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GETTING STARTED GUIDE
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Motorola MOTOw7 GETTING STARTED GUIDE

MOTO
Getting Started Guide
TM
W7 Active Edition

congratulations

MOTO™
gesture controls to easily perform many important phone functions, or to play a motion sensor game. Use the cool pedometer, personal trainer and music player to take your workouts to a new level. Or, take photos and video clips, and send them to your friends. All this while you’re still connected—take or make voice or video calls, or exchange messages.
We’ve crammed all of the main features of your phone into this handy guide, and in a matter of minutes we’ll show you just how easy your phone is to use. So go on, avoid those “I’m not sure how to send a text message” moments, and check it out.
If you’d like even more information about how to use your new phone, visit
W7 Active Edition does it all. Use the
www.motorola.com/support
.
Caution:
please read the important at the back of this guide (page 65).
Before using your phone for the first time,
Legal & Safety
information
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this guide
symbols in this guide
This means a feature is network, SIM card, or subscription dependent and may not be available in all areas. Contact your service provider for more information.
This means a feature requires an optional accessory.
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contents

your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
let’s go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
gesture control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
text entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
personalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
set up music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
get music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
play music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
FM radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
3
Bluetooth™ wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
USB & memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
personal organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
service & repairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Legal & Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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your phone

Turn on/off, hang up, exit menus.
Right Soft Key
Left Soft Key
Volume Keys
Active Key
Open menu & select.
Make & answer
calls.
Open pedometer.
®
Center Key
Call Key
Power/End Key
micro USB
Connector
© Navigation Key
v
Clear/Back Key
Navigate menus. Scroll up, down, left, or right.
Charge or
connect to PC.
Video Call Lens
your phone
the important keys & connectors
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main menu

main menu
Camera
• Picture mode
• Video mode
Contacts
Media player
•Music
• Pictures
• Videos
• Media links
Call history
Messaging *
Internet *
Tools
• Calendar
•Alarm clock
•Calculator
•STK *
• Stopwatch
• Sound recorder
• World clock
• Unit converter
• Synchronisation *
• Voice memo
Games
Video calls
Bluetooth™
File manager
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Settings
• Profiles
• Ringtones
• Themes
•Display
• Connectivity
• Shortcuts
• Call setup
• Phone
•Clock
• Security
•Network
• Accessories
FM radio
Active
• Gesture Control
• Pedometer
• Personal trainer
•Games
•Stopwatch
• Summary reports
Hellomoto
* Optional and/or network dependent feature. Not available in all areas.
This is the standard main menu layout.
Your phone’s menu may be different
.

let’s go

2.5 Hrs
let’s go
let’s get you up & running
1
cover off:
3
microSD:
5
cover on:
2
4
6
SIM:
battery:
charg e:
Caution:
See page 65 for battery use & safety.
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basics

basics
a few essential basics

turn it on & off

Press and hold for a few seconds.

set up & go

Set up the important features on your phone when you turn it on for the first time, with the easy-to-follow setup wizard.
Setup options:
•
Basic Setup
: Set the date and time options, your personal
profile, and more.
•
Pedometer
: The pedometer counts your steps. But you’ll
need to enter your stride length first.
•
Gestures
: Set up to control your phone using simple
action gestures (see page 12).
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basics

menu navigation

Press the center key® to open the main menu.
©
Press the navigation key down, left, or right to highlight a menu option.
®
or
Select
Press select the highlighted option.
(left soft key) to

make & answer calls

up,
To make a voice call
phone number and press .
make a video call
number and press then press .
Note:
The video call feature is dependent on the capabilities and settings of your service provider's network.
, enter a
To
, enter a phone
Options >Video call
,
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basics
To answer a call
press .
To c h o os e
Options
press
when your phone rings and/or vibrates,
Hold, Mute, Speaker
(see page 18).
, or other options during a call,

end calls

Press .

change volume

Press the volume keys on the side of the phone, to change earpiece volume during a call, or change playback volume while a song is playing.

store contacts

1
Enter a phone number in the home screen.
2
Press
Options >Save
3
Enter the contact details and press
To manage your
10
.
Contacts
, see page 23.
Save
.
basics

call or text contacts

1
Press®>
2
Highlight a contact.
Tip:
To jump to a contact, enter the first few letters
of the name.
3
To
call
, press .
To send a

transfer your contacts

To transfer your contacts from your old phone to your new phone, simply save all your contacts to your SIM card on your old phone. When you put the SIM card into your new phone, the contacts appear in your contacts list.
Note:
SIM contacts only let you store basic information, such as name and number. Other details may be lost, and multiple numbers may be stored as multiple contacts.
Contacts.
text message
, press
Options >Send Message
.
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gesture control

gesture control
enjoy life in motion
®
>
Find it:
Warning:
gesture controls — be careful not to let go of your phone and cause damage.
Note:
Gesture control is not available when the pedometer or personal trainer is in use. You can press
®
>
A few ways to get the best out of your phone:

shake twice

Note:
The shake twice gesture control doesn’t work when the phone keypad is locked (page 29).
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Active >Gesture Control
Keep a tight grip of your phone when using
Active >Settings
to turn gesture controls on or off.
Shake the phone twice to access your favorite action.
To set up your favorite action, press
Shake Twice >Customize
Shuffle and play music, Contacts
>
Bluetooth headset
, or
.
gesture control

double tap

Tap the display twice to turn on the backlight.

