Your Sprint PCS Phone The Basics | Sanyo VL-2300 specification

Your Sprint PCS Vision Phone notifies you of incoming calls in the following ways:

The phone rings and/or vibrates.

The LED flashes.

The backlight illuminates.

The screen displays an incoming call message.

If available, the phone number of the caller is displayed.

If the phone number is in your Contacts list, the contact’s name is displayed.

The following options are also displayed by pressing Options (right softkey). To select an option, highlight it and press .

CallGuard to answer the call when you are in roaming mode. See page 95 for setting Call Guard.

Answer to answer the call.

Answer:Speaker to answer the call in speakerphone mode.

AnsweronHold to put the call on hold. (See “Setting Answer on Hold”on page 32.)

ScreenCall to answer the call by using a pre-recorded announcement. (Appears when you are in a Sprint PCS Service area or digital roaming area. See page 155 for the setting.)

QuietRinger to mute the ringer. (Appears when the ringer is set.)

Tip:Your SprintPCS Phone offers additional ways to answer calls. (See page 72for Auto Answer and page 75for Any Key Answer.)

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Contents

SettingUpService PhoneBasics SafetyandWarrantyPage Sprint PCS Service Page Table of Contents 103 2D. Controlling Your Roaming Experience2E. NavigatingThrough Menus 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 UnlockingYourPhone Getting StartedWith SprintPCS ServiceDeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivated Tounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps Setting UpYour Voicemail Tosetupyourvoicemail SprintPCSVisionPassword SprintPCS AccountPasswordsAccount Password VoicemailPassword 888-211-4PCS4727 ReachingSprintCustomerService Getting Help SprintPCSDirectoryAssistance ToaccessautomatedinvoicinginformationReceivingAutomatedInvoicingInformation 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 TurningYourPhoneOff TurningYour Phone On and OffTurningYourPhoneOn Toturnyourphoneon InstallingtheBattery UsingYour Phone’s Batteryand ChargerBatteryCapacity ToinstalltheLiIonbattery RemovingtheBattery ChargingtheBatteryToremoveyourbattery Chargingwhenyourphoneisturnedon UsingtheTravelChargerTousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone Chargingwhenyourphoneisturnedoff DisplayingYour Phone Number Todisplayyourphonenumber Toplaceacallusingyourkeypad Making and Answering CallsMaking Calls Toplaceacallwiththeflipclosed Dialing Options Answering Calls ToansweranincomingcallwiththeflipopenToansweranincomingcallwiththeflipclosed Your Sprint PCS Phone The Basics AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabled TosetAnsweronHold SettingAnsweronHoldEndingaCall Toresumethecall Toturnthespeakerphoneonduringacall Using the SpeakerphoneChanging the RingerVolume 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 SelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls Sound SettingsRingerTypes Toselectaringertypeforvoicecalls SelectingRingerTypesforSprintPCSReadyLinkCalls ToselectadistinctiveringerforvoicecallswhileroamingToselectaringertypeforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Select Voicemail, Messaging, or Calendar/Alarm, and press Selecting a Tone LengthToselectatonelength Select Start-upTone or Power-offTone and press Setting a Start-up/Power-offToneUsing Voice Prompt Toenableordisablevoiceprompt Toadjusttheringerandkeyvolume Setting Up Key Press EchoAdjusting the Phone’s Volume Settings ToturnKeyPressEchoonoroff Toadjusttheearpieceorspeakervolume Toadjusttheapplicationvolume Alert Notification Tosetalerts Silence All ToactivateSilenceAllTodeactivateSilenceAll Changing theTextGreeting Display SettingsTodisplaythedefaultgreetingSprint Todisplayorchangeyourcustomgreeting Tochangethebacklightsetting Changing the BacklightTime Length Changing the Display for Incoming Calls Select Standby, OutgoingCalls, or ServiceSearch, and pressChanging the Display Screen Animation Tosettheanimationdisplay Changing the Display for Area Name Tosetyourareanamedisplay Changing the Display for Standby Mode Tosetyourstandbydisplay Toassignascreensaver Changing the Screen SaverChanging the Background Tochangethedisplay’sbackground Tochangethedisplay’scontrast Changing the ContrastChanging the FontSize Tochangethefontsize Tosetthisfeature Setting Return to StandbyModeSetting Sleep Mode Tosetsleepmode Location Settings Toturnyourphone’sLocationfeatureonoroff Airplane Mode ToturnAirplaneModeonoroff TTY UseWith SprintPCS Service ToturnTTY modeonoroff