Changing the BacklightTime Length

Changing the BacklightTime Length

The backlight setting lets you select how long the display screen and keypad are backlit after any key press is made.

Tochangethebacklightsetting:

1.Press to access the main menu.

2.Select Settings and press .

3.Select Display and press .

4.Select Backlight and press .

5.Select MainLCD, Key, or SubLCD and press .

6.Select your defined time length and press .

Note:The AlwaysOn setting returns to the previous value the nexttime you turn on the phone.

Note: Long backlightsettings affectthe battery’s talk and standby times.

Your Phone’s Settings

Section 2B: Controlling Your Phone’s Settings

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Sanyo VL-2300 warranty Changing the BacklightTime Length, Tochangethebacklightsetting

Contents

SafetyandWarranty SettingUpService PhoneBasicsPage Sprint PCS Service Page Table of Contents 2E. NavigatingThrough Menus 2D. Controlling Your Roaming Experience103 111 147 123159 211 185247 4B. Manufacturer’s Warranty 4A. SafetyPage Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Welcome to Sprint Introduction Getting Started Page Setting Up Service Setting Up Service DeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivated Getting StartedWith SprintPCS ServiceUnlockingYourPhone Tounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps Tosetupyourvoicemail Setting UpYour Voicemail Account Password VoicemailPassword SprintPCS AccountPasswordsSprintPCSVisionPassword 888-211-4PCS4727 Getting Help ReachingSprintCustomerService ReceivingAutomatedInvoicingInformation ToaccessautomatedinvoicinginformationSprintPCSDirectoryAssistance TocallSprintPCSDirectoryAssistance ToaccessSprintPCSOperatorServices SprintPCSOperatorServicesPage Your Sprint PCS Phone Page Your Sprint PCS Phone The Basics Your Sprint PCS Phone The Basics MENU/OK FrontView ofYour Phone 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 TurningYourPhoneOn TurningYour Phone On and OffTurningYourPhoneOff Toturnyourphoneon BatteryCapacity UsingYour Phone’s Batteryand ChargerInstallingtheBattery ToinstalltheLiIonbattery ChargingtheBattery RemovingtheBatteryToremoveyourbattery Tousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone UsingtheTravelCharger Chargingwhenyourphoneisturnedon Chargingwhenyourphoneisturnedoff Todisplayyourphonenumber DisplayingYour Phone Number Making and Answering Calls ToplaceacallusingyourkeypadMaking Calls Toplaceacallwiththeflipclosed Dialing Options Toansweranincomingcallwiththeflipopen Answering CallsToansweranincomingcallwiththeflipclosed Your Sprint PCS Phone The Basics AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabled EndingaCall SettingAnsweronHoldTosetAnsweronHold Toresumethecall Changing the RingerVolume Using the SpeakerphoneToturnthespeakerphoneonduringacall Toturnthespeakerphoneoffduringacall Muting a Call AdjustingVolume During a ConversationMissed Call Notification ToexitEmergencymode Calling Emergency Numbers ToselectEmergencymodeoptions In-Call Options End-of-Call Options Tosaveanumberfromstandbymode Savinga Phone Number Tofindaphonenumber Findinga Phone Number Todialorsavephonenumberswithpauses Dialingand Saving Phone NumbersWith Pauses Plus Code Dialing TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialingToremovetheplussignfromyourphone’sdisplay TodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry Dialing Fromthe ContactsDirectory Tousespeeddialforvoicecalls Using Speed DialingTousespeeddialforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls ToplaceacallusingAbbreviatedDialing Using Abbreviated Dialing Selecting a Character InputMode EnteringTextTochangethecharacterinputmode AddingaWordtotheT9Database Entering Characters Using T9TextInputToaddawordtotheT9TextInputdatabase TocustomizetheT9Settings SelectingtheT9Settings Spanish mode, characters scroll in the following order Entering Characters byTapping the Keypad Pressing Page Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings RingerTypes Sound SettingsSelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls Toselectaringertypeforvoicecalls Toselectadistinctiveringerforvoicecallswhileroaming SelectingRingerTypesforSprintPCSReadyLinkCallsToselectaringertypeforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Selecting a Tone Length