Kyocera Boost Hydro edge - TTY Mode

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TTY Mode
ATTY(teletypewriter,alsoknownasaTDDorTextTelephone)isatelecommunicationsdevice
thatallowspeoplewhoaredeaf,hardofhearing,orwhohavespeechorlanguagedisabilities,to
communicatebytelephone.
YourphoneiscompatiblewithselectTTYdevices.PleasecheckwiththemanufacturerofyourTTY
devicetoensurethatitsupportsdigitalwirelesstransmission.YourphoneandTTYdevicewill
connectusingaspecialcablethatplugsintoyourphone’sheadsetjack.Ifthiscablewasnot
providedwithyourTTYdevice,contactyourTTYdevicemanufacturertopurchasetheconnector
cable.
ToturnTTYModeonoroff:
1.
TouchHome >Phone.
2.
TouchMenu >Settings>TTY mode.
3. TouchTTY Full,TTY HCO,orTTY VCOtoturnTTYmodeon.
–or–
TouchTTY OfftoturnTTYmodeoff.
Note: Whenenabled,TTYmodemayimpairtheaudioqualityofnon-TTYdevicesconnectedtothe
headsetjack.
Warning:9-1-1 Emergency Calling
BoostMobilerecommendsthatTTYusersmakeemergencycallsbyothermeans,including
TelecommunicationsRelayServices(TRS),analogcellular,andlandlinecommunications.
WirelessTTYcallsto9-1-1maybecorruptedwhenreceivedbypublicsafetyansweringpoints
(PSAPs),renderingsomecommunicationsunintelligible.Theproblemencounteredappears
relatedtoTTYequipmentorsoftwareusedbyPSAPs.Thismatterhasbeenbroughttothe
attentionoftheFCC,andthewirelessindustryandthePSAPcommunityarecurrentlyworkingto
resolvethis.