Kyocera K612b manual Timing your calls, Receiving data or faxes, Understanding roaming

–Home Calls Timer tracks calls you have made and received in your home network. To reset this timer to zero, press the right

softkey to select Reset.

–Roam Calls Timer tracks all roaming calls you have made and received. To reset this timer to zero, press the right softkey to select Reset.

Timing your calls

You can set your phone to beep 10 seconds before each minute passes when you are on a call.

•Select Menu → Settings → Sounds → Minute Alert → Enabled.

Receiving data or faxes

Your phone may be able to receive certain data or faxes, depending on the system sending the information. For more information, see page 51.

Understanding roaming

Controlling network roaming

Depending on services available from your service provider, you may set the phone to either digital or analog mode. This is useful if you are in an area that borders on digital service and the automatic feature is causing the phone to keep switching between modes.

1.Select Menu → Settings → Network → Digital/Analog.

2.Select an option and press .

–Automatic automatically switches the phone between digital and analog.

–Analog only sets the phone to work in analog mode only.

–Analog call forces a call into analog mode for the duration of the next call.

–Digital only sets the phone to work in digital mode only.

Setting an alert for roaming

You may use this setting if you want the phone to alert you when you roam outside of your home service area.

1.Select Menu → Settings → Network → Roam/Svc Alert.

2.Select an option and press .

–When no svc alerts you with three tones decreasing in pitch when service is lost and three tones increasing in pitch when service is acquired again.

–On roam change alerts you with two decreasing tones when roaming service is acquired and three increasing tones when home area service is acquired again.

–On any change alerts you with three increasing tones if there is a change in roaming service or three decreasing tones if the phone loses service.

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