option button to select Exit.

2. Press the left option button again to

Note: To determine who has access to your

location, see “Setting position location” on page 41.

Emergency mode. This enables the

confirm your choice.

Tracking calls

You can track the number and duration of calls made and received on your phone.

1. Select Menu → Recent calls.

2. Select a timer:

–

Recent calls timer tracks all calls you have

made and received since you last reset this timer. To reset this timer to zero, press the right option button to select

All calls timer tracks all calls you have

–

Reset.

made and received. This timer cannot be reset.

Timing your calls

You can set your phone to beep 10 seconds before each minute passes when you are on a call.

Menu → Settings → Sounds →

• Select

Minute alert → Enabled.

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4ENTERING LETTERS, NUMBERS, AND SYMBOLS

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 by icons.

characters remaining

text entry fields

capitalization setting

text entry mode

Text entry modes

There are five text entry modes:

Numbers only Normal alpha Rapid Entry Add Symbol Add Smiley

Note: The mode you start in depends on the task

you are doing. For example, when entering a phone number, you’re in number mode. When entering a name for a contact, you’re in normal text mode. See “Changing modes” on page 17.

Entering numbers

• To enter a number while in mode, press a number key once.

• To enter a number while in or mode, press and hold a number key until the number appears on the screen.

Entering words letter by letter

1. Press a key once for the first letter, twice for

the second letter, and so on.

2. Wait for the cursor to move right and enter the

next letter.

Note: To enter a space, press .

Entering words quickly

When you press a series of keys using mode,

checks its dictionary of common words and

guesses at the word you are trying to spell.

1. For each letter of the word you want, press the

key once. For example, to enter the word “any” press → → .

2. If the word doesn’t match what you want,

press to look at other word matches.

3. When you see the word you want, press

left.

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Entering symbols

While entering text in mode, you can enter symbols by pressing until you see the symbol you want. Using this method, you have access to the following symbols:

.@?!-,&:‘1

To access the full set of symbols:

1. From the text entry screen, select Options.

2. Select Add Symbol.

3. Press down to view the list of symbols.

4. Press the number key corresponding to the

symbol you want.

Entering smileys

1. From the text entry screen, select Options.

2. Select Add Smiley.

3. Press down to view the list of smileys.

4. Press the number key corresponding to the

smiley you want.

Switching default text entry modes

You can change the default text entry mode when creating a text message. This setting applies only to the message body screen, not the “To” screen.

1. Select Menu → Messaging → Msg settings → Text entry.

2. Select Normal alpha or Rapid mode.

Changing modes

Sometimes you need to change modes. For example, to enter numbers in an email address while in mode, you must change to

mode, enter the numbers, and then change

back to mode to complete the address.

To change text entry modes:

• Press and hold until the icon for the mode you want appears.

-or-

• Select

Options then select a different mode.

Capitalization settings

You can change capitalization at any time while entering text. Simply press to choose upper case, lower case or sentence case while in

Normal alpha mode or Rapid mode. Or you can select press .

Options → Case Change and

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Quick reference to text entry

This table gives general instructions for entering letters, numbers, and symbols.

To... Do this...

Enter a letter

Enter a number

Enter a symbol

Enter a smiley

Enter a space

Erase a character

Erase all characters

Move the cursor right or left

Move the cursor up or down

Change text entry modes

Enter capital letters

Enter lower case letters

Enter a word with initial capital

Select soft options on the screen

Use mode and press a key until you see the letter you want. For more information, see page 16.

Use mode and press a key once to enter its number. For more options, see page 16.

In mode, press until you find the symbol you want. See page 17.

Use mode and press a key once to enter its number. For more options, see page 17.

Press .

Press and hold .

Press right or left.

Press up or down.

Press and hold .

In or mode, press until is displayed.

Press the right or left option button.

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5STORING CONTACTS

Use your phone’s Contacts directory to store information about a person or company. Each contact entry can have up to six phone numbers, two email addresses, two Web addresses, two street addresses, and a space for notes.

Creating a new contact

1. From the main screen, enter the phone

number you want to save, including the area code.

2. Press the left option button to select Save.

3. Press to select Save new contact.

4. Enter a name for the contact.

– If you need to learn how to enter letters,

see “Understanding text entry screens” on page 16.

– To add a symbol or smiley to the contact

name, or to change the text entry mode, press the right option button to select

Options.

5. Either save now or add more contact

information. – To save now, press the left option button

to select

Save.

– To enter additional phone numbers, e-

mail address, or web site URLs, press

down repeatedly. For help on switching between letters and numbers when entering e-mail addresses or URLs, see “Changing modes” on page 17.

Adding a code or extension

When you save the phone number of an automated service, you may include a pause to stop dialing, for example, where you would wait to dial an extension.

1. From the main screen, enter the first portion

of the phone number.

2. Press the right option button to

select

Options.

3. Select a type of pause:

Time pause

– – Hard pause

4. Enter the remaining numbers.

5. Press the left option button to select Save.

Customizing your contacts

You can customize each contact in your Contacts directory by assigning ringtones, pictures, and number types.

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Assigning ringtones

1. Press the right option button to

select

Contacts.

2. Highlight a contact and press .

3. Highlight the contact name and press the right

option button to select

4. Select Ringer → Assign ringer.

5. Scroll down the list to hear the different

Options.

ringtones and press to select one.

Assigning pictures

1. Press the right option button to

select

Contacts.

2. Highlight a contact and press .

3. Highlight the contact name and press the right

option button to select

4. Select Picture → Assign picture.

5. Select Get more graphics, VirginXL graphics, Wallpapers, or Caller IDs.

6. Scroll through the list to view your options

Options.

and press the left option button to assign it to your contact.

Assigning number types

When you assign a number type, an icon is placed in front of a contact number to specify the type of number, such as work, home, or mobile.

1. Press the right option button to

select

Contacts.

2. Highlight a contact and press .

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3. Highlight the contact number and press the

left option button to select

4. Press down and then press .

5. Highlight an option to designate the number

General, Work, Home, Mobile, Pager, or

Fax and press . You can also add email

Edit.

addresses, street addresses, Web page URLs, and a note. The associated icon will appear next to the number in your Contacts directory and Recent calls list.

general

work email address

home street address

mobile Web page URL

pager note

fax

6. Press the left option button to select Save.

Editing a contact

1. Press the right option button to

select

Contacts.

2. Highlight a contact and press .

3. Highlight the contact name or number and

press the left option button to select

4. Enter your changes and press the left option

button to select

Save.

Edit.

Erasing a contact

1. Press the right option button to select Contacts.

2. Highlight the contact to erase and press .

3. Select Options.

4. Highlight Erase contact and press .

5. Press the left option button to confirm.

Note: For more information, see “Erasing all

contacts” on page 41.

Customizing a phone number

1. Press the right option button to select Contacts.

2. Highlight the contact to edit and press .

3. Press down to highlight the number.

4. Press the right option button to select Options.

5. Highlight an option and press :

Call to call the contact.

–

Send text msg brings you to the text

–

messaging screen.

–

Add speed dial assigns or removes the

speed dial location.

– View number to see the selected

phone number.

–

Erase number erases the number from

the contact.

–

Secret makes the number secret so that it

will not appear on the screen until the lock code is entered. Secret numbers can be called without a lock code.

