HMD PULSE TA-1594 (01) PDF Document

To get new and enhanced features for your HMD PULSE TA-1594, keep your phone up to date and accept available software updates. Updating the software may also improve your phone’s performance.

The keys and parts of the HMD PULSE TA-1594 are as follows:

To insert the SIM and memory cards into your HMD PULSE TA-1594, follow these steps:

1. Open the SIM and memory card tray by pushing the tray opener pin into the tray hole and sliding the tray out.

2. Place the nano-SIM in the SIM1 slot on the tray with the contact area facing down.

3. If you have a dual-SIM phone, place the second SIM in the SIM2 slot.

4. If you have a memory card, put it in the memory card slot.

5. Slide the tray back in.

Use only original nano-SIM cards. Use of incompatible SIM cards may damage the card or the device and may corrupt data stored on the card.

To charge the battery of your HMD PULSE TA-1594:

1. Plug a compatible charger into a power socket.

2. Connect the cable to your phone.

Your HMD PULSE TA-1594 supports the USB-C cable. You can also charge your phone from a computer with a USB cable, but it may take longer. If the battery is completely discharged, it may take several minutes before the charging indicator is displayed. It is recommended to use a power adaptor with an input of 100-240V~50/60Hz 0.35A and output of 5.0V/2A to optimise the charging of your device.

When you switch your HMD PULSE TA-1594 on for the first time, your phone will guide you through setting up your network connections and phone settings.

1. Press and hold the power key.

2. Choose your language and region.

3. Follow the instructions shown on your phone.

You can transfer data from an old phone to your new HMD PULSE TA-1594 using your Google account. To back up data on your old phone to your Google account, refer to your old phone’s user guide.

To restore app settings from a previous Android phone:

1. Tap Settings > Passwords and accounts > Add account > Google.

2. Select which data you want to restore on your new phone. The sync starts automatically once your phone is connected to the internet.

To switch off your HMD PULSE TA-1594, press the power key and the volume up key at the same time, and select Power off.

Tip: If you want to switch off your phone by pressing and holding the power key, tap Settings > System > Gestures > Press & hold power button and select Power menu.

Here are the common gestures for using the touch screen on your HMD PULSE TA-1594:

Tap and hold to drag an item: Place your finger on an item for a couple of seconds and slide your finger across the screen.

Swipe: Place your finger on the screen and slide your finger in the direction you want.

Scroll through a long list or menu: Slide your finger quickly in a flicking motion up or down the screen and lift your finger. To stop the scrolling, tap the screen.

Zoom in or out: Place 2 fingers on an item, such as a map, photo, or web page, and slide your fingers apart or together.

The screen rotates automatically when you turn the phone 90°. To lock the screen in portrait mode on your HMD PULSE TA-1594, swipe down from the top of the screen and tap Auto-rotate > Off.

To switch on gesture navigation, tap Settings > System > Gestures > Navigation mode > Gesture navigation.

• To see all your apps, on the home screen, swipe up on the screen.

• To go to the home screen, swipe up from the bottom of the screen. The app you were in stays open in the background.

• To see which apps you have open, swipe up from the bottom of the screen without releasing your finger until you see the apps, and then release your finger. To switch to another open app, tap the app. To close all the open apps, swipe right through all the apps and tap CLEAR ALL.

• To go back to the previous screen you were in, swipe from the right or left edge of the screen.

To switch on the navigation keys, tap Settings > System > Gestures > Navigation mode > 3-button navigation.

• To see all your apps, on the home screen, swipe up from the bottom of the screen.

• To go to the home screen, tap the circle icon. The app you were in stays open in the background.

• To see which apps you have open, tap the square icon. To switch to another open app, swipe right and tap the app. To close all the open apps, swipe right through all the apps and tap CLEAR ALL.

• To go back to the previous screen you were on, tap the back arrow icon.

To avoid accidentally making a call when your HMD PULSE TA-1594 is in your pocket or bag, you can lock your keys and screen.

Lock your phone: To lock your keys and screen, press the power key.

Unlock the keys and screen: Press the power key and swipe up across the screen. If asked, provide additional credentials.

You can set your HMD PULSE TA-1594 to require authentication when unlocking the screen.

1. Tap Settings > Security & privacy > Device unlock > Screen lock.

2. Choose the type of lock and follow the instructions on your phone.

To add a fingerprint for unlocking your HMD PULSE TA-1594:

1. Tap Settings > Security & privacy > Device unlock > Face & Fingerprint unlock.

2. Select which backup unlocking method you want to use for the lock screen and follow the instructions shown on your phone.

To unlock your phone with your finger, place your registered finger on the power key.

