JETHRO SC490 User manual

JETHRO SC490
Simple 4G Bar Phone
Table of Contents
How to Charge your Phone

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Table of Contents
How to Charge your Phone ....................................................................................................3
Charging dock ................................................................................................................................3
Charging cord.................................................................................................................................3
Turn Phone On/Off ................................................................................................................4
Navigate your SC490..............................................................................................................4
Phone Calls............................................................................................................................5
Answer and Reject Phone Calls.......................................................................................................5
Block Numbers...............................................................................................................................5
How to Make a Phone Call .............................................................................................................5
Voicemail ..............................................................................................................................6
Access Voicemail............................................................................................................................6
Set Up Voicemail with a Personal Greeting .....................................................................................6
Phone Book (Contacts)...........................................................................................................6
Access Contacts .............................................................................................................................6
Create contacts..............................................................................................................................7
Delete contacts..............................................................................................................................7
Messages ..............................................................................................................................7
Create a New Text Message ...........................................................................................................8
Predictive Texting ..........................................................................................................................8
Switching Between Texting Methods..............................................................................................8
Special Characters..........................................................................................................................8
Save a Photo from Text Messages ..................................................................................................9
Photo Dial .............................................................................................................................9
Create photo dial contacts .............................................................................................................9
Make a Call with Photo Dial ...........................................................................................................9
Call History..........................................................................................................................10
Multimedia..........................................................................................................................10
Camera........................................................................................................................................10
Tools ...................................................................................................................................10
Alarm ..........................................................................................................................................10
Calendar......................................................................................................................................11

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SOS (Emergency Feature).....................................................................................................11
How to Insert SIM Card........................................................................................................13
Activating your Phone .........................................................................................................13
Settings & Other..................................................................................................................14
APN Settings................................................................................................................................14
Bluetooth –How to connect a new device ....................................................................................14
Change Ringtone..........................................................................................................................14
Change Wallpaper........................................................................................................................15
Firmware Update.........................................................................................................................15
Flashlight.....................................................................................................................................16
Keypad Lock.................................................................................................................................16
Notifications................................................................................................................................17
Turn Notifications Off: .................................................................................................................17
Reset...........................................................................................................................................17
Speaker Phone.............................................................................................................................17
Default Speaker ...........................................................................................................................18
Transfer Contacts.........................................................................................................................18
Wi-Fi Calling.................................................................................................................................19
Icon Meanings .....................................................................................................................21

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How to Charge your Phone
Charging dock
1. Remove the charging cord, wall plug, and charging dock from
all packaging.
2. Plug the USB end (large side) into the wall plug.
3. Plug the small end into the charging dock. The two prongs on
the small end of the cable will be facing up.
4. *Plug the cord in gently; it may not sit flush against the dock*
5. Plug the wall plug into the electrical outlet.
6. Set the phone in the dock. The 2 gold indents on the bottom of
the phone will line up with the two gold prongs on the right
side of the dock.
Charging cord
1. Remove the charging cord, wall plug, and charging dock from
all packaging.
2. Plug the USB end (large side) into the wall plug.
3. Plug the small end directly into the left side of the phone.
4. Plug the wall plug into the electrical outlet.
*You will know the phone is charging if the is a little red squiggle over
the battery icon on the screen of the phone.

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Turn Phone On/Off
1. On: press and hold the red hang up button for 5 to 10 seconds
until phone starts turning on.
2. Off: press and hold the red hang up button for 5 to 10 seconds
until you see the message “Do you want to shut down?” then
press the OK button.
Navigate your SC490
•To navigate the SC490 you will want to use the right, left, up, and
down arrow buttons around the center OK button.
•The up and down arrow buttons are labeled VOL+ and VOL-.
•Use the OK button to select thing.
•The SPKR button will function as a back button and the MENU
button to bring up apps and menus.

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Phone Calls
Answer and Reject Phone Calls
•To answer an incoming call, press the green phone button
(located under the button that says MENU).
•To decline an incoming call, press the red phone button
(located under the button that says SPKR).
Block Numbers
1. From the home screen, press the green button to bring up your
call log.
2. Use the up and down arrow buttons to navigate to the number
you would like to block.
3. Highlight the number you want to block in blue and press the
MENU button to bring up options.
4. Select Block number and press the OK button.
How to Make a Phone Call
•By Dialing
1. From the home screen, type the number you would like to
call then press the green call button.
•From Contacts
1. Press the speaker button (SPKR) to bring up your contact
list.
2. Use the arrow buttons to navigate to the person you want to
call.
3. When the contact you want to call is highlighted in blue,
press the green button.