–

Primary number makes this number the

first one that shows up when you open the contact.

–

Add to group... allows you to add the

contact to a caller group that you have defined. For more information on caller groups, see “Using caller groups” on page 22.

–

Add voice dial records a voice tag so you

can call a contact using voice recognition (VR). For more information, see page 47.

–

Erase voice dial erases the voice tag

associated with the number.

– Edit voice dial records a new voice tag.

6. Enter the new information and follow

the prompts.

7. Select Save, if necessary.

Finding contact information

To find a phone number or contact, you can (1) check the Frequent list, (2) search the Contacts directory, or (3) use Fast Find.

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Checking the Frequent list

From the main screen, select Contacts. The last 15 of your most frequently called contacts appear when the Frequent list is enabled. Scroll past the double line to view the All Contacts list.

To enable the Frequent List setting

• Select

Menu → Settings → Convenience →

Frequent list → Enabled.

Searching the Contacts directory

• Select Contacts for a list of all contacts. To quickly get down the list, enter the first letter of the contact. The menu skips to that letter of the alphabet.

-or-

1. Select Menu → Contacts.

2. Select a search method:

View all lists all saved contacts.

–

Find name locates a specific name. Enter

–

part of the contact name then select

Groups, Speed dial list, or Voice dial list

–

selects a contact from the specified list.

3. Highlight a contact and press .

– To call the contact, highlight the number

and press .

Find.

Setting Fast Find

With Fast find, you press one or two keys to view close matches of the name you are looking for.

• Select

Menu → Settings → Convenience →

Fast find → Enabled.

Using Fast find

1. From the main screen, press the keys

corresponding to the letters of the name you want to find. A matching contact or speed dial entry appears.

2. Press down to scroll through matching

entries.

3. Highlight the name you want, then press

to call the number.

Using caller groups

Caller groups are a way to organize your contacts into groups that can then share a common ring tone or graphic.

Note: Your phone comes with two groups already

defined,

Business and Personal.

Creating a caller group

1. Select Menu → Contacts → Groups.

2. Press the left option button to select New.

3. Enter a name for the group.

– If you need to learn how to enter letters,

see “Understanding text entry screens” on page 16.

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– To add a symbol or smiley to the contact

name, or to change the text entry mode, press the right option button to select

Options.

4. Press the left option button to select Next.

5. Press down to scroll through your saved

contacts. Press the left option button to

Add a contact to the group. A check mark

appears next to the name.

Note: To remove a checked contact from the

group, press the left option button again to select

Remove.

Note: If a contact you are trying to add

already belongs to another group, an alert dialog appears. To continue adding the contact to the new group, select select

No.

6. Press the right option button to select Done and save the group.

Yes . To abort,

Editing a caller group

1. Select Menu → Contacts → Groups.

2. Press down to scroll through the list of

groups. When you come to the group you wish to edit, press the right option button to select

Options → Edit.

3. Follow Steps 3 through 6 under “Creating a

caller group” on page 22 to edit the group.

Assigning a ring tone to a caller group

1. Select Menu → Contacts → Groups.

2. Press down to scroll through the list of

groups. When you come to the group you wish to assign a ring tone to, press .

3. Select Options → Ringtone → Assign ringtone.

4. Press up and down to scroll through the

list of available ring tones. When you come to the desired ring tone, press .

Note: You can assign ringtones to the Business

Personal caller group by selecting Menu → Settings → Sounds → Business ringtones or Personal ringtones.

Assigning a picture to a caller group

1. Select Menu → Contacts → Groups.

2. Press down to scroll through the list of

groups. When you come to the group you wish to assign a picture to, press .

3. Select Options → Picture → Assign picture.

4. Select Get more graphics, VirginXL graphics,

Wallpapers, or Caller IDs.

5. Press up, down, left, and right to scroll

through the list of available pictures. When you come to the desired picture, press the left option button to assign the picture to the group.

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6SENDING AND RECEIVING TEXT MESSAGES

This chapter describes how to send, receive, and erase text messages from your phone. For information on voicemail messages, see “Setting up voicemail” on page 14.

Important: The features and menus described in

this chapter may vary depending on services available in your area. Check with Virgin Mobile for details and possible usage charges.

Sending text messages

You can only send text messages to phones that are capable of receiving them, or to email addresses.

Creating a text message

1. Select Menu → Messaging → Send text msg

or press right.

2. Enter a recipient’s phone number or email

address: – Select

Options to access your Recent list,

Contacts, or Groups and press . Select

a contact and press again. Highlight the number or e-mail field and press . For more about group lists, see “Creating groups lists” on page 29.

-or-

– Enter a

New Address manually. (To learn

how to enter text, see “Understanding text entry screens” on page 16.)

3. To add multiple recipients:

– Press the right option button to select

Options then select Recent list, Contacts,

or Groups.

-or-

– Enter a space or comma after the first

number then enter another recipient.

Note: You can send a message to up to 10

contacts at once. The messages will be sent one at a time, once to each addressee.

4. When you are done entering addresses,

press .

5. Enter the message. To learn how to enter text,

see “Understanding text entry screens” on page 16.

-orAdd AutoText, symbols, or smileys in your message. See “Including prewritten text and symbols” on page 25 for information.

6. Press the left option button to select Send. See “Setting sending options” on

page 25 for information about how you want the message to be received.

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Including prewritten text and symbols

During text entry, you can insert AutoText, symbols, or smileys in your message.

1. From the text entry screen, select Options.

2. Select an option and press : Insert AutoText: Scroll through the list of

–

options and press to select one.

– Add Symbol: Scroll through the list and

press the corresponding number key to select it.

–

Add Smiley: Scroll through the list and

press the corresponding number key to select it.

3. When you have finished your message, select

Send. See “Setting sending options” on this

page for information about how you want the message to be received.

Setting sending options

When you are ready to send a message, you have several options for how and when you want the message to be received.

1. Once you have completed the message,

select

Options:

Add address returns to the “Send To”

–

screen to add another recipient without losing the message. Select access your

Groups and press .

Recent list, Contacts, or

Options to

Select a contact and press . Highlight the number field and press .

Save message saves the message in

–

your

Drafts folder. This prevents the

message from being deleted if you have activated AutoErase and enables you to send the message to other recipients.

–

Save as autotext saves the message you

have just entered as a prewritten message, then returns to the message entry screen so you can send the message.

–

Settings allows you to choose from the

following after pressing :

•

Callback number includes a callback

number with the message to let recipients know at what number they can call you back. Select

OK to include your own

number or enter a different callback number then select

2. When you have finished setting options, press

OK.

to return to the message window.

3. Press the left option button to

select

Send.

Adding a signature

The signature you create is included at the end of all outgoing messages and is counted as characters in your messages; however, it does not appear in the message creation screen.

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To create a signature:

1. Select Menu → Settings → Messaging → Signature.

2. Enter your signature in the text field.

3. Select OK to save the setting.

Note: The characters in the signature are

included in the total character count of the message.

If you cannot send messages

You may not be able to send or receive messages if your phone’s memory is nearly full, or if digital service is not available at the time. To free up memory, erase old messages. See “Erasing messages” on page 28.

Receiving incoming calls while creating messages

• If you don’t wish to answer the call, press the right option button to select phone returns to the message screen.

