ZTE V983 User Manual
LEGAL INFORMATION Copyright © 2012 ZTE Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be quoted, reproduced, translated or used in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without the prior written permission of ZTE Corporation. ZTE Corporation reserves the right to make modifications on print errors or update specifications in this guide without prior notice. Version No.: R1.0 Edition Time: 2012.12.
Contents For Your Safety ........................................................ 8 General Safety .................................................................8 Distraction ........................................................................9 Driving ........................................................................9 Operating Machinery ..................................................9 Product Handling .............................................................
General Statement on Interface ............................... 15 Pacemakers ............................................................. 15 Hearing Aids ............................................................ 15 Medical Devices ....................................................... 15 Hospitals .................................................................. 16 Aircraft...................................................................... 16 Interference in Cars ...................................
Home Screen ...........................................................26 Status and Notification Icons ....................................27 Using the Notification Panel .....................................28 Phone Calls ............................................................ 29 Making Calls ..................................................................29 Calling from the Phone .............................................29 Calling from Your Contacts ......................................
Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network ...................................... 34 Checking the Wi-Fi Network Status ............................... 34 USB tethering & portable hotspot .................................. 35 Enabling USB tethering............................................ 35 Disabling USB tethering ........................................... 35 Enabling the Wi-Fi Hotspot ...................................... 35 Disabling the Wi-Fi Hotspot .....................................
Sorting out Your Phone Settings ......................... 42 Setting Date and Time ...................................................42 Display Settings .............................................................42 Sound Settings...............................................................43 Language Settings .........................................................43 Switching Network Modes ........................................43 Switching Networks ..................................................
For Your Safety General Safety Don’t make or receive handheld calls while driving. And never text while driving. Don’t use at petrol stations. Keep your phone at least 15 mm away from your ear or body while making calls. Your phone may produce a bright or flashing light. Small parts may cause a choking. Don’t dispose of your phone in fire. Your phone can produce a loud sound. Avoid contacting with anything magnetic. Keep away from pacemakers and other electronic medical devices.
Switch off when near explosive materials or liquids. Only use approved accessories. Don’t rely on your phone for emergency communications. Distraction Driving Full attention must be given to driving at all times in order to reduce the risk of an accident. Using a phone while driving (even with a hands free kit) can cause distraction and lead to an accident. You must comply with local laws and regulations restricting the use of wireless devices while driving.
You must always switch off your phone wherever the use of a phone is prohibited. Use of your phone is subject to safety measures designed to protect users and their environment. Always treat your phone and its accessories with care and keep it in a clean and dust-free place. Do not expose your phone or its accessories to open flames or lit tobacco products. Do not expose your phone or its accessories to liquid, moisture or high humidity.
break when you sit down. Use careful with the earphone maybe possible excessive sound pressure from earphones and headphones can cause hearing loss. The product shall only be connected to a USB interface of version USB2.0. CAUTION : RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE. DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS. Adapter Adapter shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible. Model: STC-A51-A. Manufacturer: Ruide.
cause an injury or may become detached and create a choking hazard. Demagnetization To avoid the risk of demagnetization, do not allow electronic devices or magnetic media close to your phone for a long time. Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Do not touch the SIM card’s metal connectors. Antenna Do not touch the antenna unnecessarily. Normal Use Position When placing or receiving a phone call, hold your phone to your ear, with the bottom towards your mouth.
Repetitive Motion Injuries To minimize the risk of RSI when texting or playing games with your phone: Do not grip the phone too tightly. Press the buttons lightly. Use the special features which are designed to minimize the times of pressing buttons, such as Message Templates and Predictive Text. Take lots of breaks to stretch and relax. Emergency Calls This phone, like any wireless phone, operates using radio signals, which cannot guarantee connection in all conditions.
Electrical Safety Accessories Use only approved accessories. Do not connect with incompatible products or accessories. Take care not to touch or allow metal objects, such as coins or key rings, to contact or short-circuit in the battery terminals. Connection to a Car Seek professional advice when connecting a phone interface to the vehicle electrical system. Faulty and Damaged Products Do not attempt to disassemble the phone or its accessory.
