System selection
Your phone is capable of working in residential, private, and public systems. You can choose how your phone selects a network to use.
This feature is Menu 5 in your phone. The default is Automatic, which means your phone automatically searches for networks available to you and chooses the appropriate one. Every time you switch on your phone, Automatic is selected.
If you choose Manual, your phone displays a list of available and unavailable networks. (You can’t use unavailable networks.) Scroll through the choices and press OK when you reach the one you want.
If you choose New Search, your phone begins a new search for new private and residential systems. When it finds the best new system, it displays it. You can then select it or start another search by pressing Next.
Note: The Manual and New search features can be used only when your primary phone number (NAM1) is selected. See page 32.
To switch from private to public
If you are in a private system and want access to a public system, press and hold Menu when you are not in a call. Your phone will display Search public systems? Press OK and your phone will use the public system for the next outgoing call. After the call it will revert to Automatic system selection.
Public system selection
When your phone leaves its home system, it is roaming. Like other public systems, your home system is either type A or B. When your phone is roaming, it can search for
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