Sanyo RL2000 - Manual

Introduction T his User’s Guide introduces you to PCS Service and all the features of your new phone. It’s divided into four sections: Section 1: Getting Started Section 2: Understanding Your Phone Section 3: Using PCS Service Features Section 4: Safety and Warranty Information Throughout the guide,...

Section 1A Setting Up Service In This Section Getting Started With PCS Service Setting Up Voicemail Getting Help T his section walks you through setting up service for your PCS Phone, unlocking your phone, setting up your voicemail, and contacting Sprint for assistance with your PCS Service. Section...

Getting Started With PCS Service Determine if Your Phone is Already Activated If you received your phone in the mail or purchased it at a Sprint Store, it probably has already been activated. All you need todo is unlock your phone. If your phone is not activated, please refer to the Start Here Guide...

Setting Up Your Voicemail All unanswered voice calls to your PCS Phone are automaticallytransferred to voicemail, even if your phone is in use or turned off.Therefore, you will want to set up your voicemail and personalgreeting as soon as your PCS Phone is activated. To set up voicemail: 1. Press an...

Reaching PCS Customer Solutions You can reach PCS Customer Solutions by: Dialing on your PCS Phone Signing on to your account at www.sprintpcs.com Calling us toll-free at 1-888-211-4727 (Consumer customers),1-877-CLEARPY (253-2779) (Clear Pay customers), or 1-888-788-4727 (Business customers) Writin...

Section 2A Your PCS Phone: The Basics In This Section Front View of Phone Viewing the Display Screen Features of Your Phone Turning Your Phone On and Off Using Your Phone’s Battery Displaying Your Phone Number Making and Answering Calls Using PCS Ready Link Y our PCS Phone is packed with features th...

Front View of Phone Key Functions 1. Antenna: Raise the antenna fully for optimal call quality and signal strength. 2. Side Volume Keys: Let you adjust the receiver volume during a call or ringer volume in standby mode. 3. Speaker: Allows you hands-free conversation while in speakerphone mode. Lets ...

Viewing the Display Screen This list identifies the symbols you’ll see on your display screen. shows your current signal strength. The more lines you have, the stronger your signal. means your phone cannot find a signal. tells you a call is in progress. indicates your PCS Vision connection is dorman...

Turning Your Phone On and Off Turning Your Phone On Press for approximately two seconds to turn your phone on. Note: When you turn on your phone for the first time, you will be asked to activate PCS Ready Link service. Press or OK (left softkey) to use PCS Ready Link service. Once your phone is On, ...

Using Your Phone’s Battery Battery Capacity Your PCS Phone is equipped with a Lithium Ion (LiIon) battery.It allows you to recharge your battery before it is fully drained. Thebattery provides approximately 4.5 hours of continuous digital talktime (2.5 hours in analog) or approximately 140 hours of ...

Charging the Battery Your PCS Phone comes with a rechargeable battery. You shouldcharge the battery as soon as possible so you can begin using your phone. Keeping track of your battery’s charge is important. If your batterylevel becomes too low, your phone automatically turns off and youwill lose al...

Displaying Your Phone Number Just in case you forget your phone number, your PCS Phone canremind you. To display your phone number (it is the same as PCS Ready Linknumber): 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Phone Book or Phone Info , and press . 3. Highlight My Phone# and press . Note: ...

Answering Voice Calls 1. Make sure your phone is on. (If your phone is off, incoming callsgo to voicemail.) 2. Press or to answer an incoming call. (Depending on your phone’s settings, you may also answer incoming calls bypressing any digit.) Your PCS Phone notifies you of incoming calls in the foll...

Answering a Roam Call With Call Guard Enabled To answer a call when you are roaming and Call Guard is enabled: 1. Press or . 2. The following message will appear. “Roaming rate applies.Press [1] to accept.” Press to answer the call. Note: If your phone is off, in an active PCS Vision connection, or ...

Changing Ringer Volume To change the ringer volume, adjust the Side Volume keys or / on the Navigation key when the phone is in standby mode. Note: To change the ringer volume from the main menu, see “Adjusting the Phone’s Volume Settings” on page 40. Adjusting Volume During a Conversation Whether y...

Dialing Options Dialing options are displayed when you press after entering numbers in the phone’s standby mode. To select an option, highlight it and press . Call to dial the phone number. Call:Speaker On to dial the phone number in speakerphone mode. Ready Link to display PCS Ready Link informatio...

End-of-Call Options To display the following options, press within 10 seconds after disconnecting a call. To select an option, highlight it and press . Call Again to dial the phone number. Call:Speaker On to dial the phone number in speakerphone mode. Save Phone# to save the phone number in your int...