Interference General Statement on Interface Care must be taken when using the phone in close proximity to personal medical devices, such as pacemakers and hearing aids. Pacemakers Pacemaker manufacturers recommend that a minimum separation of 15 cm be maintained between a mobile phone and a pacemaker to avoid potential interference with the pacemaker. To achieve this, use the phone on the opposite ear to your pacemaker and do not carry it in a breast pocket.
to determine if operation of your phone may interfere with the operation of your medical device. Hospitals Switch off your wireless device when requested to do so in hospitals, clinics or health care facilities. These requests are designed to prevent possible interference with sensitive medical equipment. Aircraft Switch off your wireless device whenever you are instructed to do so by airport or airline staff. Consult the airline staff about the use of wireless devices on board the aircraft.
Explosive Environments Petrol Stations and Explosive Atmospheres In locations with potentially explosive atmospheres, obey all posted signs to turn off wireless devices such as your phone or other radio equipment. Areas with potentially explosive atmospheres include fuelling areas, below decks on boats, fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities, areas where the air contains chemicals or particles, such as grain, dust, or metal powders.
of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiated radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
set by the Federal Communications Commission of the United States, Industry Canada of Canada. During SAR testing, this device was set to transmit at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands, and placed in positions that simulate RF exposure in usage against the head with no separation, and near the body with the separation of 10 mm.
The FCC has granted an Equipment Authorization for this model phone with all reported SAR levels evaluated as in compliance with the FCC RF exposure guidelines. SAR information on this model phone is on file with the FCC and can be found under the Display Grant section of www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid after searching on FCC ID: Q78-ZTEV983. For this device, the highest reported SAR value for usage against the head is 0.33 W/kg, for usage near the body is 1.17 W/kg.
Getting Started Overview Headset Jack Power Key Earpiece Volume Keys Touch-screen Charger/USB Jack 21
Keys Explained Key Function Power Key Home Key Menu Key Hold to turn on or off Silent or Airplane mode, or to power off. Press to switch your phone to Sleep mode. Press to wake up your phone. Press to return to the Home Screen from any application or screen. Hold to see recently used applications. Press to get the options for the current screen. Back Key Press to go to the previous screen. Volume Keys Press or hold to turn the volume up or down.
2. Hold the SIM card with the cut corner oriented as shown, and slip it into the card holder. 3. Insert the memory card into the metal slot with the metal contacts facing down until it clicks to the right position. . 4.
click. Removing SIM/SD Card 1. 2. 3. 4. Make sure that your mobile phone is off. Remove the back cover. Slide the SIM card out. Slide the SD card out. Charging the Battery When you first get your new phone you’ll need to charge the battery. 1. Connect the adapter to the charger jack. Ensure that the adapter is inserted with the correct orientation. Do not force the connector into the charger jack. 2. Connect the charger to a standard AC wall outlet. 3.
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 (see chapter Sorting out Your Phone Settings – Privacy: Reset to Factory Settings), you need to do some settings before using it. Tap Menu Key in the standby mode, then select System settings > Language & input > Language to change the language you want to use, if needed.
Getting Around Your Phone 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. Hold and drag to move particular items across the screen. 4. Double-tap the screen to zoom in/out an image. Pinch on with two fingers to zoom in/out a web page.
3. Tap Gallery, Live Wallpapers, Video Wallpaper ， Wallpapers or Lock screen and 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 Application Program Interface. 2. In the list of applications, touch and hold the icon until its vibration, when the main screen appears, move the application icon to the idle position, release the finger.
Signal searching New message Battery charge Wi-Fi network Alarm set Earphone insert Silent mode Meeting mode Bluetooth icon USB debugging connected Data Conn off New Wi-Fi network 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 Messaging, and current settings – such as call forwarding or call status. From here you can also open new Messaging, reminders, etc.
Phone Calls Making Calls There are many ways to make a call with your phone. And they’re all easy to do. Calling from the Phone 1. Press Home key > tap > Phone or tap on the Home Screen. 2. Enter the phone number using the on-screen keypad. Tap to delete wrong digits. 3.Tap the dial icon. TIPS: To make international calls, hold to enter the “+”. Calling from Your Contacts 1. Press Home key> tap > People. 2. Slide your finger to scroll the contacts list and tap the contact you want to call.
