Jethro Trading SC490 4G Simple Phone User Manual

: June 5, 2024
: Jethro Trading

Jethro Trading SC490 4G Simple Phone

INSTRUCTIONS

STEP ONE -GET TO KNOW YOUR JETHROPHONE

STEP TWO-HOWTOCHARGEYOURJETHROPHONE

With the phone facing down, insert ﬁngernails into e back cover cutout and gently but ﬁrmly lift and remove the back cover.
Insert the removable battery making sure that e three gold connectors are lined up to the phone gold connectors.
Put the back cover back in place, and press down along the edges of the phone, every time there is a clicking sound,the back cover is being secured in place.
Connect the cable to the MicroUSB connector.
Connect the USB side (Larger connector) of the able to the wall charger USB port.
Connect the phone wall charger to the electric outlet.
Charge your device for at least two hours.

TIP: Although your phone arrives pre-charged, good practice dictates that prior to the ﬁrst time of operation,let the battery charge for at least two full hours.
WARNING! Use only approved chargers. Incompatible chargers could damage your phone and void the warranty. Never leave the phone charging for more than eight hours. +

STEP THREE-HOWTOINSERT THEISM &SD CARDS

With the phone facing down, insert ﬁngernails into the back ver cutout, gently but ﬁrmly lift and remove the back cover. (See step 2)
Remove the battery by inserting the ﬁngernails at the top of the battery, lift the battery out.
Locate the slot for the MiniSIM Card (AKA Regular Size SIM Card). To sert, slide the SIM card from the top into the SIM card slot. (As per the picture below) Make Sure the SIM cardʼs gold contacts face down.
To insert or remove a Micro SD Memory Card, please repeat numbers e and number two of this list. (Micro SD card isnʼt included in the box)
Locate the slot for the micro SD card (Located at the bottom right side the phone, above the three battery gold connectors)
Using your ﬁngernails, slide the metal lid to the right and lift it. This will unlock the micro SD Card tray. Place the Micro SD card in place and lock the metal lid by sliding it to the left.

STEP FOUR -HOW TO TURN ON/OFF OFFYOURDEVICE

Turn ON:Firmly, “press and hold” the power button for five seconds.
Turn OFF: Firmly, “press and hold” the power button for five seconds.

HOWTONAVIGATEYOUR THEJETHROSIMPLEBAR

By pressing the 4-way Navigation Key you can scroll and select items. Think of it as a compass in which you have Up, Down, Left and Right. When the item is selected, simply press the OK / Execute Key. Jethro-Trading-SC490-4G-Simple-
Phone-fig-7

THE LEFT (MENU) AND RIGHT (SPKR) SOFTKEYS
The Soft Keys (Menu and SPKR) are also App-driven multi-function keys that allow when available to select certain applications or commands sat either the left or the right bottom of the display.

JETHRO 4G SIMPLE BAR HOME SCREEN
The Status Bar shows the phone vitals such as, battery level, signal strength, time, and notiﬁcations such as alarms, calendar events and other open events.
HomeScreendisplaysTime, DateandCarrier ToopenNotiﬁcations, from the home screen, simply press UP Navigation Key.

HOWTOMAKEPHONECALLS

To make phonecall fromtheHomeScreen, simply input the number and press the Call/Send Key to initiate the call.
To make a phone call from anywhere in the system, press the Red End Key until the Home Screen is reached. Input the number and press the Call/Send Keykey to initiate the call.
To make a phone call from the contact list. Scroll down the list using NavigationKey. Find the contact and press the Call/Send Key.

HOWTOANSWER, ACCEPTORREJECTPHONECALLS

If the phone begins to ring, the caller ID will tell you who is calling. Simply Press the Green Call /Send Key to answer the call
To or Reject a phone call, simply press the End key.

RECENTPHONECALLS
Jethro 4G Simple Bar phone has the ability to automatically create a recent phone list of calls either accepted, missed or dialed.This list is ceontn rsietas.ntly been updated by the new phonecalls, deleting the oldest
From the home menu,press the Call/Send Key and use the Navigation Key to scroll left or right to display the records by call type: Missed
Calls, Received Calls, DialedCalls, All Calls.

