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•PTT Groups (press the PTT key and
Options > Go To Groups)
answer a PTT call
Note: Your phone cannot receive PTT calls
You can do much more with your phone than make and receive calls!
push to talk (PTT)
Push to Talk (PTT) lets you talk
PTT and the other related features 
indicated are network and subscription dependent features, and are not available in all areas. PTT connectivity requires
Note: To lock your PTT key or turn PTT on or off, see page 32.
make a PTT call
When m appears at the top of your home screen, you can make and receive PTT calls. To make a PTT call:
1Enter a PTT subscriber’s phone number in your home screen, or select a contact or group from a list:
•PTT Contacts (press the PTT key to open the list)
Note: If you change your Open to setting, your PTT key does not open the contacts list (see page 32).
•PTT Quick Group (press the PTT key and
Options > Quick Group) This lets you select more than one contact for the call.
2Hold the PTT key and speak after you hear the tone. Release the PTT key to let others speak.
To speak during a PTT call, hold your PTT key and speak after the tone. Only one person can speak at a time.
To end the call, press O. If nobody speaks for 20 seconds, the call ends (actual timing varies between
PTT servers).
To send a PTT alert instead of a standard PTT call, scroll to a PTT contact in PTT Contacts and press the Alert key. The contact’s phone rings or vibrates, and the contact can speak first. If the contact does not respond, the call ends.
You cannot send alerts to groups.
while it is recording videos, and may not receive PTT calls while it is playing videos or some sound files. The PTT indicator m appears at the top of your display when you can receive PTT calls.
When you receive a PTT call, you hear a tone or alert followed by conversation from the caller.
•To speak when the caller stops speaking, hold your PTT key and speak after the tone. Only one person can speak at a time.
•To end the call, press O.
If you change your My Answer Mode setting to Manual, your phone does not automatically answer as described (see page 32).
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When you receive a PTT alert, press the PTT key and speak after the tone. You can also press the Ignore key to cancel the call.
Your display shows Missed Call if you miss a PTT alert. It does not show Missed Call when you miss a standard PTT call unless you set My Answer Mode to Manual (see page 32).
send a picture with push to view (PTV)
You can send a picture during a PTT call, or you can open a picture and start a PTT call to
To send a stored picture, press
s> h Multimedia > Pictures, scroll to the picture, and press the PTT key.
To take a photo and send it, press s> h Multimedia > Camera, Capture the photo, and press the PTT key.
Your phone plays a tone when the picture transfer completes. To speak after the picture transfers, hold the PTT key and speak after the tone.
PTT contacts and groups
phone returns to the PTT Contacts list with the new contact shown.
To create a group of contacts that you can call at the same time, press PTT key, then Options > Go To Groups, then Options > Add New Group. Enter the group’s Name and select the Members, then press the Done key. Your network stores the group and your phone returns to the PTT Groups list with the new group shown.
To see PTT contacts, press the PTT key. Scroll to a contact and press Options to View, Edit, or Delete it.
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To see PTT groups, press the PTT key and Options > Go To Groups. Scroll to a group and press Options to View or Delete it. You cannot edit a group, but you can delete it and create a new one with the members you want.
Icons in the PTT contact and group lists indicate if someone is online (C, D) or offline (B, A). They also tell you if a contact is blocked (j).
To block a contact, scroll to the contact and press Options > Edit > Block Mode > On. To unblock the contact, scroll to it and press the Unblock key.
send it.
Note: You cannot send pictures in group calls or while someone is speaking. You can send pictures only to phones with push to view (PTV) capability.
To send a picture during a PTT call, press Options, then select Camera to capture a new picture or Pictures to send a stored picture.
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You can store PTT Contacts to make
To store a contact, press PTT key, then Options
>Add New Contact. Enter the contact’s Name and phone number (No.), then press the Done key. Your network stores the contact and your
Highlighted
Contact
View PTT Menu options.
PTT Contacts
John Smith
Lisa Owens
Adda Thomas
Jack Bradshaw
Mary Smith
Carlos Emrys
Dave Thompson
Lisa Owens
PTT Menu | Alert |
Press Sto scroll down to other options.
Send a PTT alert to the highlighted contact.
To set an online alert o to tell you when a contact comes online, scroll to the contact and press Options > Enable Online Alert. You can turn online alert tones on or off in your PTT Setup menu (see page 32).
To refresh the contact or group list from your network, press Options > Refresh List.
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