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feature. 

 

Cue Sound 

to select a cue sound (

Default

,

 “Action&Cut”

, 

“Ready&Stop”

, or 

Off

). 

 

Best Fit Size 

or 

Actual Size 

to switch the viewing size. 

 

Skins 

to select your favorite frame. 

 

Status Bar 

to switch the status bar display on or off. 

 

Auto Save to 

to select the storage area for the videos. (See "Selecting the Storage 

Area" on page 46.) 

 

 

Selecting the Storage Area 

When you take pictures and videos, you can choose to save them directly to your phone or to 
the microSD card. 

To select the storage area: 

1.

 

Select MENU/OK 

> Pictures > Settings & Info > Auto Save to

. 

2.

 

Select an option and press MENU/OK: 

 

In Phone 

to save pictures and videos to your phone.

 

 

In microSD 

to save pictures and videos to the microSD card.

 

 

Switch w/Card 

to save pictures and videos to the microSD card when the card is inserted. 

If a microSD card is not present, pictures and videos will be saved to your phone 
automatically.

 

 
 

Using Bluetooth 

Turning Bluetooth On and Off 

 

To turn Bluetooth on: 

1. Select 

MENU/OK > 

Settings

 > 

Bluetooth

 > 

On/Off

   

2. Select 

On

 to enable Bluetooth. 

 

To turn Bluetooth off: 

1. Select 

MENU/OK > 

Settings

 > 

Bluetooth

 > 

On/Off

   

2. Select 

Off

 to disable Bluetooth. 

 

Note

: Enabling the Bluetooth settings affect the battery’s talk and standby times. Bluetooth 

Status Indicators 
The following icons show your Bluetooth connection status at a glance: 

--- Bluetooth feature is active. It turns to green when connected to a Bluetooth device. 

--- Your handset is discoverable by another Bluetooth device. 

--- Your handset is communicating with a Bluetooth device. 

 

Using the Bluetooth Settings Menu 

The Bluetooth Settings menu allows you to set up many of the characteristics of your phone’s 
Bluetooth service, including: 

• 

Entering or changing the name your phone uses for Bluetooth communication 

• 

Setting your phone’s visibility (or “discoverability”) for other Bluetooth devices 

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Summary of Contents for SCP-8500

Page 1: ...SCP 8500 Operating Guide Draft ...

Page 2: ...haracter Input Mode 16 Entering Characters Using T9 Text Input 16 Adding a Word to the T9 Database 16 Entering Characters by Using Alphabet Mode 16 Entering Numbers Symbols Preset Suffix and Smileys 17 Controlling Your Phone s Settings 18 Sound Settings 18 Ringer Types 18 Selecting Ringers for Incoming Calls 18 Selecting a Ringer for Alarms or Scheduled Events 18 Selecting Ringers for Messages 18 ...

Page 3: ...nging the Lock Code 28 Calling in Lock Mode 28 Restricting Calls 29 Using Special Numbers 29 Erasing the Contacts Directory 29 Erasing All My Content 29 Resetting Your Phone 30 Resetting and Locking Your Phone Through SMS 30 Controlling Your Roaming Experience 31 Understanding Roaming 31 Setting Your Phone s Roam Mode 31 Using Call Guard 31 Navigating Through Menus 32 Menu Navigation 32 Menu Struc...

Page 4: ...ce Services 42 Using Voice Memos 42 Reviewing Voice Memos 42 Erasing Voice Memos 42 Setting Up Screen Call 42 Selecting Announcement for Screen Call 43 Recording Your Name for a Pre Recorded Announcement 43 Recording a Customized Announcement 43 Reviewing an Announcement 43 Erasing an Announcement 43 Taking Pictures 44 Taking Pictures 44 Recording Videos 45 Using Bluetooth 46 Turning Bluetooth On ...