Toassignyourshortcutkey Phone Setup OptionsShortcut Toedittheshortcutname TosetAutoAnswermode Auto AnswerModeTounassigntheshortcut Select CarKit/Headset or Speakerphone and press Setting the CurrentTime Toassignalanguageforthephone’sdisplayDisplay Language Setting the Open/Close Flip Option ToactivatetheOpenFlipfeatureToactivatetheCloseFlipfeature Toturnanykeyansweronoroff Setting Any Key AnswerSetting the Side Key Guard ToturntheSideKeyGuardonoroff Setting Abbreviated Dialing ToactivatethisfeatureTosetyourprependnumber Setting HeadsetMode ToconnecttheheadsetTosetheadsetmode Toedityourphone’spresetmessages Setting Message NotificationEditingPresetMessages Tosetmessagenotification Setting a Callback Number Tosetthecallbacknumber SettingYour Signature Tosetyoursignature Setting Your Phone’s Security Setting Your Phone’s SecurityYour Phone’s Security ToaccesstheSecuritymenu Accessing the Security MenuUsingYour Phone’s Lock Features LockingYour Phone UnlockingYour Phone Tounlockyourphone Changing the Lock Code Lock ServicesToactivatelockservices Select VoiceCalls, PCSVision, or ReadyLink and press Toplaceanoutgoingcallinlockmode Calling in Lock ModeRestricting Calls Torestrictcalls Using Special Numbers Erasingthe Contacts DirectoryToaddorreplaceaspecialnumber ErasingAll Downloads ResettingYour PhoneToresetyourphone ToerasealldatadownloadedfromtheWeb ResettingandLockingYourPhone ThroughSMS Toactivatethisfeature,thefollowingpresettingisrequired ChangingthePasscode Security Features for SprintPCSVisionSM TodisableSprintPCSVisionservicesToenableSprintPCSVisionservices Controlling Your Roaming Experience Controlling Your Roaming Experience RoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks Understanding RoamingRecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreen RoamingonAnalogNetworks Roaming SetMode SettingYour Phone’s Roam ModeCheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming ControllingRoamingChargesUsing CallGuard ToturnCallGuardonoroff ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon Navigating Through Menus MenuNavigation MenuStructure ViewingtheMenusNavigating Through Menus SelectingMenuItems Menu NavigationMenu Structure 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 Select Outgoing, Incoming or Missed and press Making a CallFrom Call HistoryToplaceacallfromCallHistory 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 Todisplayyourcontactslist Displayingthe Contacts ListAddinga New Contacts Entry Toaddanewentry FindingNames Using the Contacts Directory 113FindingContacts ListEntries TofindContactslistentriesbyname Tofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinspeeddiallocations FindingSpeedDialNumbersTofindSprintPCSReadyLinkListentries 114 FindingVoiceDialNumbers Using the Contacts Directory 115Contacts ListEntry Options TofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinVoiceDial Adding a Phone Numberto a Contacts Entry Toaddaphonenumbertoanentry116 Tomakechangestoanentry Using the Contacts Directory 117Editinga Contacts Entry Toerasetheselectedentry AssigningSpeed Dial Numbers ToassignSpeedDial118 Using the Contacts Directory 119 Toassignanimageforanentry Selecting a Ringer for an Entry Toselectaringertypeforanentry120 Tomakeanentrysecret Using the Contacts Directory 121SecretContacts Entries Tomakeanentrypublic DialingSprintPCS Services Todialaservice122 Using the Phone’s Scheduler and Tools 123 Setting Holidays Managing the CalendarDisplayingYour Calendar Toaddanevent UsingYour Phone’s SchedulerAdding an Eventto the Scheduler 125 Event Alerts 126 Event Alert Menu Torespondtoaneventalert127 ToaddacallalarmtotheScheduler Using the Call AlarmFeatureAdding a Call Alarm to the Scheduler 128 Torespondtoacallalarm Call Alarm AlertsCall Alarm Menu 129 Toviewafutureorpastday’sscheduledevents Editing an Eventor Call AlarmToeditaneventorcallalarm 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 Displaying Advanced Information Finding Icon DefinitionsDisplaying theVersion Information Toviewanexplanationoficonsthatappearonthedisplay Tousethealarmclock UsingYour Phone’sToolsUsing the Alarm Clock 137 Toviewtheworldclockdisplay Using the World ClockTostopthealarm 138 Torecordalaptimewhilethestopwatchisrunning Using the StopWatchTostartthestopwatch Todisplaythestopwatchoptions Using the Calculator Tousethecalculator140 UpdatingYour Phone ToupdateyourphoneToupdateyourphonethroughtheTools/Extrasmenu 141 TodownloadafilefromtheDownloadsmenu Downloading FilesThrough SprintPCSVisionConfirming the Downloaded Data Toconfirmthedownloadeddata ToconfirmyourContentManager 143 