UsingtheTravelCharger

Tousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone:

1.Plug the travel charger into a wall outlet.

2.Plug the other end of the travel charger into the accessories connector at the bottom of your phone (with the battery installed).

Chargingwhenyourphoneisturnedon:

The battery icon appears on the display while charging. The battery icon turns to when charging is completed.

Chargingwhenyourphoneisturnedoff:

The battery icon appears, and the message “BATTERY CHARGING--Power Off--”is shown on the display while charging. When the battery is completely discharged, it may take several minutes until the message is shown on the display. The

battery icon turns to , and the message changes to “CHARGING COMPLETE--Power Off--”when charging is completed.

It takes approximately 3.5 hours to fully recharge a completely rundown battery. With the Sprint-approved LiIon battery, you can recharge the battery before it becomes completely run down.

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Contents

SettingUpService PhoneBasics SafetyandWarrantyPage Sprint PCS Service Page Table of Contents 2D. Controlling Your Roaming Experience 2E. NavigatingThrough Menus103 111 123 147159 185 211247 4A. Safety 4B. Manufacturer’s WarrantyPage Welcome to Sprint Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Introduction Getting Started Page Setting Up Service Setting Up Service Getting StartedWith SprintPCS Service DeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivatedUnlockingYourPhone Tounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps Setting UpYour Voicemail Tosetupyourvoicemail SprintPCS AccountPasswords Account Password VoicemailPasswordSprintPCSVisionPassword 888-211-4PCS4727 ReachingSprintCustomerService Getting Help Toaccessautomatedinvoicinginformation ReceivingAutomatedInvoicingInformationSprintPCSDirectoryAssistance TocallSprintPCSDirectoryAssistance SprintPCSOperatorServices ToaccessSprintPCSOperatorServicesPage Your Sprint PCS Phone Page Your Sprint PCS Phone The Basics Your Sprint PCS Phone The Basics FrontView ofYour Phone MENU/OK Key Functions Your Sprint PCS Phone The Basics Viewing the Display Screen Your Sprint PCS Phone The Basics Features ofYour SprintPCS Phone Your Sprint PCS Phone The Basics TurningYour Phone On and Off TurningYourPhoneOnTurningYourPhoneOff Toturnyourphoneon UsingYour Phone’s Batteryand Charger BatteryCapacityInstallingtheBattery ToinstalltheLiIonbattery RemovingtheBattery ChargingtheBatteryToremoveyourbattery UsingtheTravelCharger Tousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone Chargingwhenyourphoneisturnedon Chargingwhenyourphoneisturnedoff DisplayingYour Phone Number Todisplayyourphonenumber Toplaceacallusingyourkeypad Making and Answering CallsMaking Calls Toplaceacallwiththeflipclosed Dialing Options Answering Calls ToansweranincomingcallwiththeflipopenToansweranincomingcallwiththeflipclosed Your Sprint PCS Phone The Basics AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabled SettingAnsweronHold EndingaCallTosetAnsweronHold Toresumethecall Using the Speakerphone Changing the RingerVolumeToturnthespeakerphoneonduringacall Toturnthespeakerphoneoffduringacall AdjustingVolume During a Conversation Muting a CallMissed Call Notification Calling Emergency Numbers ToexitEmergencymode In-Call Options ToselectEmergencymodeoptions End-of-Call Options Savinga Phone Number Tosaveanumberfromstandbymode Findinga Phone Number Tofindaphonenumber Dialingand Saving Phone NumbersWith Pauses Todialorsavephonenumberswithpauses TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialing Plus Code DialingToremovetheplussignfromyourphone’sdisplay Dialing Fromthe ContactsDirectory TodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry Using Speed Dialing TousespeeddialforvoicecallsTousespeeddialforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Using Abbreviated Dialing ToplaceacallusingAbbreviatedDialing EnteringText Selecting a Character InputModeTochangethecharacterinputmode Entering Characters Using T9TextInput AddingaWordtotheT9DatabaseToaddawordtotheT9TextInputdatabase SelectingtheT9Settings TocustomizetheT9Settings Entering Characters byTapping the Keypad Spanish mode, characters scroll in the following order Pressing Page Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Sound Settings RingerTypesSelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls Toselectaringertypeforvoicecalls SelectingRingerTypesforSprintPCSReadyLinkCalls ToselectadistinctiveringerforvoicecallswhileroamingToselectaringertypeforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Select Voicemail, Messaging, or Calendar/Alarm, and press Selecting a Tone LengthToselectatonelength Setting a Start-up/Power-offTone Using Voice PromptSelect Start-upTone or Power-offTone and press Toenableordisablevoiceprompt Setting Up Key Press Echo Adjusting the Phone’s Volume SettingsToadjusttheringerandkeyvolume ToturnKeyPressEchoonoroff Toadjusttheearpieceorspeakervolume Toadjusttheapplicationvolume Alert Notification Tosetalerts Silence All ToactivateSilenceAllTodeactivateSilenceAll Display Settings TodisplaythedefaultgreetingSprintChanging theTextGreeting Todisplayorchangeyourcustomgreeting Tochangethebacklightsetting Changing the BacklightTime Length Select Standby, OutgoingCalls, or ServiceSearch, and press Changing the Display Screen AnimationChanging the Display for Incoming Calls Tosettheanimationdisplay Changing the Display for Area Name Tosetyourareanamedisplay Changing the Display for Standby Mode Tosetyourstandbydisplay Changing the Screen Saver Changing the BackgroundToassignascreensaver Tochangethedisplay’sbackground Changing the Contrast Changing the FontSizeTochangethedisplay’scontrast Tochangethefontsize Setting Return to StandbyMode Setting Sleep ModeTosetthisfeature Tosetsleepmode Location Settings Toturnyourphone’sLocationfeatureonoroff Airplane Mode ToturnAirplaneModeonoroff TTY UseWith SprintPCS Service ToturnTTY modeonoroff Phone Setup Options ShortcutToassignyourshortcutkey Toedittheshortcutname Auto AnswerMode TounassigntheshortcutTosetAutoAnswermode Select CarKit/Headset or Speakerphone and press Setting the CurrentTime Toassignalanguageforthephone’sdisplayDisplay Language Setting the Open/Close Flip Option ToactivatetheOpenFlipfeatureToactivatetheCloseFlipfeature Setting Any Key Answer Setting the Side Key GuardToturnanykeyansweronoroff ToturntheSideKeyGuardonoroff Setting Abbreviated Dialing ToactivatethisfeatureTosetyourprependnumber Setting HeadsetMode ToconnecttheheadsetTosetheadsetmode Setting Message Notification EditingPresetMessagesToedityourphone’spresetmessages Tosetmessagenotification Setting a Callback Number Tosetthecallbacknumber SettingYour Signature Tosetyoursignature Setting Your Phone’s Security Setting Your Phone’s SecurityYour Phone’s Security Accessing the Security Menu UsingYour Phone’s Lock FeaturesToaccesstheSecuritymenu LockingYour Phone UnlockingYour Phone Tounlockyourphone Lock Services ToactivatelockservicesChanging the Lock Code Select VoiceCalls, PCSVision, or ReadyLink and press Calling in Lock Mode Restricting CallsToplaceanoutgoingcallinlockmode Torestrictcalls Using Special Numbers Erasingthe Contacts DirectoryToaddorreplaceaspecialnumber ResettingYour Phone ToresetyourphoneErasingAll Downloads ToerasealldatadownloadedfromtheWeb ResettingandLockingYourPhone ThroughSMS Toactivatethisfeature,thefollowingpresettingisrequired ChangingthePasscode Security Features for SprintPCSVisionSM TodisableSprintPCSVisionservicesToenableSprintPCSVisionservices Controlling Your Roaming Experience Controlling Your Roaming Experience Understanding Roaming RecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreenRoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks RoamingonAnalogNetworks Roaming SettingYour Phone’s Roam Mode CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoamingSetMode Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming ControllingRoamingChargesUsing CallGuard ToturnCallGuardonoroff ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon Navigating Through Menus MenuNavigation MenuStructure ViewingtheMenusNavigating Through Menus Menu Navigation Menu StructureSelectingMenuItems BackingUpWithinaMenu MenuDiagram Viewing the MenusShortcuts Settings Downloads100 Navigating Through Menus 101 Tools/Extras 102 Managing Call History Managing Call History 103 ViewingHistory ToviewaCallHistoryentry104 Call History Options Managing Call History 105 Making a CallFrom Call History ToplaceacallfromCallHistorySelect Outgoing, Incoming or Missed and press CallSpeakerOn, and press TosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistory Managing Call History 107 ToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory 108 ErasingCall History ToeraseCallHistoryManaging Call History 109 110 Using the Contacts Directory Using the Contacts Directory 111 Displayingthe Contacts List Addinga New Contacts EntryTodisplayyourcontactslist Toaddanewentry Using the Contacts Directory 113 FindingContacts ListEntriesFindingNames TofindContactslistentriesbyname FindingSpeedDialNumbers TofindSprintPCSReadyLinkListentriesTofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinspeeddiallocations 114 Using the Contacts Directory 115 Contacts ListEntry OptionsFindingVoiceDialNumbers TofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinVoiceDial Adding a Phone Numberto a Contacts Entry Toaddaphonenumbertoanentry116 Using the Contacts Directory 117 Editinga Contacts EntryTomakechangestoanentry Toerasetheselectedentry AssigningSpeed Dial Numbers ToassignSpeedDial118 Using the Contacts Directory 119 Toassignanimageforanentry Selecting a Ringer for an Entry Toselectaringertypeforanentry120 Using the Contacts Directory 121 SecretContacts EntriesTomakeanentrysecret Tomakeanentrypublic DialingSprintPCS Services Todialaservice122 Using the Phone’s Scheduler and Tools 123 Setting Holidays Managing the CalendarDisplayingYour Calendar UsingYour Phone’s Scheduler Adding an Eventto the SchedulerToaddanevent 125 Event Alerts 126 Event Alert Menu Torespondtoaneventalert127 Using the Call AlarmFeature Adding a Call Alarm to the SchedulerToaddacallalarmtotheScheduler 128 Call Alarm Alerts Call Alarm MenuTorespondtoacallalarm 129 Editing an Eventor Call Alarm ToeditaneventorcallalarmToviewafutureorpastday’sscheduledevents 130 Using the To Do List Erasing an Eventor Call AlarmAddingTo Do ListItems Viewing theTo Do List EditingTo Do ListItemsAdding aTo Do ListItem to the Scheduler Deleting Items From theTo DoList TodeleteToDoListitems133 Viewing Memory inYour Scheduler Toviewavailablememoryspaceandoptions134 Purging All Events, Call Alarms, or To Do ListItems Personal Information ManagementDisplayingYour User Address Finding Icon Definitions Displaying theVersion InformationDisplaying Advanced Information Toviewanexplanationoficonsthatappearonthedisplay UsingYour Phone’sTools Using the Alarm ClockTousethealarmclock 137 Using the World Clock TostopthealarmToviewtheworldclockdisplay 138 Using the StopWatch TostartthestopwatchTorecordalaptimewhilethestopwatchisrunning Todisplaythestopwatchoptions Using the Calculator Tousethecalculator140 Toupdateyourphone ToupdateyourphonethroughtheTools/ExtrasmenuUpdatingYour Phone 141 Downloading FilesThrough SprintPCSVision Confirming the Downloaded DataTodownloadafilefromtheDownloadsmenu Toconfirmthedownloadeddata ToconfirmyourContentManager 143 SelectingDownloadSettings Downloaded Data OptionsAssigningtheDownloadedData SortingtheDownloadedData ViewingtheDownloadedDataSizeTosortdownloadedfiles Toviewthedatasize Erasingthe Downloaded Data ViewingtheMemorySpaceToviewtheavailablememoryspace Toerasetheselecteddownloadeddata Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 147 Using Voice-Activated Dialing Making a Call UsingVoice-Activated DialingTouseavoicedialtagtocallaphonenumber 148 Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 149 Programming Voice DialTagsToprogramavoicedialtag ReviewingVoice DialTags ToreviewvoicedialtagsSelect Review or ReviewSpeaker and press 150 Managing Voice Memos Erasing AllVoice DialTagsRecordingVoice Memos Toendtherecordingofyourmemo Torecordtheotherparty’svoiceduringaphonecallToendtherecordingduringaphonecall 152 Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 153 ReviewingVoice MemosToplaythevoicememosyouhaverecorded ErasingVoice Memos ToeraseallvoicememosToeraseindividualmemos 154 Setting Up Screen Call Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 155Activating Screen Call TostartScreenCallwhenyouhaveincomingcalls Selecting an Announcementfor Screen Call RecordingYourNameforaPre-Recorded AnnouncementToselectaScreenCallannouncement Torecordyourname Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 157 Recording a Customized AnnouncementTorecordanannouncement Reviewing an Announcement Erasing an AnnouncementToreviewanannouncement Toeraseanannouncement Using Sprint PCS Ready LinkSM Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 159 SettingSprintPCS Ready Link Mode