Videocon V1422 User Manual

User’s Manual

V1422

Table of Contents

Legal Notices ............................................ i

Introduction ............................................. 1

Getting Started ........................................ 5

Inside the Box ............................................ 5

Installing and Removing the Battery .......... 6

Inserting SIM Cards ................................... 7

Inserting the Memory Card ........................ 9

Charging the Device .................................. 9

My V1422 ................................................ 11

Phone Layout ........................................... 11

Screen Icons ............................................ 15

Get Connected ....................................... 17

Connecting to the PC ............................... 17

Basic Operations ................................... 18

Make a Call .............................................. 18

Making a Call using Call History .............. 19

Managing the Phonebook ..................... 20

Quick Search ........................................... 20

Search Entry ............................................ 21

Add new Entry ......................................... 21

Copy all .................................................... 21

Delete ...................................................... 21

Caller groups ........................................... 22

Extra number ........................................... 22

Backup and Retrieve ............................... 22

Phonebook Settings ................................. 22

Messages ................................................ 24

SMS .................................................... 24

MMS ................................................... 25

Chat Room .......................................... 26

Voice mail server ................................ 26

Broadcast message ............................ 27

Call history ............................................. 28

Call History .............................................. 28

General call settings ........................... 30

Settings .................................................... 32

Multimedia ............................................... 32

Camera ............................................... 32

Image viewer ...................................... 34

Video ................................................... 34

Video player ........................................ 34

Audio player ........................................ 34

Sound recorder ................................... 35

FM radio .............................................. 36

File manager ............................................ 36

Fun & Games ........................................... 36

Services ................................................... 37

SIM applicator / STK ........................... 37

WAP .................................................... 37

Data account ....................................... 38

Staying Organized ................................. 39

Settings .................................................. 41

Dual SIM settings ..................................... 41

User Profiles ............................................ 42

Phone setup ............................................. 42

Network setup .......................................... 45

Security setup .......................................... 46

SIM1/2 security setup ......................... 46

Phone lock .......................................... 46

Auto keypad lock ................................ 46

Change Password .............................. 47

Mobile Tracker .................................... 47

Restore factory settings ........................... 47

Legal Notices

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prohibited.

VIDEOCON operates on a policy of
continuous development. VIDEOCON
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improvements to any of the products
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or any special, incidental, consequential or
indirect damages howsoever caused.

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The availability of particular products may
vary by region. Please check with
VIDEOCON Executive.

Introduction

Safety Precaution / Measures

Please comply with these precautions /
measures to avoid dangerous or illegal
situation and ensure peak performance of
your phone.

Road safety

The use of a mobile phone while driving is
illegal and should be avoided at all costs. If
you need to make or receive an urgent call,
move your vehicle to the side of the road and
allow it to come to a complete stop before
using your phone.

Switch off in potentially hazardous
environments

Switch your phone off while boarding an
aircraft. Signal from your phone can affect
aircraft system. You are legally obliged to
comply with this recommendation.

Switch your phone off when entering any
explosive area. Observe any provided
guidelines or regulations.

Emergency Calls

In case of an accident or an emergency, dial
100 (Police), 101 (Fire) or 102 (Ambulance)
from your phone. Being emergency
numbers, these are toll free and can be
reached even from areas where the network
signal strength is very poor.

Battery Use

First time charging must be done using the
regular charger and not using the USB cable.

During the first 3-4 charge sessions, charge
the battery until it has been fully charged
according to the battery level indicator. This
ensures higher battery backup and extends
the battery life.

Avoid partial charging. Wait for the battery to
discharge completely before charging it
again.

Charging through the USB Cable should be
reserved during an emergency.

Use the device in vibrating mode only on
rare occasions.

Getting Started

Inside the Box

The device package consists of:

 Base Transceiver
 Battery
 Charger
 Data cable
 Hands free kit
 User Manual

Installing and Removing the
Battery

To install the battery:

1. Locate the grooves at the bottom
sides of the phone and pull the back
cover to open.

2. Push the battery in the battery
compartment in such a way that the
connectors of the phone are aligned
with the connectors on the battery.