flip over

Flip the phone over to:
•
Silence an incoming call
•
Set the alarm to
•
Play/pause music

left or right

Shake left or right, in the music player or photo album, to switch to the previous/next song or photo.
Note:
The left or right gesture
phone keypad is locked (page 29).
control doesn’t work when the
Snooze
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gesture control

drop warning

A sound plays if you drop your phone (but, try not to drop it!).
Note:
For this feature to work, your phone must not be in mode.
Tip:
To turn a gesture control on/off, select the gesture
®
control and press
14
.
Silent
or
Vibrate

home screen

Camera Menu
Signal
Strength
Battery Level
Network Bluetooth
Roam Voicemail
Calls Pedometer
On
Memory
Card
Sound Mode
Keypad Lock
home screen
you can always go home
Status indicators can appear across the top of the home screen (your phone’s home screen may be different than the one shown):
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calls

calls
it’s good to talk
For the basics, see page 9.

recent calls & redial

1
From the home screen, press and scroll through the tabs to see a list of recently dialed calls.
2
Scroll to the entry you want to call and press .

caller ID

Caller ID shows the caller’s name when they’re
Incoming Call
stored in your contacts, or caller ID information isn’t available.
To show or hide your phone number for calls you make,
®
>
press
Settings >Call setup >Hide ID

emergency calls

To call an emergency number, enter the emergency number and press .
Note:
Your ser vice provider
programs one or more emergency phone numbers (such
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when
.
calls
as 911 or 112) that you can call under any circumstances, even when your phone is locked. Emergency numbers vary by country. Your pre-programmed emergency number(s) may not work in all locations, and sometimes an emergency call cannot be placed due to network, environmental, or interference issues.

go handsfree

To turn the speaker on or off during a call, press
Speaker
.
>
You can also use an optional micro USB or Bluetooth™ headset to go handsfree. See page 55 for more on Bluetooth.

speed dial

To use speed dial entries, press and hold the single-digit speed dial number. Your phone dials the number.
To assign, or edit, a speed dial, press
Shortcuts >Speed dial
>
Change
press
, highlight the speed dial key, then
and pick a contact.
®
Options
>
Settings
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calls

voice in-call menu

During a voice call, you can access the in-call menu by
Options
pressing
•
Speaker
•
Mute
•
Hold
•
AddtoContacts
•
Video call
•
Main menu
•
DTMF

video in-call menu

During a video call you can access the in-call menu by pressing
•
Mute video
•
Mute sound
•
Pause outg.
•
Pause inc.
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:
- turn speakerphone on or off.
- switch your microphone on/off.
or
Resume
- hold the call or return to a held call.
- add callers details to contacts.
- switch to video call.
- access the main menu.
- switch DTMF on or off.
Options
:
- turn off/on the outgoing video.
- silence your microphone.
- pause the outgoing video.
- pause the incoming video.
calls
•
Switch camera
lens (on the front) and the primary camera lens (on the back).
•
Full/split screen
•
Frame rate
•
White balance
•
Flicker adjustment
•
Send picture
•
Send video
•
Speaker
•
Switch to voice
•
Add to contacts
list of contacts.
- switch between the secondary camera
- set the screen mode.
- switch to low (7 fps) or high (15 fps).
- choose
- send a picture while you are on the call.
- send a video while you are on the call.
- turn speakerphone on or off.
Auto, Indoor
, or
Outdoor
.
- set to
Off, 50Hz
, or
60Hz
.
- switch to a voice call.
- add the person on the video call to your
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calls

more calls features

features
make international calls
Press and hold 0 to insert the international
+
access code (shown as and phone number.
silence ringtone
When your phone rings, press the side volume keys to silence your ringtone.
Tip:
If gesture control is enabled (see page 12), flip the
phone over to silence the ringtone.
network settings
View network information and adjust network settings:
®
>
Settings >Network
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). Then, dial the country code
calls
features
restrict calls
Select which calls to block.
®
>
Settings >Call setup >Barrings
any key answer
®
>
Settings >Call setup >Any key answer

call times & costs

Note:
Call timers give you a rough idea of how much call time you’ve used. These figures may not match the time charged by your service provider, as they’re not measured in the same way.
features
view call timers
®
>
Call history
, and select the call.
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calls
features
show call time during a call
®
>
Settings >Call setup >Display call timer
Voice calls
or
Video calls
>
show call cost
®
>
.
charges
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Call history
.
, then scroll right to
Duration/

contacts

contacts
your contacts come with options
To store, call, and text contacts, see page 10.

edit or delete contacts

Find it: ® >
Scroll to the contact or enter the first letters of a contact you want.
delete
To
edit
the contact, press
To

copy contacts

Find it: ® >
You can use contacts stored in your phone’s memory or on your SIM card (contacts on the SIM card have fewer details). To choose which you use, press
Contact settings >View by >Phone and SIM, Phone contacts
>
SIM contacts
copy or move
To highlight the contact and press
Contacts
the contact, press
Contacts
.
contacts to the phone or SIM card,
Options >Delete
Options >Edit
Options >Manage
.
.
Options
, or
.
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contacts

send contacts

Find it: ® >
To send (share) a contact, highlight it and press
Options>Share Contact

more phonebook features

To sort your contacts, press ®>
Contact settings >Sort contacts >First name
>
To add to a group, press
Add to group
>
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Contacts
.
Contacts
Last name
Contacts
, then
.
, then
or
®
.
>
Options
Options

messages

messages
sometimes it’s better to say it in a message

create & send a message

1
Press® >
2
Select a message type and enter the message text (see page 27).
3
To insert a picture, video, sound, or contact,
Options >Add item
press
4
When you finish the message, press one or more people to send to.
5
Press
Send

receive a message

Press
View
to read the message immediately, or save it in
your message inbox for viewing later.
Find it:
® >
Messaging >Create new
.
Messaging >Inbox
.
.
Send
. Choose
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