All calls display the date, time and phone number. If the phone number is already added to the Phonebook (Contacts) it will include different icons to indicate the type of number.
If there is the need to get more information from a speciﬁc recent phone call, choose from the following options:
In Call History, press Menu Key or OK Key to view more Options:

Create new contact: Create a new contact for this caller. Add to contacts: Save the callerʼs number as an existing contact. Send a message: Open the message menu for this caller.
Block number: Prevent this caller to call you again.
Call Details : Group all the call records of this caller.
Delete : Delete the phone record.
Clear call history : Delete all the call records.
Settings: More options such as Voicemail, etc…

ADDITIONAL PHONE FEATURES

Soundoff: Silence the phone when needed. From the Home Screen do the following:
Press and hold the “#” button for three seconds to switch between Normal Mode and Silent Mode for vibration only.
To switch back to normal mode, simply press and hold the “#” key for three seconds Jethro-Trading-SC490-4G-Simple-Phone-fig-10

OTHERMOSTUSEFUL FEATURES

Unlock the Keypad: If your keypad is locked, press and hold the Keypad Lock Button for 3 seconds to unlock the keypad. To lock the keypad again, simply press the Keypad Lock button more than 3 seconds.
Switching between current phone: If you are on a phone call and you receive another phone call, the Jethro Simple 4G Bar phone will beep to inform you that you have another person calling you.The caller ID will work during the call and let you know who is calling.
If you want to put the current call on hold and answer the new incoming call, simply press the Call/Send Key.
If you want to return to the ﬁrst phone call, press the Call/Send key again.
Block Mobile DataAccess: Completely block mobile data access. Go to Settings, Scroll down, select Network and Internet, Click OK, select Data usage, Click OK, then scroll down to Mobile Data, click OK to turn off the Data access
Reset Phone (Erase all information) : Go to Settings, scroll down, select System, scroll down, select Reset Options, scroll down, select Erase all data (factory reset), click OK, the follow the prompt steps. Important: All contacts and data in the phone will be lost if a Reset is performed.

PHONE BOOK (CONTACTS)

The Jethro 4G Simple Bar has the ability to save contact information in its memory or the SIM Card. To do this, follow the next steps:

From the Home Screen, press the Speaker Key (Left Soft Key) to open e Contacts.
Press the Menu Key (Options), select Create New Contact, then press K Key
Select where you want to save the contact, Phone Contact (Phone memory) or USIM (SIMcardmemory), then press OK Key
Using the Navigation Key,scroll down or up to enter information to other phone bookﬁelds.
Using the Navigation Key, scroll down to the phone number ﬁeldand enter the phone number.
Press the Menu Key (Save) to save the entry.

PHOTO-DIAL CONTACTS
You can add upto eight (8) contacts in the Photo-Dial Application. Photo-Dial allows you to see the picture of the already saved contact, then simply press the green Call Key.
To assign contacts to Photo-Dial, follow these steps:

From the Home Screen, press Right Direction Key to open Photo-ial. Press Right Direction Key to select the entry
Press Menu Key (Option) to choose the contact from your saved contacts then press OK to add

MESSAGES

The Jethro 4G Simple Bar has a built-message app that allows you to send messages. Depending on the type of message you can attach either pictures, sounds, voice recordings and even videos.

From the Home Screen, press the Left Navigation Key / Message shortcut Key, press Menu Key (Option), select New Message, then press OK Key.
Use the Up or Down Navigation Keys to select the field: Type name or number.ber, then use the keypad to enter the contact name or phone
Use the Up or Down Navigation Keys to select the field: Type text message, then use the keypad to enter the text messages.
Taocha,ttparcehsesfilOeKs,(tPihcetnursee,leVicdtethoeofrileAsuydioou),wparenststoMaettnauchK.ey (Option), select

CHANGE INPUT METHODS
The Jethro 4G Simple Bar has several built-in input methods that allows you to type the messages or enter contacts. You can use the Input Switch Key (#) to change the input method while in a text field. Jethro-Trading-SC490-4G-
Simple-Phone-fig-13

The selected input method will appear on the top right corner of the screen.

R9: Predictive Text – for example, word “Phone” key in as 74663.
123: Numbers only – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0
abc: Letters – all small cases
Abc: Letters – First letter capital, then small cases
ABC: Letters – All capital
Press the Symbol Key to select Special Characters
Symbols: Special Characters – , . ? ! : : / < > Etc..