To remove the battery:

1. Turn off the phone and unplug it , if it
is connected to an external power
source, unplug it.

2. Remove the back cover.

3. Pull out the battery from the battery
compartment.

Inserting SIM Cards

The V1422 supports dual-SIM cards. The
procedure for inserting both SIM cards is
identical, only the slot for each is different.
To insert SIM cards:

1. Remove the back cover, and pull out
the battery from the battery
compartment.

2. Slide the SIM card in the slots, the
metal connectors for SIM1 should
face up, while for SIM2 it must face
downwards.

Inserting the Memory Card

Use a microSD card of up to 2GB capacity to
store personal files such as photos, audio
files, and videos. To insert the memory card:

1. Switch off the device, and remove the
back cover, and pull out the battery
from the battery compartment.

2. Unlock and lift the memory card
cover.

3. Place the memory card with metal
connectors facing down.

4. Lock the memory card cover.

Charging the Device

Insert the Plug of your charger to the
charging port at on the side of the phone.

When you begin to charge the battery, the
stripe of Signal Strength on the right corner
of the screen starts to roll. When battery gets
fully charged, the stripe becomes stable and
stops rolling.

My V1422

Phone Layout

Left Soft Key

Use to perform functions that display in the
lower left of the display screen. In idle mode,
click to access the Contacts List.

Right Soft Key

Use to perform functions that display in the
lower right of the display screen. In idle
mode, click to access the Shortcuts.

Dial Key

Press Dial key to view the Call history.
Choose the SIM for which you need to view
the recent calls.

End Key

End or reject calls; Press and hold this key to
turn phone on/off; cancel function and return
to the idle screen.

Navigation Keys

 Scroll to select options.
 In the idle screen, use direction keys

to open dedicated keys applications.

 While creating a message, use

direction keys to select a word from
the dictionary.

 In function menu, scroll to open

desired function.

0-9 Keys

In standby mode, use the 0-9 keys to enter a
number you wish to call. In standby mode,
press and hold 1 key to enter Voice mailbox,
press and hold 2-9 keys to directly call the
number set in the speed dial list. In edit
status, press to input numbers and
characters. In edit mode, except input

number, press 0 key to input space. In
functional menu, press numbers to speed
select submenu items.

* & # Keys

Functions vary in different situations or
function menus: On Input Screen, press "*"
for symbols. In standby and dial mode, press
and hold "*" to input + for an international
call. On Input Screen, press "#" to switch
between different input methods. In standby
mode, press and hold # key to switch
between silent mode and previous mode.

OK Key

 In idle mode, press to open the

Menu.

 In menu, use to perform the functions

that display in the lower left of the
display screen.

Screen Icons

Indicator icons provide information such as
battery level, network signal strength, current
date & time and so forth.

Network signal strength
Keypad locked

Battery Strength indicator
Phone is in ring mode

Ring and Vibrate mode active
First vibrate then ring
Vibrate only
Bluetooth active
Alarm active

NOTE: Depending on your country or service
provider, the icons shown on the display may
vary.

Get Connected

Connecting to the PC

The Videocon V1422 handset can be
connected to any computer using the
provided USB cable. Connect the smaller
end of the cable to the input slot at the side
of the phone, and the other end to a USB
port on your computer. Choose Yes to use
the phone as a mass storage. In mass
storage, the phone displays as a drive in
Windows Explorer of your computer. You
can directly copy, paste and delete data as
you would normally do with the folder on
your computer’s hard drive. Selecting No,
puts the phone in the charging mode.

Basic Operations

Make a Call

In the idle mode:

 Enter the phone number including the

area code. Press Clear to erase a
digit.

 For international calls, insert the ‘+’

sign followed by the country code,
area code (without the initial zero and
phone number.

 Press the dial key. Once the call is

complete, press the End key.

To receive a call, press the Option
Answer or receive it directly by pressing
the Dial key.

