SprintPCS Messaging, Accessing Messaging

SprintPCS Messaging

Accessing Messaging

Now you can send and receive emails and text messages, receive Sprint PCS Picture mails, and participate in Web-based chatrooms right from your phone. Messaging allows you to stay connected to friends, family, and coworkers 24 hours a day anywhere on the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network.

Note: For complete details on textmessaging, see “Using SMSText Messaging”on page 171.

MessageTypes

There are many types of text messaging available on your phone. These include SMS Text Messaging, Sprint® Instant Messaging, Email, and Chat.

Sprint PCSVision

Section 3B: Sprint PCS Vision

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Contents

Sprint PCS Vision Phone SCP-2400 by Sanyo Table of Contents 103 Setting Your Phone’s Security 137 161114 127 3B. Sprint PCS Vision 3C. Sprint PCS Voice Command4A. Important Safety Information 4B. Manufacturer’s WarrantyPage Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Welcome to Sprint Your Phone Introduction Iii Call HistoryContacts Messaging Parental Control Web My ContentCalendar Tools Settings Background Display BacklightGreeting Font Size Vii Viii Any Key Answer Others Airplane ModeHeadset Mode Text EntryPage Getting Started Setting Up Service Setting Up ServiceThis Section UnlockingYourPhone DeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivatedTounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps Tosetupyourvoicemail Setting UpYour VoicemailVoicemailPasscode Account Password VoicemailPassword SprintPCS AccountPasswordsSprintPCSVisionPassword Getting Help ReachingSprintCustomerService TocallSprint411 ToaccessautomatedinvoicinginformationReceivingAutomatedInvoicingInformation Sprint411 ToaccessSprintPCSOperatorServices SprintPCSOperatorServices Your Phone Your Phone The Basics Your Phone The Basics Phone Basics Front View of Your Phone Web Key lets you launch the browser Key Functions Phone Basics Your Phone The Basics Viewing the Display Screen Your Phone The Basics Features of Your Phone Your Phone The Basics Toturnyourphoneon TurningYour Phone On and OffTurningYourPhoneOn TurningYourPhoneOff BatteryCapacity UsingYour Phone’s Batteryand Charger Toremoveyourbattery InstallingtheBatteryRemovingtheBattery ToinstalltheLi-Ionbattery ChargingtheBattery Tousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone UsingtheCharger SelectingMenuItems NavigatingThrough Phone Menus Toreturntostandbymode DisplayingYour Phone NumberBackingUpWithinaMenu Togotothepreviousmenu Making and Answering Calls TomakeacallusingyourkeypadMaking Calls Toplaceacallwiththeflipclosed Dialing Options Toansweranincomingcallwiththeflipopen Answering CallsToansweranincomingcallwiththeflipclosed AnswerSpeaker to answer the call in speakerphone mode TosetAnsweronHold AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabledSettingAnsweronHold ToansweracallwhenyouareroamingandCallGuardisenabled Toturnthespeakerphoneonduringacall UsingtheSpeakerphoneEndingaCall Todisconnectacallwhenyouarefinished Tomuteacall ChangingtheRingerVolumeAdjustingVolumeDuringaConversation MutingaCall TodisplayaMissedCallentryfromstandbymode Missed Call NotificationCalling Emergency Numbers TodisplaytheMissedCallentryfromthenotificationscreen Select ExitEmergency ToexitEmergencymodeToselectEmergencymodeoptions In-Call Options Savinga Phone Number End-of-Call OptionsTosaveanumberfromstandbymode Dialing and Saving Phone Numbers With Pauses Findinga Phone NumberTofindaphonenumber Plus + Code Dialing TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialingTodialorsavephonenumberswithpauses TodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry Dialing Fromthe ContactsListSelect ContactsFind/AddEntry Tousespeeddialforvoicecalls Using Speed DialingTousespeeddialforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls ToplaceacallusingPh.BookMatchAbbreviatedDialing Using Abbreviated Dialing ToplaceacallusingPrependAbbreviatedDialing Selectinga Character InputMode EnteringTextTochangethecharacterinputmode ToenterawordusingT9TextInput Entering Characters Using T9TextInput Toeditorerasethewordsyouhaveadded