Finding a Phone Number You can search internal Phone Book entries for phone numbers thatcontain a specific string of numbers. To find a phone number: 1. Enter four or more digits and press . The more numbers you enter, the more specific the search becomes. 2. Highlight Find and press . 3. The Phone ...

Abbreviated Dialing When you enter four digits of a phone number, the screen displays“Abbrev. Dial.” Your phone dials the phone number in your internalPhone Book that ends with the four digits you entered. To make a call using Abbreviated Dialing: 1. Enter the last four digits of an internal Phone B...

Using PCS Ready Link PCS Ready Link is a walkie-talkie-style communication feature. It allowsyou to quickly connect with your friends, family, and co-workers withjust the push of a button. You can make 1-to-1 or 1-to-many calls (up to5 others on the same call) to any other PCS Ready Link user, anywh...

Accessing the PCS Ready Link List To access the PCS Ready Link List: Press (side of the phone) or R-Link (left softkey). – or – 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Ready Link and press . Note: When you activate PCS Ready Link for the first time, the PCS Ready Link help message appears. Pr...

Making a PCS Ready Link Call (1-to-1 Call) You can place 1-to-1 PCS Ready Link calls by selecting a recipient,called a contact. Each contact has a name and a PCS Ready Linknumber, which are displayed during PCS Ready Link call. To place a PCS Ready Link Call by selecting a contact: 1. From a PCS Rea...

Receiving a PCS Ready Link Call (1-to-1 Call) 1. When you receive a PCS Ready Link call from a contact,“ Call,” the contact’s name and the PCS Ready Link number appear on the display. 2. Press and hold to get the floor. You can get the floor before hearing a voice if nobody hasthe floor. 3. Speak af...

PCS Ready Link Options To access PCS Ready Link options, access the PCS Ready Link List andpress Options (right softkey). To select an option, highlight it and press . Edit to edit a PCS Ready Link number and/or a name. See page 34 for details (Personal List only). Erase to erase a contact. Erase Gr...

Copying an Entry to Your Personal List You can copy an entry to your Personal List. If the selected entry isalready stored in the Personal List, the “copy” option does notappear. To copy an entry from Redial or Company List: 1. From the PCS Ready Link List, highlight Redial or your desired entry in ...

Saving a PCS Ready Link Number You can save a PCS Ready Link number by entering the number orfrom the ending display. If the number is already stored in the PersonalList, the “save” softkey does not appear. To save by entering the number: 1. From the PCS Ready Link List, enter the number you want to...

Adding a New Group You can add new groups to the Personal List. Each group can includeup to 5 members. Enter a group member directly, or select themember from the Company List or the Personal List. To add a new group entry: 1. From the PCS Ready Link List, press Go to (left softkey), highlight Perso...

Options Edit to edit a member’s name and/or a number. (See step 4 below.) Erase to erase a member’s entry. Add New to add a new member. (See page 33.) Add (Company) to add a new member from the Company List. (See page 33.) Add (Personal) to add a new member from the Personal List. (See page 33.) Det...

Section 2B Controlling Your Phone’s Settings In This Section Sound Settings Display Settings Location Settings Airplane Mode TTY Access Phone Setup Options T his section describes how you can change your phone’s settings tobest suit your needs. Take a few moments to review these options and add or a...

Reminder: To access the phone’s main menu, press from standby mode. Menu items may be selected by highlighting them with the Navigation key andpressing . Sound Settings Ringer Types Ringer types help you identify incoming calls and messages. You canassign ringer types to individual phone book entrie...

Adjusting the Phone’s Volume Settings To adjust the Ringer or Key volume: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Settings and press . 3. Highlight Sounds and press . 4. Highlight Ringer/Key Vol. and press . 5. Select the item you wish to change and press . Ringer Volume to adjust Ringer tone...

Alert Notification Your phone comes with several different options to keep you awareof what’s going on by sounding the alert or ringer. Service sets alert On or Off for network services parameter changes. Voicemail sets an alert to notify you of voice messages. Messaging sets an alert to notify you ...

Silence All There may be times when you need to silence your phone entirely.The phone’s Silence All option allows you to mute all sounds withoutturning your phone off. To activate Silence All: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Settings and press . 3. Highlight Sounds and press . 4. High...

Display Settings Changing the Text Greeting The text greeting can be up to 15 characters and is displayed on yourphone’s screen in standby mode. You may choose to display a customgreeting or you may display your PCS User name on the phone’sscreen (the default setting). To display or change your cust...