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•With Speed Dial
1. After the speed dial contacts are set (see page 18), press and
hold the number of the keypad the desired contact is set as.
•From Photo Dial
1. From the home screen, press the MENU button.
2. Use the right and left arrow buttons to scroll to Photo Dial.
3. Press the OK button on photo dial.
4. Scroll through the pictures in photo dial and press the green
button on the contact you want to call.
Voicemail
YouTube Tutorial Here
Access Voicemail
1. Press and hold the 1 button to access your voicemail box
2. Follow the prompts given by the automated system to select
the option you are looking for. Checking your voicemail box will
be option 1.
3. You can also dial and call your own phone number to access
your voicemail.
Set Up Voicemail with a Personal Greeting
1. Press and hold the 1 button to call your voicemail
2. Press the 1 button to access your voicemail box
3. Press 2 to change your “Personal Options”
4. Press 1 to create or record a new personal greeting
5. Press 1 again to record your personal greeting
6. Wait for the beep and then record your voicemail greeting and
press the # button when you are finished recording your
greeting
Phone Book (Contacts)
YouTube Tutorial Here
Access Contacts
1. From the home screen, press the speaker SPKR button to bring up
the contact list.

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2. Use the right and left arrows to navigate alphabetically
3. Use the up and down arrows to navigate through the whole
contact list.
Create contacts
1. From the home screen, press the speaker button SPKR to bring up
the contact screen
2. Press the MENU button to bring up options
3. Select Create New Contact
4. Scroll down until your cursor is at “First name”
5. Text in the name you would like (use the # button to change to
capital or lowercase letters). Enter a last name if you would like
where it says “Last name”
6. Scroll to “Phone” and enter the phone number
7. Press the MENU button to save the contact
8. If you would like to add a picture to the contact, scroll up to the
very top where the person outline is highlighted then select OK
and choose the picture you want.
Delete contacts
1. From the home screen, press the SPKR button to bring up the
contact screen.
2. Highlight the contact you want to delete in blue by using the up
and down arrow buttons
3. Once the contact you want to delete is highlighted in blue, press
the OK button.
4. Press the MENU button to bring up your options
5. Scroll to DELETE and press the OK.
6. Press OK again when the “Delete this contact?” pop up message
appears.
Messages
YouTube Tutorial Here

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Create a New Text Message
1. To create a new text message, press the MENU button and use
the right and left arrow buttons to scroll to MESSAGING and press
the OK button.
2. Press the MENU button and press the OK button on NEW
MESSAGE.
3. Start typing the name or number of the person you would like to
text and select their number by pressing the OK button.
4. Use the keypad to type out your message.
5. Press the MENU button, select SEND, and press the OK button.
Predictive Texting
1. Open a new message (as described above).
2. The default should be the predictive R9 texting.
3. Start typing the word you would like and select it by scrolling to it,
highlighting it in screen, and pressing the OK button.
4. You can also select the word or letter you want by pressing the
number corresponding to it.
Switching Between Texting Methods
•To change between lower case, upper case, numbers, and
predictive texting, you will press the # button.
•You can see the texting method change in the top bar and it will
display as abc, ABC, 123, R9 (predictive texting), or Abc.
Special Characters
1. When in a text field, press the * button to bring up the special
characters. Make sure you are not in the 123-texting input
method.
2. Use the right and left arrow buttons to scroll through the special
characters.
3. When the special character you want is highlighted in green, press
the “Ok” button. If you don’t want to scroll, simply select the
number button corresponding with the special character you
would like.

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Save a Photo from Text Messages
1. From the text message conversation, highlight the picture in blue
so it is selected by using the up arrow button.
2. Press and hold the OK button for about 3 seconds.
3. When the options pop up, select Save Attachment, and press the
OK button.
4. Make sure the picture is selected and press the MENU button to
save.
To see the picture you have just saved, follow these instructions
starting from the home screen:
1. Select MENU
2. Use the right and left arrow button until you see Multimedia
3. Select pictures by pressing the OK button.
4. You will see your picture saved there.
Photo Dial
YouTube Tutorial Here
Create photo dial contacts
1. Create your contact first as normal and include a picture when
creating the contact (see page 6).
2. From the home screen, press the MENU button.
3. Use the right and left arrow buttons to scroll to Photo Dial and
press the OK button.
4. Press the OK button on an empty photo dial space.
5. Either scroll through the contacts or use the search bar to find the
contact you want to add and press the OK button when that
contact is highlighted.
6. Press the OK button again to add the contact to photo dial.
Make a Call with Photo Dial
1. From the home screen, press the MENU button.
2. Use the right and left arrow buttons to scroll to Photo Dial.
3. Press OK on photo dial.