• To answer the call, press . Your message is saved to the Drafts folder. To return to the message, select

Drafts, select your message, then select Edit.

Menu → Messaging →

Ignore. The

Viewing your sent messages

To save your outgoing messages, you must first enable

Save to outbox.

1. Select Menu → Messaging → Msg settings → Save to outbox.

2. Select an option and press .

Enabled automatically saves all

–

successfully sent messages in the Outbox.

–

Prompt allows you to choose whether or

not to save your message when you send it.

To view successfully sent messages:

1. Select Menu → Messaging → Outbox.

2. Press up or down through the list of

messages. One of the following symbols appears next to each message:

The scheduled message has been sent and will be delivered as scheduled. You cannot cancel delivery of the message.

The message has been sent to more than one recipient.

The message has never been sent or has not been sent since it was last modified. You can cancel delivery of the message.

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Viewing failed or pending messages

Failed or pending messages are stored in your Outbox.

To view your Outbox:

1. Select Menu → Messaging → Outbox. A list

of all failed or pending messages appears.

2. Scroll through the list of messages and press

to read one.

The message is pending and will be sent when possible. You can cancel delivery of the message.

The message cannot be sent because service is not available. An alert appears on your phone if the message cannot be sent.

Retrieving text messages

When a text message is received, your screen displays “New Messages” with the symbol at the top of your screen. The symbol flashes if the message is urgent.

If you see the “New Messages” note

• To view the message button to select message, and press the left option button to select

View.

, press the left option

Inbox, highlight the

•To

Ignore the message, press the right

option button .

Note: If you receive a new message while you are

reading a message, the one you are reading will be replaced by the new one. You can find the older message in the Inbox:

• Select

Menu → Messaging → Inbox.

If you see the symbol

1. Select Menu → Messaging → Inbox. A list of

all your received messages appears. – indicates an “Urgent” message.

2. Scroll through the list of messages and press

or the left option button to read one.

Reading the message

1. If the text message is long, press down

to view the entire message.

2. When you are finished, you can Reply

to the sender or set additional the message:

–

Erase the message. Lock msg to protect the message from

–

being accidentally deleted.

– Forward the message.

Reply with copy to reply to the message

–

with a copy of the original attached.

– Save message to save the message.

Options for

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– Save as Autotext to save the text from the

message as AutoText, which you can insert into other messages. For more about AutoText, see “Creating and editing prewritten messages (AutoText)” on page 29.

–View

Sender information.

– If the message includes a website address,

you can

Launch browser to view the site.

3. Press to return to the Inbox.

Setting message alerts

You can choose how you want be alerted of incoming voicemail, pages, or text messages.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Messaging → Alerts.

2. Select the type of alert: Message alert, Page alert, or Voicemail alert.

3. Press to select an option:

Vibrate, Beep, Freeway, Game, Bloop,

–

Winner, Zilofon sets the phone to alert you

once when a new message is received.

– Vibrate & remind, Beep & remind, Fwy &

remind, Game & remind, Bloop & remind, Winner & remind, Zilofon & remind sets the

phone to notify you once when a new message is received and then notify you again every five minutes. reminder alert, press to select

Disabled turns off message alerts.

–

To stop a

Ignore.

Erasing messages

It is a good idea to erase old messages to free up memory in your phone.

You have the option of erasing text messages and pages as you send or read them, erasing them one at a time from the list in the Outbox or Inbox, or erasing them all at once.

Erasing single messages

1. Select Menu → Messaging.

2. Select the type of text message you want to

erase and press : or

Drafts.

3. Highlight the message to erase and press .

4. Select Options.

5. Select Erase to erase the message. A

notification appears: “Erase this message?”

6. Select Yes to erase the message.

Erasing all messages

1. Select Menu → Messaging → Erase msgs.

2. Select a folder from which to erase all

messages:

folder, or All Messages.

3. A message appears: “Erase all messages?”

Select

Inbox, Outbox, Saved folder, Drafts

Yes to erase messages or No to cancel.

Inbox, Outbox, Saved,

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Erasing messages automatically

Use this setting to have old messages automatically erased from the

Inbox, Outbox, or

both when memory is low.

• Select

Menu → Messaging →

Msg settings → Auto-Erase.

Inbox msgs, Sent msgs, or Both. Older

• Select messages will be erased as new messages are received and/or sent.

Customizing message settings

To make messaging easier, you can customize settings for sending and receiving messages.

Creating groups lists

You can create and save a list of multiple recipients. Your phone stores five group lists with up to 10 recipients per list.

1. Select Menu → Messaging → Msg settings → Groups → Create new.

2. Enter a name for the list. For help entering

text, see “Entering Letters, Numbers, and Symbols” on page 16.

3. Select Next.

4. To enter the first phone number or email

address, select an option: –

Recent list to select numbers from your

Recent list.

–

Enter from scratch to enter the phone

number or email address manually.

Contacts list to select numbers from your

–

phone book.

5. Locate the contact number or email address

and press , or (if you selected

scratch) enter one using the keypad.

6. To add more numbers, do one of

Enter from

the following: – Select

Options → Recent list or Contacts.

Locate the contact number or email address and press .

– Enter a number or email address using the

keypad.

7. When finished, select Done.

To send a message to your new group, see “Sending text messages” on page 24.

Creating and editing prewritten messages (AutoText)

Your phone comes with prewritten (AutoText) messages, such as “Please call me,” which you can insert into the body of a text message. You can edit these messages and create new ones. Your phone will store up to 40 AutoText messages, with up to 100 characters per message.

1. Select Menu → Messaging → Msg settings → Auto text.

2. Press the left option button to select Edit.

-orTo create a new pre-written message, press

the right option button to select

New Msg.

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3. Enter or edit the text and press the left option

button to select

Done. For help entering

text, see “Understanding text entry screens” on page 16.

Note: You can also save a message you have

written or received as AutoText. See “Setting sending options” on page 25 or “Reading the message” on page 27.

Customizing the callback number

You can customize the callback number that is included with messages.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Messaging → Callback number.

2. Press to erase the displayed number.

3. Enter a new number and press the left option

button to select

OK.

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7VIRGINXL

Accessing VirginXL

With VirginXL, you can access a variety of exclusive music, entertainment, and information services from your phone. Download the latest ringtones, wallpapers, screen savers, and other content.

New VirginXL features are added all the time. Check Virgin Mobile’s Web site at

www.virginmobileusa.com for availability

and pricing, or check directly from your phone using VirginXL. Charges apply.

To launch VirginXL:

• From the main screen, press left.

-orSelect

Menu → VirginXL.

Note: You cannot receive incoming calls

during a VirginXL session. All incoming calls are automatically sent to your voicemail.

Navigating VirginXL

• Press up or down to scroll through items and to highlight one.

• Press to select a VirginXL menu item or option.

• Press to go back one screen.

Note: A scroll bar on the right side of the screen

indicates that there is more text. Press down to go to the next screen of text. Press up to move back one screen.

To end a VirginXL session

• Press from any VirginXL page.

-orSelect

Menu → Navigate → Exit.

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8MY STUFF

My ringtones

The My ringtones folder stores your preloaded and downloaded ringtones. You can download the latest ringtones to your from the Virgin Mobile website at from your phone using VirginXL. Charges apply.