ToenableordisableSprintPCSReadyLinkmodeGetting StartedWith SprintPCS Ready Link 160 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 161 Ready Link Call Alerts Making and Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link Call Displaying the SprintPCS Ready Link ListSprintPCSReadyLinkDisplayScreens 162 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 163 Selecting a Contacts List Making aSprintPCS Ready Link Call 1-to-1 Call ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyselectingacontact164 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 165 Making aSprintPCS Ready Link Call Group CallToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkGroupcall Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call by Entering a Number ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyenteringanumber166 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 167 MissedCallNotificationforSprintPCS ReadyLinkCallsTocallthelastMissedSprintPCSReadyLinkcall TodisplaytheMissedReadyLinkCallLog Receiving aSprintPCS Ready Link Call ToreceiveaSprintPCSReadyLinkcall168 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 169 TocopyanentryfromtheSprintPCSReadyLinkList Saving aSprintPCS Ready Link Number TosavethenumberfromtheendcalldisplayTofindaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry 170 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 171 SprintPCS Ready Link Options Adding a New ContacttoYour Personal List Editing a ContactinYour Personal ListToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkcontact ToeditaPersonalListcontact Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 173 Adding a New Group toYour Personal Group ListToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkgroupentry Editing a Group inYour Personal Group List Toeditagroupname174 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 175 ErasingReady Link ListEntriesErasing an Entry inYour Personal Listor Personal Group List Toeraseacontactoragroup Erasing a SprintPCS Ready Link List ToeraseagroupmemberToeraseaSprintPCSReadyLinkList 176 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 177 Updating the Company Lists and Personal Lists Assigning Speed Dialingfor SprintPCS Ready Link Entries ToassignSpeedDialingforSprintPCSReadyLinkentriesTouseSpeedDialforaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry 178 Restarting the SprintPCS Ready Link Service Setting Ready Link GuardTorestarttheSprintPCSReadyLinkservice Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 179 Setting an AlertNotification for SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Setting RingerTypesfor SprintPCS Ready Link CallsTosetalertsforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls 180 Setting the Speakerphonefor SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 181Select ReadyLinkCalls or R-LinkMissed and press Tosetthespeakerphoneonoroff Setting the DefaultView of the SprintPCS Ready Link List Setting the Floor Display of the SprintPCS Ready Link CallsToselectthedefaultviewoftheSprintPCSReadyLinkList Toselectthefloordisplay Sprint PCS Service Features 184 Sprint PCS Service Features Basics 185 UsingVoicemail Setting UpYourVoicemailVoicemail Notification 186 UsingOne-TouchMessageAccess NewVoicemail Message AlertsRetrievingYourVoicemail Messages UsingtheMenuKeysonYourPhonetoAccessYour Messages 188 VoicemailButtonGuide 189 UsingExpertMode SettingUpGroupDistributionListsVoicemail Options ToturnExpertModeonoroff SprintPCSCallback Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReply 191 Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwarding Voicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequestContinueRecording 192 Clearing the Message Icon ExtendedAbsenceGreetingTocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen 193 DisplayingYourVoicemail Details Voicemail Menu KeyTodisplayyourvoicemaildetails 194 195 Using SMSTextMessaging New Messages196 Displaying Messages Todisplayatextmessagefromthemainmenu197 SendingaTextMessage Tosendatextmessage198 To enter a message, select Message and press 199 SavetoDrafts to save the message to a Drafts folder 200 Message Options FolderListOptions201 MessageListOptions 202 MessageDetailsOptions 203 Toadjustthedisplayfontsize Changing the Display FontSize of a MessagePrepending a Phone Number From a Message Toaddaprefixtoaphonenumber Message Folders