ZTE-G N290 Mobile Phone User Manual
FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
receiver. - Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Warning Changes or modifications made to this equipment not expressly approved by ZTE for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
safety margins designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of age and health. The radio wave exposure guidelines employ a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. Tests for SAR are conducted using a standardized method with the Phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all used frequency bands.
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Security To protect your mobile phone from illegal use, take the security measures as follows: ¾ Set PIN codes of the SIM card. ¾ Set handset lock code. ¾ Set call restrictions. Safety Precautions This section includes some important information on safe and efficient operation. Please read this information before using the phone. Operational Precautions Please use your phone properly. When making or receiving a call, please hold your phone as holding a wireline telephone.
cause the phone to operate at a higher power level than needed. Some people may be susceptible to epileptic seizures or blackouts when exposed to flashing lights, such as when watching television or playing video games. If you have experienced seizures or blackouts, or if you have a family history of such occurrences, please consult your doctor before playing video games on your phone or enabling a flashing-light feature on your phone. (The flashing-light feature is not available on all products.
When using your phone near pacemakers, please always keep the phone more than eight inches (about twenty centimeters) from the pacemaker when the phone is switched on. Do not carry the phone in the breast pocket. Use the ear opposite the pacemaker to minimize the potential for interference. Switch off the phone immediately if necessary. Some phones may interfere with some hearing aids. In the event of such interference, you may consult your hearing aids manufacturer to discuss alternatives.
phone’s performance, damage your phone or even cause danger to your body and violate related local regulations about telecom terminals. Turn off your phone before you clean it. Use a damp or anti-static cloth to clean the phone. Do not use a dry cloth or electrostatically charged cloth. Do not use chemical or abrasive cleaners as these could damage the phone. As your mobile phone can produce electromagnetic field, do not place it near magnetic items such as computer disks.
enhancement. Do not attempt to disassemble the mobile phone or battery. Do not store the phone with flammable or explosive articles. Do not charge the mobile phone without battery. Precautions for Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Switch off your phone prior to entering any area with potentially explosive atmospheres, such as fueling areas, fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities. Do not remove, install, or charge batteries in such areas.
Some electronic devices are susceptible to electromagnetic interference sent by mobile phone if inadequately shielded, such as electronic system of vehicles. Please consult the manufacturer of the device before using the phone if necessary. Safety and General Use in Vehicles Safety airbag, brake, speed control system and oil eject system shouldn’t be affected by wireless transmission. If you do meet problems above, please contact your automobile provider.
system from interference, it is forbidden to use mobile phone in flight. Safety regulations require you to have permission from a crew member to use your phone while the plane is on the ground. If the mobile phone has the function of automatic timing power-on, please check your alarm setting to make sure that your phone will not be automatically turned on during flight. Battery Use Do not short-circuit the battery, as this can cause the unit to overheat or ignite.
time and standby time) is noticeably shorter than normal, it is time to replace it with a new one. Please stop using the charger and battery when they are damaged or show evidence of aging. Return the worn-out battery to the provider or dispose of it in accordance with environment regulations. Do not dispose of it in household rubbish. Please use original batteries or batteries approved by the phone manufacturer.
refer to the enclosed warranty card for full warranty and service information. Note: The pictures and icons shown in the manual are just schematic drawings for function demonstration. If they are inconsistent with your handset, please take your handset as the standard. If the inconsistency exits in the manual because of the handset function updating, please refer to the follow-up public information from ZTE CORPORATION.
Your Phone Power key Receiver Memory card connector Volume keys Touch screen Camera key Send key End key USB connector OK Key
Turn On / Off or wake up your phone Hold the Power key to turn your phone on or off. In Menu→Settings→Phone settings→Misc. settings→LCD backlight, set the LCD backlight time. If the phone is not operated within this time, the screen will turn black. Press the any key to wake up your phone. Lock / unlock the keypad In Menu→Settings→Security settings→Auto keypad lock, set the auto keypad lock time. If the phone is not operated within this time, the keypad will be locked.
key and release it, while “hold a key” means to press the key for at least two seconds and then release it. Locking the keypad can prevent unintentional operations on it. You can answer an incoming call with the regular operation when the keypad is locked. Use the Touchscreen Your phone supports touch screen functionality. • Tap any application to open it. • Drag up or down to scroll.
Interface icons Indicator What it means Signal strength New voicemail Missed call Edge Silent Ring Outdoor Meeting Headset Indicator What it means New SMS, message box full when blinking New MMS MMS downloading GPRS Call diverting Battery status Bluetooth Roaming Alarm clock set Input Text You can use the onscreen keyboard to enter text messages, contact information, notes, and more. 1. Tap a text field, such as in a note or new contact, to bring up the keyboard. 2. Tap keys on the keyboard.
