Sprint Nextel i856 manual Group Connect, Answering Direct Connect Calls

MakingDirectConnectCallsFromContactsor RecentCalls

If you have numbers stored in Contacts (page 98) or Recent Calls (page 93), you can use these numbers to make calls.

1.Press / >Contacts or RecentCalls.

2.Highlight an entry and then press and hold the DC button to call the entry’s Direct Connect number.

Tip	You can make Direct Connect calls while viewing
	entry details on either list. Display the entry details or
	My Info from another phone (in Recent Calls) and
	press and hold the DC button.

MakingDirectConnectCallsUsingaVoiceName

If you have created a voice name in Contacts, say the voice name into your phone to enter the number.

1.Press and hold the Speaker button (s) until a prompt appears telling you to say the name.

2.Say the name. Your phone plays the name back to you.

3.Press and hold the DC button.

Answering Direct Connect Calls

When you receive a Direct Connect call, your phone emits a tone or vibrates. You then hear the voice of your caller.

1.Wait for the caller to finish speaking.

2.Press and hold the DC button. Continue as you would on any Direct Connect call.

3.Press . to end the call.

A Direct Connect call ends automatically after there is no activity on the call for several seconds.

Group Connect

A Group Connect call is similar to a Direct Connect call
to one user, but is made to multiple Direct Connect
subscribers at once. You can create Groups from your	Calls
phone and call up to 20 other Group Connect-
compatible phones* anywhere on the Nextel National	Making
Network. You can create a Group for one-time use or
store it to Contacts so you can call it at any time.
* Not all phones are Group Connect-compatible. See
www.nextel.com for more details on Group Connect.

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