Select SettingsOthersTextEntryMyWordsAddingaWordtotheT9Database ToaddawordtotheT9TextInputdatabase Tosetthedefaultinputmode CustomizingtheT9SettingsSettingtheDefaultInputMode TocustomizetheT9Settings Hold EnteringCharacters Using AlphabetMode B c B C Toenternumbers Entering Numbers, Symbols, Smileys and Preset MessagesToentersymbols Toenterpresetmessages Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings SelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls Sound SettingsYour Phone’s Settings RingerTypes ToselectaringertypeforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls SelectingRingerTypesforMessagesSelectingRingerTypesforSprintPCSReadyLinkCalls Toselectaringertypeformessages Selecting aTone Length Setting a Start-up/Power-offToneToselectaringertypeforvoicemailorcalendar/alarm Tosetastart-up/power-offtone ToturnKeyPressEchoonoroff UsingVoice PromptSetting Up Key Press Echo Toenableordisablevoiceprompt Toadjusttheapplicationvolume Adjusting the Phone’sVolume SettingsToadjusttheringerandkeyvolume Toadjusttheearpieceorspeakervolume Alert Notification Select SettingsSoundsAlertsTosetalerts ToactivateSilenceAll Silence AllTodeactivateSilenceAll Changing theTextGreeting Display SettingsChanging the BacklightTime Length Tochangetheanimationdisplay Select SettingsDisplayIncomingCallsChanging the Display Screen Animation Changing the Display for Incoming Calls Changing the Contrast Changing the Display for Area NameChanging the Phone’s Menu Style To change the text input font Changing the Clock/Calendar Display for Standby ModeChanging theTextFontSize Tosettheclock/calendardisplayforstandbymode Sleep Mode Setting Return to Standby ModeChanging the Background Toenableyourphone’sLocationfeature Location Settings DisplayingPop-upMessages Messaging SettingsTodisplaypop-upmessagesand/oricons Select Englishor Spanish Your Phone’s Settings ManagingPresetMessagesToeditapresetmessage Tochangethelanguageofthepresetmessages Toaddacustomizedsignaturetoeachsentmessage SettingaCallbackNumberAddingaCustomizedSignature Tosetthecallbacknumber SettingtheSpeakerphoneforSMSVoiceMessaging SettingDraftsAlertSettingtheSender’sNameforSMSVoiceMessaging TosetalertforSMSVoicemessaging Airplane ModeSettinganAlertNotificationforSMSVoiceMessaging Select Settings Messaging VoiceSMS Connection Alert TTY UseWith SprintPCS Service ToturnTTY modeonoroff Select SettingsOthersTTY Toedittheshortcutname Phone Setup OptionsShortcutMy Favorites Toassignyourshortcutkey Display Language Auto-Answer ModeSetting the CurrentTime Toassignalanguageforthephone’sdisplay ToactivatetheCloseFlipfeature Setting the Open/Close Flip OptionToactivatetheOpenFlipfeature Select SettingsOthersOpen/CloseFlip Setting the Side Key Guard Setting Any Key AnswerSettingTextEntry Options ToactivatethePrependfeature Setting Abbreviated DialingToactivatethePh.BookMatchfeature Select SettingsOthersAbbrev.Dial Select Ph.BookMatch Tosetheadsetmode Setting HeadsetModeSelect SettingsOthersHeadsetMode Toconnecttheheadset Select SettingsWirelessBackup Wireless BackupActivating and DeactivatingWireless Backup Service ToactivatetheWirelessBackupservice Select SettingsWirelessBackupAlert Setting theWireless Backup AlertTodeactivatetheWirelessBackupservice TosettheWirelessBackupalert Setting Your Phone’s Security UsingYour Phone’s Lock Feature Accessing the Security MenuLockingYour Phone Changing the Lock Code Lock ServicesCalling in Lock Mode UnlockingYour Phone Torestrictcalls Restricting CallsSelect OthersLimitUse Select OutgoingCalls or IncomingCalls ToeraseallthenamesandphonenumbersinyourContacts Using Special NumbersErasing the Contacts List Toaddorreplaceaspecialnumber Toerasealldownloads Erasing My ContentResettingYour Phone Toresetyourphone Toactivatethisfeature,thefollowingpresettingisrequired Resetting and LockingYour Phone Through SMSSelect OthersFoundMeReset/LockEnable ToenableSprintPCSVisionservices Security Features for SprintPCSVisionEnabling and Disabling SprintPCSVision Services TodisableSprintPCSVisionservices Tolockservices Using the Parental Control FeatureTorestrictoutgoingandincomingcalls Select Edit Phone Book Select Parental ControlSelect Special #s To edit Contacts