Making a Call using Call History

The number and time of each call that you
make or receive is stored in the Call history
module of the device. You can retrieve a
number from call history and initiate a new
call. To do so:

 Press the Dial key to view a list of

recently dialed numbers.

 Use the up and down navigation keys

to select SIM1 Call History or SIM2
Call History to choose the card for
which you wish to view the call
history.

Managing the Phonebook

Phonebook is a location in your phone’s
internal memory on which you can store
names and numbers of contacts. The SIM
cards also allow you to store phone
numbers, though the service provider
decides the capacity. Even though, the SIM
card and the phone’s internal memory are
physically separate, they are used as a
single entity known as the Phonebook on the
phone.

Quick Search

Input few letters from a contact name. All
matching contacts display, use the Up or
Down navigation keys to select the required
contact and press the Dial key.

Search Entry

Input the name to search the designated
record.

Add new Entry

Add a new contact to the phonebook. You
can choose to store the contact in the SIM or
Phone memory.

Copy all

Use Copy All function to select and copy all
contacts to SIM1, SIM2, Phone, or vice
versa.

Delete

Delete selected contacts you can choose to
delete contacts from SIM card or from the
phone, or delete contacts one by one.

Caller groups

You can set five caller groups, including
names, associated sound, associated
pictures and members. You can set objects
by pressing the left and right direction keys.

Extra number

You can set the owner number, the service
dialing number, and the SOS number.

Backup and Retrieve

Backup our phone contacts to the microSD
card.

Phonebook Settings

The available options in phonebook settings
are:

 Memory Status: Enables to check out

the memory status individually for
both the SIM and phone respectively.

 Preferred Storage: The memory type

you want to use for storing contacts.
The options available are SIM1,
SIM2, and Phone.

 Fields: Enables to set the different

fields which are to be entered during
addition of a contact.

 My vCard: Store your personal

contact information as a vCard to
allow quick sharing of your details
with contacts. Once you have entered
your contact information, use the
Send my vCard option to send your
vCard via SMS or through file transfer
over Bluetooth.

Messages

In Messages, you can send and receive text
messages. To launch messages, on the idle
screen, select Menu  Messages to view
the available functions. Message functions
are available depending on network services
that your service provider supports.

SMS

 Inbox: Messages received using SMS

are stored in the Inbox folder.

 Outbox: Sent messages are stored in

the Outbox.

 Write Message: Create and send a

text message.

 Template: Your phone contains pre-

defined templates for frequently used
messages.

 Message Settings: You can edit the

profile settings and the common
settings, check the memory status.

MMS

 Create message: Create and send a

multimedia message.

 Inbox: Messages received using

MMS are stored in the Inbox folder.

 Outbox: Sent messages are stored in

the Outbox.

 Draft: Saved messages are stored in

the draft folder.

 Template: Your phone contains pre-

defined templates for frequently used
messages.

 Message settings: You can edit the

profile settings and the common
settings, check the memory status.

Chat Room

Chat room enables you to enter 2 different
user’s default settings (Chat Room1 and
Chat Room2) to enable sending and
receiving the messages. Chat option enables
you to see the complete conversation on a
single window.

Voice mail server

Voice mail server is an interactive system for
storing, processing and reproducing verbal
messages through a voicemail server. The
service is operator dependant and the
settings are provided by the operator upon
activating the service on the SIM card.

Broadcast message

Your phone is capable to receive and store
broadcast messages. You can set the
receive status to ON/OFF. These messages
are stored I the Stored Messages folder.

Call history

Use this menu to view the dialed, received or
missed calls. On the Idle screen, press
Menu Call history. The Call history
menu comprises the Call History and

General Call Settings

Call History

Displays the list of recent received, dialed, or
missed calls for each SIM.

 Missed Calls: displays the list of

latest missed calls.

 Dialed Calls: displays the list of latest

dialed calls.

 Received Calls: displays the list of

latest received calls.

 Delete call logs: Delete Missed calls,

Dialed calls, Received calls and
Delete all on the SIM card.