Downloading ringtones

Note: If you don’t have enough money in

your account, you will need to top-up before downloading.

1. Press left to launch VirginXL and then

2. Follow the prompts to purchase and

Downloaded ringtones are stored in the My ringtones folder in your phone from newest to oldest.

www.virginmobileusa.com or directly

search for ringtones.

-orSelect

Menu → My stuff → My ringtones →

Get more ringtones and then search

for ringtones.

download the selected ringtone.

Assigning downloaded ringtones

1. Select Menu → My stuff → My ringtones.

2. Select a ringtone. Note: Different ringtones will display different

options for the left and right option buttons.

3. For a polyphonic ringtone, press the left

option button to select

4. For a Superphonic ringtone, press the left

option button to option button to select select

Set default and press .

Note: The downloaded ringtone will also be listed

Set default.

Play it, or press the right

Options. Then

in the My ringtones folder and is available to assign to individual contacts. See “Creating a new contact” and “Assigning ringtones” on page 20.

My games

If you receive an incoming call alert while you are playing a game, the game is paused and exited. You can return to play once the call alert ends. Games do not remain paused if the phone is turned off or loses power.

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Brick Attack

The goal of this game is to eliminate bricks arranged in levels. You send a moving ball upward using a paddle at the bottom of the screen.

1. Select Menu → My stuff → My games → Brick Attack.

2. Press to select Yes at the prompt, “Turn

off backlight to conserve battery?”

3. Press to select New.

– To pause the game, press , then press

Resume.

– To move the paddle, press left or

right.

– To exit the game, highlight

Exit and press

Race 21

This game is a timed variation of Black Jack. Each game comprises three 90-second rounds. To score points, add cards in each of the four columns, trying to reach but not exceed 21 in each column within during the course of the game.

1. Select Menu → My stuff → My games → Race 21.

2. Press to select Yes at the prompt, “Turn

off backlight to conserve battery?”

3. Select New Game. The first card to be placed

is shown at the top left of the screen. Press a key to add a card to the row as follows:

Add cards to the first row

Add cards to the second row

Add cards to the third row

Add cards to the fourth row

Shortcut: Press left or right to choose

arrows at the bottom of the screen then press

to add cards to corresponding rows.

Note: Each time you place a card, a new card

appears for placement.

4. Continue placing cards until you are satisfied

with your selections. – You can pause or end the game at any time

by pressing .

– You lose points each time you exceed 21

in a column.

– Select

Skip to skip one card per round.

5. Press to select to get your score

and advance to the next round

6. Select an option and press to select it.

New Game initiates game play. To pause

–

the game, press . From here you can choose

Resume, New or Quit.

– Resume Game returns you to the game

you were last playing.

– Scoreboard provides you with the top

five scores.

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– Music plays music with this game. Select

from

Music Always, Sound Effects,

Instructions, Credits, During Title, or No Music.

7. Press to end all games.

My graphics

The My graphics folder stores your downloaded graphics. Download the latest wallpapers and screensavers to your from the Virgin Mobile website at from your phone using VirginXL. Charges apply.

Note: If you don’t have enough money in

your account, you will need to top-up before downloading.

1. Press left to launch VirginXL and then

2. Follow the prompts to purchase and

The downloaded graphic will be stored in the My graphics folder in your phone.

Note: Downloaded graphics are stored in order

of newest to oldest and can be assigned as either screensavers or wallpaper.

www.virginmobileusa.com or directly

search for graphics.

-orSelect

Menu → My stuff → My graphics →

Get more graphics and then search

for graphics.

download the selected graphic.

Assigning downloaded graphics

1. Select Menu → My stuff → My graphics.

2. Select My graphics, VirginXL graphics, Wallpapers, Screen savers, or Caller IDs and

press .

3. Scroll to the graphic you want to assign

and press the right option button to select

Options.

4. Highlight Set Default or Assign and

press .

My sounds

You can record and save voice memos to My

sounds. To listen to saved sounds or recorded

voice memos:

1. Select Menu → My stuff → My sounds.

2. Select Voice memos and press .

3. Scroll through the lists to listen to the

voice memos.

4. Highlight a sound and press the right option

button to select

5. Highlight Record New, Erase, Lock, Rename, Details, or Erase All and press .

Note: If there are no saved sounds or recorded

voice memos, the folders cannot be accessed and steps 3–5 do not apply. To record a voice memo, see “Voice memo” on page 42.

Options.

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9CUSTOMIZING YOUR PHONE

The contents of the

Sounds

Ringtone volume Ringtones Business ringtones Personal ringtones Flip closed Flip open Pwr on/off sound Key volume Key length Alerts Smart sound Minute alert Earpiece volume Spkrphone volume

Settings menu are as follows:

Display

Greeting banner Menu style Color themes Wallpapers Screensavers Backlight Auto-Hyphen Time/Date format Contrast

Convenience

Open to answer Fast find Frequent list Hold call 1-Touch dialing Any key

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 when you receive calls and alerts.

Note: This feature is unavailable when the phone

is connected to the A/C adapter.

Call options

Add voice dial Erase voice dial Voice training Voice wake-up Voice answer Expert mode

Messaging

Alerts Groups Auto text Text entry Signature Save to outbox Auto-Erase Callback number

Security

Lock phone Limit use Change lock code Emergency numbers Erase contacts

Network

Privacy alert Location

Accessories

Pwr backlighting Headset ringing Auto answer TTY

Phone Info

Build info Icon keys

Setting the phone to vibrate

• Press and hold .

-or-

• Press down repeatedly.

Turning sounds back on

• Press and hold .

-or-

• Press up repeatedly.

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Choosing ringtones

Your phone has multiple ringtones you can choose to use for incoming calls.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Ringtones.

-or-

Menu → My stuff → My ringtones.

Select

2. Scroll down the list to hear the different rings

and press to select one.

Note: Downloaded ringtones are added to the top

of the standard list of ringtones, from most recent to oldest.

Note: You can assign ringtones to the Business

Personal caller group by selecting Menu → Settings → Sounds → Business ringtones or Personal ringtones.

Setting sounds for your phone

You can set your phone to sound tones when you open and close the flip and when you turn the phone on and off. Sounds will not occur during an incoming call, if you are in a call, or if a headset is attached to your phone.

Set sound when flip opens

1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds →

Flip open.

2. Scroll through the list to hear the sounds and

press to select one.

Set sound when flip closes

1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds →

Flip closed.

2. Scroll through the list to hear the sounds and

press to select one.

Set sound when phone powers on or off

• Select Menu → Settings → Sounds →

Pwr on/off sound → Enabled.

– To turn off this sound, select

Disabled.

Adjusting volume

You can adjust the earpiece, speakerphone, and ringtone volume as well as key tones.

Adjusting the earpiece volume

To adjust the earpiece volume manually during a call, press or up or down.

To set the earpiece volume:

1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Earpiece volume.

2. Press right to increase the volume, or

left to decrease the volume.

3. Press the left option button to select Save.

Using smart sound

You can set a baseline volume that the phone uses to automatically adjust the earpiece volume when there is a change in the amount of noise around you or the caller’s voice.

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• Select Menu → Settings → Sounds →

Smart sound → Enabled.

Adjusting the ringtone volume

1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Ringtone volume.

2. Press right to increase the volume, or

left to decrease the volume.

