New Voicemail Message Alerts
When you receive a new voicemail message, your phone alerts you and
prompts you to call your voicemail. To call your voicemail, press .
To display your Voicemail menu, press or (left softkey).
Important: When you are roaming off the Sprint Nationwide PCS
Network, you may not receive notification of new voicemail messages.
It is recommended that you periodically check your voicemail by dialing
1 + area code + your PCS Phone Number. When your voicemail answers,
press and enter your pass code. You will be charged roaming
rates when accessing voicemail while roaming off the Sprint Nationwide
PCS Network.
Note: Your phone accepts messages even when it is turned off.
However, you are only notified of new messages when your phone is
turned on and you are in a PCS Service Area.
RetrievingYour Voicemail Messages
You can review your messages directly from your PCS Phone or from any
other touch-tone phone. To dial from your PCS Phone, you can either
speed dial your voicemail or use the menu keys.
Using One-Touch Message Access:
Press and hold . Follow the system prompts.
Using the Menu Keys on Your PCS Phone to Access Your Messages:
1. From the Standby mode, press to display the main menu.
2. Highlight Voicemailand press .
3. Highlight Call Voicemailand press .
Note: You are charged for airtime minutes when you are accessing your
voicemail from your PCS Phone.
Using a Phone Other Than Your PCS Phone to Access
Your Messages:
1. Dial your PCS Phone Number.
2. When your voicemail answers, press .
3. Enter your pass code.
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Using VoicemailSetting Up Your Voicemail
All unanswered calls to your PCS Phone are automatically transferred to
voicemail, even if your phone is in use or turned off. Therefore, you will
want to set up your PCS Voicemail and personal greeting as soon as your
PCS Phone is activated.
To set up voicemail:
1. Press and hold .
2. Follow the system prompts to create your pass code, record your
greeting, record your name announcement and choose whether to
activate One-Touch Message Access (a feature that lets you press one
key to access messages and bypasses the need for you to enter your
pass code).
Note: The voicemail setup process may vary in certain Affiliate areas.
Voicemail Notification
There are several ways your PCS Phone alerts you:
By displaying a message on the screen.
By sounding the assigned ringer type.
By the LED blinking red.
By displaying at the top of your screen for voicemail messages or
for Messages.
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