Page 5: ...Safety 54 General Precautions 54 Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your Phone 54 Using Your Phone With a Hearing Aid Device 55 Getting the Best Hearing Device Experience With Your SCP 8500 by Sanyo 56 Caring for the Battery 57 Radiofrequency RF Energy 57 Specific Absorption Rate SAR for Wireless Phones 58 FCC Notice 58 4 ...

Page 6: ...lay 23 Speaker 1 Earpiece 19 Side Camera Key 10 SPEAKER Key 11 Internal Antenna 12 Microphone 13 Keypad 14 END POWER Key 17 Softkey right 18 microSD Card Slot 16 Headset Jack 15 BACK Key 6 Softkey left 21 LED Indicator 24 Battery 22 Sub LCD 20 Camera Lens Getting to Know Your Phone Front View of Phone 5 ...

Page 7: ...tates reception and transmission To maximize performance do not touch while using the phone 12 Microphone to speak into or record your voice 13 Keypad lets you enter numbers letters and characters and navigate within menus Press and hold keys 2 9 for speed dialing 14 END POWER Key lets you turn the phone on off end a call or return to standby mode 15 BACK Key lets you clear characters from the scr...

Page 8: ...indicates you have schedule event and call alarm notifications indicates you have messages waiting shows the level of your battery charge The more black you see the more power you have left indicates the vibrate feature is set indicates the voice call ringer setting is off indicates the Location Service of your phone is enabled indicates the Location Service of your phone is disabled indicates you...

Page 9: ...periodically without your intervention You can also initiate a search for PCS Service by pressing any key when your phone is turned on Tip The Power Save feature helps to conserve your battery power when you are in an area where there is no signal Turning Your Phone Off Press and hold END for two seconds until you see the powering down animation on the display screen Your screen remains blank whil...

Page 10: ...er provided with your phone 1 Plug the travel charger into a wall outlet 2 Plug the other end into the travel charger into the charger jack on the side of your phone with the battery installed Charging when your phone is turned on The battery icon animates while charging The battery icon turns to when charging is complete Charging when your phone is turned off The battery icon appears and the mess...

Page 11: ...take extra step See page 31 for setting Call Guard Send Message to send a text message an SMS Voice message or Picture Mail Save Phone to save the phone number in your Contacts Directory See Saving a Phone Number on page 13 Find to display Contacts entries that end with the digits you enter See Finding a Phone Number on page 13 P Hard Pause to insert a hard pause See Dialing and Saving Phone Numbe...

Page 12: ...et Ringer to mute the ringer This feature appears when the ringer is set To answer a call when you are roaming and Call Guard is enabled you must press Options right softkey select Answer or Answer Speaker and press MENU OK to answer the call See page 31 for setting Call Guard Note If your phone is off the incoming calls go to voicemail Using the Speakerphone The speakerphone feature lets you hear...

Page 13: ...OK Flash to answer an incoming Call Waiting call or connect a third party during Three Way Calling Mute or Unmute to mute or reactivate your phone s microphone Transfer Audio to switch the call to your desired device if applicable Speaker On or Speaker Off to route the phone s audio through the speaker You can adjust the speakerphone volume using the Side Up Down key Three Way Call to call a third...

Page 14: ... step is not necessary on the very first entry in Contacts 4 Select a label and press MENU OK 5 Enter a name for the new entry using the keypad and press MENU OK or Search for an existing contact name and press MENU OK to save the new number 6 Select Save left softkey to save the entry After you have saved the number the new Contacts entry is displayed See Contacts List Entry Options on page 35 Fi...

Page 15: ...ter and then automatically dials the number See page 26 to register a prepend number and activate the Prepend feature To place a call using Ph Book Match Abbreviated Dialing 1 Enter the last three to six digits of a Contacts entry s phone number 2 Press TALK If there is more than one matched number in your Contacts the Abbrev Dial list is displayed 3 Select the name you want to call from the list ...

Page 16: ... to scroll through the Contacts list highlight your desired entry and press MENU OK 3 Highlight the number you want to call 4 Press Options right softkey Call or Call Speaker On Tip You can also make a call by pressing TALK during step 4 above Using Speed Dialing With this feature you can dial your favorite entries using one key press for location 2 9 To use speed dial for voice calls From standby...

