Viewing the Display Screen | Audiovox PM8912 guide

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 you are “Roaming”off the enhanced

Sprint Nationwide PCS Network. (If you are roaming on an analog system, your phone displays the icon and an “Analog Roam”text alert. If you are roaming on a digital system, your phone displays the icon and a “Digital Roam” text alert.)

Indicates you have new text messages.

Indicates you have voicemail messages.

Press or press and hold to call your voicemail.

Indicates you have new text + voice messages.

Indicates you have urgent messages.

Battery charging level – the more blocks, the stronger the charge.

Indicates that the phone is in Auto Answer mode.

Indicates that the phone's microphone is muted (the caller cannot hear you or any sound from your side, though you can still hear his or her voice).

Indicates the Location Service of your phone is enabled.

Indicates the Location Service of your phone is disabled.

Indicates Sprint PCS Vision access is active.

Indicates your phone is receiving data.

Indicates your phone is transmitting data.

Indicates Sprint PCS Vision access is dormant.

Indicates Sprint PCS Vision access is unavailable.

Appears when either an event or an alarm is set.

Appears when “High&Vibrate”is selected as the ring mode.

Appears when a “Ringer”is selected as the ring mode.

Appears when “Vibrate On”is selected as the ring mode.

Appears when “Ringer Off”is selected as the ring mode.

Appears when “Silent All”is selected as the ring mode.

Indicates your phone is in TTY mode.

Indicates TTY mode is off.

Indicates an emergency call is in progress.

Indicates that a headset is connected.

Indicates your phone is locked.