As you type, each letter appears above the keyboard. • Change input mode: Tap the # button to change the input mode (input modes: eZi ABC, eZi abc, ABC, abc and 123). • Input Letters: In ABC/abc mode, tap the corresponding letter key till the letter appears. • Input Words: In eZi ABC/eZi abc mode, input any letter with a single button tap. Tap each button only once for every letter. The word changes after each button stroke. Predictive text input is based on a built-in dictionary.
character. • Move Cursor: Among the text, tap in the position you want to move. Adjust the Volume When you’re on the phone or listening to songs, movies, or other media, the Volume keys on the right side of your phone adjust the audio volume. Otherwise, the keys control the volume for the ringer, and other sound effects. Battery The lithium ion battery of the mobile phone can be immediately used after unpacking. Installing the battery 1.
3. Push down the upper section of the battery until it clicks into place. 4. Replace the battery cover and close it gently until you hear a click.
Install battery Removing the battery 1. Make sure that your mobile phone is switched off. 2. Remove the battery cover. 3. Pull the battery up and remove it from the mobile phone.
Charging the battery Your phone is powered by a rechargeable battery. For maximum battery performance, it is recommended that you first use up the battery power and then charge it completely. A new battery’s full performance is achieved only after three complete charge and discharge cycles. • Connect your travel adapter to the side of your mobile phone as shown in the diagram. • Note: The side with arrow should be facing downwards while connecting.
mains socket. • When you charge the battery, the battery charging indicator appears. • When the battery is fully charged, disconnect the charger. Inserting the SIM card You want a mobile phone that is sophisticated yet easy to use and here it is in your hands! Naturally you are eager to start using it, but first you need to insert the SIM card.
is disconnected from the phone. • Turn the phone over and remove the battery cover. • Remove the battery if it is already installed. • Hold your SIM card with the cut corner oriented as shown and then slide it into the card holder with the gold-coloured contacts facing downward. • Replace the battery first. • Replace the battery cover. Every mobile phone has a SIM card (Subscriber Identity Module). This is a micro-chip that holds your personal information such as names and phone numbers.
won’t work without it. If you already have contacts on your SIM card, they can be transferred in most cases. Inserting the Memory Card You can use a Memory card to expand the storage of the phone. You can store or copy files such as videos, photos, music, and so on. Do not take out the card or switch off the phone while transmitting or storing data, which may cause data loss or damage to the phone or the card.
Take out the touch pen There is a touch pen in the right top of your phone. Pull it out and use it to tap any application on the screen. Otherwise, the touch pen can be used as a antenna. Elongate it and keep it connecting with your phone when the signal strength is poor.
Phonebook There are some numbers that you may want to call again and again, so it makes sense to add these numbers to your Phonebook. You can then access these numbers quickly and easily. • Add new contact Go to Menu→Phonebook→Add new contact. (Select a storage location if you have selected Both in Preferred storage.) Edit the information and select Done, and then select Yes to save.
You can also save a number right after you’ve made or received a phone call or a text message from someone who is not yet in your Phonebook list. • Quick search To quickly search for the contacts, enter the first letter of your desired contact on the screen. • Delete one record To delete someone from your Phonebook list, first select the name, then select Options→Delete. • Copy or move records You can copy or move the records to SIM, to phone or to file. Select Options→Copy or Move.
Making and receiving calls • Basic way to make a call In the standby mode select Dialer icon. Tap the numeric buttons to input the number and press the Send key to dial. • Dial from the Phonebook Go to Menu→Phonebook. Find the name of the person you want to call, and press the Send key. • Make an emergency call You can make emergency calls without the SIM card inserted so long as you are in an area with network coverage. • Answer a call Press the Send key. • End a call Press the End key.
You can use the speakerphone by tapping the H-Free button. You can put a call on hold, make a new call, and use applications such as Messaging & Phonebook while you’re on a call. Calls Dialled calls, Received calls and Missed calls are saved in Calls. If the records are full, the earliest saved records will be deleted. Select Options to enter the submenu: • View: View your call record details. • Call: Call the record again. • Send message: Send a message to the record.
Call timers: Check the time of call records. Call cost: Set Price per unit, and you can view the call cost. Text message counter: View the text messages you sent and received. GPRS counter: View the GPRS data amount you sent and received. Sending and receiving messages • Write a new message You can use your mobile phone to send and receive messages. 1. Go to Menu→Messaging→Write message. 2. Write your message. For more information on input method, see section ‘Input text’.
multimedia contents to the message and it will be switched to MMS automatically. 4. You can select Options→Slide options to add a new slide. And you can select Options→Advanced to insert a text template, attachment, contact number, contact name or bookmark. 5. When you finish writing, press Options→Send to to enter recipient or add from Phonebook. If you are writing an MMS, after adding recipients, then you can select Options→Change to Cc or Change to Bcc to change the current contact to Cc or Bcc. 6.