Page 17: ...le character Press and hold BACK to delete an entire entry Adding a Word to the T9 Database If a word you want to enter does not display as an option when you are using T9 Text Input you can add it to the database To add a word to the database 1 Select the Add Word input mode 2 Enter the word using multi tap text entry See Entering Characters by Using Alphabet Mode described below 3 Press Save lef...

Page 18: ... the corresponding number key to enter the number directory in alphabet mode or T9 mode Entering PRESET SUFFIXES To enter preset suffixes 1 In a text entry field press Mode right softkey 2 Select PRESET SUFFIX and press MENU OK 3 Select your desired word by using the navigation key and press MENU OK Entering SMILEYS To enter smile pictures emoticons 1 In a text entry field press Mode right softkey...

Page 19: ...e Select Normal to deactivate this feature Selecting a Ringer for Alarms or Scheduled Events To select a ringer for alarms or scheduled events 1 Select MENU OK Settings Sounds Ringer Type 2 Select Alarm or Schedule 3 Press MENU OK and then select Single Tones Ring Tones Melodies Voice Alarm My Content or Get New and press MENU OK 4 Select an available ringer and press MENU OK Selecting Ringers for...

Page 20: ...n Voice Guide on or off 1 Select MENU OK Settings Sounds Voice Guide 2 Select On or Off Adjusting the Phone s Ringer Volume To adjust the ringer volume 1 Select MENU OK Settings Sounds Volume Ringer 2 Using your navigation key select your desired volume level 1 Beep Ringer Off Vibrate All or Silence All and press Done left softkey Tip You can make the ringer vibrate atany volume level by checking ...

Page 21: ...e sets alert On or Off for network services parameter changes Connect to set an alert to notify you when your call has been connected Messaging sets alert to notify you of text Picture Mail voicemail or SMS Voice messages Beep Each Minute sets a minute reminder that beeps ten seconds before the end of each minute during a call Signal Fade Call Drop sets alert to notify you when your phone loses a ...

Page 22: ...andby times Changing the Contrast This feature allows you to change the light level on the Main Screen To change the light level on the Main Screen 1 Select MENU OK Settings Display Contrast 2 Select Highest High Medium Low or Lowest Changing the Display Screen Animation Your new PCS Phone offers animation for what you see on the display screen during standby mode Outgoing Calls or Service Search ...

Page 23: ...or Off and press MENU OK 4 Select a screen saver and press MENU OK Power Save Mode This feature helps conserve your battery power by setting the Main LCD and Sub LCD backlights to Dim Only the Main LCD sleep mode to after 30 sec and the Sub LCD sleep mode to after 5 sec To set this feature 1 Select MENU OK Settings Display Power Save Mode 2 A message appears Select OK left softkey to continue 3 Se...

Page 24: ...lect MENU OK Settings Display Font Size 2 Select View or Input View to select Main Screen and then Messaging or Browser or Outer Screen and then Names Phone s Input to select Phone s Messaging or Others 3 Select a font size and press MENU OK Changing the Background You can customize your phone display s appearance by selecting a color scheme to reflect your personality To change the display s back...

Page 25: ...n feature is on your phone s standby screen will display the icon When Location is turned off the icon will be displayed Airplane Mode When your phone is in Airplane Mode it cannot send or receive any calls expect for 911 dialing or access online information You may still use the phone s other features such as Games Call Memos Calendar etc while you are in Airplane Mode To set Airplane Mode 1 Sele...

Page 26: ...1 Select MENU OK Settings More Call Setup Auto Answer 2 Select Hands free or Speakerphone 3 Select either 5 Seconds or 15 Seconds To deactivate this feature select Off during step 3 above Setting Call Answer This feature allows you to answer incoming calls by pressing TALK any key except BACK END softkeys and side keys or opening the phone To set Call Answer mode 1 Select MENU OK Settings More Cal...