Select Voicemail, Messaging, or Calendar/Alarm, and pressToselectatonelength Using Voice Prompt Setting a Start-up/Power-offToneSelect Start-upTone or Power-offTone and press Toenableordisablevoiceprompt Adjusting the Phone’s Volume Settings Setting Up Key Press EchoToadjusttheringerandkeyvolume ToturnKeyPressEchoonoroff Toadjusttheapplicationvolume Toadjusttheearpieceorspeakervolume Tosetalerts Alert Notification ToactivateSilenceAll Silence AllTodeactivateSilenceAll TodisplaythedefaultgreetingSprint Display SettingsChanging theTextGreeting Todisplayorchangeyourcustomgreeting Changing the BacklightTime Length Tochangethebacklightsetting Changing the Display Screen Animation Select Standby, OutgoingCalls, or ServiceSearch, and pressChanging the Display for Incoming Calls Tosettheanimationdisplay Tosetyourareanamedisplay Changing the Display for Area Name Tosetyourstandbydisplay Changing the Display for Standby Mode Changing the Background Changing the Screen SaverToassignascreensaver Tochangethedisplay’sbackground Changing the FontSize Changing the ContrastTochangethedisplay’scontrast Tochangethefontsize Setting Sleep Mode Setting Return to StandbyModeTosetthisfeature Tosetsleepmode Toturnyourphone’sLocationfeatureonoroff Location Settings ToturnAirplaneModeonoroff Airplane Mode ToturnTTY modeonoroff TTY UseWith SprintPCS Service Shortcut Phone Setup OptionsToassignyourshortcutkey Toedittheshortcutname Tounassigntheshortcut Auto AnswerModeTosetAutoAnswermode Select CarKit/Headset or Speakerphone and press Toassignalanguageforthephone’sdisplay Setting the CurrentTimeDisplay Language ToactivatetheOpenFlipfeature Setting the Open/Close Flip OptionToactivatetheCloseFlipfeature Setting the Side Key Guard Setting Any Key AnswerToturnanykeyansweronoroff ToturntheSideKeyGuardonoroff Toactivatethisfeature Setting Abbreviated DialingTosetyourprependnumber Toconnecttheheadset Setting HeadsetModeTosetheadsetmode EditingPresetMessages Setting Message NotificationToedityourphone’spresetmessages Tosetmessagenotification Tosetthecallbacknumber Setting a Callback Number Tosetyoursignature SettingYour Signature Setting Your Phone’s Security Setting Your Phone’s SecurityYour Phone’s Security UsingYour Phone’s Lock Features Accessing the Security MenuToaccesstheSecuritymenu LockingYour Phone Tounlockyourphone UnlockingYour Phone Toactivatelockservices Lock ServicesChanging the Lock Code Select VoiceCalls, PCSVision, or ReadyLink and press Restricting Calls Calling in Lock ModeToplaceanoutgoingcallinlockmode Torestrictcalls Erasingthe Contacts Directory Using Special NumbersToaddorreplaceaspecialnumber Toresetyourphone ResettingYour PhoneErasingAll Downloads ToerasealldatadownloadedfromtheWeb Toactivatethisfeature,thefollowingpresettingisrequired ResettingandLockingYourPhone ThroughSMS ChangingthePasscode TodisableSprintPCSVisionservices Security Features for SprintPCSVisionSMToenableSprintPCSVisionservices Controlling Your Roaming Experience Controlling Your Roaming Experience RecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreen Understanding RoamingRoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks RoamingonAnalogNetworks Roaming CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming SettingYour Phone’s Roam ModeSetMode Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming ToturnCallGuardonoroff ControllingRoamingChargesUsing CallGuard ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon MenuNavigation MenuStructure ViewingtheMenus Navigating Through MenusNavigating Through Menus Menu Structure Menu NavigationSelectingMenuItems BackingUpWithinaMenu Viewing the Menus MenuDiagramShortcuts Downloads Settings100 Navigating Through Menus 101 102 Tools/Extras Managing Call History 103 Managing Call History ToviewaCallHistoryentry ViewingHistory104 Managing Call History 105 Call History Options ToplaceacallfromCallHistory Making a CallFrom Call HistorySelect Outgoing, Incoming or Missed and press CallSpeakerOn, and press Managing Call History 107 TosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistory 108 ToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory ToeraseCallHistory ErasingCall HistoryManaging Call History 109 110 Using the Contacts Directory 111 Using the Contacts Directory Addinga New Contacts Entry Displayingthe Contacts