The following table describes the options:

Menu Item

Description

 

 

Always show

Display a welcome screen upon a successful connection to the

Welcome

network.

Screens

 

 

 

GO

Automatically connect to the network after Sprint Connection

automatically

Manager starts, or whenever Sprint Connection Manager

when ready

loses the network connection.

 

To select GO automatically when ready, ensure that Enable

 

Network Adapter (NDIS) (below) is not selected.

 

Tip: You can also set Sprint Connection Manager to start

 

automatically (see Launch when Windows starts” on page 79).

 

These settings provide an “always-on” connection, as long as you

 

have network coverage.

 

You can have a connection established automatically, without

 

having to run Sprint Connection Manager. Ensure that

 

GO automatically when ready is not selected, and select Enable

 

Network Adapter (NDIS) (below).

 

 

Enable

Make a connection automatically, without running

Network

Sprint Connection Manager—simply by starting whatever

Adapter

application you want to use (such as your Web browser or

(NDIS)

email application).

 

To select Enable Network Adapter (NDIS), ensure that GO

 

automatically when ready (above) is not selected.

 

 

Network

Attempt a Sprint Power Vision (1xEV-DO) connection and, if

Mode:

not successful, attempt the slower Sprint Vision (1X)

Automatic

connection.

 

 

Network

Attempt only a Sprint Power Vision (1xEV-DO) connection.

Mode:

Note: Sprint Location Services may not be supported. When in an

1xEV-DO

area that has only Sprint Vision (1X) coverage, you won’t be able to

Only

connect to the network.

 

 

 

Network

Attempt only a Sprint Vision (1X) connection (even when you

Mode:

have Sprint Power Vision [1xEV-DO] coverage, which provides

1XOnly

faster data transmission speeds).

 

Note: When in an area that has only Sprint Power Vision (1xEV-DO)

 

coverage, you won’t be able to connect to the network.

 

 

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Sprint Nextel 597E Menu Item Description, Welcome, Screens, When ready, Enable, Network, Adapter, Mode, Automatic, Only