ZTE Blade C342 User Manual

ZTE Blade C342

User Manual

Getting Started

Overview

Front camera

Earpiece

Touch Screen

Menu Key

Back Key

Home Key

Distance
Sensor

Volume Key

Power Key

Microphone

Headset Jack
Charging/USB Jack

Camera

Flash

Back Cover

Speaker

Keys Explained

Key

Function

Power Key

Hold to turn on or off Silent, Vibrate,
standard or Airplane mode, or to restart
or power off.
Press to switch your phone to Sleep
mode.
Press to wake up your phone.

Home Key

Press to return to the Home Screen from
any application or screen.
Hold to see Google search.

Menu Key

Press to get the options for the current
screen.
Hold to see recently used applications.

Back Key

Press to go to the previous screen.

Volume Keys

Press or hold to turn the volume up or
down

Switching Your Phone On/Off

Make sure the SIM card is in your device and the battery
is charged.
Hold Power Key to switch on your phone.
To switch it off, hold Power Key to get the phone options.
Select Power off, and then tap OK.

Setting Up Your Phone for the First Time

When you first power on your phone after you purchase it
or reset it to factory settings, you need to do some

settings before using it.

Reset to Factory Settings: Tap Menu Key in the standby

mode, then select SETTINGS > My device> Language &

input > Language to change the language you want to
use, if needed.

Switching to Sleep Mode

To save battery power, Sleep Mode suspends your device
to a low-power-consumption state while the display is off.
Your device also goes into Sleep Mode by itself when the
display is automatically turned off after a certain period of
time.
You can start sleep mode by pressing the Power Key.

Waking Up Your Phone

1. Press Power Key to activate your screen display.

2. Long press icon to unlock.

NOTE: If you have set an unlock pattern, PIN or password
for your phone, you’ll need to draw the pattern or enter
the PIN/password to unlock your screen.

Touch Control

You can use finger gestures to control your phone. The
controls on your touch-screen change dynamically
depending on the tasks you’re performing.

1. Tap the buttons, icons, or applications to select items
or to open applications.

2. Flick the screen to scroll up, down, left or right.

3. Drag to move particular items across the screen.

4. Double-tap the screen or pinching two fingers on the

screen apart/together to zoom in/out the screen.
NOTE: You can view the phone screen in portrait or
landscape orientation simply by holding it upright or
turning it on its side. Not all screens are viewable in
landscape.

Home Screen

In the Home screen, besides the shortcut icon is
displayed, you can also set your own wallpaper, add the
widgets or application shortcuts you need, or remove
them as you like.

Extended Home Screen

The Home Screen extends beyond the screen width,
giving you loads more space to add more stuff. Simply
slide your finger to the left or right.

Choosing Your Wallpaper

1. Press the Home Key to return to the Home Screen.

2. Tap the Menu Key and select CUSTOMIZE

DESKTOP >Set idle wallpaper.

3. Choose the image or animation you want to use as the
wallpaper. Some cropping may be needed for Gallery
images.

4. Tap Set wallpaper.

Adding Items to Your Home Screen

1. Press Home Key > tap to enter the main menu
Application Program Interface

2. In the list of applications, touch and hold the icon until
the main screen appears, move the application icon to the
idle position, release the finger.

Removing Items from Your Home Screen

1. Press the Home Key to return to the Home Screen.

2. Tap and hold the item you want to delete until the

Remove icon appears on the top of the screen.

3. Drag the item to the Remove icon and release your
finger when the item turns red.

Status and Notification Icons

Here is what simple icons mean.

USB connected

Missed call

Airplane mode

Signal strength

Battery charge

New message

Meeting mode

Wi-Fi network

Alarm set

Earphone insert

Silent mode

Signal searching

Bluetooth icon

USB debugging connected

Data Conn off

New Wi-Finetwork detected

Using the Notification Panel

Flick the status bar downwards from across the top of the
screen to open the Notification Panel, where you can see
your calendar events, new Messages and so on. Tap to
open the shortcuts panel from notification panel. To hide
the panel, tap on the bottom of the panel, drag up.

Open Recently-Used Applications

1. Press and hold the Menu Key from any screen. The
phone will display the applications you used recently.

2. Tap the application you want to open.

3. Slide the application away to end it.