 Call timers: view Last call time,

Dialed calls, Received calls and
Reset all time of the SIM card.

 Call cost: view Last call cost and

Total cost and so forth of the SIM
card. You can also Reset cost and
set the Maximum cost and the Price
per unit for SIM1 card. It requires
network support.

 SMS counter: view and reset the

numbers of text messages that are
sent and received from the SIM card.

 GPRS counter: view and reset the

total amount of data was sent or
received.

General call settings

Use this menu to specify call options for
either of the SIM cards. The following options
are available for both SIM1 and SIM2:

 SIM 1 Call Settings: Send Caller Id:

This is network service.

 Blacklist: Set whether to activate the

incoming call filter, and edit the
blacklist.

 Speed dials: Select On, and assign

the numbers (2-9) to your frequently
dialed numbers.

 IP Number: Use this option to

automatically prefix a country’s
international dialing code to a
contact. You may define a maximum
of three international prefixes. If
needed, you can activate each prefix
on both SIM cards simultaneously.

 Call time display: After setting this

function on, you can view the call
time displayed on the screen.

 Call time displays: Choose to display

or hide the call duration while
receiving or making a call.

 Call time reminder: After setting this

function to ‘on’, it will offer a warning
tone towards the single or periodic
setting as your own during the call
process, so you will be reminded of

the call time at periodic intervals
during a call.

 Auto quick end: Can be set to open

or close the function, duration of time
1-9999 seconds.

Settings

For more information on configuring phone
settings, refer to the following chapter.

Multimedia

Camera

Your phone is equipped with a camera on
the back of the device that can be used to
take still photographs. Select Menu 
Multimedia  Camera to launch the camera
application. Once the camera application is
enabled, press the OK button to capture the

image. Press the options keys to access the
following sub-options:

 Camera Settings: select the shutter

sound and the banding of the
captured image.

 Image Settings: set the size of the

picture.

 Scene Mode: select the scene mode

to auto or night.

 Storage: select the storage location

of the captured image.

 Restore Default: restore the default

settings of the camera.

Image viewer

Image viewer stores all your pictures which
are preloaded as well as those taken by the
phone camera. It provides you the option to
view, rename, and delete the images.

Video

Select Menu  Multimedia  Video to
access Video recorder. Press the OK Key to
start and stop the recording. The recorded
videos are automatically saved to Video
folder in File Manager.

Video player

Use Video Player to watch videos directly
from the Videos folder.

Audio player

Your phone provides you a friendly audio
player device for entertainment purpose. You

may enter the music player via main Menu
You may transfer music from a PC to the
phone using the provided USB cable. Music
tracks must be saved in My Music folder in
File Manager in order to be automatically
detected and added into the default play list.
You may listen to the music through the
headset or loudspeaker.

Sound recorder

Your phone supports two kinds of recording
formats: AMR and WAV. Select a format
from settings in options. A call may also be
recorded and saved to the phone or the
memory card. Depending upon the
requirement, you may set the quality of the
recorded sound to high or low.

FM radio

The FM Radio application turns the mobile
phone into a portable FM Radio device. It
primarily provides users the interface to a
single-chip electronically turned FM stereo
radio for listening to live-broadcast stations.
You must connect the hands free to your
phone as it works as an antenna.

File manager

View the files stored in the phone memory
and on the microSD card.

Fun & Games

Select Menu  Fun & Games, to access
the Games menu. Game interface offers
option to select a game, user can select the
following game from the interface:

 Copter

 Puzzle
 Panda
 Dance

You can set On/Off the BGM (Background
Music) and Sound Effect from the game
setting option.

Services

SIM applicator / STK

STK (SIM Tool Kit) is shown only if it is
provided by your SIM card. For further
details, please contact your network
operator.

WAP

WAP function enables you to use the phone
to surf the Internet. You can select the SIM

card and the associated profile from the

Settings option.

Data account

This function enables to set the account
information. You can edit the account
information from the GSM data and select
the GPRS data to use from GPRS option.