SelectingDownloadSettings Downloaded Data OptionsAssigningtheDownloadedData Tosortdownloadedfiles SortingtheDownloadedDataViewingtheDownloadedDataSize Toviewthedatasize Toviewtheavailablememoryspace Erasingthe Downloaded DataViewingtheMemorySpace Toerasetheselecteddownloadeddata Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 147 Touseavoicedialtagtocallaphonenumber Using Voice-Activated DialingMaking a Call UsingVoice-Activated Dialing 148 Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 149 Programming Voice DialTagsToprogramavoicedialtag Select Review or ReviewSpeaker and press ReviewingVoice DialTagsToreviewvoicedialtags 150 Managing Voice Memos Erasing AllVoice DialTagsRecordingVoice Memos Toendtherecordingduringaphonecall ToendtherecordingofyourmemoTorecordtheotherparty’svoiceduringaphonecall 152 Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 153 ReviewingVoice MemosToplaythevoicememosyouhaverecorded Toeraseindividualmemos ErasingVoice MemosToeraseallvoicememos 154 Activating Screen Call Setting Up Screen CallUsing Your Phone’s Voice Services 155 TostartScreenCallwhenyouhaveincomingcalls ToselectaScreenCallannouncement Selecting an Announcementfor Screen CallRecordingYourNameforaPre-Recorded Announcement Torecordyourname Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 157 Recording a Customized AnnouncementTorecordanannouncement Toreviewanannouncement Reviewing an AnnouncementErasing an Announcement Toeraseanannouncement Using Sprint PCS Ready LinkSM Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 159 Getting StartedWith SprintPCS Ready Link SettingSprintPCS Ready Link ModeToenableordisableSprintPCSReadyLinkmode 160 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 161 Ready Link Call Alerts SprintPCSReadyLinkDisplayScreens Making and Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link CallDisplaying the SprintPCS Ready Link List 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 TocallthelastMissedSprintPCSReadyLinkcall Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 167MissedCallNotificationforSprintPCS ReadyLinkCalls TodisplaytheMissedReadyLinkCallLog Receiving aSprintPCS Ready Link Call ToreceiveaSprintPCSReadyLinkcall168 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 169 TocopyanentryfromtheSprintPCSReadyLinkList TofindaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry Saving aSprintPCS Ready Link NumberTosavethenumberfromtheendcalldisplay 170 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 171 SprintPCS Ready Link Options ToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkcontact Adding a New ContacttoYour Personal ListEditing a ContactinYour Personal List ToeditaPersonalListcontact Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 173 Adding a New Group toYour Personal Group ListToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkgroupentry Editing a Group inYour Personal Group List Toeditagroupname174 Erasing an Entry inYour Personal Listor Personal Group List Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 175ErasingReady Link ListEntries Toeraseacontactoragroup ToeraseaSprintPCSReadyLinkList Erasing a SprintPCS Ready Link ListToeraseagroupmember 176 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 177 Updating the Company Lists and Personal Lists TouseSpeedDialforaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry Assigning Speed Dialingfor SprintPCS Ready Link EntriesToassignSpeedDialingforSprintPCSReadyLinkentries 178 TorestarttheSprintPCSReadyLinkservice Restarting the SprintPCS Ready Link ServiceSetting Ready Link Guard Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 179 TosetalertsforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Setting an AlertNotification for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsSetting RingerTypesfor SprintPCS Ready Link Calls 180 Select ReadyLinkCalls or R-LinkMissed and press Setting the Speakerphonefor SprintPCS Ready Link CallsUsing Sprint PCS Ready Link 181 Tosetthespeakerphoneonoroff ToselectthedefaultviewoftheSprintPCSReadyLinkList Setting the DefaultView of the SprintPCS Ready Link ListSetting the Floor Display of the SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Toselectthefloordisplay Sprint PCS Service Features 184 Sprint PCS Service Features Basics 185 Voicemail Notification UsingVoicemailSetting UpYourVoicemail 186 UsingOne-TouchMessageAccess NewVoicemail Message AlertsRetrievingYourVoicemail Messages UsingtheMenuKeysonYourPhonetoAccessYour Messages 188 VoicemailButtonGuide 189 Voicemail Options UsingExpertModeSettingUpGroupDistributionLists