Sprint Nextel Dura XT User Manual

Get

Started

All you need to know to get going.

Welcome!

Sprint is committed to developing technologies that give you the ability to get what you want when you want it, faster than ever before. This booklet introduces you to the basics of getting started with Sprint and your KYOCERA DuraXT.

Visit sprint.com/support for the complete User Guide, along with videos, tutorials, and community forums for your phone.

Note: Available applications and services are subject to change at any time.

Using This Guide

This Get Started guide is designed to help you set up and use your new KYOCERA DuraXT. It’s divided into four sections to help you ﬁnd the information you need quickly and easily.

Get Ready − page 1 − Find out what

you need to do before you use your phone the ﬁrst time, including inserting a battery and activating Sprint service on your phone.

Use Your Phone − page 3 − Take

advantage of your phone’s features and Sprint services, from the basics (making calls) to the more advanced (taking pictures, pairing with Bluetooth devices, and more).

Get the Most Out of Sprint Direct

Connect − page 16 − Learn the basics of using Sprint Direct Connect, which lets you connect to other Sprint Direct Connect users with the push of a button.

Tools & Resources − page 21 − Find

useful tips for your phone and discover resources and other helpful Sprint information. For additional information including the full User Guide, videos, tutorials, and community forums, visit sprint.com/support.

Using This Guide

Your KYOCERA DuraXT

Earpiece

External Speaker

Softkeys

Key

BAC K

Key

END/

POWER

Key

Button

Volume Button

Main Screen

Navigation Key

Camera Key

TALK Key

SPEAKER Key

Microphone Internal Antenna

Keypad

MENU/OK

Direct Connect Button

Call List Button

Speaker

Outer

Screen

LED

Indicator

Camera Lens

Flash

Headset Jack

Battery Cover Release Latch

Internal

Antenna

micro SD

Card

(Internal)

Charger/

Accessory

Jack

Get Your Phone Ready

Install the Battery

1. Insert the battery, contacts end ﬁrst, and gently

press into place.

2. Replace the cover, making sure all tabs on the

cover align with the battery compartment slots and press down until the cover snaps into place.

3. Slide the battery cover release latch into the

locked position.

Turn the Phone On

► Press to turn your phone on.

Charge the Battery

1. Plug the USB connector into the charger/

accessory jack on the left side of your phone.

2. Plug the AC adapter into an electrical outlet.

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Get Ready

Activate Your Phone

• If you purchased your phone at a Sprint Store, it

is probably activated and ready to use.

• If you received your phone in the mail, and it is a

new Sprint account or a new phone number, your phone is designed to activate automatically when you ﬁrst turn it on. You will see a Hands Free Activation screen at startup. When it’s ﬁnished, touch OK to continue. To conﬁrm your activation, make a phone call.

• If you received your phone in the mail and

it is going to be activated on an existing number (you’re swapping phones), go to sprint.com/activate and follow the instructions.

When you have ﬁnished, if your phone is still not activated or you do not have access to the Internet, contact Sprint Customer Service at 1-888-211-4727 for assistance.

Turn the Phone Off

• Press and hold to turn the phone off.

Use Your Phone: Voicemail

Set Up Your Voicemail

All unanswered calls are automatically transferred to your voicemail, even if your phone is in use or turned off. You should set up your voicemail and personal greeting as soon as your phone is activated:

1. Press and hold .

2. Follow the voice prompts to create your

password and record your name and greeting.

Sprint strongly recommends setting a voicemail password. Without a password, anyone who has access to your phone can access your messages.

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Retrieve Your Voicemail

► Press and hold .

From any other phone:

1. Dial your wireless phone number.

2. When your voicemail answers, press

Use Your Phone

Phone Calls

Make a Phone Call

1. Enter a number from standby mode.

2. Press to delete one or more digits.

3. Press , , or the external speaker button.

4. Press when you are ﬁnished.

Answer an Incoming Call

• Press to answer an incoming call.

