Using Your Phone
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Using Your Phone
Placing and Receiving Calls
This section explains how to:
•
turn your phone ON and OFF
•
place calls, end calls, and receive calls
•
redial phone numbers
•
mute your phone
Turning Your Phone On and Off
To turn the phone on:
To turn the phone off, press and hold
Á
again.
Powering off
will be displayed, and you will hear an audible alert.
What You Will See
When you turn on your phone, it performs a self-test to let you
know it is operational and then it scans for a service. While the
phone scans, the display reads:
Searching
.
When your phone finds a CDMA digital system, you will see the
time and date and the
icon.
Power Save Mode
If you travel outside the range of available networks, your phone
continues to search for a signal. To save power, it stops searching
every couple of minutes.
Your phone will automatically begin searching again in a minute
or two – if you would like it to start searching immediately, just
press any key.
Standby Mode
To conserve energy, your phone enters standby mode and turns
off the backlight when you have not touched a key for a few
seconds. The backlight will come back on as soon as you press a
key.
Placing a Call
To place a call:
A
You can also recall a previously dialed or stored number.
(See “Using Phone Memory” on page 25 for details on
storing or recalling.)
Press
å
to see the entire phone number.
Your phone will display the first 1 to 8 characters if the number
has more than 24 digits then you will see the last 24 digits.
Turn ON
Phone
Press and hold
Á
until the display appears and
you hear an audible alert.
1
Turn Phone
On
If necessary, press
Á
to turn the phone ON.
Wait until you have a service available.
2
Enter
Number
Enter the number you want to call,
for example: 555-1212.
Correct
Errors
Press
D
to erase one digit at a time if you
make a mistake. Press and hold
D
to erase the
entire entry and start again.
3
Place
Call
Press
¾
to place the call.
or
Press and hold
A
until you hear a high tone.
You will see:
Calling 555-1212
.
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