SOS/EMERGENCYFEATURE

The Jethro 4G Simple Bar has the ability to dial SOS calls and send location text messages to emergency contacts. To do this, follow the next steps:
Read the instructions carefully and configure the emergency call function according to your needs.

In an emergency, press and hold the emergency button on the back of e phone for five (5) seconds.
The five (5) preset numbers will be dialed automatically in the order you ve saved them. The phone will go through the list of five (5) numbers a maximum of three times.
The emergency contacts will receive the call saying “ Emergency call, ease press zero to answer the call ”. The contact must press zero (0) key within 15 seconds, or the call will be disconnected and move on to the next caller. (This setting is to prevent the emergency call from going through to the contact voicemailbox).
At the same time as each emergency call, a preset text message (SMS) th your GPS location (Google map link) will be sent to the emergency contacts.

HOWTOPROGRAMSOSFEATURE

From the Home Screen, press the Menu Key, scroll to SOS, and click OK.
To enable SOS feature, make sure the SOS is on. You can use their ey to turn it on and off.
ToentertheSOS contacts,scrolltoSOS Numbers,clickOK. Selectthe Contact 1 (to 5),clickOK,then enterthephone number of the contact.
After entering the SOS number, press the Navigation Keys to select K on the screen, then click OK Key
In SOS Settings, scroll down to SOS Message (this is your emergency xt for the contacts), clickOK Key, and enter the emergency text. The default message is “please help me!”
After entering the emergency text, press the Navigation Keys to select K on the screen, then press OK Key
In order to send GPS location to the emergency contacts via text, you need to first Switch the Location On in SOS Settings.

CAMERA

From the Home Screen, press the Menu Key, scroll to Camera, click K.
Press OK Key to capture the picture.
To change the setting of the camera such as white balance, Flash, picture size, Scene mode, and ISO etc., Press Menu Key (Option)
Use the Up or Down Navigation Keys to adjust the exposure level.
Use the Left or Right Navigation Keys to adjust Digital zoom in or out.

NOTIFICATIONS

The Jethro 4G Simple Bar has Notification Bar on the top of the screen at the Home Screen. It shows the pushed notifications such as system updates, incoming text messages, voice messages etc..
To view your notifications, from Home Screen, press the Up Navigation / Volume Key. You can then use the Navigation keys to select the notifications preview or press OK Key to view details.
To Clear all notifications, while viewing notifications, press the Down Navigation / Volume Key to select Clear All, then press OK Key Jethro-
Trading-SC490-4G-Simple-Phone-fig-15

SET UP ALARMS

The Jethro 4G Simple Bar has the ability to setup Alarms
To View/Edit Alarms, from Home Screen, press the Down Navigation / Volume Key. You can then use the Navigation keys to select the Alarm options, press OK Key to edit the current alarms
To Add/Delete Alarms, in Alarm feature, press Menu Key (Option) to add a new alarm or delete an existing one, or change the setting of an existing alarm, press OK Key to select.

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Operation system: Android 8.1
Display size & resolution:2.8 inch, 240×320
Processor: MTK6731
Processor speed and core: Quad-core 1.1 GHz
Memory Ram / Rom: 512 MB / 4 GB
MicroSD card max capacity: 64 GB
SIM card size: 1 Mini SIM card
Camera: 2 Mega Pixal
Battery type: Lithium-ion rechargeable
Battery capacity: 1600mAh / 5.92 Wh
Battery limited voltage: 4.2 V
WIFI & brand: 802.11 b/g/n, 2.4 G
GPS: GPS: + Glonass/Beidou
Bluetooth: 4.2
USB port: Micro USB Connector
Phone communication standard: Bands 2G:
Bands 3G: 4G LTE / VOLTE
Bands 4G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900
Hearing Aid Compatibility: (HAC) M4/T4

GLOSSARY:

