Blu VIEW 3 User manual

USER MANUAL
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About Your Phone
Power On and Off
On - Please ensure the SIM card has been properly inserted into the phone. Long press the Power key to
switch the phone on.
Off - In standby mode, long press on Power key until an options menu appears. Select Power Off in the
menu to power off the phone.
Power On / Off

Navigation Bar
The navigation bar is a dedicated area that displays device navigation buttons. These system buttons allow
the user to control the phone seamlessly.
Back
Returns to the previous screen; Closes the keyboard, any open program, or any menu
option.
Home
The home button pauses any current action and returns to the home screen.
Recent Apps
Opens a list of recently opened applications that allows you to switch conveniently
between them. This option can also close any open applications by swiping to the side.
Notifications Bar
The notification bar is located on the top of the screen which contains useful and important information

regarding your phone and the applications that are installed.
On the notification bar, several icons will appear such as signal bar, time, battery indicator, data indicator,
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. You may slide the notification bar down with your finger to display any pending
notifications or actions.

Notification Settings
The notification settings panel provides shortcuts to different phone settings for quick access. Click on any
of the shortcut notification icons to power on or off.
Pending
Notifications and
Applications
Quick
Notification
Settings
Quick Settings
Menu Button
Clear Button

To clear notifications:
» Drag down the notification bar and click the clear notification icon on the lower right-hand part of the
notification screen.
To access the quick notification settings menu:
» Drag down the notification bar completely. Some settings include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Location, Airplane
mode, and Flashlight.
Call Functions
At the dialing interface, enter the phone number and then click the dial key.
Placing a Call
» Click the Keypad button to open the dial keyboard. At the dial keyboard, enter the phone number you
wish to dial.
You may also press and hold the 0 key to add a (+) sign when adding an international dialing prefix.
» Click the dial button to make the call.
If dialing an extension, you may click on the keypad button to open the keypad interface and enter the
number of the extension.
» Click the end button to end the call.

Call Options
There are different options that can be used in the call log and dialing interface. You may press the menu
key while in the general dialing interface and adjust call settings, enter call history, clear your frequently
dialed numbers, and add a new contact.
Call Logs
Every telephone number called and received will be saved in the phones call log. All recently called
numbers in the call log can be dialed by clicking on the contact tile in the speed dial tab, or by clicking on
the contact and selecting call back in the recent tab. When the number appears on the list, click it to view
details. To delete a call from the call history, press the menu key and select delete. You may remove one or
multiple calls.

Contacts
To maintain organized, the
call log has Favorites,
Recent Calls, and Contact
set up in quick tabs

Open Contacts
To access » Click on the applications menu then on the Contacts icon.
» The default display is the phone contacts and SIM card contacts.
» Contacts are organized alphabetically by default.
Click the menu button to enter the contact search interface or scroll to search a contact. Any numbers or
letters associated with any of the contacts saved in the list will be shown in the search results.

Add New Contact
» Click the add contact icon to add contact icon in the bottom right.
Add Contact
Search
Note: Saving your contacts to your
Google account facilitates both storage
and synchronization with multiple
entries across different handsets and
tablets. When synchronizing your
Gmail with a new phone, all your stored
Google contacts are automatically
synced with the new phone

» You may save your contacts to either your Google account, phone or SIM card.
» Enter the contact information that include adding a picture, name, telephone number, group, address,
and email among other options.
» Click to save contact.

Note: You may add individual contacts to any of the home screens by entering the contacts menu, clicking
on the specific contact, pressing menu, and then selecting the ‘Add to home screen’ option. You can also
share contacts via MMS, Gmail, Bluetooth, and other share options within the same settings menu.
Contact
information field

Delete Contact
» Click on the Contacts icon to enter the phonebook.
» Click and hold on the contact that you wish to delete.
(Once selected, you may also scroll and select other contact(s) you wish to delete)
» Click on the bin to Delete.
Import / Export Contacts
The phone allows you to import and export contacts to synchronize information between different storage
types that include the SIM card, Gmail account and your phone.
To import or export contacts:
»Click the Contacts icon to enter the phonebook.
»Click the menu button, click settings and select Import / Export
»Select the source you want to copy the contacts. Once selected click next and select the destination
where you want the contact to be copied to and then select the desired contacts to be copied.
Messaging
You may use this function to exchange text messages and multimedia messages with your family and
friends. The messages to and from the same contact or phone number will be saved into a single

conversation so you may see the entire message history conveniently.
Open Messaging
To access » Click on the Application Menu then on the Messaging icon.
Attachments
Text message field

Sending an SMS
Application Menu > Messaging > New message
» Click the contact icon to enter text message recipient
» Compose Text Message and click Send
Sending an MMS
When creating message, the default message style is SMS. The message will automatically convert to
MMS when adding an attachment or when surpassing 10 pages of SMS messages.
» Click the attachment icon in the messaging interface.
» Click to add attachments and create an MMS message.
Bluetooth & Wi-Fi
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology that devices can use to exchange
information and connect to different types of devices that include headsets and other devices. Wi-Fi allows
mobile phones to connect to the internet wirelessly.
Power on Bluetooth
To access » Click on the Connected Devices icon then on Bluetooth and select to power on Bluetooth.

Click on Pair New Device.
» The Bluetooth will then start to scan for all devices within its range and will display all available devices.
» When the scan is complete, all the devices found will display in a list under available devices. Once the
device has been identified, click on it to pair.

Power on Wi-Fi
To access » Click on the Settings icon then on Wi-Fi and select to power on Wi-Fi
List of available
Bluetooth devices
Note: The maximum
detecting time of the
phone is 2 minutes

» Click on the desired Wi-Fi network to be connected.
Note: Unsecured networks can be connected to directly - secured networks require a password or
credentials prior to connection.
To display advanced options, click on the available option tab.

The network connection
screen displays the
password field and also
displays advanced
connection options

Gmail
Gmail is Google’s free email service. To access the Gmail program, click the applications menu and click
on the Gmail icon and either sign in with your existing account or follow the instructions to create a new
account.
Note: In order to keep accounts streamlined with Google services, your Gmail account username and
password will be used for some Google programs that include Google Play Store, Google Drive, Google
Photos, Google +, Google Calendar, and Google Wallet.
Open Gmail
To access » Click on the Applications Menu then on the Gmail icon.
Sending an Email
» Click the Compose button to create a new email.
» Enter the recipient’s email address.
» Enter a subject
» Compose your message. Click the attachment button to add an attachment.
» Click the Send button to send the email.