Zte MF971R User manual

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MF971R
Quick Start Guide
ZTE CORPORATION
NO. 55, Hi-tech Road South, Shenzhen, P.R.China
Postcode: 518057

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Getting to Know Your Device
Appearance
The following figure is for your reference only.

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1. Power key
 Press and hold for about 1.5 seconds to power on/off
your device.
 Press and hold for about 8 seconds to restart your device.
2. WPS key
Press and hold for 1.5 seconds to activate the WPS function.
3. Indicator light
4. Charging/micro-USB jack
5. micro-SIM card slot cover and reset hole

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Getting to Know Your Device
Indicator lights
Indicator Status Description
Battery
Red solid /
blinking
The battery is low. Please
charge the battery.
Green
blinking
The battery is being
charged.
Green
solid
The battery level is middle
or high.
Light off Your device is powered off
and not being charged.
Wi-Fi
Blue solid Wi-Fi is active.
Blue
blinking
WPS is active.
Light off Wi-Fi is off.
SMS Blue solid You have unread
messages.
Blue
blinking
You have new messages
or the message storage is
full.

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Light off There is neither an
unread message nor a
new message.
Network
Red The device is in error
status.
 The device is not
registered to the
mobile network.
 There is no micro-SIM
card inserted.
 There is no network
service available.
Green
solid
The device is registered
to the 2G/3G mobile
network.
Green
blinking
The device is connected
to the 2G/3G mobile
network and data is being
transferred.
Blue solid The device is registered
to the 4G LTE network.

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Blue
blinking
The device is connected
to the 4G LTE network
and data is being
transferred.
Getting to Know Your Device
Connection Scenarios
The device allows multiple clients to surf on the Internet at the
same time. The following figure is for your reference only.
A micro-SIM card can be used to access the Internet.

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Installing the micro-SIM Card
1. Open the micro-SIM card slot cover.
NOTE:
Do not remove the cover rudely, because it is connected with the
device.
2. Install a micro-SIM card to the micro-SIM card slot.
WARNING!
To avoid damage to the device, do not use any other kind of SIM
cards, or any non-standard micro-SIM card cut from a SIM card.
You can get a standard micro-SIM card from your service
provider.

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3. Close the micro-SIM card slot cover.

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Connecting to Your Device
Using Wi-Fi
1. Power on your device.
2. Ensure that your computer or other client devices have
enabled Wi-Fi, and search for available wireless networks.
NOTE:
Refer to your Wi-Fi-enabled client device manual for further
details on how to search for wireless networks. If you use a
computer, you need to set your computer to obtain an IP address
automatically.
3. Select the Wi-Fi name (SSID) of your device, and click
Connect.
4. Enter the Wi-Fi password if necessary, and click OK.
NOTE:
Refer to the chapter Getting to Know the Wi-Fi SSID and
Password to get the default Wi-Fi SSID and password.
5. Wait until the client device is connected to your device
successfully.
Using a USB Cable
1. Connect a computer to your device with a USB cable.
2. Power on your device. The operating system detects and
identifies new hardware, and automatically installs the
software.