3. Press the left option button to select Save.

Adjusting speakerphone volume

1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Spkrphone volume.

2. Press right to increase the volume, or

left to decrease the volume.

3. Press the left option button to select Save.

Adjusting key tone volume

You can change the volume of the tones the phone makes when you press the keys.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Key volume.

2. Press right to increase the volume, or

left to decrease the volume.

3. Press the left option button to select Save.

Setting key length

You can change the duration of the tones the phone makes when you press the keys.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Key length.

2. Choose Normal or Long and press .

Setting message alerts

You can choose how you want be alerted of incoming voicemail, pages, text messages, or missed calls.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Alerts.

2. Select the type of alert: Message alert, Page alert, Voicemail alert, or Missed call alert.

3. Press to select an option:

–

Vibrate, Beep, Freeway, Game, Bloop, Winner, Zilofon sets the phone to alert you

once when a new message is received.

Vibrate & remind, Beep & remind, Fwy &

–

remind, Game & remind, Bloop & remind, Winner & remind, Zilofon & remind sets the

phone to notify you once when a new message is received and then notify you again every five minutes. reminder alert, press to select

–

Disabled turns off message alerts.

To stop a

Ignore.

Personalizing the screen

Changing your banner

The banner is the personal label for your phone. It appears on the main screen above the time and date. The banner can be up to 14 characters long.

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1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Greeting banner.

2. Press the right option button to

Edit.

select

3. Press to clear the screen.

4. Enter your new text.

5. Press the left option button to select Save.

Choosing a menu style

Two menu styles are available: Graphic and List.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Menu style.

2. Select an option and press .

–

Graphic displays icons of each menu item,

with its name at the bottom of the screen.

List displays a list of each menu item.

–

3. Press to return to the main screen. The

next time you select

Menu, you will see the

menu style you selected.

Adjusting the backlighting

Your screen lights up while you are in a call or when you press a key on the keypad. However, you can set the length of time that bright backlighting remains on.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Backlight → Duration.

2. Select an option and press :

–

7 seconds, 15 seconds, or 30 seconds—

Turn backlighting on for 7, 15,

(Default) or 30 seconds after your last keypress.

7 sec. & in call, 15 sec. & in call, or 30 sec.

–

& in call—Turn backlighting on for the

duration of a call, and for 7, 15, or 30 seconds after your last keypress.

Note: The “in call” settings drain the battery

more quickly.

Using Power Save Mode

You can conserve battery life by activating Power save mode to dim the backlight set in the procedure above. The backlighting appears for the selected duration but is less bright than with Power save off.

Menu → Settings → Display →

• Select

Backlight → Pwr save mode → On.

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 the optional desktop charger or other accessories.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Accessories → Pwr backlighting.

2. Select Always on to keep backlighting on. Note: The battery charges more slowly when

power backlighting is on.

38 Customizing Your Phone

Changing the display contrast

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Contrast.

2. Press left or right to adjust the contrast

and select

Save.

Setting numbers to auto-hyphenate

Auto-hyphenation, when enabled, automatically inserts hyphens into your phone numbers to be consistent with the U.S. dialing plan. For example, 1-222-333-4444.

Menu → Settings → Display →

• Select

Auto-hyphen → Enabled.

Selecting a screensaver

Screensavers appear on the main screen when the flip is open and are activated 10 seconds after the last keypress. Incoming calls and alerts override screensavers.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Screensavers.

2. Highlight a screensaver and press . The

image displays.

3. Press the left option button to assign the

screensaver.

4. Press to return to the main screen

and wait 10 seconds to view the screensaver you chose.

Note: Downloaded screensavers are saved in Menu → My stuff → My graphics → Screensavers.

Selecting wallpaper

Wallpaper appears on the main screen.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Wallpapers.

2. Highlight a wallpaper design and press .

3. Press the left option button to assign

the wallpaper.

4. Press to return to the main screen. Note: Downloaded wallpapers are saved in

Menu → My stuff → My graphics → Wallpapers.

Selecting a color theme

You can select a color theme for the display background of your phone.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Color themes.

2. Scroll through the options to view the

color themes and press to select one.

Choosing a different time/date format

1. Select Menu → Settings → Display → Time/Date format.

2. Highlight an option and press .

Creating a secure environment

This section describes all the features involved in securing your phone and preventing access to personal information. All security features are shielded by a four-digit lock code.

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Changing your lock code

The default lock code is typically 0000 or the last 4 digits of your phone number.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Security.

2. Enter your four-digit lock code

3. Select Change lock code. A message appears:

“Change Code?”

4. Press the left option button to select Ye s

and enter a new four-digit code.

5. Enter your new lock code again.

Locking your phone

When your phone is locked, you can call only emergency numbers or Virgin Mobile’s customer service number. You can still receive incoming calls.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Security.

2. Enter your four-digit lock code.

3. Select Lock phone.

4. Highlight an option and press .

–

Never does not lock the phone.

–

On power up locks the phone every time

you turn it on.

Now locks the phone immediately.

–

Unlocking the phone

1. From the main screen, press the left option

button to select

2. Enter your four-digit lock code.

Unlock.

Limiting the phone’s use

You can restrict the phone to incoming calls only or to emergency use only.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Security.

2. Enter your four-digit lock code.

3. Select Limit Use.

4. Highlight an option and press .

–

No limit is the default setting and allows all

incoming and outgoing calls.

Limit outgoing limits outgoing calls

–

to emergency numbers only (see “Designating emergency numbers” on this page).

Limit all limits incoming and outgoing

–

calls to emergency numbers only (see “Designating emergency numbers” on this page).

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 numbers.

4. Select an Unassigned slot.

5. Enter the phone number, including the area

code. Do not enter 1 before the area code.

6. Press the left option button to Done.

select

40 Customizing Your Phone

Notes:

• You can view these numbers only when they’re being entered for the first time.

• You cannot edit these numbers.

• To make a call to an emergency number from a locked or limited phone, you must dial the number (including area code) exactly as it was stored in

Emergency numbers.

Erasing all contacts

You can erase all entries from your Contacts directory.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Security.

2. Enter your four-digit lock code.

3. Select Erase contacts.

4. Select Yes . A message appears: “Erase all

contacts?”

5. Press the left option button to select Ye s

and erase all contacts or the right option button to select

No.

Connecting to a TTY/TDD device

You can connect the phone to a TTY device for the hearing impaired. using the phone with a TTY device.

1. Connect the TTY device to the phone.

2. Enter from

your keypad.

3. Press the left option button to select the TTY option.

Note: Enable TTY only when

Setting position location

This setting allows you to share your location information with network services other than emergency services (For example: 911, 111, 999, and 000) in markets where service has been implemented.

Note: This feature works only when your phone is

in digital mode. You do not have the option of turning off the locator to emergency services.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Network → Location.

2. Select 911 Only or Location on.

–

911 Only (default) shares your position

information only with emergency services when you call your 3-digit emergency code (911, 000, 111, etc.).

Location on shares your position

–

information with Virgin Mobile’s network, in addition to emergency services.

Setting privacy alerts

This setting enables or disables privacy alerts. A privacy alert is displayed whenever digital CDMA privacy is lost or regained.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Network → Privacy alert.

2. Select Enabled or Disabled.

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10 USING TOOLS

Voice memo

The Voice Memo tool allows you to record and play back audio memos.