ListTodisplayyourcontactslist Toaddanewentry FindingContacts ListEntries Using the Contacts Directory 113FindingNames TofindContactslistentriesbyname TofindSprintPCSReadyLinkListentries FindingSpeedDialNumbersTofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinspeeddiallocations 114 Contacts ListEntry Options Using the Contacts Directory 115FindingVoiceDialNumbers TofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinVoiceDial Toaddaphonenumbertoanentry Adding a Phone Numberto a Contacts Entry116 Editinga Contacts Entry Using the Contacts Directory 117Tomakechangestoanentry Toerasetheselectedentry ToassignSpeedDial AssigningSpeed Dial Numbers118 Toassignanimageforanentry Using the Contacts Directory 119 Toselectaringertypeforanentry Selecting a Ringer for an Entry120 SecretContacts Entries Using the Contacts Directory 121Tomakeanentrysecret Tomakeanentrypublic Todialaservice DialingSprintPCS Services122 123 Using the Phone’s Scheduler and Tools Managing the Calendar Setting HolidaysDisplayingYour Calendar Adding an Eventto the Scheduler UsingYour Phone’s SchedulerToaddanevent 125 126 Event Alerts Torespondtoaneventalert Event Alert Menu127 Adding a Call Alarm to the Scheduler Using the Call AlarmFeatureToaddacallalarmtotheScheduler 128 Call Alarm Menu Call Alarm AlertsTorespondtoacallalarm 129 Toeditaneventorcallalarm Editing an Eventor Call AlarmToviewafutureorpastday’sscheduledevents 130 Erasing an Eventor Call Alarm Using the To Do ListAddingTo Do ListItems EditingTo Do ListItems Viewing theTo Do ListAdding aTo Do ListItem to the Scheduler TodeleteToDoListitems Deleting Items From theTo DoList133 Toviewavailablememoryspaceandoptions Viewing Memory inYour Scheduler134 Personal Information Management Purging All Events, Call Alarms, or To Do ListItemsDisplayingYour User Address Displaying theVersion Information Finding Icon DefinitionsDisplaying Advanced Information Toviewanexplanationoficonsthatappearonthedisplay Using the Alarm Clock UsingYour Phone’sToolsTousethealarmclock 137 Tostopthealarm Using the World ClockToviewtheworldclockdisplay 138 Tostartthestopwatch Using the StopWatchTorecordalaptimewhilethestopwatchisrunning Todisplaythestopwatchoptions Tousethecalculator Using the Calculator140 ToupdateyourphonethroughtheTools/Extrasmenu ToupdateyourphoneUpdatingYour Phone 141 Confirming the Downloaded Data Downloading FilesThrough SprintPCSVisionTodownloadafilefromtheDownloadsmenu Toconfirmthedownloadeddata 143 ToconfirmyourContentManager Downloaded Data Options SelectingDownloadSettingsAssigningtheDownloadedData ViewingtheDownloadedDataSize SortingtheDownloadedDataTosortdownloadedfiles Toviewthedatasize ViewingtheMemorySpace Erasingthe Downloaded DataToviewtheavailablememoryspace Toerasetheselecteddownloadeddata Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 147 Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Making a Call UsingVoice-Activated Dialing Using Voice-Activated DialingTouseavoicedialtagtocallaphonenumber 148 Programming Voice DialTags Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 149Toprogramavoicedialtag Toreviewvoicedialtags ReviewingVoice DialTagsSelect Review or ReviewSpeaker and press 150 Erasing AllVoice DialTags Managing Voice MemosRecordingVoice Memos Torecordtheotherparty’svoiceduringaphonecall ToendtherecordingofyourmemoToendtherecordingduringaphonecall 152 ReviewingVoice Memos Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 153Toplaythevoicememosyouhaverecorded Toeraseallvoicememos ErasingVoice MemosToeraseindividualmemos 154 Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 155 Setting Up Screen CallActivating Screen Call TostartScreenCallwhenyouhaveincomingcalls RecordingYourNameforaPre-Recorded Announcement Selecting an Announcementfor Screen CallToselectaScreenCallannouncement Torecordyourname Recording a Customized Announcement Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 157Torecordanannouncement Erasing an Announcement Reviewing an AnnouncementToreviewanannouncement Toeraseanannouncement Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 159 Using Sprint PCS Ready LinkSM ToenableordisableSprintPCSReadyLinkmode SettingSprintPCS Ready Link ModeGetting StartedWith SprintPCS Ready Link 160 Ready Link Call Alerts Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 161 Displaying