Staying Organized

Use this menu to keep track of your
schedule. You can also use convenient
features, such as Calendar, tasks, Alarm,
World Clock. To access this menu, press
[Menu] in Idle mode and select Organizer.
The available options are:

 Calendar: You can keep track of your

monthly schedule

 To do: You can use your phone to

keep track of all your Date, Call and
Anniversary.

 Alarm: Set the alarm to ring at a

specific time.

 World clock: Set your local time zone

and find out the current time in
another part of the world.

 Calculator: You can use calculator by

pressing the icons on the screen

 Unit converter: Use this feature for

the converted units of weight and
length.

 Currency converter: Use this feature

for the exchange rate conversion.

 Stopwatch: The phone comes with 2

types of Stopwatch: Typical
stopwatch and nWay stopwatch.
Now, burn the track while you keep
every move traced and counted

.

 Bluetooth: You can

activate/deactivate the Bluetooth,
search for other Bluetooth compatible
devices edit the name of the
Bluetooth device.

Settings

Dual SIM settings

You have following options listed under Dual
SIM settings:

 Dual SIM open: This option activates

both the SIM cards.

 Only SIM1 open: This option

activates only SIM1.

 Only SIM2 open: This option

activates only SIM2.

 Flight mode: This option disables all

RF and Bluetooth based
communication for both SIM1 and
SIM2, however, enables you to use
other features/functions of the phone.

User Profiles

This menu allows you to set the ring tone,
alert type, ring volume, , etc when you
receive an incoming call or a new message
so that you can adapt the use of your phone
to different types of call environments. The
available profiles are, General, Meeting,
Outdoor, Indoor, Headset, and Bluetooth.

Phone setup

This option enables you to set the time, auto
power on/off, language, shortcuts and so
forth for the phone.

 Time and date: Let you set the Time

and date on the phone.

 Schedule power on/off: Let you set a

particular time on the phone when the
phone should Power on/off itself.

 Language: Choose phone language,

currently only English is supported.

 Preferred input methods: This

enables you to select the text input
method. They are – Smart ABC/abc,
Multitap ABC/abc, Numeric input.

 Display Characteristics: Change the

look and feel of your phone. Options
are:

 Wallpaper: Set your favorite

wallpaper on the phone.

 Screen saver: Lets you set an image

as a screen saver.

 Show date and time: Enables you to

see the date and time on the idle
screen.

 Show owner number: Enables you to

see the owner number on the idle
screen.

 Greeting text: Let you set your own

greeting message when you power
ON the phone.

 Shortcuts: Enables you to set the

shortcut for your phone.

 Dedicated key: Enables you to set

the dedicated keys for up, down, left
and right navigation keys.

 Auto update of date and time: This

feature automatically updates the
date and time on the phone, receiving
it from the network.

NOTE: This feature is network
dependant.

 Back Light Timer: Enables you to set

the backlight time for the phone.

Network setup

Network setup gives the user the option to
select a desired network and addition of a
new network to the network list. The network
setup gives you the following options:

 Network selection

(Automatic/Manual)

 Preferred Networks: Will list down the

entire network IDs (depending on the
SIM card used).

Security setup

This option enables you to set the SIM lock,
phone lock, mobile tracker to enhance the
security of your phone.

SIM1/2 security setup

This option enables you to set the SIM lock,
Fixed dial, Barred dial and change the SIM
password.

Phone lock

This option enables you to set a lock for your
phone that is required each time you change
the SIM card of the phone.

Auto keypad lock

This option enables you to set the auto
keypad lock time. You can set the time so
that the phone keypad automatically locks
when in idle screen.

Change Password

This option enables you to change the
password of the phone.

Mobile Tracker

This function enables you to track your
phone in case it gets lost. The default
password for the mobile tracker is 0000. If
someone inserts another SIM card in your
mobile, you will receive an SMS to the
assigned number from the new SIM card to
know who is using your mobile.

Restore factory settings

Selecting this option will ask you to enter the
password to restore the phone to factory
settings. The default password is set as

0000.