Always Off always turns the backlight off. Always On keeps the backlight on. Note: Always On setting returns to previous value, the next time you turn on the phone. To change the Keypad backlight setting: 1. From step 5 above, select the menu under Key and press . 2. Select Always Off or your define...

World Clock displays the time of the selected country along with the local time. You can scroll the World Clock list by pressing / on the Navigation key, select Summer (left softkey) or Standard (right softkey) for changing between daylight savings and standard time if applicable. (The “ ” icon indi...

Changing the Font Size There are four font size settings for the message notification andbrowser. To change the font size, follow these steps: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Settings and press . 3. Highlight Display and press . 4. Highlight Font Size and press . 5. Highlight either N...

To turn TTY Mode on or off: 1. From standby mode, press . 2. Press . 3. Highlight Save Phone# and press . 4. Highlight Accessibility and press . 5. Highlight TTY On or TTY Off and press . Highlight Learn More and press during step 5 above for instruction. Note: When you connect TTY devices, your pho...

Phone Setup Options Shortcut Your phone offers you the option of assigning a shortcut key to afavorite or often-used function. Pressing on the Navigation key instandby mode will launch your user-defined shortcut. To assign your shortcut key: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Settings an...

Setting Abbreviated Dialing Abbreviated Dialing is another form of speed dialing. If the last fourdigits you enter using abbreviated dialing do not match any storedphone book entry, the digits are automatically prepended with thedigits specified using the following steps. To activate this feature: 1...

Section 2C Setting Your Phone’s Security In This Section Accessing the Security Menu Locking Your Phone Unlocking Your Phone Using Special Numbers Security Features for PCS Vision SM B y using the security settings on your PCS Phone, you receive peace ofmind without sacrificing f lexibility. With se...

Options: Allow All: Calls are not restricted; you can make or receive all calls. Phone Book Only: Only Phone Book entries, Voicemail, or special numbers (see on this page) are available to make orreceive calls. Special #s Only: Only three special numbers are available to make or receive calls. Note:...

Resetting and Locking Your Phone through SMS When your phone is lost or stolen, you can erase your importantpersonal information (such as phone book entries, call history, andmessages) and lock your phone by sending a special formatted SMSmessage to your phone. From your computer, sign on to www.spr...

Security Features for PCS Vision SM Signing In and Out of PCS Vision Services You can sign out of PCS Vision services without turning off yourphone; however you will not have access to all PCS Vision services,including Web and messaging. Signing out will avoid any chargesassociated with PCS Vision s...

Section 2D Controlling Your RoamingExperience In This Section Understanding Roaming Setting Your Phone’s Roam Mode Controlling Roaming Charges Using Call Guard R oaming is the ability to make or receive calls when you’re off theSprint Nationwide PCS Network. Your new dual-band PCS Phone works anywhe...

Understanding Roaming Recognizing Icons on the Display Screen Your phone’s display screen always lets you know when you’re offthe Sprint Nationwide PCS Network and whether your phone isoperating in analog or digital mode. The following chart indicateswhat you’ll see depending on where you’re using y...

Roaming on Analog Networks When you roam on analog networks, you will experience a similarquality provided by other analog carriers today. Although somefeatures, such as PCS Vision and PCS Voice Command, may beunavailable, you can still make and receive calls and access voicemail.You will experience...

Setting Your Phone’s Roam Mode Your PCS Phone allows you to control your ability to roam. By usingthe Roaming menu option, you can determine which signals your phone accepts. Set Mode Choose from three different settings on your dual- band phone tocontrol your roaming experience. To set your phone’s...

Controlling Roaming Charges Using Call Guard In addition to the roaming icon, Call Guard alerts you when roamingcharges apply. This feature makes it easy to manage your roamingcharges by reminding you when you make or receive roaming calls. Italso requires you to take an additional step before placi...

Section 2E Navigating Through Menus In This Section Menu Navigation Menu Structure Viewing the Menus T his section is a road map to using your PCS Phone. Every functionand feature can be accessed through an onscreen menu. Take a few moments to learn your way around and you’ll find your phoneeasier t...

Menu Navigation The Navigation key on your PCS Phone allows you to scroll throughmenus quickly and easily. The scroll bar at the right of the menukeeps track of your position in the menu at all times. To navigate through a menu, simply press / on the Navigation key. Menu Structure Selecting Menu Ite...

Viewing the Menus Menu Diagram The following list outlines your phone’s menu structure: 1. Ready Link2. Call History 1. Outgoing Calls 2. Incoming Calls 3. Missed Calls 4. Erase History 3. Phone Book 1. Find Name 2. Add New Entry 3. My Phone# 4. Speed Dial #s 5. Long Phone#s 6. Services 4. Messaging...