In-Call Options

Pressing OPTIONS (right softkey) during a call displays a list of available in-call features. To select an option, highlight the option and press

• Transfer Audio to switch the call to a

Bluetooth device (if applicable).

• Save to save the current call’s phone number

in your Contacts.

• Contact Details to display information about

the caller stored in your Contacts.

• Main Menu to display the phone’s main

menu.

• 3-Way Call to open a call with two other

parties.

• Contacts to display your Contacts list.

Contacts

View Contacts

1. Press Contacts (right softkey) from the standby

screen.

2. Use the navigation key to scroll through the list

to view your contacts.

Add a New Contact

1. In standby mode, press CONTACTS (right

softkey) > Add New... > New Contact.

2. Enter a name for the new entry and press the

navigation key down.

3. Enter the phone number and press .

4. Highlight a number type for the entry (Mobile,

Mobile+DC, Home, Work, DC Only, Pager, Fax, or Other) and press .

5. Press DONE (left softkey).

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Edit Contacts

1. In standby mode, press CONTACTS (right softkey).

2. Highlight the entry you want to edit and press

OPTIONS (right softkey) > Edit Contact or Edit Group.

3. Highlight the information you wish to edit.

4. Add or edit the information and press .

5. Press DONE (left softkey) or SAVE (left softkey)

to save your changes.

Delete a Contacts Entry

1. In standby mode, press CONTACTS (right softkey).

2. Highlight an entry or a group you want to delete.

3. Press OPTIONS (right softkey) > Delete

Contact or Delete Group.

4. Press DELETE (left softkey).

Use Your Phone

Messages

Send a Message

1. Press > Messaging.

2. Press Send Message.

3. Select a recipient from the list or from the

following options:

• Go to Contacts to select a recipient from your

Contacts. (Qualifying Contacts entries must contain a phone number or an email address.)

• MULTIPLE (left softkey) to select multiple recipients. Press CONTINUE (left softkey) when you have ﬁnished selecting and entering recipients. (You may include up to 40 recipients per message.)

• NEW ADDRESS (right softkey) to enter a recipient’s phone number or email address directly. Press CONTINUE (left softkey) to proceed.

4. Compose a message.

• Press OPTIONS (right softkey) to select

additional options.

5. Select <Add Attachment> and select a

category of ﬁles you would like to attach (Picture, Video, Voice, Audio, or File Manager).

6. Select a location where your ﬁle is stored. (You

can also choose to take a new picture or video, or to record a new voice or audio clip.)

7. Select ﬁles you would like to attach.

8. Review your message and press SEND (left

softkey).

To read a message

► When you receive a message, your phone will

display a notiﬁcation message. Use your navigation key or select View.

Be a hero. Don’t drive distracted.

To reply to a message:

1. While the message is displayed, press REPLY

(left softkey).

• Select Reply to Sender, or select Reply All if you are replying to a message with multiple recipients.

2. Compose a reply and press SEND (left softkey).

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Use Your Phone

Email Setup

Email allows you to stay connected 24 hours a day anywhere on the Nationwide Sprint Network. You can set up email accounts through the email application.

Set Up an Email Account

1. Press > Web.

2. From the SprintWeb

Messaging > Email.

3. Select Yahoo! Mail, AOL & AIM Mail, or MSN

Hotmail.

4. Use your keypad to enter the required sign-in

information for the selected provider, such as user name, email address, or password, and select Sign In. (Your mailbox for the selected provider will be displayed.)

5. Follow the onscreen instructions to read, reply to,

compose, and send messages and manage your email account.

home page, select

Web

Find sports scores, news, and weather. Shop online. Browse the Web just the way you want to.

• Press > Web. (Your data connection starts

and you see the SprintWebSM home page.)

Note: If Net Guard is enabled and displayed, press YES (left softkey) to continue and launch the Web.

• While connecting, you may see an animation

before the home page appears.

Tip: To change the default launch page to the last page you viewed, press Options (right softkey) and select Browser settings > Startup page > Use the last page I visited > Conﬁrm (left softkey).