Toaddanewfolder205 Erasing Messages ToeditafolderToeraseanindividualmessage Toeraseselectedmessages Using Caller ID ToswitchbacktothefirstcallerResponding to CallWaiting Torespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall TorespondtoanincomingcallwhenAnsweronHoldisactivated 208 Making a Three-Way Call TomakeaThree-WayCall209 Using Call Forwarding ToactivateCallForwardingTodeactivateCallForwarding 210 Sprint PCS Vision Sprint PCS Vision 211 Getting StartedWith SprintPCSVision Your User Name212 ToupdateyourUserName UpdatingYourUserNameFindingYourUserName TofindyourUserName Connecting...Pleasewait Launchinga SprintPCSVision ConnectionTheSprintPCSVisionHomePage TolaunchaSprintPCSVisionconnection TochangeyourNetGuardsettings Net GuardSprint PCS Vision 215 SprintPCSVision Connection Status and Indicators 216 Navigating theWeb SoftkeysScrolling Selecting GoingBack GoingHome Sprint PCS Vision 219 SprintPCS Messaging Understanding MessagingViewing SprintPCS Picture MailSM ToviewSprintPCSPictureMailmessagesfromthemainmenu Signing Up for Updates Sprint PCS Vision 221 Using Email Accessing Email MessagesToaccessEmailmessages 222 Composing Email Messages TocomposeanEmailmessageSprint PCS Vision 223 Accessing Alternate Email Providers Using Alternate Email ProvidersToaccessemailprovidersfromyourSprintPCSVisionPhone 224 Using InstantMessaging Accessing InstantMessagingSprint PCS Vision 225 ExperiencingWireless Online Chat ToaccessachatroomfromthebrowserSelect Messaging Topostamessage Tosetupaprivatechatroom ToexitachatroomSprint PCS Vision 227 AccessingtheDownloadMenus ToaccesstheSprintPCSVisiondownloadmenusSelectinganItemtoDownload 228 DownloadinganItem TodownloadaselecteditemSprint PCS Vision 229 Accessing Games GamesDownloadingGames Todownloadanavailablegametoyourphone PlayingGames ToplayadownloadedgameonyourSprintPCSVisionPhoneToquitagame Sprint PCS Vision 231 Accessing Ringers RingersDownloadingRingers Todownloadanavailableringertoyourphone AssigningDownloadedRingers ToassignadownloadedringerfromtheDownloadsmenuSprint PCS Vision 233 ToassignadownloadedringerfromtheSettingsmenu PurchasingRingers234 Accessing Screen Savers Screen SaversDownloadingScreenSavers TodownloadanavailableScreenSavertoyourphone AssigningDownloadedScreenSavers 236 PurchasingScreenSavers Sprint PCS Vision 237 Web Exploring theWeb238 Using the Browser Menu OpeningtheBrowserMenuToopenthebrowsermenu Sprint PCS Vision 239 CreatingaBookmark Tocreateabookmark240 AccessingaBookmark ToaccessabookmarkEditingaBookmark Toeditabookmark DeletingaBookmark MovingaBookmarkTodeleteabookmark Tomoveabookmark GoingtoaSpecificWebsite ReloadingaWebPageRestartingtheWebBrowser AdjustingtheBrowserSoundVolume ToadjustthebrowsersoundvolumeSendingaWebPage TosendaWebpage SprintPCSVision FAQs CanImakecallsanduseSprintPCS Visionservicesatthe sametime?HowdoIsign-inforthefirsttime? Whenismydataconnectionactive? CanIsignoutofdataservices? Whenismydataconnectiondormant?246 Sprint PCS Voice Command Sprint PCS Voice Command 247 GettingStartedWithSprintPCSVoice Command It’sEasytoGetStarted248 Sprint PCS Voice Command 249 CreatingYour Own Address Book TomakeacallwithSprintPCSVoiceCommand 250 Accessing Information Using SprintPCS Voice Command ToaccessinformationusingSprintPCSVoiceCommandSprint PCS Voice Command 251 252 Safety Warranty Information 254 Safety Safety 255 Getting the MostOutofYour Reception 256 Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your Phone UsingYourPhoneWhileDrivingFollowingSafetyGuidelines Safety 257 UsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices TurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlyingTurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas 258 Using Your Phone With a Hearing Aid Device RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhoneSafety 259 Sanyo has an M3 rating Getting the Best Hearing Device Experience With Your 260 Caring for the Battery ProtectingYourBatterySafety 261 DisposalofLithiumIonLiIonBatteries Acknowledging Special Precautions and the FCC Notice SpecificAbsorptionRatesSARforWirelessPhonesFCC Notice Body-WornOperation Safety 263 Owner’s RecordPhone Guide Proprietary Notice FCCRadiofrequencyEmission 264 Manufacturer’s Warranty Manufacturer’sWarranty265 Manufacturer’sWarranty CustomerLimitedWarrantyWarranty 266 267 Warranty 268 269 Page Index 271 Index 272 273 274