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Phone Calls and Voicemail 67
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Vibrate to select whether the phone responds with vibration to a new Voice Mail message.
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. From home, tap Phone .
2. Tap Menu > Call settings > TTY mode .
3. Tap TTY Full , TTY HCO , or TTY VCO to turn TTY mode on.
– or –
Tap
TTY Off
to turn TTY mode off.
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Your phone’s TTY mode is set.
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
It is recommended 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