Controlling Your Roaming Experience Controlling Your Roaming Experience Understanding RoamingRecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreen RoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks RoamingonAnalogNetworks Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming Tosetyourphone’sroammode SettingYour Phone’s Roam ModeSet Mode Select SettingsRoamingSetMode ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon Using Call GuardSelect SettingsRoamingCallGuard ToturnCallGuardonoroff ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon Select SettingsRoamingDataRoamGuard Using Data Roam Guard Managing Call History ToviewaCallHistoryentry Viewing HistoryManaging Call History Call History Options ToplaceacallfromCallHistory Making a Call From Call History 101 TosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistorySelect CallHistoryOutgoing, Incoming or Missed Select SavePhone# ToeraseCallHistory Prepending a Phone Number From Call HistoryErasing Call History ToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory 103 Using Contacts Finding Contacts Entries Adding a New Contacts EntryFindingNames Select ContactsSpeedDial#s FindingSpeedDialNumbersTofindSprintPCSReadyLinkentries Tofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinspeeddiallocations Contacts Entry Options 107 Toaddaphonenumbertoanentry Toeraseaselectedentry Editing a Contacts EntryErasing a Contacts Entry From the List Tomakechangestoanentry Toassignaspeeddialnumber Assigning Speed Dial Numbers109 Toassignanimageforanentry Assigning an Image to a Contacts Entry Toselectaringertypeforanentry Selecting a Ringer Type for an Entry111 Tomakeanentrypublic SecretContacts EntriesTomakeanentrysecret Select SetSecret 113 Dialing SprintPCS ServicesTodialaservicefromyourContacts Todialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools DisplayingYour Calendar UsingYour Phone’s CalendarAdding an Eventto the Calendar Event Alert Menu Event AlertsTorespondtoaneventalert TogototheCalendarmenuforyourdesireddate Viewing EventsGoing toYour Desired Date Toviewyourscheduledevents Todeleteallscheduledevents Erasing a Day’s EventsPurging All Events Toeraseaday’sscheduledevents Press Options right softkey AddEventCallAlarm Using the Call Alarm FeatureAdding a Call Alarm to the Calendar Toaddacallalarmtothecalendar Otherwaysofrespondingtoacallalarminclude Call Alarm MenuTorespondtoacallalarm Tocallthephonenumberatthetimeofacallalarmnotification ToaddyourToDoListitemtothecalendar AddingTo Do ListItemsAdding aTo Do ListItem to the Calendar ToaddanitemtoyourToDoList Tousethealarmclock UsingYour Phone’s Alarm ClockTostopthealarm Using the Stopwatch UsingYour Phone’sTools Toviewthetimein38differentlocations Using the CalculatorWorld Clock Tousethecalculator UpdatingYour Phone TorespondtoanautomaticupdaterequestTomanuallyupdateyourphonethroughtheToolsmenu Select ToolsUpdatePhone DisplayingVersion Information Personal Information ManagementDisplayingYour User Address Finding Icon Definitions 127 Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Making a Call Using Voice-Activated Dialing Using Voice-Activated DialingProgrammingVoice DialTags Toeraseallvoicedialtags ReviewingVoice DialTagsErasing AllVoice DialTags To review voice dial tags Recording Voice Memos Managing Voice Memos 131 Select Tools Voice Services Voice Memo Play or PlaySpeakerReviewingVoice Memos To play the voice memos you have recorded To erase an individual voice memo ErasingVoice MemosToeraseallvoicememos To set Auto Screen Call Setting Up Screen CallTo start Screen Call when you have incoming calls Activating Screen Call Torecordyourname Selecting an Announcementfor Screen CallRecordingYour Name for a Prerecorded Announcement To select a Screen Call announcement To review an announcement Recording a Customized AnnouncementReviewing an Announcement To record an announcement To erase an announcement Erasing an Announcement 137 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link ToenableordisableSprintPCSReadyLinkmode Setting SprintPCS Ready Link ModeUsing Sprint PCS Ready Link Ready Link Call Alerts PreparingYour Phone for SprintPCS Ready Link Service139 