Phone Basics

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3. Press N. (To make a call when you are roaming
and Call Guard is enabled, see “Understanding
Roaming” on page 54.)
4. Press O when you are finished.
You can also place calls from your phone by speed
dialing numbers from your Contacts (page 28), using
your Call History listings (page 59), and using
Automatic Speech Recognition (page 76).
Dialing Options
When you enter numbers in standby mode, pressing
Options (right softkey) displays a list of dialing options.
To select an option, highlight it, and press S. The
following options are available:
䢇Save adds the phone number to your Contacts as a
new entry or to an existing entry. See “Saving a
Phone Number” on page 26.
䢇Hard Pause sends the next set of numbers when you
press the left softkey. See “Dialing and Saving Phone
Numbers With Pauses” on page 27.
䢇2sec Pause automatically sends the next set of
numbers after two seconds. See “Dialing and Saving
Phone Numbers With Pauses” on page 27.
If you press Send MSG (left softkey), you can send a
message to the number you just entered.
Answering Calls
1. Make sure your phone is on. (If your phone is off,
incoming calls go to voicemail.)
2. Press N to answer an incoming call.
Depending on your phone’s settings, you may also
answer incoming calls by pressing any key or by
opening the phone when it is closed. See “Call Answer
Mode” on page 44 for more information.
Your phone notifies you of incoming calls in the
following ways:
䢇The phone rings or vibrates.
䢇The backlight illuminates.
Tip To redial your last outgoing call, press N twice.
When making calls off the Sprint National Network,
always dial using 11 digits (1 + area code + phone
number).