Features ofYour Phone | Sprint Nextel LX160 specs

Features ofYour Phone

Congratulations on the purchase of your phone. The LX160by LGis lightweight, easy-to-use, and reliable, and it also offers many significant features and service options. The following list previews some of those features and provides page numbers where you can find out more:

Digitaldual-bandcapability allows you to make and receive calls while on the Sprint National Network and to roam onother and1900and800MHzdigitalnetworks where Sprint has implemented roaming agreements (page 66).

SprintVision provides access to the wireless Internet in digital mode (page 128).

Sprint Mail (page 137), SMS Text Messaging (page 121), and SMS Voice Messaging (page 122) provide quick and convenient messaging capabilities.

SprintVoice Command lets you dial phone numbers by speaking someone’s name or the digits of that person’s phone number (page 152).

Games, ringers, screen savers, and other applications can be downloaded to make your phone as unique as you are (page 139). Additional charges may apply.

Your Contacts list allows you to store up to 500 entries, with up to five phone numbers per entry (page 78).

The built-in Calendar offers several personal information management features to help you manage your busy lifestyle (page 90).

Your phone is equipped with a Location feature for use in connection with location-based services that may be available in the future (page 49).

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Sprint Nextel LX160 manual Features ofYour Phone

Contents

Phone User Guide Sprint Vision Phone LX160 by LG Table of Contents Setting Your Phone’s Roam Mode Controlling Your Roaming Experience 109 103110 SprintVision Important Safety Information SprintVoice CommandManufacturer’s Warranty Page Introduction Your Phone USE Your PHONE’S WEB Browser Bluetooth Add New Settings Messaging WebTools Iii Voice Services My ContentCall History Contacts Settings Text Entry Auto-Capital Getting Started Setting Up Service Setting Up ServiceThis Section Setting UpYour Phone Getting StartedWith SprintService DeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivatedUnlockingYourPhone Tounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps Tosetupyourvoicemail Setting UpYour VoicemailVoicemailPasscode Account Password VoicemailPassword Sprint Account PasswordsSprintVisionPassword ReachingSprintCustomerService Getting Help ReceivingAutomatedBillingInformation SprintOperatorServicesSprint411 Your Phone Your Phone The Basics Your Phone The Basics Your Phone Phone Basics Key Functions Earpiece lets you hear the caller and automated prompts Viewing the Display Screen Your Phone The Basics Features ofYour Phone Your Phone The Basics TurningYour Phone On and Off TurningYourPhoneOnTurningYourPhoneOff Toturnyourphoneon UsingYour Phone’s Batteryand Charger BatteryCapacity InstallingtheBattery RemovingtheBatteryToinstalltheLi-Ionbattery Toremoveyourbattery UsingthePhoneCharger ChargingtheBatteryTousethephonechargerprovidedwithyourphone NavigatingThrough Phone Menus SelectingMenuItems DisplayingYour Phone Number BackingUpWithinaMenuTogotothepreviousmenu Toreturntostandbymode Making and Answering Calls TomakeacallusingyourkeypadMaking Calls Dialing Options Answering Calls Toansweranincomingcall Missed Call Notification AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabledEndingaCall Enhanced911E911Information Calling Emergency NumbersToexitEmergencymode In-Call Options Savinga Phone Number End-of-Call OptionsTosaveanumberfromstandbymode Mobile/Home/Office/Pager/Fax/None Finding a Phone NumberTofindaphonenumber Todialorsavephonenumberswithpauses Dialing and Saving Phone Numbers With PausesSelect either Hardpause or 2-secpause TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialing Plus + Code DialingDialing Fromthe Contacts TodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry TouseOne-TouchDialingforspeeddiallocations1-9 Using Speed DialingTouseTwo-TouchDialingforspeeddiallocations10-99 Selectinga Character InputMode EnteringTextTochangethecharacterinputmode Entering Characters Using T9TextInput ToenterawordusingT9TextInput Entering Characters byTapping the Keypad AddingaWordtotheT9DatabaseToaddawordtotheT9TextInputdatabase Toentercharactersbytappingthekeypad Toenternumbers ToentersymbolsToenteremoticonssmileys Toenterpresetsuffix ToenterpresetmessagesSelect SendMessageTextMessage Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Sound Settings Your Phone’s SettingsRingerTypes SelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls Selecting aTone