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Use Your Phone

Download Games, Ringers, and More

You have access to a dynamic variety of downloadable content, such as games, ringers, screen savers, and other applications. (Additional charges may apply.) Follow the basic steps below to access and download these items.

Access the Download Menus

1. Press > My Stuff.

2. Select a download category (Games, Ringers,

Screen Savers, or Applications), and then

select Get New.

– or –

Select Call Tones. (The browser will start and take you to the corresponding download menu.)

– or –

1. From the SprintWeb

Downloads, and then select Sprint Downloads.

2. Select a download category (Call Tones, Games,

Ringers, Screen Savers, or Applications) to go

to the corresponding download menu.

home page, select

Download an Item

Once you’ve selected an item you wish to download, highlight it and press a summary page for the item including its title, the vendor, the download details, and the cost. Links allow you to view the License Info page, which outlines the price, license type, and length of license for the download, and the Terms of Use page, which details the Premium Services Terms of Use and your responsibility for payment.

. You will see

To download a selected item:

1. From the information page, use your navigation

key to move the cursor over Buy. When the cursor changes from an arrow into a hand, press

. The item will download automatically.

When you see the NEW DOWNLOAD screen, you have successfully downloaded the item to your phone. (When you download a call tone, you will not see the NEW DOWNLOAD screen. Instead, you will see a screen giving you the option to set the downloaded call tone as your default.)

Note: If you have not previously purchased an item, you will be prompted to create your purchasing proﬁle.

2. Select an option to continue:

Your data session will end, and your phone will redirect you to the appropriate phone menu screen.

• Select Assign to assign a ringer or screen

saver to a phone function.

• Select Settings to conﬁgure downloaded

games or applications.

• Select Shop to browse for other items to

download.

• Press

to quit the browser and return to

standby mode.

• Select a menu such as Run/Open/Listen/ View/Play to start the downloaded item.

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Use Your Phone

Camera & Camcorder

Take a Picture

1. Press > Photos & Videos > Camera to

activate camera mode.

Shortcut: To activate camera mode, you can also press and hold

2. Using the phone’s main screen as a viewﬁnder,

aim the camera lens at your subject.

3. Press , , or CAPTURE (left softkey) until

the shutter sounds. The picture will automatically be saved in the selected storage area.

• To return to camera mode to take another picture, press CAMERA (left softkey) or

Record a Video

1. Press > Photos & Videos.

Shortcut: Press to access the Photos & Videos menus.

2. Press Camcorder > Video Mail or Long Video

to activate camcorder mode.

Note: Video Mail is limited to 50 seconds if Quality is set to Fine and 70 seconds if set to Normal.

Note: The length of a Long Video will vary depending on the quality settings and storage type used (phone or memory card).

3. Using the phone’s main screen as a viewﬁnder,

aim the camera lens at your subject.

4. Press , , or RECORD (left softkey) to

begin recording.

5. Press or STOP (right softkey) to stop

recording. The video will automatically be saved in your designated storage area.

• To return to camcorder mode to take another

video, press CAMCORDER (left softkey) or

Camcorder Settings

1. From camcorder mode, press OPTIONS (right

softkey) > Video Settings.

2. Select an option and press .

• Resolution to select video resolution from QCIF (176x144) or Sub-QCIF (128x96).

• Quality to select video quality from Fine or Normal.

• Silent Movie to select On to record without

sound. Select Off to deactivate this feature.

• Cue Sound to select a cue sound (Default, “Action & Cut,” or “Ready & Stop”).

• Auto Save to to select the storage area for the videos.

• Auto Review to select whether or not the video

is displayed for review after you ﬁnish recording.

Share Pictures and Videos Using Messaging

1. Press > Photos & Videos > My Photos &

Videos > In Phone or On Memory Card.

2. Select your pictures or videos to send.

• Press OPTIONS (right softkey) > Select Multiple to select multiple pictures or videos.

