Note: You can set the phone to beep, light up, or play a tune every five minutes to remind you that you have voicemail. You can set the phone to beep or vibrate every five minutes to remind you that you have a voicemail message. See “Setting message alerts” on page 42.

Calling emergency services

Regardless of your 3-digit emergency code

(911, 111, 999, 000, etc.), your phone operates as described below.

Dial your 3-digit emergency code and

press .

You can call the code even if your phone is locked, has no balance, or is restricted. When you call, your phone enters Emergency mode. This enables the emergency service exclusive access to your phone to call you back, if necessary. To make or receive regular calls after dialing the code,

you must exit this mode.

To exit Emergency mode

When you have completed the emergency call:

1.Press to select Exit.

2.Press again to confirm your choice.

Note: To determine who has access to your location, see “Setting position location” on page 47.

Locking the keypad

The Keyguard locks your keypad on your phone to prevent accidental keypresses when the phone is turned on and a call is not in progress. You can still answer or silence an incoming call.

To lock the keypad, press and hold .

To unlock the keypad, press to select

Keyguard and then press .

Changing the Keyguard setting

You can set the phone to lock the keypad immediately, or automatically if no key is pressed after 30 seconds, 1 minute, or 5 minutes.

1.Select Menu Settings Keyguard.

2.Highlight an option.

Guard Now

30s auto-guard

1m auto-guard

5m auto-guard

Disabled

3.Press to save.

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Making and Answering Calls

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Kyocera KX12 manual Calling emergency services, Locking the keypad, Changing the Keyguard setting, To exit Emergency mode