ToturnExpertModeonoroff Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReply SprintPCSCallbackVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessage 191 ContinueRecording Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwardingVoicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest 192 Tocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen Clearing the Message IconExtendedAbsenceGreeting 193 Todisplayyourvoicemaildetails DisplayingYourVoicemail DetailsVoicemail Menu Key 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 Prepending a Phone Number From a Message ToadjustthedisplayfontsizeChanging the Display FontSize of a Message Toaddaprefixtoaphonenumber Message Folders Toaddanewfolder205 Toeraseanindividualmessage Erasing MessagesToeditafolder Toeraseselectedmessages Responding to CallWaiting Using Caller IDToswitchbacktothefirstcaller Torespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall TorespondtoanincomingcallwhenAnsweronHoldisactivated 208 Making a Three-Way Call TomakeaThree-WayCall209 TodeactivateCallForwarding Using Call ForwardingToactivateCallForwarding 210 Sprint PCS Vision Sprint PCS Vision 211 Getting StartedWith SprintPCSVision Your User Name212 FindingYourUserName ToupdateyourUserNameUpdatingYourUserName TofindyourUserName TheSprintPCSVisionHomePage Connecting...PleasewaitLaunchinga SprintPCSVision Connection TolaunchaSprintPCSVisionconnection TochangeyourNetGuardsettings Net GuardSprint PCS Vision 215 SprintPCSVision Connection Status and Indicators 216 Navigating theWeb SoftkeysScrolling Selecting GoingBack GoingHome Sprint PCS Vision 219 Viewing SprintPCS Picture MailSM SprintPCS MessagingUnderstanding Messaging ToviewSprintPCSPictureMailmessagesfromthemainmenu Signing Up for Updates Sprint PCS Vision 221 ToaccessEmailmessages Using EmailAccessing Email Messages 222 Composing Email Messages TocomposeanEmailmessageSprint PCS Vision 223 ToaccessemailprovidersfromyourSprintPCSVisionPhone Accessing Alternate Email ProvidersUsing Alternate Email Providers 224 Using InstantMessaging Accessing InstantMessagingSprint PCS Vision 225 Select Messaging ExperiencingWireless Online ChatToaccessachatroomfromthebrowser Topostamessage Tosetupaprivatechatroom ToexitachatroomSprint PCS Vision 227 SelectinganItemtoDownload AccessingtheDownloadMenusToaccesstheSprintPCSVisiondownloadmenus 228 DownloadinganItem TodownloadaselecteditemSprint PCS Vision 229 DownloadingGames Accessing GamesGames Todownloadanavailablegametoyourphone Toquitagame PlayingGamesToplayadownloadedgameonyourSprintPCSVisionPhone Sprint PCS Vision 231 DownloadingRingers Accessing RingersRingers Todownloadanavailableringertoyourphone AssigningDownloadedRingers ToassignadownloadedringerfromtheDownloadsmenuSprint PCS Vision 233 ToassignadownloadedringerfromtheSettingsmenu PurchasingRingers234 DownloadingScreenSavers Accessing Screen SaversScreen Savers TodownloadanavailableScreenSavertoyourphone AssigningDownloadedScreenSavers 236 PurchasingScreenSavers Sprint PCS Vision 237 Web Exploring theWeb238 Toopenthebrowsermenu Using the Browser MenuOpeningtheBrowserMenu Sprint PCS Vision 239 CreatingaBookmark Tocreateabookmark240 EditingaBookmark AccessingaBookmarkToaccessabookmark Toeditabookmark Todeleteabookmark DeletingaBookmarkMovingaBookmark Tomoveabookmark GoingtoaSpecificWebsite ReloadingaWebPageRestartingtheWebBrowser SendingaWebPage AdjustingtheBrowserSoundVolumeToadjustthebrowsersoundvolume TosendaWebpage HowdoIsign-inforthefirsttime? SprintPCSVision FAQsCanImakecallsanduseSprintPCS Visionservicesatthe sametime? 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 FollowingSafetyGuidelines Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your PhoneUsingYourPhoneWhileDriving Safety 257 TurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas UsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevicesTurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying 258 Safety 259 Using Your Phone With a Hearing Aid DeviceRestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhone Sanyo has an M3 rating Getting the Best Hearing Device Experience With Your 260 Safety 261 Caring for the BatteryProtectingYourBattery DisposalofLithiumIonLiIonBatteries FCC Notice Acknowledging Special Precautions and the FCC NoticeSpecificAbsorptionRatesSARforWirelessPhones Body-WornOperation Phone Guide Proprietary Notice Safety 263Owner’s Record FCCRadiofrequencyEmission 264 Manufacturer’s Warranty Manufacturer’sWarranty265 Manufacturer’sWarranty CustomerLimitedWarrantyWarranty 266 267 Warranty 268 269 Page Index 271 Index 272 273 274