3. Press SEND (left softkey) > Contact.

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4. Select the recipient from the list or from the

following options:

• Go to Contacts to select a recipient from your

Contacts. (Qualifying Contacts entries must contain a wireless phone number or an email address.)

• MULTIPLE (left softkey) to select multiple recipients. Press CONTINUE (left softkey)

when you have ﬁnished selecting and entering recipients. (You may include up to 40 recipients per message.)

• NEW ADDRESS (right softkey) to enter a recipient’s wireless phone number or email

address directly. Press CONTINUE (left softkey) to proceed.

5. Compose a message.

6. Conﬁrm the recipients, message, and pictures

or videos. (You may also select additional options by pressing the right softkey. Follow the onscreen instructions to add available options.)

7. Press SEND (left softkey) to send the pictures

and videos.

Use Your Phone

Bluetooth

Turn Bluetooth On and Off

1. Press > Tools > Bluetooth > On/Off.

2. Press ON (left softkey) to enable Bluetooth. Press

OFF (left softkey) to disable Bluetooth.

Pair Bluetooth Devices

1. Press > Tools > Bluetooth > Add New.

2. Select the device you wish to pair with and

press

3. Enter the passkey and press .

4. (Optional) Edit the device name and press SAVE

(left softkey).

Note: Due to different speciﬁcations and features of other Bluetooth compatible devices, display and operations may be different, and functions such as transfer or exchange may not be possible with all Bluetooth compatible devices.

Share Contacts, Files, or Pictures Using Bluetooth

1. Press > Tools > Bluetooth > Trusted

Devices.

2. Select the device from the Trusted Devices list

and press TRANSFER... (left softkey).

3. Select an item (Contacts, Photos / Videos,

Music, Files, or Calendar Events) and press .

4. Follow the onscreen instructions to select items

to send.

5. Read the message and press SEND (left

softkey).

GPS Navigation

Your phone’s built-in GPS capability gives you access to a number of location-based services.

Note: Before using any navigation programs, make sure your phone is set to allow location detection.

Turn Location On/Off

1. Press

On/Off. (You will see the Location disclaimer.)

2. Read the disclaimer and press

3. Select On.

> Settings > Others > Location >

GPS Navigation

1. Press

> Maps > Sprint Navigation.

2. If this is your ﬁrst time, follow the onscreen

instructions to enter and submit the required registration information.

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3. Select an option and follow the onscreen

instructions to get directions or view maps.

• Drive To lets you enter an address (vocally or using the keypad) or select from categories such as My Favorites, Recent Places, or Businesses to search for turn-by-turn directions.

• Search provides a categorized list of locations such as Gas Stations, Grocery Stores, and Hospitals to help ﬁnd local businesses and services.

• Maps & Trafﬁc lets you view maps and get trafﬁc information for your current location or for any other location (same categories as Drive To).

• Share & More provides access to additional services such as Share Address, Record Location, and Preferences.

Use Your Phone

Get the Most out of Sprint Direct Connect

Sprint® Direct Connect® on your Sprint phone offers instant, two-way “walkie-talkie-style” communication between you and your family, friends, and co-workers, all at the click of a button.

Your Direct Connect Number

Your Sprint phone allows you two different options for your Direct Connect number:

• Separate numbers (DC Only) – Your Direct

Connect number is a unique number (not your wireless number). It is made up of three sets of digits separated by asterisks (for example, 444*5555*111).

• A single number (Mobile+DC) – Your Direct

Connect number is the same as your wireless number (for example, 555-555-1234).

Important: When the Direct Connect feature is active, your phone’s data services are enabled and the Net Guard feature is disabled (Settings > Others > Data Settings > Data and Net Guard).

Display Your Direct Connect Number

► Press

> Settings > Phone Info >

Phone#/User ID.

Dial Direct Connect Numbers

• If the person you are calling has a separate

number for Direct Connect, make sure you dial any asterisks (*) in the number. If you are saving the number in your Contacts, choose DC Only for the phone type.