the SprintPCS Ready Link List Making and Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link CallSprintPCSReadyLinkDisplayScreens 162 Selecting a Contacts List Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 163 ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyselectingacontact Making aSprintPCS Ready Link Call 1-to-1 Call164 Making aSprintPCS Ready Link Call Group Call Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 165ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkGroupcall ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyenteringanumber Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call by Entering a Number166 MissedCallNotificationforSprintPCS ReadyLinkCalls Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 167TocallthelastMissedSprintPCSReadyLinkcall TodisplaytheMissedReadyLinkCallLog ToreceiveaSprintPCSReadyLinkcall Receiving aSprintPCS Ready Link Call168 TocopyanentryfromtheSprintPCSReadyLinkList Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 169 Tosavethenumberfromtheendcalldisplay Saving aSprintPCS Ready Link NumberTofindaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry 170 SprintPCS Ready Link Options Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 171 Editing a ContactinYour Personal List Adding a New ContacttoYour Personal ListToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkcontact ToeditaPersonalListcontact Adding a New Group toYour Personal Group List Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 173ToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkgroupentry Toeditagroupname Editing a Group inYour Personal Group List174 ErasingReady Link ListEntries Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 175Erasing an Entry inYour Personal Listor Personal Group List Toeraseacontactoragroup Toeraseagroupmember Erasing a SprintPCS Ready Link ListToeraseaSprintPCSReadyLinkList 176 Updating the Company Lists and Personal Lists Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 177 ToassignSpeedDialingforSprintPCSReadyLinkentries Assigning Speed Dialingfor SprintPCS Ready Link EntriesTouseSpeedDialforaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry 178 Setting Ready Link Guard Restarting the SprintPCS Ready Link ServiceTorestarttheSprintPCSReadyLinkservice Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 179 Setting RingerTypesfor SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Setting an AlertNotification for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsTosetalertsforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls 180 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 181 Setting the Speakerphonefor SprintPCS Ready Link CallsSelect ReadyLinkCalls or R-LinkMissed and press Tosetthespeakerphoneonoroff Setting the Floor Display of the SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Setting the DefaultView of the SprintPCS Ready Link ListToselectthedefaultviewoftheSprintPCSReadyLinkList Toselectthefloordisplay Sprint PCS Service Features 184 185 Sprint PCS Service Features Basics Setting UpYourVoicemail UsingVoicemailVoicemail Notification 186 NewVoicemail Message Alerts UsingOne-TouchMessageAccessRetrievingYourVoicemail Messages 188 UsingtheMenuKeysonYourPhonetoAccessYour Messages 189 VoicemailButtonGuide SettingUpGroupDistributionLists UsingExpertModeVoicemail Options ToturnExpertModeonoroff Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessage SprintPCSCallbackVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReply 191 Voicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwardingContinueRecording 192 ExtendedAbsenceGreeting Clearing the Message IconTocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen 193 Voicemail Menu Key DisplayingYourVoicemail DetailsTodisplayyourvoicemaildetails 194 195 New Messages Using SMSTextMessaging196 Todisplayatextmessagefromthemainmenu Displaying Messages197 Tosendatextmessage SendingaTextMessage198 199 To enter a message, select Message and press 200 SavetoDrafts to save the message to a Drafts folder FolderListOptions Message Options201 202 MessageListOptions 203 MessageDetailsOptions Changing the Display FontSize of a Message ToadjustthedisplayfontsizePrepending a Phone Number From a Message Toaddaprefixtoaphonenumber Toaddanewfolder Message Folders205 Toeditafolder Erasing