Length Selecting aToneVolumeSelectingRingerTypesforMessages Adjusting the Phone’sVolume Settings Toadjustyourphone’svolumesettingsPress MenuSettingsSoundsVolume Toenableordisablealertsounds Silence All Display SettingsChanging theTextGreeting Tochangethebacklightsetting Press MenuSettingsDisplayMainScreenBacklightChanging the BacklightTime Length Changing the Display Screen Select CallerID or NoCallerID Select Preloaded or MyContent Changing the Display Screen for Incoming CallsChanging the Phone’s Menu Style Tosettheincomingcallsdisplay Changing theTheme Color Changing the Clock DisplayTochangethedisplay’sthemecolor Tochangetheclock’sappearanceonthestandbyscreen Changing the Keypad LightTime Length Changing theTextInputFontChanging the Status LightMode Location Settings Toassignalanguageforthephone’sdisplayPress MenuSettingsDisplayLanguage Toenableyourphone’sLocationfeature Messaging Settings Select MenuSettingsMessagingNotificationDisplayingPop-upMessages Todisplaypop-upmessages SettingMessageReminders CallbackNumberDeletingOldMessages DeliveryReceipt ManagingPresetMessages ToeditordeleteapresetmessageAddingaCustomizedSignature Toaddacustomizedsignaturetoeachsentmessage Press MenuSettingsMessagingVoiceSMSOptions ToaddanewpresetmessageSMSVoiceOptions Airplane Mode TosetyourphonetoAirplaneMode TTY UseWith SprintService To turn TTY mode off ToturnTTY Modeonoroff Phone Setup Options Shortcuts using navigation keyCall Answer Mode Toassignyourshortcutkey Abbreviated Dialing Auto Answer ModeContacts Match Setting Your Phone’s Security Accessing the Security Menu UsingYour Phone’s Lock FeatureLockingYour Phone UnlockingYour Phone Calling in Lock Mode Using Special NumbersChangingthe Lock Code Erasingthe Contacts List RestrictingYour PhoneToeraseallthenamesandphonenumbersinyourContacts Torestrictyourphone Erasing Private Browser Data Select ContactsOnly, Special#sOnly, or Unlock and pressTorestrictapplicationsuchasInternetbrowser Toeraseprivatebrowserdata ResettingFavorites Erasing My ContentErasingVoicetags Resetting DefaultSettings ResettingYour PhoneToresetdefaultsettings Toresetphone Controlling Your Roaming Experience Controlling Your Roaming Experience RecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreen Understanding RoamingRoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming SettingYour Phone’s Roam Mode Set ModePress MenuSettingsMore...RoamingSetMode Tosetyourphone’sroammode Using Call Guard Press MenuSettingsMore...RoamingCallGuardToturnCallGuardonoroff ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon Using Data Roam Guard ToturnDataRoamGuardonoroff Managing Call History Managing Call History Viewing History ToviewaCallHistoryentry Call History Options ToplaceacallfromCallHistory Making a Call FromCall HistoryTosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistory Prepending a Phone NumberFrom Call History ToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory ToeraseCallHistory ErasingCall HistoryPress MenuCallHistoryDeleteCallHistory Using Contacts Using Contacts Toaddanewentry Addinga New Contacts EntryPress MenuContactsFind/AddEntry FindingContacts Entries FindingNamesFindingGroupEntries TofindContactsentriesbyname Tofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinspeeddiallocations FindingSpeedDialNumbersPress MenuContactsSpeedDial#s Contacts Entry Options AddingaPhoneNumbertoaContactsEntry Toaddaphonenumbertoanentry Toeditanentry’sphonenumber Assigning Speed Dial NumbersToassignaspeeddialnumbertoanewphonenumber Toassignaspeeddialnumbertoanexistingphonenumber ToaccesstoMyNameCard TosendContactsviaBluetoothMy Name Card ToeditMyNameCard Editinga Contacts Entry Send All ContactsSelecting a Ringer Type for an Entry Dialing SprintServices TodialaservicefromyourContactsPress MenuContactsServices Todialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad Wireless Backup Press MenuContactsWirelessBackup Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools UsingYour Phone’s Calendar Adding an Eventto the CalendarToaddanevent Press MenuToolsScheduler Event Alerts Event Alert Menu Going toToday’s Calendar Menu Viewing EventsErasing a Day’s Events Purging Events Purging All EventsTodeleteeventsscheduledbeforeaspecifictimeanddate Press MenuToolsSchedulerOptionsright softkey DeleteOld Tousethealarmclock UsingYour Phone’s Alarm ClockPress MenuToolsAlarmClock UsingYour Phone’sTools UsingYour Phone’s NotepadUsing EzTips Using the Calculator World ClockTousethecalculator Toviewthetimeinover52differentlocations ManagingVoiceMemos UsingVoice-ActivatedDialing Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Managing