SprintPCSReadyLinkMainScreen MainLCDDisplayDuringaReadyLinkCallSprintPCSReadyLinkIn-CallScreen 141 Making and Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link CallDisplaying the SprintPCS Ready Link List Selecting a Ready Link Contacts List ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyselectingacontact Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call One-to-One Call ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkGroupcall Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call Group Call143 ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyenteringanumber Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call by Entering a Number 145 Missed Call Notification for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsTocallthelastMissedSprintPCSReadyLinkcall TodisplaytheMissedReadyLinkCalllog ToreceiveaSprintPCSReadyLinkcall Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link Call 147 SprintPCS Ready Link Options TocopyanentryfromtheSprintPCSReadyLinkList Copying an Entry toYour Personal Listor Personal Group List TofindaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry Saving a SprintPCS Ready Link NumberFinding an Entry in the SprintPCS Ready Link List Tosavethenumberfromtheendcalldisplay ToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkcontact Adding a New ContacttoYour Personal ListSelect GotoPersonalListAddContact 151 Adding a New Group toYour Personal Group ListToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkgroupentry Select GotoPersonalGroupsAddGroup ToeditaPersonalListcontact Editing a ContactinYour Personal List Toeditagroup Editing a Group inYour Personal Group List153 EraseGroupappearswhenyouselect PersonalGroups Erasing Ready Link ListEntriesErasing an Entry inYour Personal Listor Personal Group List Toeraseacontactoragroup ToeraseaSprintPCSReadyLinkList Select SettingsReadyLinkListUpdateErasing a SprintPCS Ready Link List Updating the Company Listand Personal List ToassignspeeddialingforSprintPCSReadyLinkentries Assigning Speed Dialing for SprintPCS Ready Link EntriesTouseSpeedDialforaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry TosettheReadyLinkGuard Restarting the SprintPCS Ready Link ServiceSetting Ready Link Guard TorestarttheSprintPCSReadyLinkservice Setting the Speakerphone for SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Setting an AlertNotification for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsTosetalertsforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Toselectthefloordisplay Setting the DefaultView of the SprintPCS Ready Link ListSetting the Floor Display of the SprintPCS Ready Link Calls ToselectthedefaultviewoftheSprintPCSReadyLinkList 160 Sprint PCS Service Features Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics Sprint PCS Service Features Basics Setting UpYourVoicemail UsingVoicemail163 NewVoicemail Message Alerts Voicemail NotificationTo call your voicemail Select VoicemailCallVoicemail or CallSpeakerOn UsingOne-TouchMessageAccessUsingtheMenuKeysonYourPhonetoAccessYour Messages RetrievingYourVoicemail Messages ToturnExpertModeonoroff UsingExpertModeVoicemail Options VoicemailButtonGuide 167 SettingUpGroupDistributionListsSprintPCSCallback Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessage Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwarding Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReplyVoicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest Select MessagingVoicemailClearCount Clearing the Message IconExtendedAbsenceGreeting Tocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen Voicemail Menu Key New Messages Using SMSTextMessaging171 TodisplayanSMStextmessagefromthemainmenu Displaying an SMSTextMessageSelect Messaging TocomposeandsendanSMSTextmessage Composing and Sending SMSTextMessages173 ToresetPresetmessages Editing PresetCanned MessagesToeditPresetmessages Select SettingsMessagingPresetMsgs Folder ListOptions Message Options175 Edit to edit a message Send to send a message Message ListOptions 177 Message Details Options Toaddaprefixtoaphonenumber ToadjustthedisplayfontsizeChanging the Display FontSize of a Message Prepending a Phone Number From a Message