To set up face authentication on your HMD PULSE TA-1594:

1. Tap Settings > Security & privacy > Device unlock > Face & Fingerprint unlock.

2. Select the backup unlocking methods you want to use for the lock screen and follow the instructions shown on your phone.

Keep your eyes open and make sure your face is fully visible and not covered by any object, such as a hat or sunglasses.

To unlock your phone with your face, just turn your screen on and look at the front camera.

If you lose your HMD PULSE TA-1594, you may be able to find, lock, or erase it remotely if you have signed in to a Google Account. Find My Device is on by default for phones associated with a Google Account.

To use Find My Device, your lost phone must be:

• Turned on

• Signed in to a Google Account

• Connected to mobile data or Wi-Fi

• Visible on Google Play

• Location turned on

• Find My Device turned on

If your device can’t be found, Find My Device will show its last known location, if available. To lock or erase your phone, follow the instructions on the website.

You can personalise your HMD PULSE TA-1594 in several ways:

Change your wallpaper: Tap Settings > Wallpaper and style.

Change your phone ringtone: Tap Settings > Sound & vibration > Phone ringtone SIM1 or Phone ringtone SIM2, and select the tone.

Change your message notification sound: Tap Settings > Sound & vibration > Default notification sound.

When you receive new notifications, such as messages or missed calls, icons appear at the top of the screen. To see more information about the notifications, swipe down from the top of the screen. To close the view, swipe up on the screen.

To activate features using quick access items, tap the corresponding quick access item on the notification panel. To see more items, drag the menu down. To rearrange or add new items, tap the pencil icon, tap and hold an item, then drag it to another location.

You can change the volume using the volume keys on the side of your HMD PULSE TA-1594.

Boost the volume:

1. Press the volume up key until you reach the 100% volume level.

2. Press the volume up key again to switch on audio boost mode. You can only use audio boost mode with the loudspeaker.

3. To decrease the volume, press the volume down key.

Change the volume for media and apps:

1. Press a volume key to see the volume level bar.

2. Tap the three dots (…).

3. Drag the slider on the volume level bars left or right.

4. Tap DONE.

Set the phone to silent:

1. Press a volume key.

2. Tap the ringer icon.

3. Tap the vibrate icon to set your phone to vibrate only, or tap the silent icon to set it to silent.

Your HMD PULSE TA-1594 suggests words as you write to help you write quickly and more accurately. When you start writing a word, your phone suggests possible words. When the word you want is shown in the suggestion bar, select the word. To see more suggestions, tap and hold the suggestion.

If you notice that you have misspelled a word, tap it to see suggestions for correcting the word.

To switch off text corrections, tap Settings > System > Keyboard > On-screen keyboard. Select the keyboard you normally use. Tap Text correction and switch off the text correction methods you do not want to use.

To switch the spell checker off, tap Settings > System > Keyboard > Spell checker, then switch Use spell checker off.

To save power and extend the battery life of your HMD PULSE TA-1594:

1. Always charge the battery fully.

2. Mute unnecessary sounds, such as touch sounds. Tap Settings > Sound & vibration, and select which sounds to keep.

3. Use wired headphones, rather than the loudspeaker.

4. Set the phone screen to switch off after a short time. Tap Settings > Display > Screen timeout and select the time.

5. Adjust the screen brightness. Tap Settings > Display > Brightness level. Drag the brightness level slider. Make sure that Adaptive brightness is switched off.

6. Stop apps from running in the background.

7. Switch location services off when you don’t need them. Tap Settings > Location and switch off Use location.

8. Use a Wi-Fi connection to connect to the internet, rather than a mobile data connection. Stop your phone scanning for available wireless networks. Tap Settings > Network and internet > Internet, then switch off Wi-Fi. If you don’t want to make or receive calls, switch the flight mode on by tapping Settings > Network and internet and switching on Flight mode.

If your HMD PULSE TA-1594 supports the virtual RAM feature, you can have more apps open in the background and switch smoothly between them. To switch the feature on, tap Settings > Memory and switch on Memory extension. If asked, tap the memory size you want.

Using the memory extension requires enough storage space. To protect the storage, the memory extension is automatically and permanently disabled once 90% of the usage limit is reached.

To clean the memory of your HMD PULSE TA-1594 from unnecessary apps running in the background, tap Settings > Memory, select the apps you want to close and tap Boost. If there are apps that you always want to keep running in the background, exclude them from the clean-up: tap Settings > Memory > Excluded apps and switch on the apps you want to keep open.

To make the text and items on your screen larger for better accessibility:

1. Tap Settings > Accessibility > Display size and text.

2. Tap the font size slider until the text size is to your liking.

3. Tap the display size slider until the size is to your liking.

Make a call:

1. Tap the phone icon.

2. Tap the keypad icon and type in a number, or tap the contacts icon and select a contact you want to call.

3. Tap the call icon.

Answer a call: If your phone rings when the screen is unlocked, tap ANSWER. If your phone rings when the screen is locked, swipe up to answer.

