UTStarcom CDM8964VM Entering Text, Activating Your Virgin Mobile Phone, Programming Your Phone

H ENTERING TEXT

The input mode (Alpha editor) will automatically be activated when necessary to enter letters and numbers. As shown below, there are 4 available modes: Standard input mode (Abc), Input mode (T9Abc), Numeric mode (123) and Symbols. The input mode indicator appears on the upper right of the display when letters and numbers are entered. To select the desired input mode from the 4 modes below, press Options and then select input mode.

Useful keys

Key	Function
	Press to accept a word and add
	a space.
	In T9Abc Mode, press to view
	the next matching word if the
	highlighted word is not the word
	you intended.
	Press to delete a character to the
	left of the cursor. Press and hold to
	delete the entire word.
	Confirm the letters and numbers
	you entered.

	Press to select a letter case of the
	standard text input or text input
	mode.			and
	indicate the standard text input.
			and
	indicate the predictive text input.
To enter text using the keypad
Key		English		Spanish
1 Key		. @ ? ! - , & : ’ / 1
2 Key		a b c 2		a á b c 2
3 Key		d e f 3		d e é f 3
4 Key		g h i 4		g h i í 4
5 Key			j k l 5
6 Key		m n o 6		m n ñ o ó 6
7 Key			p q r s 7
8 Key			t u v 8
9 Key			w x y z 9
0 Key			0

Predictive mode (T9Abc)

T9 mode automatically compares your keystrokes with an internal dictionary to “guess“ the word you want to type. The most commonly used word will appear first. To use T9Abc mode, press Options > T9Abc.

1.Press Options > change the mode to T9Abc.

2.Press [ ] to [ ] to input text.

For example, to write ‘hello’ press [ ]

[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ].

3.Press [ ] to search for the word.

Multi-tap input mode

Press the key labeled with the target letter once for the first letter; press it twice for the second letter, and so on.

1.Press Options > change the mode to Abc.

2.Press [ ] to [ ] to repeatedly input text. For example, to write the letter “C”,

press [ ] 3 times.

Numeric mode

Number mode allows you to enter numbers.

1.Press Options > change the mode to 123.

2.Press [ ] to [ ] to input numbers.

Symbol mode

Allows you to enter symbols.

1.Press Options > change the mode to Symbols.

2.Use the Navigation and shortcut keys to scroll. Press the number for the symbol, and the symbol appears in the text input screen.

3.To display more symbols, press the Navigation keys [ ] or [ ].

H ACTIVATING� YOUR VIRGIN MOBILE PHONE

Before you can start talking, messaging, or

downloading, you’ll need to activate service with Virgin Mobile. To activate online, write down your phone’s serial number (see below) and then go to www.virginmobileusa.com and click on ”Activate”. Or call Virgin Mobile at 1‐888‐322‐1122.

H FINDING� YOUR PHONE’S SERIAL NUMBER

To activate your Virgin Mobile account, you need your phone’s serial number. To locate it:

1.In standby mode, press ##MEID# (that’s #-#-6-3-4-3-#).

2.The 18-digit serial number appears under the letters “MEID“.

H PROGRAMMING� YOUR PHONE

Once your account is active, you’ll receive your Virgin Mobile phone number. When you are ready, follow these steps to program it into your phone:

1.Press and hold [ ] to turn on your phone.

2.Dial ##VIRGIN# (that’s #-#-8-4-7-4-4-6-#)

3.You are now in the Programming menu. Scroll down to Edit > Select.

Select MDN > Enter your cellular phone number supplied to you during activation. > Press OK key.

Next scroll down to MSID > Enter your network ID supplied to you during activation. > Press OK key.

Using the clr softkey back out and then select Done. The phone will turn off automatically, that’s how you know you are done.

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