2. Tap the call log to dial the number. Calling from a Text Message If a text message contains a phone number that you want to call, you can make the call while viewing the text message. 1. Press Home key > tap > Messaging. 2. Tap the conversation and then find the message that contains the phone number you need. 3. Tap the message, the phone will list the options. Receiving Calls Answering a Call Drag the icon to right to answer the call. Rejecting a Call Drag the icon to left to reject the call.
Turning the Speakerphone On/Off during a call to turn the speakerphone on. Tap Tap again to turn off the speakerphone. Ending a Call Tap to finish a call. Contacts You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google account or other accounts that support contact syncing. To see your contacts, Press Home key > tap > People. Creating a Contact 1. Tap from the Contacts Screen. 2. Choose the storage location to save the contact. 3.
Messaging Your SMS (text message) and MMS (multimedia messaging service) are combined into one menu in Home Key > tap > Messaging. The Message Box Instead of an inbox and outbox, your phone organizes all Messaging you sent and received into one box, where Messaging exchanged with the same number are grouped into one message thread in the Messaging Screen. You can tap a thread to see the conversation you have had with someone. Sending a Message 1. Press Home key > tap > Messaging. 2.
slideshow. 5. Tap to send your message. NOTE: Add an attachment to text message and it will be converted into an MMS automatically. Likewise if you remove all attachments and the subject from an MMS, it’ll automatically become a text message. Message Settings The phone’s message settings are pre-configured for you to use immediately. To change them, tap Menu Key > Settings from the Messaging Screen.
provider to get the necessary information. You can view settings by pressing Home key > tap > Settings > More > Mobile networks > Access Point Names. Turning On Wi-Fi Wi-Fi provides wireless Internet access over distances of up to about 300 feet. 1. Press Home key > tap > Settings. 2. Click next to the Wi-Fi menu to turn it on, click you can turn off the Wi-Fi function. Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network 1.Press Home key > tap > Settings > Wi-Fi.
USB tethering & portable hotspot Share your phone’s data connection via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Enabling USB tethering TIPS: The PC accesses the Internet via the phone’s mobile network. Therefore, set up the networks connection correctly before you try to use the phone as a modem. Press Home Key > tap > Settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot and tick the USB tethering check box.
1. Press Home Key > tap > Settings > More> Tethering & portable hotspot and tick the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot check box. 2. Tap Configure Wi-Fi hotspot to set up & manage portable Wi-Fi hotspot. 3. Tap Save. Now you can find the hotspot on other devices and connect to it. Disabling the Wi-Fi Hotspot Press Home Key > tap > Settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot and clear the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot check box.
Press Menu Key > Close and select Quit to exit. Press Menu Key > Bookmarks/History and select a bookmark or history to open. Press Menu Key > Settings to configure browser settings. Using Bookmarks If you know the Web address, you can manually add bookmarks. To bookmark a web page, open it and tap Menu Key >Save to bookmarks. Give the bookmark a name and save it. Editing a Bookmark 1. Open a Browser window. 2. Tap Menu Key > Bookmarks/History. 3.
4. Select Delete bookmark and tap OK to confirm. Changing Browser Settings Tap Menu Key > Settings from a browser window to change browser settings. Bluetooth Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communication technology. Phones or other devices with Bluetooth capabilities can exchange information wirelessly within a distance of about 10 meters. The Bluetooth devices must be paired before the communication is performed. 1. Press Home Key > tap > Settings. next to the Bluetooth menu to turn it on, 2.
Making the Most of Multimedia Taking Pictures with Your Camera Your phone has camera function. Open it by pressing Home Key > tap > Camera. Tap to take a shot. To view it, just tap the picture in the right corner of the screen. NOTE: Before taking a picture, click the corresponding icon on camera screen to complete the camera-related settings. Shooting Video with Your Camcorder Open the camcorder by pressing Home Key > tap >Camcorder. Camera > tap > to start shooting, and tap to stop.