Reject a call: If your phone rings when the screen is unlocked, tap REJECT. If your phone rings when the screen is locked, swipe down to reject the call.

Add a contact:

1. Tap Contacts > +.

2. Fill in the information.

3. Tap SAVE.

Save a contact from call history:

1. Tap the phone icon > clock icon to see your call history.

2. Tap the number you want to save.

3. Tap Add contact. If this is a new contact, type in the contact information, and tap Save. If this contact is already in your contacts list, tap Add to existing, select the contact, then tap Save.

To send a message:

1. Tap Messages.

2. Tap Start chat.

3. To add a recipient, type their number in the recipients box and tap the checkmark. To add a contact, start typing their name and tap the contact.

4. To add more recipients, tap the add person icon. After choosing all the recipients, tap Next, give the group a name and tap Done.

5. Write your message in the text box.

6. Tap the send icon.

Add an email account:

1. Tap Gmail.

2. You can select the address connected with your Google account or tap Add an email address.

3. After adding all the accounts, tap TAKE ME TO GMAIL.

Send email:

1. Tap Gmail.

2. Tap the compose icon.

3. In the To box, type in an address, or tap the menu icon > Add from Contacts.

4. Enter the message subject and the email.

5. Tap the send icon.

Take a photo:

1. Tap Camera.

2. Take aim and focus.

3. Tap the circle shutter icon.

Take a selfie:

1. Tap Camera > switch camera icon to switch to the front camera.

2. Tap the circle shutter icon.

Record a video:

1. Tap Camera.

2. To switch to the video recording mode, tap Video.

3. Tap the record icon to start recording.

4. To stop recording, tap the stop icon.

5. To go back to camera mode, tap Photo.

View photos and videos on your phone:

Tap Photos to view your photo and video album.

Share your photos and videos:

1. Tap Photos, tap the photo you want to share and tap the share icon.

2. Select how you want to share the photo or video.

Connect your HMD PULSE TA-1594 to your computer with a compatible USB cable. Use your computer’s file manager to copy or move your photos and videos to the computer.

To connect your HMD PULSE TA-1594 to a Wi-Fi network:

1. Tap Settings > Network and internet > Internet.

2. Switch Wi-Fi on.

3. Select the network you want to use.

To search the web on your HMD PULSE TA-1594:

1. Tap Chrome.

2. Write a search word or a web address in the search field.

3. Tap the arrow icon, or select from the proposed matches.

You can use your mobile data connection to access the Internet with your laptop or other device.

1. Tap Settings > Network & Internet > Hotspot & tethering.

2. Switch on Wi-Fi hotspot to share your mobile data connection over Wi-Fi, USB tethering to use a USB connection, Bluetooth tethering to use Bluetooth, or Ethernet tethering to use a USB Ethernet cable connection.

To connect to a Bluetooth device:

1. Tap Settings > Connected devices > Connection preferences > Bluetooth.

2. Switch Use Bluetooth on.

3. Make sure that the other device is switched on. You may need to start the pairing process from the other device.

4. Tap Pair new device and tap the device you want to pair with from the list of discovered Bluetooth devices.

5. You may need to enter a passcode. For details, see the user guide for the other device.

If you want to share your photos or other content with a friend, send them to your friend’s phone using Bluetooth.

1. Go to the content you want to send and tap the share icon > Bluetooth.

2. Make sure Bluetooth is switched on for both phones and the phones are visible to each other.

3. On the list of found Bluetooth devices, tap your friend’s phone.

4. If the other phone needs a passcode, enter or accept the passcode and tap Pair.

If you no longer have the device that you paired your phone with, you can remove the pairing.

1. Tap Settings > Connected devices > Saved devices.

2. Tap the settings icon next to a device name.

3. Tap FORGET.

If your HMD PULSE TA-1594 supports Near Field Communication (NFC), you can tap accessories to connect to them, and tap tags to call someone or go to a website. Before using NFC, make sure the screen and keys are unlocked.

Switch on NFC:

1. Tap Settings > Connected devices > Connection preferences > NFC.

2. Switch on Use NFC.

Use NFC: The NFC area is at the back of your phone. To connect your phone to another phone or an accessory, or to read NFC tags, just tap the other device or tag with the NFC area of your phone.

Disconnect the connected accessory: If you don’t need to be connected to the accessory anymore, you can disconnect it by tapping the NFC area of the accessory again.

You may need a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection to access company resources or for personal purposes.