Recording a voice memo

1. Select Menu → Tools → Voice memo → Record new.

2. Say your memo and press the left option

button to select

3. Select Save to save your memo.

Note: If an incoming call is received while you’re

recording a memo, the memo is saved and the incoming call screen appears.

Playing or reviewing a voice memo

1. Select Menu → Tools → Voice memo → Recorded memos.

2. Highlight the voice memo to review and

select

Play.

3. Press right and left to select a function

and press to perform it

Play

Stop

Pause

Stop.

Naming a saved voice memo

1. Select Menu → To ols → Voice memo → Recorded memos.

2. Highlight the memo and select Options.

3. Select Rename.

4. Press and hold to clear the default name.

5. Use the keypad to enter a name for the memo.

6. Select Save.

Erasing a saved voice memo

1. Select Menu → To ols → Voice memo → Recorded memos.

2. Highlight the memo and select Options.

3. Select Erase. The prompt “Erase file?”

appears.

4. Select Yes or No.

Scheduler

The Scheduler allows you to schedule events and set reminder alerts.

Creating an event

1. Select Menu → Too ls → Scheduler → Add new event.

2. Enter a name for the event and press

down. For help entering text, see page 16.

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3. Select Options and classify the type of event and

press :

Anniversary, Vacation, Medical, or Other.

4. Press to change the date of the event (the

Meeting, Phone Call, Birthday,

current date is the default date of the event). – Press left or right to move between

the month, day, and year fields.

– Press up or down to change the

month, day, or year.

– Press to save your changes.

5. Press to set the time of the event.

– Press left or right to move between

the hour, minute, and AM/PM fields.

– Press up or down to change the

hour, minute, or AM/PM.

– Press to save your changes.

6. Press to set the duration of the event.

– Press left or right to move between

the hour and minute fields.

– Press up or down to change the

hour and minute.

– Press to save your changes.

7. Press to set a reminder of the event.

– Select an option and press .

8. Press to set the reminder sound.

– Select an option and press .

9. Press to select a Silent Mode setting No or During event and press .

– Select

10. Press to select whether or not this is a

recurring event. – Select an option and press : No, Daily,

Weekly, Monthly, or Annually.

11. Select Save.

Editing or erasing an event

1. Select Menu → Too ls → Scheduler → View month.

2. Select View Month, then press up, down,

left, or right to highlight the day with the event to view, edit, or erase, then press .

-orSelect

View Day for today’s events.

-orSelect

Go to date, then press left or right

to move between the month, day and year fields and press up and down to change them, then press .

-orSelect

View all events.

3. Press up or down to highlight the event

and press .

4. Press the right option button to select Options.

5. Select Edit or Erase and press .

– For more information about editing the

event, see “Creating an event” on page 42.

– To erase the event, highlight

press . Press the left option button

Erase and

to confirm.

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Note: Use Menu → Too ls → Scheduler → Settings to set default values for Scheduler events.

Alarm clock

You can set up to four alerts with your phone’s three alarm clocks and one quick alarm.

Note: The alert occurs only if the phone is on.

Setting an alarm clock

1. Select Menu → Tools → Alarm clock.

2. Highlight one of the alarms and select Set.

3. Use the phone keypad to enter numbers and

to switch between AM and PM.

– Press left or right to move between

hours, minutes, and AM/PM fields.

– Press up or down to change the

hours, minutes, and AM/PM options.

– Press to set the time of the alarm.

4. Select Options to set the alarm sound.

– Highlight an option and press .

5. Select Options to set the recurring time.

– Highlight an option and press .

6. Enter a note for the alarm and press .

7. Press the left option button to select Save

and set the alarm(s).

8. When the alarm rings, select Off to turn off the

alarm or

Snooze to silence the alarm for

10 minutes.

Note: Opening the flip turns off the alarm.

Setting the QuickAlarm

1. Select Menu → Too ls → Alarm clock.

2. Highlight QuickAlarm and select Set.

3. Select an option and press : 5 minutes, 15 minutes (default), 30 minutes, or 60 minutes. A message appears telling you the

QuickAlarm is On.

4. When the alarm rings, select Off to turn off the

alarm or

Reset to set the QuickAlarm again.

Tip calculator

The Tip Calculator helps you calculate how much tip to include with a bill.

1. Select Menu → Too ls → Tip calculator.

2. Enter the amount of your bill.

3. Select Next.

4. Select the amount you want to include as a tip

(10%, 15%, 18%, 20%, Other) and press

. Your total bill appears, including tip.

5. To split the bill, press the right option button

to select

Split.

– Press to clear the default of 2 guests,

if desired.

6. Enter the number of guests and press the left

option button to select each guest pays is calculated.

7. Select Done.

Next. The amount

44 Using Tools

Calculator

Use the calculator for basic mathematical equations.

1. Select Menu → Tools → Calculator.

2. Use the keypad to enter numbers.

3. Use to enter a decimal point (.).

4. Use to make a positive number negative

or vice versa.

5. Use to select mathematical operations:

Left

x (multiply)

Right

÷ (divide)

6. Press to calculate the result. Example: Enter 5, press left to

elect

enter 2, then press to obtain

the result of 10.

7. Press to return to the main screen.

-orPress to clear the screen.

Options

Adds displayed digit to the value stored

M+

in memory. Displays currently stored value on

screen.

MC Clears value currently stored in memory.

Down

+ (add)

– (subtract)

Timer

This timer counts down for a specified amount of time. It beeps when that amount of time has elapsed.

1. Select Menu → Too ls → Timer.

2. Select Set.

– Press to move the cursor left or right. – Press up or down to set the hours,

minutes, and seconds.

3. Select Sound to set the alarm sound.

Press up or down to select a sound, then press .

4. Select Start to begin the countdown.

Select

Stop to pause the countdown.

Select

Reset to clear the timer.

5. Press or the right option button to

turn off the alarm.

Stopwatch

1. Select Menu → Too ls → Stopwatch.

2. Select Start to begin counting.

Select

Stop to stop counting.

Select

Reset to clear the counter.

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11 USING VOICE RECOGNITION

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 when the flip is open.

Setting up voice dialing

To make or receive calls using voice dialing, contacts must be saved with associated voice tags.

Creating a voice tag for a contact

1. Press the right option button to select Contacts.

2. Highlight the contact and press .

3. Press down to highlight the number.

4. Press the right option button to

select

Options.

5. Highlight Add voice dial and press .

6. Follow the voice prompts. You will need to say

the name twice.

-or-

1. Select Menu → Settings → Call options → Add voice dial.

2. Follow the voice prompts. You will need to say

the name twice.

3. Select Add new to create a new contact

with the voice tag (see “Creating a new contact” on page 19).

-orSelect

Add to existing to add the voice tag to

an existing contact.

a. Select the desired contact and press the

left option button to choose

b. Press down to highlight the number,

Select.

then press the left option button to choose

Select.

Viewing entries with voice tags

• Select Menu → Contacts → Voice dial list. A list of all contacts with assigned voice tags appears.

Editing a voice tag

1. Select Menu → Contacts → Voice dial list.

2. Highlight the contact to edit and press .

3. Highlight the phone number and

select

Options.

