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SemiAuto A means your phone will attempt calls to
system A unless a home or preferred system is available.
Note: This text may not appear in some systems.
SemiAuto B means your phone will attempt calls to
system B unless a home or preferred system is available.
Note: This text may not appear in some systems.
Home area means your phone cannot roam at all. Your
phone will display No Service when you travel outside of
your home area.
Custom menu
Depending on your service provider, the options displayed
for the System menu may include the following:
Automatic means your phone will attempt calls to a
hometype system before trying to use a non home-type
system.
[Service Provider’s Name] means your phone will
attempt calls via your service provider’s system only. If
your service provider’s system is unavailable, your phone
will display No service.
Analog means your phone will attempt to place a call
using an available analog system.
Which system should you choose?
By default, your phone is set to automatically search for
the most cost-effective system when you are outside of
your home area. For example, if your home system is type
A and you are roaming, your phone will automatically try
to use the local hometype system (the type A system in
your current location). The type B system would be a non
home-type system.
However, in an area where no home or preferred systems
are available, use this menu to manually choose which
system your phone uses.
By setting your phone to use a home-type or a preferred
system, it’s possible for you to receive discounted
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roaming charges. Check with your service provider to
maximize use of this feature.
In non-preferred systems, normal roaming charges are
determined by the host system. Your phone is designed to
select a system most favorable to you concerning the cost
of the call and reception quality.
Note: When roaming in some systems, you may need to have a
roaming agreement in order to place a call. If no roaming
agreement has been arranged, a network operator may interrupt
and request information on how you intend to pay for the call.
If you have more than one phone number
The currently-selected NAM in your phone determines
which system is your current home system.
See “NAM selection” on page46 for more details.
Text messages & paging When you subscribe to the text messaging network
service, you can receive text messages and pages with
your phone. See your service provider for details and
availability.
Text message options
Inbox is where incoming messages are received and
stored. All new, unread messages are kept here.
Saved is where all saved, read messages are kept here.
Erase all allows you to erase all text messages. However,
unread text messages will not be erased.
Receiving text messages
The maximum length of a received text message is about
250 characters. Your phone has space to receive up to 30
text messages, depending on the length of each one.
Note: Text messages that you receive with your phone may appear
different at times, due to messages that originate in networks
other than your own. This does not affect the use of your phone in
any way.