Alcatel OneTouch Tracfone A392G User Manual

							20Smart ABC Mode: •   Allows you to enter 
words with fewer keystrokes. Smart ABC 
Mode automatically compares the series 
of keystrokes you make with its preset 
linguistic dictionary and selects the most 
likely word you are writing, to help save 
time.
ABC Mode: •   Allows you to enter alphabetic 
characters by pressing the key labeled with 
the corresponding letter.
Smart SPANISH Mode: •   Allows you to 
enter words with fewer keystrokes. Smart 
SPANISH Mode automatically compares 
the series of keystrokes you make with its 
preset linguistic dictionary and selects the 
most likely word you are writing, to help 
save time.
Numeric Mode: •   Allows you to enter 
numbers.
Changing Text Mode
1.  When you are in a text entry field, press 
Options > Input method to change text 
input mode.
2.  Choose from the following options: Smart 
ABC, Smart abc, Smart Abc, ABC, abc, Abc 
or Add numbers. 
						

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Messages  6. 
You can create, edit and receive SMS and 
MMS.
  The MMS function can only be used if 
the service is provided by your opera-
tor, if your contract includes an MMS 
option.
Types of  Messages
The Short Message Service (SMS) allows you 
to send and receive text messages to and from 
other mobile phones.
To use this feature, you may need to sub-
scribe to your service provider’s message 
service.The Multimedia Message Service (MMS) 
allows you to send and receive multimedia 
messages (such as picture messages) to and 
from other mobile phones.
To use this feature, you may need to sub-
scribe to your service provider’s multimedia 
message service.
Templates
Gives you the option to send commonly used 
messages to save time. There are two kinds of 
template to choose from.
Text message:  •  Choose from a list of 
standard SMS messages.
Multimedia message: •   Choose from a list 
of standard MMS messages or choose one 
of your own. 
						

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Creating and Sending New Text 
Messages
1.  From the main menu, select Messages > 
New message.
2.  Write a text message. One or more 
recipients can be added from the Contacts, 
or you can enter a recipient by pressing the 
/ key to enter the telephone number. 
3. Press the 
/ key to send the message.
Creating and Sending New 
Multimedia Messages
An SMS will be converted to MMS automati-
cally when pictures or sounds are included.
1.  From the main menu, select Messages 
> Write message > Options > Switch to 
MMS.
2.  Write your multimedia message, adding 
pictures, sounds. Enter a recipient by 
pressing the 
/ key to enter the 
telephone number.3. Press the 
/ key to send the 
multimedia message.
  An SMS message of more than a 
certain number of characters (the 
number of characters depends on your 
language) will be charged as several 
SMS messages. An MMS message 
containing photos and/or sounds may 
also be billed as more than one mes-
sage. Specific letters (accented) will 
increase the size of the SMS, which 
may also cause multiple SMS mes-
sages to be sent to your recipient.
Reading New Messages
1.  From the main menu, press Messages.
2.  Highlight an unread message and press the 
/ key.
3. Press the Up or Down Navigation key to 
scroll through the screen.
4.  When you have finished, press the 
 
to view more messages or the  key to 
return to the Home screen. 
						

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Using Message Options
When text or multimedia messages are 
highlighted, the following options are available 
by pressing the 
 key.
View:  •  Allows you to view the message.
Reply: •   Allows you to reply to the message.
Call: •   Allows you to call the sender of the 
message.
Save to contacts:  •  Allows you to extract the 
number of sender to add to contact list.
Forward: •   Allows you to forward this 
message to another recipient.
Delete:  •  Allows you to delete the selected 
message.
Delete all:  •  Allows you to delete all Inbox 
messages.
Mark several: •   Allows you to mark several 
messages for further operation.
 Advanced • 
 -  Copy to SIM/phone: Allows you to copy 
message to the SIM card/Phone.
 -  Move to SIM/phone: Allows you to move 
message to the SIM card/Phone.
 -  Copy  all: Copy all messages from your 
SIM card to the phone or from the phone 
to your SIM card.
 -  Move  all: Move all messages from your 
SIM card to the phone or from the phone 
to your SIM card. 
 -  Use  number/URL/USSD: Allows you to 
extract the number, URL or USSD from 
the text of message for dialing, saving to 
the phone book etc.
Details: •   View details of the message.
While viewing the contents of a single text 
or multimedia message, you can access the 
following options by pressing the 
 key. 
						

							24Reply: •   Allows you to reply to the message.
Forward:  •  Allows you to forward this 
message to another recipient.
Call:  •  Allows you to call the sender of the 
message.
Delete: •   Allows you to delete the selected 
message.
Save to contacts:  •  Allows you to extract the 
number of sender to add to contact list.
Advanced • 
 -  Copy to SIM/phone: Allows you to copy 
message to the SIM card/Phone.
 -  Move to SIM/phone: Allows you to move 
message to the SIM card/Phone.
 -  Use  number/URL/USSD: Allows you to 
extract the number, URL or USSD from 
the text of message for dialing, saving to 
the phone book etc.
Details: •   View details of the message.
Deleting Messages
1.  From the main menu, select Messages.
2.  Delete messages by pressing Options > 
Delete or Delete all.
3. Select Yes.
Message Settings
1.  From the main menu, select Messages > 
Settings.
2.  Select one of the three options and choose 
a setting for it.
Text message: 
Profile settings:  •  Allows you to choose 
a profile for text message writing. It can 
be retrieved directly from your SIM. 
Alternatively, you can create your own 
profile.
Memory status:  •  Displays the amount of 
space currently in use on your phone and 
SIM. 
						