Back / Clear Key: One-Click returns to the previous menu, keep clicking, will bring you to the HomeScreen.
Back Cover: Protects internals, access battery, SIM and Memorycard.
Battery: (Hardware) Gives power to the device.
Call / SendKey: Answer/make phone calls. Long press to access call history.
Camera: (Hardware) Location of actual Camera.
ChargerPort : (Hardware) Location ofcharging/sync port.
Earpiece:( Hardware) Allows the other caller to be heard.
HeadsetJack: (Hardware) Allows to connect to a 3.5mm hands-free headset.
Keypad Lock: Long pressing to lock or unlock the phone. Long pressing it turns on the virtual mouse.
main display: Shows notiﬁcations, features, messages and active functions.
Microphone: (Hardware) Transmits voice to the other party during a call.
Navigation Key : Can scroll through all the menus and apps of the device.
Numeric Keypad: Used to enter numbers, and alphabetical text shortcuts.
OK/ ExecuteKey: Used to select options, select apps, and execute actions.
Power ON/Off/EndKey: Turns device ON/Off, ends calls, exit menus.
SD Card: (Hardware) Slot for a micro SD Card. 64GBmaximum.
SIM card: (Hardware) Slot for a Mini Size (Regular size) SIM Card.
Soft Keys: allows when available to select certain applications or commands.
Speaker: (Hardware) Allows you to hear the emitted sounds from your device.
Volume Keys: (Hardware) Allows to adjust the volume up and down.

Warranty:

All Jethro products are manufactured with the best quality standards to offer years of trouble-free operation. In the event that this unit is not working correctly or it is defective in workmanship or materials, we will repair or replace it (at our option) free of charge for 12 months from the date of purchase. For
easier and faster warranty service, please call our toll-free number at 1-888-509-6199, or email: jethro@jethroshop.com. A customer service representative will explain in detail the steps to follow. If the product is still in warranty Jethro will be happy to repair or replace your unit free of charge. If the owner wants to return the defective product to the store, this needs to be done within the ﬁrst 30 days of the date of purchase, presenting the original receipt and the product in its original box and with all its accessories.

Before you call our help desk please read in detail the warranty policy that came in this product and ﬁll the small questionnaire in the space “TO FILL”, be prepared to write down the RMA number that our customer service representative is going to give you. If the product has been damaged by an accident or failure to follow this instruction manual, acts of God has been tampered with, misused or ﬁxedby any unauthorized personnel, this warranty policy will be void. Any implied warranties, obligations, or liabilities, including but not limited to the implied warranty of merchantability and ﬁtness for a particular purpose, shall be limited in duration to the 12-Month duration of this written, limited warranty policy. (Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitations may not apply to you.) In no event shall Jethro be liable for any special, incidental, or consequential damages for breach of this or any other warranty, express or implied, whatsoever. (Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of special, incidental, or consequential damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you.) This warranty gives you speciﬁc legal rights, and you may also have other rights, which vary from state to state.
For more information please visit our webpage www.jethroshop.com.©2020 Jethro Senior Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.

FCC CAUTION:

Labeling requirements.
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Information to user.
Any Changes or modiﬁcations not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Information to the user.
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment oﬀ and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) information:
This 4G LTE Mobile Phone meets the government’s requirements for exposure to radio waves. The guidelines are based on standards that were developed by independent scientific organizations through periodic and thorough evaluation of scientific studies. The standards include a substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons regardless of age or health.

FCC RF Exposure Information and Statement:
The SAR limit of USA (FCC) is 1.6 W/kg averaged over one gram of tissue. Device
types: SC490 (FCC ID: 2AAWJSC490) has also been tested against this SAR limit. The highest SAR value reported under this standard during product certification for use at the ear is 0.956 W/kg and when properly worn on the body is 1.318 W/kg. This device was tested for typical body-worn operations with the back of the handset kept 1 cm from the body. To maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure
requirements, use accessories that maintain a 1 cm separation distance between the user’s body and the back of the handset. The use of belt clips, holsters and similar accessories should not contain metallic components in its assembly. The use of accessories that do not satisfy these requirements may not comply with FCC RF exposure requirements and should be avoided. Body-worn Operation

This device was tested for typical body-worn operations. To comply with RF exposure requirements, a minimum separation distance of 1 cm must be maintained between the user body and the handset, including the antenna. Third-party belt clips, holsters, and similar accessories used by this device should not contain any metallic components. Body-worn accessories that do not meet these requirements may not comply with RF exposure requirements and should be avoided. Use only the supplied or an approved antenna.

RF warning for Portable devices:
The device has been evaluated to meet general RF exposure requirements. The device can be used in portable exposure conditions without restriction.

Need to know more about your phone?
CONTACT US:
Toll-free (US/Canada): 1.888.509.6199
Email: jethro@jethroshop.com
Website: www.jethroshop.com