Section 2A: Your Sprint PCS Vision Phone – The Basics

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Contents

Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-8912 by Audiovox Table of Contents 2B. ControllingYour Phone’s Settings 2E. NavigatingThrough Menus 2H. Personal Organizer 106 Safety Guidelines and Warranty Information Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Welcome to Sprint Introduction Getting Started Setting Up Service Setting Up Service ActivatingYour Phone Getting Started With Sprint PCS ServiceDetermine if Your Phone is AlreadyActivated UnlockingYour Phone Visiting Our Website Setting UpYour VoicemailTo set up voicemail Getting Help Receiving Automated Usage and Invoicing Information Reaching Sprint Customer ServiceSprint PCS Operator Services To access this information Understanding Your Sprint PCS Phone Your Sprint PCS Vision Phone The Basics Your Sprint PCS PhoneThe Basics Front View of Your Phone Softkey Buttons Key FunctionsNavigation Key Viewing the Display Screen Features of Your Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone Turning Your Phone On Using Your Phone’s BatteryBattery Capacity Turning Your Phone On and Off To remove your battery, follow these easy steps Installing the BatteryRemoving the Battery To install your phones Li-Ion battery Using the AC Charger Charging the BatteryTo use the AC Charger provided with your phone Making Calls To make a call using your keypadDisplaying Your Phone Number Making and Answering Calls Answering Calls To disconnect a call when you are finishedEnding a Call Voice Dial Changing the Ringer VolumeSpeaker Mode Missed Call Notification Calling Emergency Numbers Muting a CallSilent Send My Phone Number End-of-Call Options In-Call Options To find a phone number To save a number from standby modeSaving a Phone Number Finding a Phone Number To dial directly from an internal Phone Book entry Dialing and Saving Phone Numbers With PausesDialing From the Internal Phone Book To dial or save phone numbers with pauses Using One-Touch/Two-Touch Speed Dialing EnteringText Selecting a Character Input ModeTo change the character input mode for a phone book entry To change the character input mode when writing a message To add a word to the T9 Text Input database Entering Characters Using T9 Text InputAdding a Word to theT9 Database Entering Characters by Tapping the Keypad Entering Numbers,Symbols and Emoticon Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Voice Call Sound SettingsVolume Ringer Off, Level 1 Level Key BeepMessaging Speaker To adjust the power off volume Power OnPower Off To adjust the power on volume Selecting Ringer Types for Voicemail RingersSelecting Ringer Types for Voice Call Selecting Ringer Types for Messaging Alerts ServiceMinute Connect Low SignalFade Roam Ringer To adjust the tone lengthTone Length Screen Saver Display SettingsMenu Style Graphics Select Incoming Call Incoming Call To display or change your custom greeting Setting Off or OnSub LCD Greeting Backlight To adjust the display’s contrastContrast MessageAlert Games/Tools 8 Secs, 15 Secs, 30 Secs, Flip Open To enable your phone’s Location feature Location Settings Pre-Set Messages MessagingNotification Callback Number Reminder Signature CallAnswer Airplane ModeOther Settings Select Airplane Mode Times AutoAnswerAuto Redial Off, 5 Secs, 10 Secs, 18 Secs Language TTY Mode Enable TTY or Disable TTY To turn TTY Mode on or off Dialing Voice SettingSelect Voice Setting HFK Mode On, Off To activate abbreviated dialing PBook MatchSpeed Dial Select Abbrev. Dial Key Guard Phone Information Setting Your Phone’s Security Setting Your Phone’s SecuritySetting Your Phone’s Security To change your lock code Setting Your Phone’s SecurityLock Phone Change Lock Select Outgoing Calls Special NumbersLimit Use Outgoing Calls Select Call History To enable or disable the Call History displayCall History Pictures Long Distance NumbersSelect Long Distance Erasing Your Downloads Resetting Your Picture AccountSelect Reset Picture Account Erasing Your Phone Book Enabling Sprint PCS Vision Resetting Your PhoneSelect Enable PCS Vision Select Disable PCS Vision Updating Your Vision Profile Select Update Vision ProfileTo enable or disable Net Guard Net Guard Controlling Your Roaming Experience Controlling Your Roaming Experience Recognizing Icons on the Display Screen Understanding RoamingRoaming on Digital Networks Roaming on Analog Networks Set Mode Setting Your Phone’s Roam Mode To answer incoming roaming calls with Call Guard on Controlling Roaming Charges Using Call GuardTo turn Call Guard on or off To place roaming calls with Call Guard on Menu Navigation Menu Structure Viewing the Menus Navigating Through MenusNavigating Through Menus Backing Up Within a Menu Menu NavigationMenu Structure Selecting Menu Items Viewing the Menus Menu Diagram Voice SVC SettingsWeb Downloads Navigating Through Menus Viewing History Managing Call HistoryManaging Call History To view a Call History entry Viewing HistoryMissed Calls Call, Save, Send Picture, Send Text, Prepend, Erase All Incoming Calls Outgoing CallsCall, Save, Send Picture, Send Text, Prepend Call, Send Picture, Send Text, Prepend, Erase All All Calls All Calls Erase HistoryMissed Calls Incoming Calls Using the Phone Book Using the Internal Phone Book Internal Phone Book Entry Options Fax #, Email, Group, Ringer, Graphic, Memo, Set Secret Adding a New Internal Phone Book EntryFinding Internal Phone Book Entries Select Add New Entry My Phone Number Speed Dial NumbersSelect Speed Dial #’s Deleting a Group Using Group Internal Phone Book EntriesAdding a New Group Renaming a Group DirectoryAssistance Dialing Sprint PCS ServicesSprint Customer Service Account Information Personal Organizer Personal Organizer To add an new event to your schedule Schedule Erase Memo PadAdd Memo View Memo Paper, Pattern, Sea, Sky, Flower SettingsTo select the memo pad background image Daily AlarmTo set your phones alarm clock Off Calculator How to do a math problem with the calculator To display the time and date in pre-programmed cities World Clock To operate the stopwatch StopwatchTo time up to six events at once Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Press Options then Edit Caption or Play Voice Recognition ModeVoice Memo Re-record,Review, or Save To play a voice memo To play a voice memo in speaker modeTo erase all voice memos Voice Dial To review a voice dial in speaker modeTo review a voice dial To erase all voice dials Yes TrainWords UndoTrainAll Wake-Up Select Shutter Sound Shutter SoundReview, or Save Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera To take a picture with the phone closed To take a picture in standby modeTaking Pictures To take a picture from the menu Select Online Albums Select Upload Pictures Creating Your Sprint PCS Picture MailSM PasswordTo create your Sprint PCS Picture Mail password Picture Options Shutter 2, Say Cheese, Ready 123, Record own Camera Mode Options To display your phones stored pictures My PicturesCamera Options Sepia, Gray, Negative, Emboss, Sketch Select Online Albums OnlineAlbumsSaved to Phone Options Viewing OnlineAlbums Select Upload All Online