Page 27: ...y when the phone is open Setting Abbreviated Dialing To activate the Ph Book Match feature 1 Select MENU OK Settings More Call Setup Abbrev Dial 2 Select Ph Book Match 3 Select On To activate the Prepend feature 1 Select MENU OK Settings More Call Setup Abbrev Dial 2 Select Prepend 3 Select On 4 Enter the first five or six digit prefix in the Prepend field and then select OK left softkey To deacti...

Page 28: ... message you want to edit and press MENU OK 3 Use your keypad to edit the message and press OK left softkey or to save your changes Setting a Callback Number With this feature you can notify your recipients of your callback number with the text message To set the callback number 1 Select MENU OK Settings Messaging Text Send Callback 2 Select your desired option and press MENU OK None to send no ca...

Page 29: ...er or Special numbers cannot be made And no phone calls can be received except for Special numbers Excep Incoming Calls All phone calls except for Emergency number or Special numbers cannot be made But all incoming calls can be received Tip If you want to cancel the On Power up setting before turning the phone off select Unlocked during step 2 above Unlocking Your Phone To unlock your phone 1 Pres...

Page 30: ... the same number may be in both directories You can make and receive calls to or from special numbers even when your phone is in Lock Phone status To add or replace a special number 1 From the Security Menu display See Accessing the Security Menu on page 27 select Special Numbers 2 Select a field for your entry and press MENU OK 3 Enter your desired phone number and press MENU OK Erasing the Conta...

Page 31: ...ormatted SMS message to your phone Send the following format from your computer RESET Passcode RESET Passcode your defined passcode The default passcode is your phone s 11 digit ESN Electronic Serial Number which is written on the package or on the phone itself To activate this feature the following presetting is required From the Security Menu display See Accessing the Security Menu on page 27 se...

Page 32: ...ionwide PCS Network Setting Your Phone s Roam Mode Your PCS Phone allows you to control your ability to roam By using the Roaming menu option you can determine which signals your phone accepts Set Mode Choose from three different settings on your phone to control your roaming experience 1 Select MENU OK Settings More Roaming Set Mode 2 Select an option and press MENU OK Using Call Guard Your phone...

Page 33: ...mes To navigate through a menu simply press the navigation key up or down Menu Structure Selecting Menu Items As you navigate through a menu the options are highlighted Select an option by highlighting it and pressing MENU OK For example if you want to view your last incoming call 1 Press MENU OK to access the main menu 2 Select Call History It may already be highlighted 3 Press the navigation key...

Page 34: ...ved in your Contacts list Go to Phone Book appears See Saving a Phone Number From Call History below Rename to change the current entry s name to Caller ID name if applicable Prepend to add numbers to the beginning of the phone number See Prepending a Phone Number From Call History on page 34 Erase to erase the entry Making a Call from Call History To place a call from Call History 1 Select MENU O...

Page 35: ...your Contacts list from calls identified as No Caller ID or Restricted If the selected entry has already been stored in the Contacts list Go to Phone Book appears during step 3 above Prepending a Phone Number From Call History If you need to make a call from Call History and you happen to be outside your local area code you can add the appropriate prefix by following these steps 1 Highlight a call...

Page 36: ...r navigation key to scroll through the Contacts list or Enter the first letter of the name or part of the name The display shows the entry beginning with the letter entered 3 Press MENU OK to display the entry s details Finding Speed Dial Numbers To find phone numbers you have stored in speed dial locations Select MENU OK Contacts Speed Dial s Contacts List Entry Options To access a contacts entry...

Page 37: ...NU OK 3 Select the phone number and press Options Edit or Select an email address or Web address and then press Edit right softkey 4 Select the label filed you want to edit and press MENU OK 5 Select the entry by using your keypad and press MENU OK 6 Press Save left softkey to save your changes Setting Speed Dial Numbers With this feature you can dial Contacts Directory entries with one key press ...