• If the person you are calling has a single

Tip: Users with a Nextel phone must always add asterisks (*) between sets of numbers to dial Direct Connect numbers. If you use a single number, make sure to tell your contacts with Nextel phones to dial the ten-digit number using asterisks (*) in place of hyphens (for example, 555*555*1234).

number for both voice calls and for Direct Connect, use that ten-digit phone number to make Direct Connect calls. You do not need to add any asterisks (*) to the number. If you are saving this number in your contacts, choose Mobile+DC for the phone type.

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Direct Connect

Make and Answer Direct Connect Calls

Make a Direct Connect Call

1. Use your keypad to enter a Direct Connect

number.

• The Direct Connect number may be the

ten-digit wireless phone number of the person you are calling (Mobile+DC).

– or – If calling a Nextel customer, the Direct Connect

number may have three parts with an asterisk between each part (for example: 444*5555*111 When dialing or saving this type of number, always include the asterisks (

2. Press and release the Direct Connect button on

the side of your phone.

• Pressing and releasing the Direct Connect

button “pings” the recipient. The recipient’s phone emits an incoming tone and displays your name or number. If available, he or she can choose to respond and begin the conversation.

Creating a Group Entry

You can create a group by assigning personal Contacts entries as members and then naming the new group. Each group entry can contain up to 40 members for sending messages, or up to 20 members for making Direct Connect group calls.

1. In standby mode, press CONTACTS (right

softkey) > Add New... > New Group.

2. Read the message and press START

(left softkey).

3. Scroll through the list and press

selection. A check mark will appear in the box next to the selected entry.

4. When you have selected all the entries you

want to add, press CONTINUE (left softkey).

5. Enter a group name and press > SAV E

(left softkey)

for each

Sending Call Alerts

Call alerts let another Direct Connect user know that you want to communicate using Direct Connect. When the person your are contacting receives your call alert, that person can press the Direct Connect button to immediately begin talking to you.

To send a Call Alert:

1. Enter the Direct Connect number of the person

you would like to alert or select a number from History or Contacts.

2. Press MSG/ALERT (left softkey) and select

Call Alert. (A message will appear).

• From the Call Alert screen, you can add a

brief text message. Press the navigation key left or right to scroll through available messages.

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3. Press and release the Direct Connect button.

(The recipient’s phone will sound an alert tone and display an alert message.)

Make a Group Connect Call

1. From standby mode, press CONTACTS (right

softkey).

2. Highlight a Group entry and press and release

the Direct Connect button.

3. Continue with the Group Connect call the same

as with a regular Direct Connect call.

4. When ﬁnished, press to end the call.

Direct Connect

Make and Answer Direct Connect Calls

Answer Direct Connect Calls

When you receive a Direct Connect call, you hear an incoming tone or the phone vibrates, depending on your settings. You will see the Direct number and the caller’s name (if available) screen. You may also hear the caller’s voice through the speakerphone. Default for Direct Connect calls is speakerphone on. You can turn the speakerphone off and listen to Direct Connect calls through the earpiece as you would a regular call, or you can listen through a headset.

1. Press or the external speaker button to

either enable or disable the Direct Connect speakerphone feature.

• If you enable the Direct Connect

speakerphone ( voice through the speakerphone on the front of the phone.

), you will hear the caller’s

Connect

on your

• If you disable the Direct Connect speakerphone ( caller’s voice through the earpiece.

2. Accept the incoming call. If available, the

caller’s name and Direct Connect number also appear on the display.

3. When the caller has ﬁnished speaking, you

will hear a tone and see “Push to Talk” on the display.

4. Press and hold the Direct Connect button and

wait for a tone to sound and a message (“Me”) to appear onscreen. Continue the Direct Connect call as described previously.

Tip: Press or the call list button to dismiss an incoming Direct Connect call.

), you will only hear the

Manage Your Account

Online: sprint.com

• Make a payment, see your bills, enroll in online

billing.