4. Select Edit voice dial and press .

5. Follow the prompts.

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Erasing a voice tag

1. Select Menu → Contacts → Voice dial list.

2. Highlight the contact to edit and press .

3. Highlight the phone number and

select

Options.

4. Select Erase voice dial and press .

5. Press the left option button to select Ye s

or the right option button to select

No.

Erasing voice tags

To erase all voice name dial recordings in your phone:

1. Menu → Settings → Call options → Erase voice dial.

2. Select Yes . A message appears: “Erase all

voice name dial recordings?”

3. Press the left option button to select Ye s

or the right option button to select

No.

Making a call using voice tags

1. If you haven’t already done so, record a voice

tag for the person you wish to call.

2. With the flip open, from the main screen,

press . The phone responds: “Say a name or say ‘Dial’.”

3. Say the name of the person you want to call.

4. If the name you said matches a contact in the

Voice Dial List, the phone responds: “Calling (Name).” Remain silent to make the call, or say

No to cancel.

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Note: If the phone finds multiple voice tags

that sound like the name you said, you will be asked to verify which name you want to call. Say

Yes when you hear the correct name. Say

No when you hear an incorrect name.

5. When you are finished with the call,

press .

Making a call using digit dialing

When using digit dialing, you speak digits to dial a phone number.

Note: You cannot speak a string of digits. You

must speak one digit at a time and wait for the prompt.

1. From the main screen, press . The phone

responds: “Say a name or say ‘Dial’.”

2. Say “Dial”. The phone responds: “Speak

a digit.”

3. Speak the first digit of the phone number you

want to call. Once the phone repeats the digit, you can speak the next digit. If you pause, the phone will prompt you with the following five options. After the prompt, speak an option.

– Say “

Clear” to erase the last digit entered.

The phone responds: “Digit cleared.” To clear the entire phone number, say “

Clear” again. When the phone prompts

you with “Clear entire phone number?”, say “

Yes” to clear or “No” to cancel.

– Say “Call” to dial the number.

Ver ify” to cause phone to repeat the

– Say “

set of digits that you input.

– Say “Cancel” to exit voice recognizer and

return to the main screen.

– Speak a digit to enter the next digit. Once

the phone repeats the digit, you can speak the next digit or pause to hear the prompt.

Using voice features with hands-free headsets

You can use voice commands to make a phone call or to answer the phone only if your phone is connected to a Kyocera hands-free headset (sold separately).

Note: The following features apply only to hands-

free headsets unless noted. To shop for hands-free headsets, visit

www.virginmobileusa.com.

Waking up the phone

If your phone is connected to a Kyocera handsfree headset, you can use the voice command to activate the phone to make a phone call.

To activate the Voice wake-up setting:

• Select

Menu → Settings → Call options →

Voice wake-up → With accessory.

To wake up the phone:

1. Say “Wake up” and listen for a tone.

2. Say “Wake up” again until you hear two tones.

If the phone does not recognize your “Wake up” command, see “Training voice recognition” on page 49.

Answering the phone

You can set your phone to (1) answer automatically or (2) answer using a voice command.

Answering automatically

You can set your phone to answer automatically.

Note: This setting also works with the portable

hands-free headset.

• Select

Menu → Settings → Accessories →

Auto answer → After 5 seconds.

Answering using voice commands

If Auto-answer is turned off, you can use a voice command to answer an incoming call using the installed hands-free headset.

• Select

Menu → Settings → Accessories →

Auto answer → Disabled.

To activate the Voice answer setting:

1. Select Menu → Settings → Call options → Voice answer.

2. Highlight Enabled and press .

48 Using Voice Recognition

To answer a call: When you receive an incoming call, the

phone responds: “Incoming call, answer?” If the caller is recognized as a contact entry in your phone, then the phone will say “Incoming call from (Name), answer?”

• Say “

Yes ” or press any key except .

Ignoring an incoming call

To ignore an incoming call, do one of the following:

• Say “

No” and press to silence the alert.

• Remain silent. The voice alert repeats twice and the phone rings once, then returns to the main screen.

Training voice recognition

If your phone is having trouble recognizing your voice, you can train it with the commands

No, and Wake up.

1. Select Menu → Settings → Call options → Voice training.

2. Read the message and press the left option

button to select

OK and continue. Cancel

returns you to the previous screen.

3. Select Trai n A ll or the item you want to train.

4. Follow the prompts for each word until

training is complete.

Yes ,

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12 GETTING HELP

Customer support

To contact Virgin Mobile’s customer support department for information about your phone, account history, call coverage area, and specific features available to you, such as call forwarding or voicemail:

•Go to

www.virginmobileusa.com.

• Dial *VM from your Virgin Mobile phone.

• Dial 888-322-1122 from any phone. For questions about the phone features, refer to

the materials provided with your phone, or visit

www.virginmobileusa.com.

For additional questions, you may contact the Kyocera Wireless Corp. Customer Care Center in any of the following ways:

• Web site:

•Email: phone-help@kyocera-wireless.com.

• Telephone: 1-800-349-4478 (U.S. and

Before requesting support, please try to reproduce and isolate the problem. When you contact the Customer Care Center, be ready to provide the following information:

• The name of your service provider:

• The actual error message or problem you

50 Getting Help

www.kyocera-wireless.com.

Canada) or 1-858-882-1401.

Virgin Mobile.

are experiencing.

• The steps you took to reproduce the problem.

• The phone’s electronic serial number (ESN). To locate the ESN, select

Phone Info → Build Info.

Menu → Settings →

Qualified service

If the problem with your phone persists, return the phone with all accessories and packaging to the dealer for qualified service.

Become a product evaluator

To participate in the testing and evaluation of Kyocera Wireless Corp. products, including cellular or PCS phones, visit

beta.kyocera-wireless.com.

13 CONSUMER LIMITED WARRANTY

Kyocera Wireless Corp. (“KYOCERA”) offers you a limited warranty that the enclosed product or products (the “Product”) will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period that expires one year from the date of sale of the Product to you, provided that you are the original end-user purchaser of the Product and provided that your purchase was made from an authorized supplier. Transfer or resale of a Product will automatically terminate warranty coverage with respect to that Product. This limited warranty is not transferable to any third party, including but not limited to any subsequent purchaser or owner of the Product.

KYOCERA shall, at its sole and absolute discretion, either repair or replace a Product (which unit may use refurbished parts of similar quality and functionality) if found by KYOCERA to be defective in material or workmanship, or if KYOCERA determines that it is unable to repair or replace such Product, KYOCERA shall refund the purchase price for such Product, provided that the subject Product (i) is returned, with transportation prepaid, to a KYOCERA authorized service center within the one year warranty period, and (ii) is accompanied by a proof of purchase in the form of a bill of sale or receipted invoice which evidences that the subject Product is within the one year warranty period (“Proof of Purchase”).

After the one year warranty period, you must pay all shipping, parts and labor charges.

