imo Dash 4G Mobile Phone User Manual

: June 6, 2024
: imo

User Manual

Your Mobile Phone

Getting to know your phone

Receiver
Display
Centre soft key
a. Confirm an option (press the middle of the key)
Left soft key
Right soft key
a. Return to the previous screen or close a dialog box options
Dial key
a. Press: enter call log (from idle screen)
End key
Navigation key
a. Press: Shortcut access to the menu (from idle screen)
b. Press: move to select menu
“” key
a. In idle screen press: input “”
b. In edit mode press: insert symbols
“0” key
a. In idle screen press input “0”
b. Long press: switch on/off the torch
Microphone
“#” key
a. Idle screen long press: Profiles model cutover
b. In edit mode press: change the input method

Removing the back cover

Make sure your device is turned off.
Hold the device carefully with the front panel facing down.
Pull the lower half of the back cover with your thumb or fingers.
Remove it from the opening

Installing the SIM card

The sim card contains your phone number, service details, and the phone book/message memory. To insert your SIM card.

make sure the phone is turned off.
Insert the SIM card into the sim card slot, gold contacts facing down, and cut-off corner facing out (as shown in the diagram above).

Your phone only supports nano-SIM cards. Do not attempt to insert other SIM types like micro or mini cards otherwise, you may damage your phone.

Installing and charging the battery

After your SIM card has been installed, you can now insert your battery. When you first get your new phone you’ll need to charge the battery.
Connect the adaptor to the charger jack.
Ensure the adaptor is inserted with the correct orientation.
Do not force the connector into the charger jack.
Connect the charger to a standard AC wall outlet.
Disconnect the charger when the battery is fully charged.

Insert the microSD card into the slot with its gold contacts facing

down.

Camera and photo gallery applications can only be initiated after the installation of the SD card. Therefore it is recommended you keep the microSD card installed and do not remove or replace it randomly.

Turning your phone on / off

Press and hold down the End / Power on key for approximately 5 seconds until the phone powers up.
In the main menu press and hold down the End / Power key for approximately 5 seconds until the phone powers down.

Home Screen

Status bar: This is at the top of the screen and displays notifications and status icons such as phone status, battery strength, and time of day.

– Main display: will show if any appointments are scheduled for the day
– Change the Home screen wallpaper: From the Home screen press the Centre soft key, press the Navigation key to select the Settings icon (insert gear icon) > Display > Wallpaper > Static wallpaper or More pictures Select a new image and press the Left soft key to save. Exit and the new image will be displayed on your Home screen.

App list

– Press the Left soft key or Centre soft key to enter the phone’s App list.

Lock / Unlock your screen

In idle mode press the Power key once and the display will turn off. Press the Power key again and the phone screen is locked.
To unlock the screen press the Left soft key once followed by the Right soft key.

Phone Calls

Making a call

Dial the desired number using the phone keypad, press the Call key to place the call, or press the Right soft key to select a contact from Contacts. You can use the up or down action of the Navigation key to select the desired contact and then press the Call key. If you make a mistake you can delete the incorrect digits by pressing the Left soft key. To finish the call press the End key.
To call a contact in your call list press the Call key once and you will see you’re previously Dialled phone numbers / Contacts. In this menu, you can view your Missed, Dialled, Received, and Rejected Calls lists.
To make an international press * key twice to enter the “+” then enter the international country prefix followed by the phone number and press the Call key.
To make an Emergency call dial the emergency number and press the Call key to place the call. This will work even if the phone does not have a SIM card.

Answer or Decline a call

When you receive a call:
– Press the Left soft key or Call key to answer
– Press the Right soft key or End key to decline

Calling Voicemail

Voicemail is a service provided by your network operator.
Press and hold the “1” on the Phone keypad to call voicemail.
Follow the voice prompts to set up your voicemail account.
To listen to your voicemail long press “1” on the Phone keypad

Contacts

View your Contacts
Contacts enable quick and easy access to the contact you want to reach. You can access this function by:
– Pressing the Centre soft key from the Home screen and Select Contacts
– Pressing the Right soft key from the Home screen

Adding a Contact

In your Contacts screen, press the Left soft key to access Options such as adding a contact, import / Export or others.
In the Others option, you can set up speed dial No. settings and see the memory status used by your saved Contacts (up to 2000 Contact spaces available).

Editing your Contacts

Select a Contact, press the Centre soft key to access Details, select Options

Edit and press the Centre soft key to edit.

Deleting a Contact

In your Contacts list screen press the Left soft key to access Options, select Delete and press the Centre soft key to delete.

Available Options

In your Contacts list you can access the following options:
New: Add a new contact
Write message: Send an SMS/MMS to a contact you’ve selected
Call: Make a call to the selected Contact
Delete: Delete the Contact
Delete multiple: Delete multiple contacts
Import / Export: Import/Export contacts
Send vCard: Send the Contact’s details via
SMS/MMS/Bluetooth
Others: Set speed dial contacts and check the memory status of saved Contacts

Messages

Your phone can send and receive text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messages.