Inbox through the main menu to read the message. 2. While the message is open, use Options to reply, delete or forward the message. You can also call back the sender. You can view the message boxes in the Messaging interface. ♦ Select Inbox to view received messages. ♦ Select Drafts to view unsent messages. ♦ Select Outbox to view unsuccessfully sent and saved messages. ♦ Select Sent messages to view successfully sent and saved messages.
sent message or not. ♦ Memory status: View the SIM or Phone memory status. ♦ Preferred storage: Set the preferred storage to SIM or Phone. ♦ Preferred connection: Set the preferred connection to GPRS, GSM or GSM only. Go to Menu→Messaging→Message settings→Multimedia message. ♦ Profiles: You can activate a MMS profile or add new ones. ♦ Common settings: In Compose, you can set Slide time, Creation mode, Picture resizing, Auto signature and Signature.
Sending and receiving email • Set up accounts First you have to setup your email accounts. If the account is not properly set or activated, you cannot send or receive any emails. Go to Menu→Messaging→Email→Email accounts. 1. Select Options, and then select New account. 2. Enter your Email address, protocol, data account and server information, etc. 3. Activate your email account. • Send an email Go to Menu→Messaging→Email→Write Email to edit your email.
Inbox to view your received emails. User Profiles Go to Menu→Settings→User profiles. You can select your preferred profile in this menu. The profile options are: General, Meeting, Outdoor, Silent, Headset and Bluetooth. The default settings for each individual profile are preset at the factory. You can change them in the Options-Customize menu. • Tone settings: Set the tone for various conditions. • Volume: Set the ring tone and key tone.
Settings You can adjust various settings of your phone. Go to Menu→Settings. • Pen calibration If you feel that the contact point of your touch screen is not accurately positioned, you can fix it by this function. Complete the calibration operation according to the system prompts. Tap the centre of the cross until the calibration is completed. • Phone settings ♦ Time and date: You can set home city, time and date and format. You can also select Update with time zone on or off.
Keyboard Vibrator and Clock type. ♦ Greeting text: You can set the greeting text. ♦ Flight mode: You can select to use flight mode. In flight mode, all wireless functions are disabled. ♦ Misc. settings: You can set the LCD backlight brightness and time. • Network settings In this menu, you can select Automatic/Manual to select the network service provider according to requests.
your SIM card when you turn on your mobile phone next time. Note: The PUK code is required to unlock the SIM card if you have incorrectly input the PIN code for three consecutive times. The PIN code and the PUK code may be supplied along with the SIM card. If not, contact the network provider. ♦ Phone lock: Phone lock can prevent your mobile phone from unauthorized use. Select On/Off to enable or disable the handset lock protection.
♦ and set the bar mode. Please consult the network provider for this function. Change password: You can change the PIN, PIN2 and Phone password here. Note: You may be required to input the phone lock code in some of the security settings interfaces. The default lock code is 1122. Go to Security settings→Change password→Phone password to change the phone lock code. • Connectivity ♦ Bluetooth: See chapter “Bluetooth”. ♦ Conn. Management: You can view your GPRS connectivity actions.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Hide ID or Send ID. Call waiting: After this function is activated, the system will inform you if there is another incoming call. Please contact your network provider for details. Call divert: The call divert service enables you to divert an incoming call from a service to a specified telephone number in preset conditions. You can contact the network provider to activate this service.
• Auto quick end. Licence manager ♦ Licence list: Display the list of Licences. ♦ Status: Check the version and time. ♦ Advance: Select Sweep to remove useless licences and reboot your phone. Tools • Calendar Enter Calendar, the calendar of the current month will be displayed on the screen and the current date will be marked by a background box in a special colour.
• Alarm You can view and edit the alarm clocks settings. You can also enable or disable the alarms. By taping Edit, you can set the corresponding features of the alarm according to instructions: Repeat type, Time, Alarm tone, Snooze, etc. • World clock You can view the time in different cities. • Calculator You can perform simple calculations. You can add, subtract, multiply or divide, and select M+, M-, MR, and MC to perform relevant operations.
currency conversion. Input the Rate, select OK and input a figure in the Local field, then press OK to get the result. • Ebook reader Read the ebooks stored in the ..\Ebook folder. Select an ebook, then press Options to enter the submenu: ♦ Open ebook: Read the ebook. ♦ Clean up bookshelf: Clean up the bookshelf. ♦ Global settings: Set the Font size, Scroll by, Auto scroll, Scroll speed, Full screen, Encoding and Alignment. ♦ Book info: View the details of the ebook. ♦ Delete: Delete the ebook.