This limited warranty does not cover and is void with respect to the following: (i) any Product which has been improperly installed, repaired, maintained or modified; (ii) any Product which has been subjected to misuse (including any Product used in conjunction with hardware electrically or mechanically incompatible or used with accessories not approved by KYOCERA), abuse, accident, physical damage, abnormal operation, improper handling, neglect, exposure to fire, water or excessive moisture or dampness or extreme changes in climate or temperature; (iii) any Product operated outside published maximum ratings; (iv) cosmetic damage; (v) any Product on which warranty stickers or Product serial numbers have been removed, altered, or rendered illegible; (vi) cost of installation, removal or reinstallation; (vii) signal reception problems (unless caused by defects in material and workmanship); (viii) damage the result of fire, flood, acts of God or other acts which are not the fault of KYOCERA and which the Product is not specified to tolerate, including damage caused by mishandling, shipping and blown fuses; (ix) consumables (such as fuses); or (x) any Product which has been opened, repaired, modified or altered by anyone other than KYOCERA or a KYOCERA authorized service center.

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USE ONLY KYOCERA APPROVED ACCESSORIES WITH KYOCERA PHONES. USE OF ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESSORIES MAY BE DANGEROUS AND WILL INVALIDATE THE PHONE WARRANTY IF SAID ACCESSORIES CAUSE DAMAGE OR A DEFECT TO THE PHONE.

KYOCERA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR ANY AND ALL DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, GENERAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, AGGRAVATED, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR UNFORESEEABLE OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS, UNANTICIPATED BENEFITS OR REVENUE, ANTICIPATED PROFITS ARISING OUT OF USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE ANY PRODUCT (FOR EXAMPLE, WASTED AIRTIME CHARGES DUE TO THE MALFUNCTION OF A PRODUCT) OR CONTRIBUTION OR INDEMNITY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM RELATED TO A PRODUCT.

REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT OR REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE RELATING TO A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT, AS PROVIDED UNDER THIS WARRANTY, ARE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF THE LIMITED WARRANTY, AND SUBJECT TO THIS WARRANTY, THE PRODUCTS ARE APPROVED AND ACCEPTED BY YOU “AS IS”. KYOCERA MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, ORAL OR VERBAL, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,

THE PRODUCTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OR CONDITION ARISING OUT OF TRADE USAGE OR OUT OF A COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. NO DEALER, DISTRIBUTOR, AGENT OR EMPLOYEE IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATION OR ADDITION TO THIS WARRANTY.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, or allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.

This limited warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

For warranty service information, please call the following telephone number from anywhere in the continental United States and Canada: 1-800-3494478 or 858-882-1401; or contact KYOCERA at the following address: 10300 Campus Point Drive, San Diego, California, 92121-1582, USA, Attention: Technical Support.

DO NOT RETURN YOUR PRODUCTS TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. Please call or write for the location of the Kyocera Wireless Corp. authorized service center nearest you and for procedures for obtaining warranty service.

STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO

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INDEX

Numerics

1-Touch dialing, 14

accessories, iv, v, 48 account balance, 7, 8 acctivating your VMU account, 2 alarm clock, 5, 44 alerts

call timer

, 15

for messages, 28, 37 for missed calls, 12, 37 for pages, 37

for voicemail, 37 alpha mode, 16 answering calls, 6, 10 auto-hyphenation, 39 AutoText, 25, 28, 29

backlighting, 38 banner, 37 battery, v

caring for, 7

charging, 2, 7

installing, 1

safety, 7 blocking

incoming calls

outgoing calls, 40 Brick Attack, 33

calculator, 45 call timers, 15 callback number, 25

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, 40

caller groups, 22 calls

1-Touch dialing answering, 6, 10 emergency, 15 ending, 6, 10 missed, 12 placing, 6, 10 placing on hold, 11 recent, 7, 13 redialing, 11 speed dialing, 13 timing, 15 voice dialing, 10

color themes, 39 contacts

adding assigning number types, 20 assigning pictures, 20 assigning ringtones, 20 calling, 11 directory, 19 editing, 20 erasing, 21, 41 finding, 21 frequent list, 22 groups, 22, 29 icons, 20 secret, 13, 21 speed dialing, 21

voice dialing, 46 contrast, 39 countdown timer, 45 customizing your phone, 35

, 14

, 19

date format, 39 default text entry mode, 17 digital mode, 5 display contrast, 39

earpiece volume, 10, 36 emergency

calls

, 15

emergency mode, 15 exit emergency mode, 15 numbers, 40

position location, 5, 41 ending calls, 6, 10 entering text, 16

quick reference, 18 erasing

ESN, 1 eZi mode, 16

fast find, 22 finding contact information, 21 frequent contacts, 22

games

hands-free headset, answering

, 21, 41

contacts

phone numbers, 21

text messages, 28

voice memos, 42

Brick Attack

Race 21, 33

, 33

using voice, 48 hanging up, 6, 10 hard pause, 19 hearing-impaired usage, iii, v, 41 Hold calls setting, 11

icons, 5

contacts, 20 messages, 26, 27 recent call, 13 text entry, 16

Inbox, 27

key volume, 37

limiting

calls out

, 40

incoming calls, 40 lock code, 40 locking your phone, 40

memory, saving, 28 menu style, 38 message groups, 29 messages

, 28

erasing

icons, 26, 27

sent, 26

text, 5, 24

voice, 5, 14 missed calls, 12

alerts, 12, 37

number mode, 16

Outbox, 26

pause

hard

, 19

time, 19

phone

customizing

, 35

locking, 40 programming, 2 resetting, iv safety, iii, 7 unlocking, 40

phone numbers

auto-hyphenation

, 39

emergency, 40 erasing, 21 verifying your own, 7

pictures

for contacts

, 20

screensavers, 39

wallpaper, 39 placing calls, 6, 10 position location, 5, 41 power save mode, 38 programming your phone, 2

QuickAlarm, 44

Race 21, 33 rapid entry mode, 16 recent calls, 7, 13

icons, 13 redialing, 11 resetting your phone, iv ringtones

choosing

, 36

for contacts, 20 silencing, 7, 11 volume, 37

safety, iii, 7 scheduler, 42 screen contrast, 39 screen icons, 5, 13, 16, 20, 26,

screensavers, 39 secret contacts, 13, 21 security, 39 sent messages, 26 serial number, 1 silencing an incoming call, 7, 11 silent mode, 5, 35 smart sound, 36 smiley mode, 17 sounds, setting, 36 speakerphone, 3, 5, 11

volume, 37 speed dialing, 13, 21 stopwatch, 45 symbol mode, 17

text entry, 16

icons, 16

quick reference, 18 text entry modes

default

, 17

eZi, 16

normal alpha, 16

numbers only, 16

rapid entry, 16

smiley, 17

symbol, 17

text messages, 5, 24

alerts, 28, 37 erasing, 28

sent, 26 time format, 39 time pause, 19 timer, 45 timing calls, 15 tip calculator, 44 tools

alarm clock

, 5, 44

calculator, 45

QuickAlarm, 44

scheduler, 42

stopwatch, 45

timer, 45

tip calculator, 44

voice memo, 42 Top-Up, 8 TTY/TDD, 41

unlocking your phone, 40

vibrate, 5, 35 VirginXL

accessing

, 7, 31

navigating, 31 VMU account

activating

, 2

balance, 7, 8

Top-Up, 8 Voice Answer, 48 voice dialing, 10, 46 voice memos

erasing

, 42

naming, 42

recording, 42 voice recognition, 46 voicemail, 5

alerts, 37

checking, 14

setting up, 6, 14 volume

earpiece

, 10, 36

key beep, 37

ringtone, 37

speakerphone, 37

wallpaper, 39 warranty, 51

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