Send a new message

To send a text to a certain phone number.
– From the Home screen press the Centre soft key and Select Messages
– Press the Left soft key and select “New Chat” option to write text message
– Enter the phone number of the recipient in the To bar or press the Centre soft key to add recipients
– Press the Message bar to enter the text of the message
– Press the Centre soft key or Left soft key to send your messages

Send a new Multimedia message

MMS enables to you send video clips, images, photos, contacts and sounds.
– From the Message screen press the Left soft key and select the “New Chat” option to write text message
– Enter the phone number of the recipient in the To bar or press the Centre soft key to add recipients
– Press the Message bar to enter the text of the message
– Press the Left soft key and select Add > Picture, and select the Picture you want to send. Or select Audio and select the audio file you want to send.
– Press the Centre soft key or Left soft key to send your messages

Settings

To access this function press the Centre soft key from the Home screen and select Settings

Phone settings

To modify the phone settings, select Phone settings and you will Time & Date, Language, Shortcut, Auto Power on/off,
Power management and Restore factory settings.
– Time & Date: Set time and date including 24/12hr format and date format.
– Language: Choose the display language for messages here. You can choose display language and input language in this menu – Shortcut: This function allows you to change and customize the shortcut keys for Left, Right, Up, Down keys
– Auto Power on/off: This allows you to set the time for the phone to turn on/off
– Power management: Check the battery status
– Restore factory settings: Reset your phone to clear all your data and restore to factory preset

Display settings

This allows you to select Wallpaper settings, set idle and screen savers, contrast, backlight, and Auto keypad lock time.

Security settings

You can protect your phone by activating and changing the PIN and Password. Check with your network provider for SIM card PIN and PIN2 functions. The preset phone unlock password is 1234.
– PIN: the sim card protection code is requested each time the phone is powered on
– PIN: the sim card protection code is requested each time the phone is powered on
– Modify PIN2: A protection code for certain SIM card features (FDA) will be required if you attempt to access the card when the code is activated. It allows you to lock your SIM card for a Fixed Dial Number. Select to update with a new one
– Phone locked: An unlock password is requested each time the phone is powered on
– Modify the cellphone password: change the phone’s password (the initial one is 1234).
– Privacy: This allows applications to be locked.
Enter the password (the initial one is 1234) to activate the lock for the applications.
– Lock screen by End key: Activate to go back to the home screen directly from any screen by pressing the End key, and lock the screen any time from the home screen by pressing the End key
– Fixed Dial Number: This allows the phone to be locked so it can only dial certain numbers. This function can only be activated with a PIN2 code.

Call Settings

Here you can set up Call divert, Call waiting, Call barred, Hide ID, and other settings. Note some of these features may be dependent on your service provider.

Connections

This menu allows you to set Network preferences.
– Network account: You can set your network account
– Data Service: Turn on/off data connection according to your need
– Data roaming: Turn on/off data connection when roaming according to your needs
– Network selection: This allows you to manually select Network
– Network type: This allows you to manually select the network

Internet

You can access the Internet via this function. Simply type in the Web page you wish to view in the “Input URL” bar at the top of the screen. You can bookmark your favorite pages for quick access to these sites. You can also view your previous pages by clicking on the History option in this menu.

Multimedia

This menu allows you to access multimedia functions on your phone.

FM Radio: Your phone has an in-built FM radio. The wired headset supplied with the phone acts as an antenna, please insert the headset into the device to enable the radio function. When listening to the radio you can switch to speaker mode if required.
DV: This function allows you to record digital video. Press this option and press “Record” when you are ready to video.
Image: Here you can turn on the camera. You can view your Photos in the Photo menu
Audio: This option allows you to select and listen to audio files on the phone.
Video: This option allows you to view video files on the phone
Recorder: Use this function to record audio files. The files will be saved in AVI format. When completed the file will be stored in Audio automatically.

Camera

Your mobile phone has a camera for taking photos and shooting videos. To access this function press the Centre soft key from the home screen and select camera.
To take pictures: the screen acts as a viewfinder. Position the object or landscape in the viewfinder and press the Centre soft key to take pictures. Press the Left soft key to save the picture.
You can view your pictures in the Options function of this menu or in the Multimedia menu under the “Image” option.

My Favourite

To access this function press the Centre soft key from the Home screen and select My Files.
Your phone provides internal storage space for you to manage files and also supports a Micro SD card. The contents of the micro SD card are editable. You can create a new folder and delete, edit, search, mark, and view the details and files it contains.

Tools

Torch: Turn on/off the Torch
Calendar: Use the calendar to keep track of meetings and appointments. Select the date you want and press the Centre soft key. Here you can enter the subject, date, time and select if you want a ringtone for a reminder. If you select Options you can add a new appointment here, view the schedule, clear schedule, view by day or week depending on your preference.
Calculator: Press the up, down, left, right and Centre soft key to select the symbol you require.
Clock: Here you can set an alarm for your phone.
World clock: Select a City to add to your view of the World Clock by selecting Options and searching for the City you
wish to see.
Ebook: You can read Ebook files saved to your phone

Application

This menu allows you to access the Facebook application. Use your existing Facebook login/password to access your account or you can register for a Facebook new account.

Profiles

With this menu, you can set the sound mode to Normal, Silent, Meeting, Indoor or Outdoor mode.

Bluetooth

You can exchange data such as video, images, and audio with other Bluetooth- supported devices within a limited range after pairing. To enable this function select Bluetooth On by highlighting the Bluetooth option and pressing the Centre soft key to check the box. Select Bluetooth visibility to be on.
To pair a new device select “Paired Device” > Add new device”, the phone automatically searches for nearby devices and will ask you to confirm the Passkey of the device you are looking to pair with Once paired you can transfer files to the paired device.
Your phone name can be changed if required, select the “Device Name” menu to do this.