Toeditafolder Message FoldersToaddanewfolder Select MessagingTextMsgsOptions right softkey CreateFolder Toeraseanindividualmessage Erasing MessagesToeraseselectedmessages Select MessagingVoiceSMS Using SMSVoice MessagingPlaying an SMSVoice Message ToplayanSMSVoicemessagefromthemainmenu ToplayanSMSVoicemessage Accessing SMSVoice MessagesComposing SMSVoice Messages TocomposeanSMSVoicemessage 183 Using Caller ID TorespondtoanincomingcallwhenAnsweronHoldisactivated ToswitchbacktothefirstcallerResponding to CallWaiting Torespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall TomakeaThree-WayCall Making aThree-Way Call185 ToactivateCallForwarding Using Call ForwardingTodeactivateCallForwarding 187 Sprint PCS Vision Sprint PCS Vision SprintPCSVision Applications UpdatingYourUserName ToupdateyourusernameGetting StartedWith SprintPCSVision Your User Name Tofindyourusername Launching a SprintPCSVision ConnectionFindingYourUserName Sprint PCS Vision Home 191 TochangeyourNetGuardsettingsSelect SettingsPCSVisionNetGuard and choose an option Net Guard SprintPCSVision Connection Status and Indicators Softkeys Navigating theWebScrolling GoingBack SelectingGoingHome 195 Accessing MessagingSprintPCS Messaging MessageTypes ToaccessSprintPCSMailfromyourphone Accessing SprintPCS MailSelect MessagingIM&Email 197 AccessingAdditionalEmailProvidersToaccessemailprovidersfromyourphone ViewingSprintPCSPictureMail ToviewSprintPCSPictureMailmessagesfromthemainmenu SigningUpforUpdatesToselecttheinformationyouwanttosendtoyourphone 199 AccessingInstantMessagingToaccessinstantmessagingclientsfromyourphone InstantMessaging Topostamessage AccessingWirelessChatroomsToaccessachatroomfromthebrowser Select Chat&Dating 201 AccessingtheMyContentMenusToaccesstheSprintPCSVisiondownloadmenus Select MyContent DownloadinganItem SelectinganItemtoDownloadTodownloadaselecteditem ToaccessMyContentManager UsingMyContentManager203 TodownloadpurchasedcontentfromMyContentManager 205 Using the Browser MenuWeb Exploring theWeb Toopenthebrowsermenu OpeningtheBrowserMenu Tocreateabookmark AccessingaBookmarkToaccessabookmark CreatingaBookmark Todeleteabookmark EditingaBookmarkDeletingaBookmark Toeditabookmark ReloadingaWebPage GoingtoaSpecificWebsiteRestartingtheWebBrowser TosendaWebpage AdjustingtheBrowserSoundVolumeToadjustthebrowsersoundvolume SendingaWebPage 211 UsingYour Phone as a ModemSettingUpaDataConnectionWithYourPC Tosetupyourphone-to-PCdataconnection Disconnect the USB cable from your phone and your PC Whenismydataconnectionactive? SprintPCSVision FAQsCanImakecallsanduseSprintPCS Visionservicesatthe sametime? HowdoIsigninforthefirsttime? Whenismydataconnectiondormant? CanIsignoutofdataservices? 215 Sprint PCS Voice Command Sprint PCS Voice Command Getting StartedWith SprintPCS Voice CommandIt’sEasytoGetStarted 217 CreatingYour Own Address Book TomakeacallwithSprintPCSVoiceCommand Making a CallWith Sprint PCS Voice Command ToaccessinformationusingSprintPCSVoiceCommand Accessing Information Using Sprint PCSVoice Command219 220 Safety and Warranty Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information DoNotRelyonYourPhoneforEmergencyCalls General PrecautionsMaintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your Phone Important Safety Information TurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying UsingYourPhoneWhileDrivingFollowingSafetyGuidelines UsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices TurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhone225 Sanyo has an M3 rating Using Your Phone With a Hearing Aid Device 227 Caring for the BatterySelect Settings Display Backlight ProtectingYourBattery DisposalofLithiumIonLi-IonBatteries Radiofrequency RF EnergyUnderstandingHowYourPhoneOperates 229 SpecificAbsorptionRateSARforWirelessPhonesKnowingRadiofrequencySafety Body-WornOperation CellularCDMAmodePart22 FCCRadiofrequencyEmissionFCCNotice AMPSmodePart22 Phone Guide Proprietary Notice Owner’s Record231 Manufacturer’sWarranty Manufacturer’s WarrantyWarranty Manufacturer’sLimitedWarranty Manufacturer’sWarrantyWarranty 233 This warranty is valid only in the United States Warranty 235 236 Index 237 Index Index Index 239 Index