Use a secure VPN connection:

1. Tap Settings > Network and internet > VPN.

2. To add a VPN profile, tap +.

3. Type in the profile info as instructed by your company IT administrator or VPN service.

Edit a VPN profile:

1. Tap the settings icon next to a profile name.

2. Change the information as required.

Delete a VPN profile:

1. Tap the settings icon next to a profile name.

2. Tap FORGET.

Set date and time manually: Tap Settings > System > Date & time.

Update the time and date automatically: You can set your phone to update the time, date, and time zone automatically. This is a network service.

1. Tap Settings > System > Date & time.

2. Switch on Set time automatically.

3. Switch on Set automatically.

Change the clock to the 24-hour format: Tap Settings > System > Date & time, and switch Use 24-hour format on.

Set an alarm:

1. Tap Clock > Alarm.

2. To add an alarm, tap +.

3. Select the hour and the minutes, and tap OK.

4. To set the alarm to repeat on specific days, tap the corresponding weekdays.

Switch an alarm off: When the alarm sounds, swipe the alarm right.

Select the calendar type: Tap Calendar > menu icon and select what type of calendar you want to see.

Add an event:

1. Tap Calendar > +.

2. Add the required details.

3. To make the event repeat on certain days, tap Does not repeat, and select how often the event should repeat.

4. To set a reminder, tap Add notification and set the time.

5. Tap Save.

Delete an appointment:

1. Tap the event.

2. Tap the menu icon > Delete.

Google Maps helps you find specific locations and businesses.

Find a spot:

1. Tap Maps.

2. Enter search words, such as a street address or place name, in the search bar.

3. Select an item from the list of proposed matches as you write or tap the search icon.

See your current location: Tap Maps > current location icon.

Get directions to a place:

1. Tap Maps and enter your destination in the search bar.

2. Tap Directions. The highlighted icon shows the mode of transportation. To change the mode, select the new mode under the search bar.

3. If you don’t want the starting point to be your current location, tap Your location and search for a new starting point.

4. Tap Start to start the navigation. To see detailed directions, tap Steps.

To use Google Play services, you need to have a Google account added to your phone.

Add a payment method: To add a payment method, tap Play Store, tap your Google logo in the search field, then tap Payments and subscriptions.

Download apps:

1. Tap Play Store.

2. Tap the search bar to look for apps, or select apps from your recommendations.

3. In the app description, tap Install to download and install the app.

Tap Settings > System > System update > Check for update to check if updates are available.

When your phone notifies you that an update is available, just follow the instructions shown on the screen. Before starting the update, connect a charger or make sure that the device battery has enough power, then connect to Wi-Fi, as the update packages may use up a lot of mobile data.

To ensure your data is safe, use the backup feature in your HMD PULSE TA-1594. Your device data (such as Wi-Fi passwords and call history) and app data (such as settings and files stored by apps) will be backed up remotely. To switch on automatic backup, tap Settings > System > Backup, and switch backup on.

To restore original settings and remove private content from your HMD PULSE TA-1594:

1. Tap Settings > System > Reset options > Erase all data (factory reset).

2. Follow the instructions shown on your phone.

Before making an emergency call on your HMD PULSE TA-1594:

• Switch the phone on.

• If the phone screen and keys are locked, unlock them.

• Move to a place with adequate signal strength.

On the home screen:

1. Tap the phone icon and then the keypad icon, and type in the official emergency number for your present location. Emergency call numbers vary by location.

2. Tap the call icon.

3. Give the necessary information as accurately as possible. Do not end the call until given permission to do so.

You may also need to do the following:

• Put a SIM card in the phone. If you don’t have a SIM card, on the lock screen, tap Emergency.

• If your phone asks for a PIN, tap Emergency.

• Switch the call restrictions off in your phone, such as call barring, fixed dialling, or closed user group.

Handle your HMD PULSE TA-1594, battery, charger, and accessories with care. The following suggestions help you keep your device operational:

• Keep the device dry. Precipitation, humidity, and all types of liquid or moisture can contain minerals that corrode electronic circuits.

• Do not use or store the device in dusty or dirty areas.

• Do not store the device in high temperatures. High temperatures may damage the device or battery.

• Do not store the device in cold temperatures. When the device warms to its normal temperature, moisture can form inside the device and damage it.

• Do not open the device other than as instructed in the user guide.

• Unauthorised modifications may damage the device and violate regulations governing radio devices.

• Do not drop, knock, or shake the device or the battery. Rough handling can break it.

• Only use a soft, clean, dry cloth to clean the surface of the device.

• Do not paint the device. Paint can prevent proper operation.

• Keep the device away from magnets or magnetic fields.

• To keep your important data safe, store it in at least two separate places, such as your device, memory card, or computer, or write down important information.