Section 2F Managing Call History In This Section Viewing History Call History Options Making a Call From Call History Saving a Phone Number From Call History Prepending a Phone Number From Call History Erasing Call History T he Call History keeps track of incoming calls, calls made from yourPCS Phon...

Viewing History You’ll find the Call History feature very helpful. It is a list of the last 20phone numbers (or internal Phone Book entries) for calls you placed,accepted, or missed. Call History makes redialing a number fast andeasy. It is continually updated as new numbers are added to thebeginnin...

Making a Call FromCall History To place a call from Call History: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Call History and press . 3. Highlight Outgoing Calls , Incoming Calls , or Missed Calls . 4. Press . 5. Highlight the entry you want to call by scrolling through the list. 6. Press or . –...

Section 2G Using the Internal Phone Book In This Section Internal Phone Book Entry Options Entering Text Adding a New Internal Phone Book Entry Finding Internal Phone Book Entries Adding a Phone Number or Address to an Internal Phone Book Entry Editing an Internal Phone Book Entry Selecting a Ringer...

Internal Phone Book Entry Options To access an internal Phone Book entry’s options, display an entryand press , then select the box under your desired label and press Options (right softkey). (See “Finding Internal Phone Book Entries” on page 83.) To select an option, highlight it and press . Call t...

Entering Text Selecting a Character Input Mode Your PCS Phone provides convenient ways to enter words, letters,punctuation, and numbers whenever you are prompted to enter text(for example, when adding an internal Phone Book entry). To change the character input mode: 1. When you display a screen whe...

Adding a Word to the T9 Database If a word you want to enter does not display as an option when youare using T9 Text Input, you can add it to the database. To add a word to the T9 Text Input database: 1. Select the Alphabet input mode. (See “Selecting a Character Input Mode” on page 78.) 2. Enter th...

Entering Characters by Tapping the Keypad To enter characters by tapping the keypad, select the Alphabet mode (see “Selecting a Character Input Mode” on page 78). Press thecorresponding key until the desired character appears. By default, thefirst letter of a word is capitalized and following letter...

Entering Numbers, Symbols, and Smileys Entering NUMBERS To enter numbers: 1. In a text entry field, press the right softkey. 2. Highlight NUMBER and press . 3. Press the corresponding numeric key to enter the number. Shortcut: Press and hold the corresponding numeric key to enter a number directly i...

Adding a New Internal Phone Book Entry Your PCS Phone can store up to 300 internal Phone Book entries.Phone book entries can store up to a total of 500 phone numbers andan entry’s name can contain sixteen characters. To add a new entry: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Phone Book and p...

Finding Internal Phone Book Entries There are several ways to display your internal Phone Book entries.Follow the steps outlined in the sections below to display entriesfrom the internal Phone Book menu. Finding Names You can review all the entries stored in your internal Phone Book orfind an entry ...

Find Long Phone Numbers To find phone numbers you have stored in Long Phone Numbers: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Phone Book and press . 3. Highlight Long Phone#s and press . 4. The Long phone numbers list appears. Adding a Phone Number or Address to an Internal Phone Book Entry To...

Selecting a Ringer/Image Type for an Entry You can assign a ringer/image type to an internal Phone Book entryso you can identify the caller by the ringer or image type. (See“Ringer Types” on page 37.) To select a ringer/image type for an entry: 1. Press on the Navigation key. 2. Select the entry for...

Section 2H Personal Organizer In This Section Managing the Scheduler Adding an Event to the Scheduler Adding a Call Alarm to the Scheduler Adding To Do Items Purging All Events, Call Alarms, or To Do List Personal Information Management Using Your Phone’s Tools Downloading Files Through PCS Vision Y...

Managing the Scheduler Calendar Use the Calendar to remind you of events or important calls you needto make. You can schedule up to 100 events, 15 Call Alarms and 20To-Do Items. Setting the Time/Date In a no-service area or in an analog service area, it’s necessary to setthe actual time and date to ...

Adding an Event to the Scheduler Your Scheduler helps organize your time and reminds you ofimportant events (up to 100 events). To add an event: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Calendar and press . 3. Highlight the day you want to add an event to by using theNavigation key and press ....

Event Alerts There are several ways your PCS Phone alerts you of scheduled events: By playing the assigned ringer type. By illuminating the backlight. By displaying event’s description on the LCD. By flashing the LED. Event Alert Menu When your phone is turned on and you have an event alarmscheduled...