To tune in, plug your headset into your phone. Press Home key > tap > FM Radio. Playing Your Music You can play digital audio files from your phone’s memory card in Music. Before playing music, you need to copy music files to memory card location. 1. Press Home Key >tap > Music to open the Music Screen. 2. Click the Music category label > music files to start playing. 3. Adjust the volume with Volume Keys. Opening Your Gallery Press Home Key > tap > Gallery.
4. Tap to play back the voice recording. 5. Save the voice recording after stop, or tap Discard to delete the recording. Using Your Google Applications Signing in to your Google Account lets you synchronize Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts between your phone and the web. And if you don’t have an account, you can easily create one. 1. Tap a Google application that needs a Google account, such as Play Store. 2. If you’ve got a Google account, tap Existing. Enter your username and password. Then tap Sign in.
enables you to communicate with other people who also use it. Press Home Key >tap > Talk Latitude Google’s Latitude service is a social tool for sharing your location information with selected friends. You can also find on the map the location of your friends - to see nearby friends and met with them (if necessary). Press Home key> tap > Latitude to enable Latitude service. Sorting out Your Phone Settings Setting Date and Time 1. Press Home key > tap > Settings > Date & time. 2.
Wallpaper: Choose window animation. Sleep: Set the delay for the screen to automatically turn off. Sound Settings By pressing Home Key > tap > Settings > Audio profiles, you can select the profile, adjust the sound settings, such as ringtones, volume and vibrate. Language Settings You can change the language of your phone system in two simple steps. 1. Press Home key > tap > Settings > Language & input > Language. 2. Select a language from the list given. Switching Network Modes 1.
searches for all available networks. 2. Tap a network to register manually, or tap Select automatically. Setting Access Point Names To connect to the Internet you can use the default Access Point Names (APN). And if you want to add a new APN, please contact the service provider to find out more. Press Home key> tap > Settings > More > Mobile networks > Access Point Names. Security Settings Here’s how to protect your phone and SIM card from unauthorized use.
Unlocking the Screen with Your Pattern 1. Press Power Key to wake up the screen. 2. Draw the pattern you set to unlock the screen. If you make a mistake, your phone will ask you to try again. Protecting Your Phone with a PIN or Password Creating a PIN or Password 1. Press Home key > tap > Settings > Security > Screen lock. 2. Tap PIN or Password. 3. Read the instructions and according to this instruction to complete your PIN or password settings. Unlocking the Screen with Your PIN or Password 1.
3. Tap None. Protecting Your SIM Card with a PIN Every SIM card comes with a PIN. The initial PIN is provided by your mobile phone carrier. It’s best to lock your SIM card as soon as you can. 1. Press Home key > tap > Settings > Security > Set up SIM card lock. 2. Tick the Lock SIM card check box. 3. Enter the PIN you’ve been given and tap OK. TIPS: If you enter the wrong SIM PIN more times than allowed, your SIM card will be locked and you cannot access the mobile phone network.
Deleting Secure Credentials 1. Press Home Key > tap > Settings > Security. 2. Tap Clear credentials to clear credentials. Managing Your Device Memory Press Home Key > tap > Settings > Storage. You can view the space information of the SD card as well as the phone storage. Unmount SD card: You can unmount the SD card to safely remove it. Erase SD card: Erase all data on the SD card.
You can also install a non-Marketing application if you have allowed the installation of it. Make sure that you select an application developed for your device and processor type before installing it. 1. Copy the application file to the SD card and install the card on your phone. 2. Press Home key > tap > File Manager, and open the folder where the application file is. 3. Tap the file to start installation. 4.
1. Press Home key > tap > Settings > Apps . 2. Click the application you want to move on the Downloaded tab. Managing Other Settings Accessibility You can configure accessibility options for accessibility-related applications by pressing Home Key > tap > Settings > Accessibility. Text-to-speech Output You can set the text-to-speech and voice recognition options by pressing Home Key > tap > Settings >Language & input > Text-to-speech output.
Calculator You can use the phone directly perform simple mathematical calculations. 1. Press Home Key > Tap > Calculator. 2. Click the button corresponding with the calculator display, perform basic arithmetic. TIPS: Tap Menu Key > Advanced panel to use scientific calculation.