Page 38: ... ringer type a sample ringer will sound 6 Press Save left softkey Secret Contacts Entries You can hide an entry s phone number s and require your lock code to edit the entry by making it secret The entry name is still displayed but the entry s phone number is replaced by Secret To make an entry secret 1 Select MENU OK Contacts Find Add Entry 2 Scroll to the Contacts entry you want to tag as secret...

Page 39: ...he navigation key right next day left previous day up previous week down next week 3 Press Options right softkey select Settings 4 Select Holiday 5 Select Set Date or Set Weekly from the options and press MENU OK Options Set Date sets the selected date to the holiday Set Weekly sets the weekly holidays Reset Date resets the holiday setting for the selected date Reset Weekly resets the weekly holid...

Page 40: ...and ringer alert setting By blinking the LED By displaying event s description on the Main LCD with the phone open By displaying event s description on the Sub LCD with the phone closed By lighting backlight of LCD Depends on the backlight setting Event Alert Menu When your phone is turned on and you have an event alarm scheduled your phone alerts you and displays the event summary To silence the ...

Page 41: ... Erase All and then select Yes An alert will be displayed asking you to confirm the deletion 4 Select Yes left softkey to erase all events select No right softkey to cancel Displaying Your User Address Display the current user address you have signed in Select MENU OK Settings Phone Info Phone User ID Finding Icon Definitions You can see the explanation of icons that appear on the display 1 Select...

Page 42: ... set the Ringer Length Snooze Interval or Snooze Times 5 Press Done left softkey to save To stop the alarm Press any key to stop the alarm Using the Calculator Your phone comes with a built in calculator function To use this feature follow these easy steps 1 Select MENU OK Tools More Tools Calculator 2 Enter numbers using your keypad Press the left softkey to insert a decimal point 3 Press the app...

Page 43: ...e and select memos Select Speed left softkey to change the playing speed To clear the numbers press CLR right softkey Select Pause right softkey to pause To restart select Play right softkey Press MENU OK to stop playing Tip To set the speakerphone mode on or off press Options Speaker On Off during the steps above Erasing Voice Memos To erase an individual memo 1 Select MENU OK Tools Voice Memo Li...

Page 44: ...ENU OK to start first recording 5 After the first recording press MENU OK to start the second recording 6 Press MENU OK to stop recording Tip Recording terminates automatically after 12 seconds Recording a Customized Announcement To record an announcement 1 Select MENU OK Tools Voice Memo Screen Call Announcement 2 Select Custom and press Edit right softkey 3 Select Record 4 Press MENU OK to start...

Page 45: ...matically be saved in the phone or microSD card Camera Mode Options When the phone is open and in camera mode press Options right softkey to display additional camera options Picture Mode to select a picture mode from Normal Beach Snow Scenery Mirror Image or Night Dark Zoom to zoom in on a subject Self Timer to activate the camera s timer Fun Tools to select an option from the following Multiple ...

Page 46: ...rding will stop automatically after a predetermined time depending on your phone and its mass storage options 6 Select an option to continue Press Play left softkey to play the video Press Next right softkey for additional video options including Take New Video Play Send to Contacts Post to Services Upload Review Media Send via Bluetooth Set as Delete and Details Edit Press the Camera button to re...

Page 47: ...t present pictures and videos will be saved to your phone automatically Using Bluetooth Turning Bluetooth On and Off To turn Bluetooth on 1 Select MENU OK Settings Bluetooth On Off 2 Select On to enable Bluetooth To turn Bluetooth off 1 Select MENU OK Settings Bluetooth On Off 2 Select Off to disable Bluetooth Note Enabling the Bluetooth settings affect the battery s talk and standby times Bluetoo...

Page 48: ...rability to other Bluetooth devices 1 Select MENU OK Settings Bluetooth Visibility 2 Select your desired Visibility setting and press MENU OK Always Visible to allow other Bluetooth devices to detect and identify your phone Visible for 3 min to allow other Bluetooth devices to detect your phone for 3 minutes and then it returns to hidden mode Hidden to prevent other Bluetooth devices from detectin...