• Check minute usage and account balance.

• See or modify the details of your Sprint service

plan.

• Get detailed instructions and download content.

From Any Other Phone

• Sprint Customer Service:

Dial 1-888-211-4727

• Business Customer Service:

Dial 1-888-788-4727

From Your Sprint Phone

• Press to check minute usage and

account balance.

• Press

Sprint service plan or get answers to other questions.

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to make a payment.

to access a summary of your

Tools & Resources

Resources Survey

Resources For Your Phone

• This Get Started Guide to get you up and

running.

• Web – Visit sprint.com/support for the complete

User Guide, along with videos, tutorials, and community forums for your KYOCERA DuraXT.

Sprint 411

Dial 411 for nationwide listings, movie show times, restaurant reservations, driving directions and more. Spanish-speaking operators are available. See sprint.com for pricing and details.

Please tell us what you think about your new phone.

We are interested in your initial impressions of this new Sprint phone. Within two weeks of your phone purchase, please go to the website http://labs.sprint.com/sprintphonesurvey to complete a brief survey. Your feedback will help us provide the wireless features and services you want most.

Thank you for choosing Sprint.

Responsibility

At Sprint, environmental responsibility is more than talk. We’re continuously working to reduce our carbon footprint and decrease our use of natural resources.

So where is my user guide?

To support our increased responsibility efforts, we’ve put expanded instructional materials online for you. Just visit sprint.com/support from any computer to access your complete user guide and other support materials.

What else has Sprint been doing?

Plenty. To ﬁnd out just what we’ve been up to, visit sprint.com/responsibility.

This guide is printed with vegetable-based inks and contains up to 30% post consumer paper..

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Tools & Resources

Index

Numerics

3-Way Call 4

Activate 2 AOL & AIM Mail 8

Battery

Charge 1 Install 1

Bluetooth 14

Pair Devices 14 Sharing 14 Turn On and Off 14

Calls

see Phone Calls Camcorder 12-13 Camera 12

Contacts 5

Add 5 Delete 5 Edit 5 Sharing 14 View 5

Direct Connect

see Sprint Direct Connect

Downloading 10-11

Applications 10 Call Tones 10 Games 10 Ringers 10 Screen Savers 10

Driving Directions 15

Email 8

Setup 8

GPS Navigation 15

Location 15

Turn On and Off 15

Manage Your Account 21 Maps 15 Messages 6-7

Read 7 Reply To 7

Send 6 MSN Hotmail 8 Multimedia Messages 13

Index

Navigation 15

GPS 15

Net Guard 9, 16

Phone Calls 4

Answer 4 In-Call Options 4

Make 4

Picture Mail

see Multimedia Messages

Push-to-talk

see Sprint Direct Connect

Record a Video 12 Resources 22

Settings

Camcorder 13

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Sharing 13, 14

Bluetooth 14 Contacts 14 Files 14 Pictures and Videos 13, 14

Sprint

411 22 Customer Service 2, 21 Helpful Information 21 Service Plan 21

Store 2 Sprint 411 22 Sprint Direct Connect 16-20

Answer Direct Connect

Call 20

Dial Direct Connect Number

17 Direct Connect Number 16 Display Number 16 Make a Direct Connect

Call 18

Survey 22

Take a Picture 12 Transfer Audio 4 Turn the Phone Off 2 Turn the Phone On 1

Voicemail 3

Retrieve 3 Set Up 3

Walkie-Talkie

see Sprint Direct Connect

Web 9

Yahoo! Mail 8

Index

The services described in this guide may require a subscription to a service plan and/or may incur additional charges. Not all services will work on all phones. Sprint coverage is not available in all markets. See sprint.com/coverage for more details.

Important Privacy Message. This phone is capable of determining its/your geographical location. To set controls for access and use of your location information by others, press Others > Location. You will then have the option to select On or Off. For some applications and services you select, a phone must be turned on and set to allow collection of location information in order to function.

> Settings >

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