Adding a Call Alarm to the Scheduler Set the number you want to call. Call Alarm notifies you when youneed to make a call. You can set up to 15 Call Alarms. To add a Call Alarm from the Scheduler: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Calendar and press . 3. Highlight the day you want to ad...

Adding To Do Items Your phone can store and manage up to 20 To Do items. To add an entry to your To Do List: 1. From the Event list display (see page 90), press Options (right softkey). 2. Highlight To Do List and press . 3. Press Options (right softkey). 4. Highlight Add Item and press . 5. Enter t...

Viewing Memory in Your Scheduler To view available memory space and options: 1. From the Event list display (see page 90), press Options (right softkey). 2. Highlight View Memory and press . 3. Highlight Schedule Event , Call Alarm , or To Do List and press . For further options: 4. Press Options (r...

Personal Information Management Checking My Profile This phone can store your personal data in the “Phone Info” menu.These may include My Name, Birthday, Blood Type, Address, Phone# (home), Email (home), Phone# (work), and Email (work). Editing My Profile To add or edit your personal data: 1. Press ...

Using Your Phone’s Tools In addition to features designed to help make you more efficient and organized, your new PCS Phone also offers additional tools toenhance your productivity. Using the Calculator Your phone comes with a built-in calculator function. To use thisfeature, follow these easy steps...

Downloading Files Through PCS Vision Your PCS Phone allows you to download images (screen savers),ringers, games, etc., from a PCS Vision connection. It is also possibleto download from certain menus (Phone Book, Ringer Setting, orDisplay Setting). To download a file from the Web: 1. Press to access...

Confirming the Downloaded Data The downloaded data will be classified as games, ringers, images(screen savers), or applications automatically. However, if data has adifferent category as above, they are classified as Dynamic. If datadoesn’t belong to any of the above, it is classified as Others. You...

Icon Indication Sorting the Downloaded Data The downloaded files are stored in alphabetical order. If you want tostore the data in memory-size order, follow these instructions: To sort the downloaded data: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Downloads and press . 3. Highlight one of each ...

Viewing the Downloaded Data Size This feature allows you to confirm each downloaded item size andthe remaining download capacity. To view the data size: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Downloads and press . 3. Highlight one of each folder that includes the downloaded datayou want to c...

Erasing Old Downloaded Data If you try to download new data when the downloaded data’smemory is full, a warning message appears and you will be promptedto erase some old downloaded data. To erase old downloaded data to make room for new downloads: 1. When the warning message appears, press Erase (le...

Section 2I Using Your Phone’s Voice Services In This Section Using Voice-Activated Dialing Recording Voice Memos Setting Up Screen Call T his section explains the features associated with your phone’s Voice Services. The easy-to-follow instructions explain how to use voice-activated dialing, how to ...

Using Voice-Activated Dialing In addition to PCS Voice Command SM (see page 166), you can use a Voice Dial tag to automatically dial a phone number in your internalPhone Book. Your phone can store up to 30 Voice Dial tags. To use a Voice Dial tag to call a phone number: 1. Press or briefly. 2. Follo...

Recording Voice Memos To record a memo in standby mode: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight VoiceService and press . 3. Highlight Voice Memo and press . 4. Highlight Record and press . 5. Start recording after the beep. Press and hold to record in speakerphone mode (steps 1 through 5 abov...

Reviewing Voice Memos To play the voice memos you have recorded: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight VoiceService and press . 3. Highlight Voice Memo and press . 4. Highlight Play and press . 5. Highlight one memo from the list.– or –Highlight All if you want to play all memos continuousl...

Erasing Voice Memos To erase all voice memos: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight VoiceService and press . 3. Highlight Voice Memo and press . 4. Highlight Play or Play:Speaker and press . 5. Display the memo list, highlight All and press Options (right softkey). 6. Highlight Erase All an...

Setting Up Screen Call This feature enables you to answer incoming calls by using recordedannouncements, either one that came pre-recorded on your phone orone that you record. You can also record the caller’s message into theVoice Memo list. To listen to the message, see “Reviewing VoiceMemos” on pa...

Recording a Custom Announcement To record a custom Screen Call announcement: 1. Follow steps 1 to 4 on the previous page. 2. Highlight Custom and press Options (right softkey). 3. Highlight Record and press . When your announceament has already been recorded,select Yes or No to overwrite the existin...

Section 3A PCS Service Features: The Basics In This Section Using Voicemail Using Caller ID Responding to Call Waiting Making a Three-Way Call Using Call Forwarding N ow that you’ve mastered your phone’s fundamentals, it’s time toexplore the calling features that enhance your PCS Service. Section 3:...