Album OptionsUploading Pictures Edit/Erase Managing Sprint PCS Picture Mail Using the Sprint PCS Picture Mail WebsiteManaging Online Sprint PCS Picture Mail FromYour Phone Sharing Online Sprint PCS Picture Mail Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 102To share online Sprint PCS Picture Mail Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 103 To share an album from online modeRe-record, and Erase Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 104 Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 105 To access your online Albums options from your phoneAccount Information Using Sprint PCS Service Features Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics 107 Sprint PCS Service Features Basics RetrievingYour Voicemail Messages Using VoicemailSetting UpYour Voicemail Voicemail Notification Voicemail Options Using One-Touch MessageAccessUsing Expert Mode Setting Up Group Distribution Lists Voicemail-to-Voicemail Message Forwarding Sprint PCS CallbackVoicemail-to-Voicemail Message Voicemail-to-Voicemail Message Reply Select Clear Envelope Clear EnvelopeContinue Recording ExtendedAbsence Greeting Voicemail Menu Key Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics 112 Select Send Message Select Text Message Using SMS Text MessagingSprint PCS Service Features The Basics 113 Composing SMS Text Messages Using Canned Pre-set Messages Accessing SMSText Messages Making a Three-Way Call Using Caller IDSprint PCS Service Features The Basics 115 Responding to Call Waiting To deactivate Call Forwarding Using Call ForwardingSprint PCS Service Features The Basics 116 To activate Call Forwarding Sprint PCS Vision 117 Sprint PCS VisionSM Sprint PCS Vision 118 Getting Started With Sprint PCSVisionYour User Name FindingYour User Name To launch a Sprint PCS Vision connection ConnectingTo change your Net Guard settings Launching a Sprint PCS Vision Connection Selecting Browsing the WebSoftkeys Scrolling Select Go to URL Going BackGoing to a SpecificWebsite Creating a Bookmark Restarting theWeb Browser Accessing a BookmarkDeleting a Bookmark Reloading aWeb Sprint PCS Messaging Accessing MessagingAccessing Sprint PCS Mail AccessingAdditional Email Providers Select Instant Messaging Accessing Instant MessagingSprint PCS Vision 124 To access a chatroom from the browser Accessing Wireless ChatroomsSprint PCS Vision 125 Sprint PCS Vision 126 Sending Sprint PCS Picture MailSelect Send Message Select Picture Mail To send a new message Sprint PCS Vision 127 Downloading Premium Services ContentAccessing the Download Menus Downloading an Item Sprint PCS Vision 128 Using My Content ManagerTo access My Content Manager To download a selected item To view your data folders memory status To download purchased content from My Content ManagerChecking Data Folder Memory Erasing a Downloaded File Playing Games Accessing GamesGames Downloading Games To erase a downloaded game from your Sprint PCS Phone Playing NetworkAccess GamesViewing Game Properties Erasing Downloaded Games To download an available ringer to your phone Accessing RingersRingers Downloading Ringers Messages, Voicemail, or Phonebook Listening to RingersViewing Ringer Properties Assigning Downloaded Ringers Purchasing Ringers Erasing Downloaded RingersSprint PCS Vision 134 Select Screen Savers Accessing Screen SaversScreen Savers Downloading Screen Savers Standby Viewing Screen SaversViewing Screen Saver Properties Assigning Downloaded Screen Savers Purchasing Screen Savers Erasing Downloaded Screen SaversSprint PCS Vision 137 Select Applications Accessing Applications and OthersDownloadingApplications Downloading Other Files Sprint PCS Vision 139 Exploring the Web WebSprint PCS Vision 140 Sprint PCS Vision 141 Sprint PCSVision FAQsWhen is my data connection active? When is my data connection dormant? Sprint PCS Vision 142 Can I disable Sprint PCSVision data services? Sprint PCS Voice Command 143 Sprint PCS Voice CommandSM It’s Easy to Get Started Getting Started With Sprint PCSVoice CommandTMSprint PCS Voice Command 144 Creating Your OwnAddress Book Sprint PCS Voice Command 145 Making a Call With Sprint PCS Voice Command Safety Guidelines Warranty Information Safety Guidelines 147 Safety Getting the Most Out of Your Reception Using Your Phone Near Other Electronic Devices Maintaining Safe Use of andAccess to Your PhoneUsing Your Phone While Driving Following Safety Guidelines Turning Off Your Phone in Dangerous Areas Restricting Children’s Access to Your PhoneSafety Guidelines 150 Turning Off Your Phone Before Flying Disposal of Lithium Ion LiIon Batteries Caring for the BatteryProtecting Your Battery Safety Guidelines 151 Body-Worn Operation Acknowledging Special Precautions and the FCC NoticeSafety Guidelines 152 FCC Notice Safety Guidelines 153 SpecificAbsorption Rates SAR forWireless PhonesFCC Radiofrequency Emission How is radiofrequency energy used? Consumer Information on Wireless PhonesWhat is radiofrequency energy RF? Safety Guidelines 154 How is radiofrequency radiation measured? Safety Guidelines 155What biological effects can be caused by RF energy? Safety Guidelines 156 Why has the FCC adopted guidelines for RF exposure?What levels of RF energy are considered safe? Safety Guidelines 157 Safety Guidelines 158 Are wireless telephone base stations safe? What are wireless telephone base stations?Safety Guidelines 159 Safety Guidelines 160 Safety Guidelines 161 Do wireless phones pose a health hazard? Safety Guidelines 162 What is FDAs role concerning the safety of wireless phones? Safety Guidelines 163 What kinds of phones are the subject of this update?What are the results of the research done already? Safety Guidelines 164 Safety Guidelines 165 What about children using wireless phones? Safety Guidelines 166 How does FCC Audit Cell Phone RF? Safety Guidelines 167 Safety Guidelines 168 Owner’s Record Safety Guidelines 169User’s Guide Proprietary Notice Terms and Conditions Manufacturer’s Warranty Terms & Conditions Manufacturer’s WarrantyTerms & Conditions / Warranty 170 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 171 Terms and Conditions of ServicesTerms and Conditions Terms & Conditions / Warranty 172 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 173 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 174 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 175 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 176 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 177 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 178 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 179 Terms of Picture Mail Service Use of Picture Mail Terms & Conditions / Warranty 180 Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions / Warranty 181 Use Of Cookies Terms & Conditions / Warranty 182 Disclosure To Third Parties Terms & Conditions / Warranty 183 Questions Terms & Conditions / Warranty 184 Disclaimers Terms & Conditions / Warranty 185 Indemnity Terms & Conditions / Warranty 186 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 187 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 188 Manufacturer’s Warranty Terms & Conditions / Warranty 189 Page Index 191 Index Index 192