							25 Preferred storage:  •  Select the default 
message storage location: SIM or Phone.
Multimedia Message:
Choose from a range of options including 
Edit/Send/Retrieve/Memory Status depend-
ing on the current task.
CMAS Message:
Allows you to activate Presidential Alert/
Extreme Alert/Severe Alert if you have CMAS 
message.
Browser  7. 
Your phone is equipped with a Browser 
allowing you to access Internet sites specifically 
for mobile phones.
Launching Browser
1.  From the main menu, select Browser.
2.  Your phone connects to the network and 
loads the homepage of the Wireless Web 
service provider. The content of the start-up 
homepage depends on your Wireless Web 
service provider.
3.  To scroll through the screen, use the Up 
and Down Navigation keys.
4.  To exit the browser at any time, simply 
press the 
 key. 
						

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Accessing a WAP Site
There are several ways to access a WAP site:
By selecting a link on the browser. • 
By using a bookmark item. Use  • View in the 
browser Options. 
By entering a URL address manually. Use  • 
Go to URL in the browser Options.
Navigating with the Browser
1.  To scroll through browser items, press the 
Up or Down Navigation keys.
2.  To select a browser item, press Options > 
Use link > Ok or the 
 key.
3.  To return to the previous page, press 
Options > Navigate > Backward.
4.  To move to next page, press Options > 
Navigate > Forward.
5.  To access the browser menu list, press the 
 key.6.  To return to the start-up homepage, press 
Options > Homepage.
There are other options below based on open 
web.
Save image: •   Save Image downloaded from 
open web.
Bookmarks: •   You may use bookmarks when 
your want to leave a page.
Open file: •   Open an html file from the 
Download.
Recent pages:  •  Display recent pages 
accessed.
Offline pages: •   Display offline pages.
Add to Bookmarks: •   You can add the 
website to Bookmarks.
Current page:  •  You can send the current 
page address as SMS or MMS.  
						

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Settings
Browser options: •   A range of browser 
options are provided.
Preferences:  • Activate Timeout, and 
whether or not to Show images/Play 
sounds/Load unknown media etc. when 
you are browsing a website.
Security settings: •   Displays allows you to 
choose from the following options: Session 
info. /Existing certificates /Trusted 
certificates.
Restore Browser settings: •   You can restore 
the browser to its default settings by 
pressing the 
 key or the  key.
Applications  8. 
Camera
Your mobile phone is fitted with a camera for 
taking photos and shooting videos that you 
can use in different ways:
store them in your  • My Folder Phone or 
My Folder\microSD card.
send them in a multimedia message (MMS)  • 
to a mobile phone.
send them directly by MMS, Bluetooth. • 
customize your Home screen. • 
select them as incoming call picture to a  • 
contact in your Contacts.
transfer them by data cable or microSD  • 
card to your computer. 
						

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Take a Photo, Save or Delete
1.  From the main menu, select Applications > 
Camera > Camera.
2.  Position the object or landscape in the 
viewfinder and press the 
 key to take the 
picture and the picture will be automatically 
saved. If you don’t want it, you may directly 
delete it.
Take a Video, Save or Delete
1. From the main menu, select Applications > 
Camera > Video recorder.
2.  Position the object or landscape in the 
viewfinder and press the  key to take the 
video and the video will be automatically 
saved. If you don’t want it, you may directly 
delete it.
Settings in Framing Mode
From the photo shot screen, press Options 
through the  , you can adjust a number of 
settings:
 Shutter sound
 Capture mode
 Image quality
 Timer
 Banding
 Gallery
 Storage
 Image size
 Video
 Restore default
 Night mode
 Exposure Value
 White balance
 Color mode 
						

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Music Player
You will have full flexibility of managing music 
both on your mobile and microSD card.
Music Player List
1.  From the main menu, select Applications > 
Music Player.
2. Select All songs to view all songs both on 
phone and microSD card.
3. Select Favourites to add your favorite 
songs to Favourites by holding down dur-
ing playing music (max 100).
4. Select Folders to view category of songs in 
folder.
5. Select Album/Artist/Genre to view the 
music files are categorized by Album, Artist 
or Genre based on information stored in the 
tags.
Music Playing Mode
1.  From the main menu, select Applications > 
Music Player.
2. Press Options > Settings and select Play 
mode Enable to switch among Normal, 
Repeat, Repeat all, Shuffle and Repeat 
shuffle; select Equalizer to Show different 
music styles preset in the phone; select 
Display to display song information lyric.
Play/pause
-  Previous 
song 
(press the 
Navigation 
key (LEFT) 
key)
-  Backward 
(press and 
hold the 
Navigation 
key (LEFT) 
key)
EqualizerPlay mode
-  Next song 
(press the 
Navigation key 
(RIGHT) key)
-  Forward 
(press and 
hold the 
Navigation key 
(RIGHT) key)