Using Voicemail Setting Up Your Voicemail All unanswered calls to your PCS Phone are automatically transferredto voicemail, even if your phone is in use or turned off. Therefore,you will want to set up your PCS Voicemail and personal greeting assoon as your PCS Phone is activated. To set up voicemai...

Retrieving Your Voicemail Messages You can review your messages directly from your PCS Phone or fromany other touch-tone phone. To dial from your PCS Phone, you caneither speed dial your voicemail or use the menu keys. Using One-Touch Message Access Press and hold . Follow the system prompts. Using ...

Voicemail Options Your PCS Phone offers several options for organizing and accessingyour voicemail. Using Expert Mode Using the Expert Mode setting for your personal voicemail box helpsyou navigate through the voicemail system more quickly byshortening the voice prompts you hear at each level. To tu...

Extended Absence Greeting When your phone is turned off or you are off the Sprint NationwidePCS Network for an extended period, this greeting can be playedinstead of your normal personal greeting. To record an Extended Absence Greeting: 1. From the main voicemail menu, press for Personal Options. 2....

Voicemail Menu Key Listen Envelope Information Reply Advance 8 Seconds Replay Rewind Forward Message Erase Callback Save Options Send a Message Personal Options Notification Options Phone Notification Numeric Paging to a PCS Phone Return to Personal Options Menu Administrative Options Skip Passcode ...

Using Caller ID Caller ID lets people know who’s calling by displaying the number ofthe person calling. To block your phone number from being displayed for a specific outgoing call: 1. Press . 2. Enter the number you want to call. 3. Press . To permanently block your number, call PCS Customer Soluti...

Making a Three-Way Call With Three-Way Calling, you can talk to two people at the same time.When using this feature, the normal airtime rates will be charged foreach of the two calls. To make a three-way call: 1. Enter a number you wish to call and press or . 2. Once you have established the connect...

Using Call Forwarding Call Forwarding lets you forward all your incoming calls to anotherphone number – even when your phone is turned off. You cancontinue to make calls from your phone when Call Forwarding isactivated. To activate Call Forwarding: 1. Press . 2. Enter the area code and phone number ...

Section 3B PCS Vision SM In This Section Getting Started Messaging Games Ringers Screen Savers Web PCS Business Connection SM PCS Vision FAQs P CS Vision SM brings you clarity you can see and hear with advanced multimedia services. These features, including PCS Mail and PCS Short Mail, chat, games, ...

Getting Started With PCS Vision With your PCS Vision Phone and PCS Service, you are ready to startenjoying the advantages of PCS Vision. This section will help youlearn the basics of using your PCS Vision services, includingmanaging your User Name, launching a Vision connection, andnavigating the We...

Launching a PCS Vision Connection To launch a PCS Vision connection: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Select Web and press . Your PCS Vision connection will launch and the PCS Vision Home page will display. The PCS Vision Home Page Note: If Net Guard is enabled and displayed (see below), press O...

Net Guard When you first connect to the Web, the Net Guard will appear toconfirm that you want to connect. This feature helps you avoidaccidental connections. You can disable the Net Guard in the futureby selecting Always Auto-Connect when the Net Guard is displayed. To change your Net Guard setting...

Navigating the Web Navigating through menus and Websites during a PCS Vision session is easy once you’ve learned a few basics. Here are some tipsfor getting around: Softkeys During a PCS Vision session, the bottom line of your phone’s displaycontains one or more softkeys. These keys are shortcut con...

Selecting Once you’ve learned how to use softkeys and scroll, you can startnavigating Websites. Select on screen items by using the Navigation key to highlight thedesired item, then press the desired softkey button (or press ). You’ll find that the left softkey is used primarily for selecting items....

Messaging Now you can send and receive email and text messages andparticipate in Web-based chatrooms right from your PCS Phone.Messaging allows you to stay connected to friends, family, and co-workers 24 hours a day with always-on text capabilities anywhereon the Sprint Nationwide PCS Network. Messa...

Displaying Messages To display a Message from the message notification alert, see “NewMessages” on page 136. To display a Message from the main menu: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Messaging and press . 3. Highlight Notifications and press (the folder list appears). 4. Highlight Unfi...

Message Options After you display a Message, press to display message options. To select an option, highlight it and press . Call Back to dial the phone number of the sender (if applicable). Call:Speaker On to dial the phone number of the sender in speakerphone mode (if applicable). Save Phone# to s...