MessagesToeraseanindividualmessage Toeraseselectedmessages Toswitchbacktothefirstcaller Using Caller IDResponding to CallWaiting Torespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall 208 TorespondtoanincomingcallwhenAnsweronHoldisactivated TomakeaThree-WayCall Making a Three-Way Call209 ToactivateCallForwarding Using Call ForwardingTodeactivateCallForwarding 210 Sprint PCS Vision 211 Sprint PCS Vision Your User Name Getting StartedWith SprintPCSVision212 UpdatingYourUserName ToupdateyourUserNameFindingYourUserName TofindyourUserName Launchinga SprintPCSVision Connection Connecting...PleasewaitTheSprintPCSVisionHomePage TolaunchaSprintPCSVisionconnection Net Guard TochangeyourNetGuardsettingsSprint PCS Vision 215 216 SprintPCSVision Connection Status and Indicators Softkeys Navigating theWebScrolling GoingBack Selecting Sprint PCS Vision 219 GoingHome Understanding Messaging SprintPCS MessagingViewing SprintPCS Picture MailSM ToviewSprintPCSPictureMailmessagesfromthemainmenu Sprint PCS Vision 221 Signing Up for Updates Accessing Email Messages Using EmailToaccessEmailmessages 222 TocomposeanEmailmessage Composing Email MessagesSprint PCS Vision 223 Using Alternate Email Providers Accessing Alternate Email ProvidersToaccessemailprovidersfromyourSprintPCSVisionPhone 224 Accessing InstantMessaging Using InstantMessagingSprint PCS Vision 225 Toaccessachatroomfromthebrowser ExperiencingWireless Online ChatSelect Messaging Topostamessage Toexitachatroom TosetupaprivatechatroomSprint PCS Vision 227 ToaccesstheSprintPCSVisiondownloadmenus AccessingtheDownloadMenusSelectinganItemtoDownload 228 Todownloadaselecteditem DownloadinganItemSprint PCS Vision 229 Games Accessing GamesDownloadingGames Todownloadanavailablegametoyourphone ToplayadownloadedgameonyourSprintPCSVisionPhone PlayingGamesToquitagame Sprint PCS Vision 231 Ringers Accessing RingersDownloadingRingers Todownloadanavailableringertoyourphone ToassignadownloadedringerfromtheDownloadsmenu AssigningDownloadedRingersSprint PCS Vision 233 PurchasingRingers ToassignadownloadedringerfromtheSettingsmenu234 Screen Savers Accessing Screen SaversDownloadingScreenSavers TodownloadanavailableScreenSavertoyourphone 236 AssigningDownloadedScreenSavers Sprint PCS Vision 237 PurchasingScreenSavers Exploring theWeb Web238 OpeningtheBrowserMenu Using the Browser MenuToopenthebrowsermenu Sprint PCS Vision 239 Tocreateabookmark CreatingaBookmark240 Toaccessabookmark AccessingaBookmarkEditingaBookmark Toeditabookmark MovingaBookmark DeletingaBookmarkTodeleteabookmark Tomoveabookmark ReloadingaWebPage GoingtoaSpecificWebsiteRestartingtheWebBrowser Toadjustthebrowsersoundvolume AdjustingtheBrowserSoundVolumeSendingaWebPage TosendaWebpage CanImakecallsanduseSprintPCS Visionservicesatthe sametime? SprintPCSVision FAQsHowdoIsign-inforthefirsttime? Whenismydataconnectionactive? Whenismydataconnectiondormant? CanIsignoutofdataservices?246 Sprint PCS Voice Command 247 Sprint PCS Voice Command It’sEasytoGetStarted GettingStartedWithSprintPCSVoice Command248 CreatingYour Own Address Book Sprint PCS Voice Command 249 250 TomakeacallwithSprintPCSVoiceCommand ToaccessinformationusingSprintPCSVoiceCommand Accessing Information Using SprintPCS Voice CommandSprint PCS Voice Command 251 252 Safety Warranty Information 254 Safety 255 Safety 256 Getting the MostOutofYour Reception UsingYourPhoneWhileDriving Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your PhoneFollowingSafetyGuidelines Safety 257 TurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying UsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevicesTurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas 258 RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhone Using Your Phone With a Hearing Aid DeviceSafety 259 Sanyo has an M3 rating 260 Getting the Best Hearing Device Experience With Your ProtectingYourBattery Caring for the BatterySafety 261 DisposalofLithiumIonLiIonBatteries SpecificAbsorptionRatesSARforWirelessPhones Acknowledging Special Precautions and the FCC NoticeFCC Notice Body-WornOperation Owner’s Record Safety 263Phone Guide Proprietary Notice FCCRadiofrequencyEmission 264 Manufacturer’sWarranty Manufacturer’s Warranty265 CustomerLimitedWarranty Manufacturer’sWarrantyWarranty 266 267 Warranty 268 269 Page 271 Index 272 Index 273 274