Voice Memos Recording Voice Memos Voice Memo Options ErasingVoice MemosTo play the voice memos you have recorded To erase all voice memos UsingVoice-Activated Dialing Press MenuVoiceServicesVoiceDialProgrammingVoice DialTags To program a voice dial tag ReviewingVoice DialTags Accessing theVoice Dial PromptErasing AllVoice DialTags Using Bluetooth 103 Turning Bluetooth On and Off BluetoothStatusIndicatorsToturnBluetoothon ToturnBluetoothoff Using the Bluetooth SettingsMenu Bluetooth SettingsVisibilityToaccesstheBluetoothsettingsmenu 105 Bluetooth Settings Device Information Bluetooth Settings Device NameBluetooth transfer audio function Bluetooth Profiles 107 TopairyourphonewithanotherBluetoothdevice PairingBluetooth DevicesAddDevice Sprint Service Features Sprint Service Features Basics Sprint Service Features The Basics Setting UpYourVoicemail UsingVoicemail111 Voicemail Notification NewVoicemail Message AlertsTo call your voicemail To display your Missed Log RetrievingYourVoicemail Messages UsingOne-TouchMessageAccess113 UsingExpertMode Voicemail OptionsVoicemailKeyGuide ToturnExpertModeonoroff SettingUpGroupDistributionLists SprintCallbackVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessage 115 Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwarding Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReplyVoicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest Clearing the Message Icon ContinueRecordingExtendedAbsenceGreeting Tocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen Voicemail Menu Key Using SMSTextMessaging TocomposeanSMSTextmessageusingtheTEXTkeyComposing SMSTextMessages 119 Or use the preset messages or smileys emoticons and press TocomposeanSMSTextmessage Accessing SMSTextMessages ToreadanSMSTextmessageToreplytoanSMSTextmessage 121 Using SMSVoice Messaging Using PresetMessagesToaddoreditpresetmessages Playing an SMSVoice Message Accessing SMSVoice Messages Composing SMSVoice Messages Using Caller ID Toswitchbacktothefirstcaller Responding to CallWaitingTorespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall 125 Making aThree-Way Call TomakeaThree-WayCall Using Call Forwarding ToactivateCallForwardingTodeactivateCallForwarding 127 Sprint Vision Sprint Vision SprintVision Applications 129 Getting StartedWith SprintVision Your User Name FindingYourUserName Launchinga SprintVision ConnectionSprintVision Home TochangeyourNetGuardsettings VisionConnectingNet Guard SprintVision Connection Status and Indicators 133 Softkeys Navigating theWebScrolling Selecting GoingBack Accessing Messaging Sprint MessagingMessageTypes GoingHome Accessing SprintMail ToaccessSprintMailfromyourphoneSelect Menu MessagingIM&Email 137 AccessingAdditionalEmailProviders AccessingWirelessChatroomsToaccessemailprovidersfromyourphone Toaccessachatroomfromthebrowser AccessingtheDownloadMenus ToaccesstheSprintVisiondownloadmenusPress MenuMyContent 139 DownloadinganItem SelectinganItemtoDownloadTodownloadaselecteditem ToaccessMyContentManager UsingMyContentManager141 TodownloadpurchasedcontentfromMyContentManager Exploring the Web Using the Browser Menu143 OpeningtheBrowserMenu Toopenthebrowsermenu Tocreateabookmark CreatingaBookmark145 AccessingaBookmark ToaccessabookmarkDeletingaBookmark Select ViewBookmarks ReloadingaWebPage GoingtoaSpecificWebsiteRestartingtheWebBrowser SprintVision FAQs CanIsignoutofdataservices? 149 Setting Up a Data ConnectionWithYour PC UsingYour SprintPhone as a ModemTosetupyourphone-to-PCdataconnection 151 Sprint Voice Command Sprint Voice Command Getting StartedWith Sprint Voice Command Voice CommandIt’sEasytoGetStarted 153 CreatingYour Own Address Book TomakeacallwithSprintVoiceCommand 155 Accessing InformationUsing SprintVoice Command ToaccessinformationusingSprintVoiceCommand Safety and Warranty Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information General Precautions 159 Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your Phone UsingYourPhoneWhileDrivingFollowingSafetyGuidelines UsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhone TurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlyingTurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas 161 Caring for the Battery ProtectingYourBattery Radio Frequency RF Energy 163 SpecificAbsorptionRateSARforWirelessPhones Bluetooth QD ID B012711FCCRadioFrequencyEmission PCSmodePart24 Phone Guide Proprietary Notice Owner’s Record165 Manufacturer’sWarranty Manufacturer’s WarrantyWarranty Manufacturer’sWarranty Warranty 167 Whatlgwilldo Howtogetwarrantyservice Warranty 169 Index Index Index 171 Index