3. To select an option, highlight it and press . Call to dial the phone number. Call:Speaker On to dial the phone number in speakerphone mode. Save Phone# to store the phone number in your internal Phone Book. Hard Pause to insert a hard pause. (See “Dialing and Saving Phone Numbers With Pauses” on ...

Creating Folders for Messages You can create up to ten folders to store your Messages. When 10user defined folders exist, the “Create Folder” option will not appear. To create a message folder: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Messaging and press . 3. Highlight Notifications and press ...

Erasing All Messages To erase all messages: 1. From the folder list display, press Options (right softkey) to display the menu options. 2. Highlight Erase All Msgs and press . 3. Highlight In This Folder or In All Folders and press . 4. Highlight Yes and press . Note: If a folder contains a new (unr...

PCS Mail Using PCS Mail With PCS Mail, you can set up an account at no additional charge andperform many of the typical email functions from your PCS Phonethat you can from your personal computer. You can manage your PCS Mail account from your PCS Phone or fromyour personal computer at www.sprintpcs...

PCS Short Mail Using PCS Short Mail With PCS Short Mail, you can use a person’s wireless phone numberto send instant text messages from your PCS Vision Phone to theirmessaging-ready phone – and they can send messages to you. Whenyou receive a new message, you’ll automatically be notified with aone-w...

Email With PCS Vision, you can use popular email services such as AOL ® Mail, Yahoo! ® Mail, and Earthlink ® to keep in touch even while you’re on the go. Acccessing Email To access email providers from your PCS Vision Phone: 1. From the PCS Vision Home page, select Messaging . 2. Select Email . 3. ...

Instant Messaging PCS Vision also provides you with access to popular instantmessaging (IM) clients, including AOL ® Instant Messenger TM , Yahoo! ® Messenger, MSN ® Messenger, and Hallmark Hiya TM greetings. Accessing Instant Messaging To access instant messaging clients from your PCS Vision Phone:...

Chat PCS Vision gives you the ability to join wireless chatrooms from yourPCS Phone. Send text messages and icons to chatroom participantsor launch a one-on-one (private) chatroom. To access a chatroom from the browser: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Web and press . 3. Select Messagi...

Downloading Games, Ringers, and Screen Savers With PCS Vision and your new PCS Vision Phone, you have access to adynamic variety of Premium Service content, such as downloadableGames, Ringers, Screen Savers, and Applications. While each type ofdownload involves a different file type, the basic metho...

Downloading an Item Once you’ve decided on an item to download, highlight it and press or select OK (left softkey). You will see a summary page for the item including its title, the vendor, the download detail, the filesize, and the cost. Links allow you to view the License Details page, which outli...

Games You can play a variety of entertaining and graphically-rich games onyour PCS Phone. New games are easy to download and play. Tip: For complete instructions on downloading, see “Downloading Games, Ringers, and Screen Savers” on page 151. Downloading Games To download a game to your PCS Vision P...

Playing Games To play a downloaded game on your PCS Phone: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Downloads and press . 3. Highlight Games and press . 4. Select the game you wish to play. 5. If applicable, a prompt will display the days remaining on the game license and ask if you want to co...

Ringers Tip: For complete instructions on downloading, see “Downloading Games, Ringers, and Screen Savers” on page 151. Downloading Ringers To download an available ringer to your phone: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Downloads and press . 3. Highlight Ringers and press . 4. Highligh...

Assigning Downloaded Ringers Downloaded ringers may be assigned directly from the Downloadsmenu and are also available through the Settings menu. To assign a downloaded ringer through the Settings menu, see“Selecting Ringer Types for Voice Calls” on page 37, “Selcting RingerTypes for Voicemail” on p...

Screen Savers Tip: For complete instructions on downloading, see “Downloading Games, Ringers, and Screen Savers” on page 151. Downloading Screen Savers To download an available Screen Saver to your phone: 1. Press to access the main menu. 2. Highlight Downloads and press . 3. Highlight Screen Savers...

Assigning Downloaded Screen Savers (Images) Downloaded Screen Savers may be assigned directly from the Downloads menu and are also available through the Settings menu. To assign a downloaded Screen Saver through the Settings menu, see“Changing the Display Screen” on page 44, “Changing the Display fo...

Using the Browser Menu Navigating the Web from your phone using the PCS Vision Home pageis easy once you get the hang of it. For details on how to navigate the Web, select menu items, and more, see “Navigating the Web” onpage 134. Although the PCS Vision Home page offers a broad and convenientarray ...

Creating a Bookmark Bookmarks allow you to store the address of your favorite Websitesfor easy access at a later time. To create a bookmark: 1. Display the Web page you want to mark. 2. Press the right softkey to go to the browser menu. 3. Select Mark this page and press the left softkey or press . ...