Page 49: ... between devices allowing for fast secure connections while bypassing the discovery and authentication process To pair your phone with another Bluetooth device 1 Select MENU OK Tools Bluetooth Add New Search Your phone will display a list of discovered in range Bluetooth devices 2 Select the device you wish to pair with and press MENU OK 3 Enter the PIN code and press MENU OK When the owner of the...

Page 50: ...eceive a new voice message your phone alerts you and prompts you to you re your voicemail To call your voicemail press Talk To display your Missed Log press MENU OK Missed Alerts Important When you are roaming off the Nationwide PCS Network you may not receive notification of new voicemail messages It is recommended that you periodically check your voicemail by dialing 1 area code your PCS Phone N...

Page 51: ...n Expert mode on or off 1 Press and hold 1 to access your voicemail If your voicemail box contains any new or saved messages press to access the main voicemail menu 2 Press 3 to change your Personal Options following the system prompts 3 Press 3 for expert mode 4 Press 1 to turn Expert mode on or off Setting Up Group Distribution Lists Create up to 20 separate group lists each with up to 20 custom...

Page 52: ...to mark receipt requested 4 Press 1 to send your voicemail message Extended Absence Greeting When your phone is turned off or you are off the Nationwide PCS Network for an extended period this greeting can be played instead of your normal personal greeting 1 From the main voicemail menu press 3 for Personal Options 2 Press 2 for Greetings 3 Press 3 to record an Extended Absence Greeting Clearing t...

Page 53: ...TALK 2 Once you have established the connection press TALK 3 Dial the second number you wish to call and press TALK 4 When you re connected to the second party press TALK again to begin your three way call If one of the people you called hangs up during your call you and the remaining caller stay connected If you initiated the call and are the first to hang up all three callers are disconnected No...

Page 54: ...h to send a message Email to enter the recipient s email address 2 Press MENU OK to save the recipient You may include up to 50 recipients per message 3 Press Next left softkey when you have finished selecting and entering recipients 4 Compose a message or use the preset messages or smileys icons To type a message use your keypad to enter your message Select Mode right softkey to select a characte...

Page 55: ...ntaining Safe Use of and Access to Your Phone Do Not Rely on Your Phone for Emergency Calls Mobile phones operate using radio signals which cannot guarantee connection in all conditions Therefore you should never rely solely upon any mobile phone for essential communication e g medical emergencies Emergency calls may not be possible on all cellular networks or when certain network services and or ...

Page 56: ...e your phone and accessories could generate sparks Sparks can cause an explosion or fire resulting in bodily injury or even death These areas are often but not always clearly marked They include Fueling areas such as gas stations Below deck on boats Fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities Areas where the air contains chemicals or particles such as grain dust or metal powders Any other area...

Page 57: ...Note that not all hearing devices have telecoils in them Hearing aid devices may also be measured for immunity to interference noise from wireless phones and should have ratings similar to phones Ask your hearing healthcare professional for the rating of your hearing aid Add the rating of your hearing aid and your phone to determine probable usability Any combined rating equal to or greater than s...

Page 58: ...your Li Ion batteries contact your nearest PCS authorized service center Special Note Be sure to dispose of your battery properly In some are as the disposal of batteries in household or business trash may be prohibited Radiofrequency RF Energy Understanding How Your Phone Operates Your phone is basically a radio transmitter and receiver When it s turned on it receives and transmits radiofrequency...

Page 59: ...rporates a substantial margin of safety As stated above variations in SAR values between different model phones do not mean variations in safety SAR values at or below the federal standard of 1 6 W kg are considered safe for use by the public The highest reported SAR values of the SCP 8500 are Cellular CDMA mode Part 22 Head 0 288 W kg Body worn 0 171 W kg PCS CDMA mode Part 24 Head 1 21 W kg Body...

Page 60: ...ing measures Reorient the direction of the internal antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant ...

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