Files You can check all the folders in the phone, create new ones or rename, delete, or sort, etc. The files you download from the internet will be stored in these folders. Note: When you select Format, the data will be lost, so please be careful with this function. Games Go to Menu→Downloads→Games. Your mobile phone has classic games pre-loaded. For further information on this, access the menu and view game Help. Bluetooth Go to Menu→Settings→Connectivity→Bluetooth.
Go to Bluetooth→Settings→Visibility, you can choose to be visible or not. When your phone is visible, and the Bluetooth is turned on, all other Bluetooth-enabled devices within range can detect your phone. Create a Bluetooth partnership 1. Go to Bluetooth→My device→Inquiry new device to search other Bluetooth-enabled devices and list them. 2. Select the desired device name in the list and press Pair. 3. Enter a passcode (1 up to 16 characters), and then press Select.
select the device name. If you want to send a multimedia file, find the file from the Media Album and then press Options→Send→Via Bluetooth, and then select the device name. Connect a Bluetooth hands-free or stereo headset For hands-free phone conversations or to listen to music, you can use a Bluetooth hands-free or stereo headset. Go to Bluetooth→Inquiry audio device to search for the Bluetooth hands-free or stereo headset.
Java Go to Menu→Downloads→Java. MIDlets are Java™-based applications that can run on your phones. It supports Java 2 Edition, J2ME™. Java allows you to download Java-based applications, such as games and tools that are specifically designed for mobile phones. Java gives you the flexibility of installing and managing additional J2ME applications from the Internet. Camera Go to Menu→Camera or press the Camera key in the standby mode. • Take a Photo Go to Camera to take a photo.
configure your camera: ♦ Switch to video recorder: Switch to record video mode. ♦ Photos: Enter Image viewer to view the photos you’ve just taken. ♦ Camera settings: Set Shutter sound, EV, Night mode, Contrast, Anti-flicker, Delay timer, and Cont. shot. ♦ Image settings: Set Image size and Image quality. ♦ White balance: Select Auto, Daylight, Tungsten, etc. ♦ Scene mode: Select Auto or Night. ♦ Effect settings: Select Normal, Greyscale, Sepia, etc. ♦ Storage: Select Phone or Memory card.
Aim the camera at the object and then press the Camera key to start, press it again to pause, and tap the icon on the bottom right corner to finish recording. Before recording a video, adjust brightness and zoom to the right size. • Configure your video camera Go to Video camera. Press the icon on the bottom left corner to configure your video recorder: ♦ Camcorder settings: Set EV, Night mode and Anti-flicker.
Multimedia Go to Menu→Play • Power Media You can play the audio and video in your phone or the memory card. • Image viewer The images you want to view in Image viewer must be put in the .. \Photos folder in the phone or Memory card, and in Options→Storage, the storage must be set to phone or card correspondingly. You can select an image and view it. Image viewer supports: jpeg, jpg, bmp, gif, png. • Video player The videos you want to play in Video player must be put in the ..\Videos folder in the phone
• Audio player You can play the audio in your phone or the memory card. In My playlists, you can edit your playlists, set storage or make personal settings. To create a playlist, in My playlists, select Options→New playlist, and then set the list name. Select Options→Load→Options→Add, and select the files or folder, then the list will be loaded. Audio player supports: AMR-NB, AMR-WB+, WAV, AAC, AAC+, MP3, MIDI. • Sound recorder Go to Options→New record to record a sound clip.
works as an antenna, so always connect the headset when using the radio. When you receive an incoming call while listening to the radio, the radio will switch off. In the FM radio interface, select Options to enter the submenu. ♦ Channel list: Edit up to 9 channels. ♦ Manual input: Manually input a channel. ♦ Auto search: Automatically searches for channels. ♦ Settings: You can turn on Background play, and Loudspeaker. You can set Record format, Audio quality, Record storage and Channel effect.
VIVO Chip VIVO Chip service requires network support. Please consult your network operator or service provider for details on usability and quotation of VIVO Chip services. Your service provider should provide you with all the instructions you need to know how to use this service. You can use the value-added services provided by your network operator. WAP Your phone supports Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). You can get access to this service through your network provider.
• • • • • or you can select Edit, Send, Delete, Delete all or Add bookmark. Recent pages: Display the pages you’ve visited recently. Select an item and choose Go to to visit the page again. Offline pages: Web pages saved on your mobile phone can be viewed while your phone is offline. Input address: Input a URL and press Done to visit the site. Service inbox: Check the service information sent by your service provider.
• • Manual Search: Search the programs manually. Area Set: Set the country you are in.