Deleting a Bookmark To delete a bookmark: 1. Access View Bookmarks menu as outlined in steps 1-3 on the previous page. 2. Highlight the bookmark you wish to erase and press the rightsoftkey. 3. Select Delete and press the left softkey. 4. Highlight Yes and press the left softkey. If you want to dele...

Restarting the Web Browser If the Web browser appears to be malfunctioning or stopsresponding, you can usually fix the problem by simply restarting the browser. To restart the browser: 1. Press the right softkey during a PCS Vision connection. 2. Select More Options... and press the left softkey. 3....

PCS Business Connection SM Personal Edition PCS Business Connection SM Personal Edition gives you secure, real-time mobile access to your Microsoft ® Outlook ® or Lotus Notes ® company email, calendar, business directory, and personal contacts.You’ll have the features and functions of your Microsoft...

PCS Vision FAQs How will I know when my phone is ready for PCS Vision service? Your User Name (for example, [email protected] ) will display on your phone’s screen. How do I sign-in for the first time? You are automatically signed in to access PCS Vision services whenyou turn on your phone. Ho...

Section 3C PCS Voice Command SM In This Section Getting Started With PCS Voice Command SM Creating Your Own Address Book Making a Call With PCS Voice Command W ith Sprint, the first wireless provider to offer innovative PCS Voice Command technology, reaching your friends, family, and co-workers has ...

Getting Started With PCS Voice Command With PCS Voice Command: You can store all your contacts’ phone numbers, so you cansimply say the name of the person you want to call. There’s no need to punch in a lot of numbers, memorizevoicemail passwords, or try to dial while you’re driving. You can call an...

Making a Call With PCS Voice Command To place a call using PCS Voice Command: 1. Once you’ve signed up for PCS Voice Command and createdyour address book, all you do is press . You’ll hear a tone followed by the prompt “Ready.” 2. After the “Ready” prompt, simply say, in a natural voice,“Call” and t...

Section 4 Safety Guidelines and Warranty Information

Section 4A Safety In This Section Getting the Most Out of Your Reception Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your Phone Caring for the Battery Acknowledging Special Precautions and the FCC Notice Owner’s Record User’s Guide Proprietary Notice P art of getting the most out of your PCS Phone is lear...

Getting the Most Out of Your Reception Keeping Tabs on Signal Strength The quality of each call you make or receive depends on the signalstrength in your area. Your phone informs you of the current signalstrength by displaying a number of bars next to the signal strengthicon. The more bars displayed...

Maintaining Your Phone’s Peak Performance There are several simple guidelines to operating your phone properlyand maintaining safe, satisfactory service. Hold the phone with the antenna raised, fully-extended, and overyour shoulder. Try not to hold, bend, or twist the phone’s antenna. Don’t use the ...

Dial sensibly and assess the traffic; if possible, place calls whenstationary or before pulling into traffic. Do not engage in stressful or emotional conversations that maydivert your attention from the road. Dial to report serious emergencies. It’s free from your wireless phone. Use your phone to h...

Turning Off Your Phone Before Flying Turn off your phone before boarding any aircraft. To prevent possibleinterference with aircraft systems, the U.S. Federal AviationAdministration (FAA) regulations require you to have permissionfrom a crew member to use your phone while the plane is on theground. ...

Caring for the Battery Protecting Your Battery The guidelines listed below help you get the most out of yourbattery’s performance. Use only Sprint-approved batteries and desktop chargers.These chargers are designed to maximize battery life. Using other batteries or chargers voids your warranty and m...

Section 4B Manufacturer’s Warranty In This Section Manufacturer’s Warranty T his section contains the manufacturer’s warranty for your PCS Phone. For information about the Terms and Conditions of your PCS Service,please see the Start Here guide included with your phone. For the most recent version o...

Manufacturer’s Warranty Customer Limited Warranty SPRINT SPECTRUM, L.P., (Sprint) offers you a limited warranty thatthe enclosed subscriber unit (Product), including accessories in theproduct package, will be free from defects in material orworkmanship as follows:SUBSCRIBER UNIT:A. SPRINT ONE (1) YE...

Index A Abbreviated Dialing 24, 53Activating Phone 3Airplane Mode 49Alert Notification 41Answering Calls 16Any Key Answer 52Auto Answer 51 B Backlight Time Length 43Battery Capacity 13Charging 14Disposal 175Installing 13Removing 13Standby Time 13Talk Time 13 C Calculator 99Call Alarm Adding 91Alerts...