Controlling Your Phone’s Settings

Section 2B

In This Section

♦SoundSettings

♦DisplaySettings

♦LocationSettings

♦MessagingSettings

♦AirplaneMode

♦TTYUseWithSprintPCSService

♦PhoneSetupOptions

UsingthemenuoptionsavailableonyourSprintPCSPhone, youcancustomizeyourphonetosound,look,andoperatejust thewayyouwantitto. This section describes how you can change your phone’s settings to best suit your needs. Take a few moments to review these options and to adjust or add settings that are right for you.

Your Phone’s Settings

Section 2B: Controlling Your Phone’s Settings

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Sprint Nextel PM-225 manual Controlling Your Phone’s Settings

PM-225 specifications

The Sprint Nextel PM-225 is a notable device that made waves in the mobile communications landscape, particularly during the height of the convergence between mobile telephony and internet services. This device was crafted to cater to the growing demand for functionality, portability, and design, marking a significant step in the evolution of mobile technology.

One of the standout features of the PM-225 is its compact size, making it easy to carry and operate with one hand. Its sleek design is not only appealing but also designed for durability, reflecting the rugged nature of many devices that emerged during this era. The phone boasts a clear, backlit display that offers an enhanced viewing experience, allowing users to easily navigate through menus and applications.

In terms of connectivity, the Sprint Nextel PM-225 supports both CDMA and iDEN networks, showcasing Sprint Nextel's commitment to providing versatile communication options. This dual-network capability allowed users to enjoy seamless communication, whether they were making phone calls, sending text messages, or utilizing Nextel's renowned push-to-talk feature. The integrated push-to-talk functionality enabled instant communication, making it an excellent choice for professionals needing quick coordination.

The PM-225 is equipped with a user-friendly interface that facilitates ease of use. The menu layout is intuitive, allowing users to access features like voicemail, contacts, and messaging with minimal effort. Additionally, the device comes with customizable ringtones and wallpapers, allowing users to personalize their phone according to their preferences.

Another characteristic of the device is its battery life, which is substantial for a phone of its generation. Users could enjoy extended talk times and standby periods, making it a reliable companion for both work and leisure. The device also comes with a built-in speakerphone, enhancing hands-free communication.

For those who value multimedia, the PM-225 includes capabilities for basic photo capturing and multimedia messaging, allowing users to share moments quickly. Although it may not compare with today's smartphones, it laid the groundwork for future advancements in mobile technology.

In summary, the Sprint Nextel PM-225 combines essential features and technologies to deliver a practical telecommunications experience. Its robust design, versatile connectivity, user-friendly interface, and decent multimedia capabilities position it as a noteworthy device in the history of mobile communication.

Contents

Sprint PCS VisionSM Picture Phone PM-225 by LG Sprint PCS ServicePage Table of Contents 2E. Navigating Through Menus 2D. Controlling Your Roaming Experience 103 2J. Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera3A. Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics 137 3B. Sprint PCS Vision 3C. Sprint PCS Voice Command4A. Safety 4B. Manufacturer’s Warranty Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Sprintiscommittedtobringingyouthebestwireless Introduction Getting Started Page This Section Setting Up ServiceSetting Up Service Tounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps Getting StartedWith SprintPCS ServiceDeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivated UnlockingYourPhone Tosetupyourvoicemail Setting UpYourVoicemail 888-211-4PCS4727 SprintPCS AccountPasswordsAccount Password VoicemailPassword SprintPCSVisionPassword Getting Help ReachingSprintCustomerService Press ToaccessautomatedinvoicinginformationReceivingAutomatedInvoicingInformation SprintPCSDirectoryAssistance ToaccessSprintPCSOperatorServices SprintPCSOperatorServicesPage Your Sprint PCS Phone Page Your Sprint PCS Phone The Basics Your Sprint PCS Phone The BasicsPhone Basics FrontView ofYour Phone Key Functions Press Left to view your Scheduler Press Right to Find/AddEntry Hold Viewing the Display Screen Indicates ringer/vibrate mode is set Features ofYour SprintPCS Phone Phone Basics Toturnyourphoneon TurningYour Phone On and OffTurningYourPhoneOn TurningYourPhoneOff ToinstalltheLiIonbattery BatteryCapacityInstallingtheBattery Toremoveyourbattery RemovingtheBattery Tousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone ChargingtheBatteryUsingtheCharger Making Calls TomakeacallusingyourkeypadDisplayingYour Phone Number Making and Answering Calls Dialing Options Toansweranincomingcall Answering Calls EndingaCall AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabledMissed Call Notification In-Call Options Calling Emergency Numbers Tosaveanumberfromstandbymode End-of-Call OptionsSavinga Phone Number Tofindaphonenumber Finding a Phone Number Todialorsavephonenumberswithpauses Dialing and Saving Phone Numbers With Pauses TodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialingDialing Fromthe Contacts Plus + Code Dialing TouseOne-TouchDialingforSpeedDiallocations2-9 Using One-Touch/Two-Touch Speed DialingUsing Abbreviated Dialing ToplaceacallusingAbbreviatedDialing Tochangethecharacterinputmode EnteringTextSelectinga Character InputMode If you make a mistake, press Entering Characters UsingT9TextInputToenterawordusingT9TextInput ToaddawordtotheT9TextInputdatabase AddingaWordtotheT9Database Toentercharactersbytappingthekeypad EnteringCharacters byTapping the Keypad Toenternumbers Entering Numbers, Symbols, Smileys and Preset MessagesToentersymbols ToenterPresetmessages Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s SettingsYour Phone’s Settings VoiceMemo Sound SettingsRingerTypes SelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls Scroll to VoicemailAlertsor MessageAlertsand SelectingRingerTypesforMessagesToselectaringertypeformessages Selecting a KeyToneLength Adjusting the Phone’sVolumeSettingsToadjustyourphone’svolumesettings Scroll to Ringer,Earpiece,KeyBeep,Application,orPower ToactivateSilenceAll ToenableordisablealertsoundsAlert Notification Silence All Changing the BacklightTime Length Display SettingsTochangethebacklightsetting Changing theTextGreeting Tochangethedisplayimages Changing the Display Screen Tosettheincomingcallsdisplay Toadjustthedisplay’scontrastChanging the Display Screen for Incoming Calls Changing the Contrast Tochangethedisplay’sthemeskin Changing the Phone’s Menu StyleChanging theTheme Skin Toselectthedisplay’smenustyle To change the text input font Changing the Clock DisplayChanging theTextInputFont Tochangetheclock’sappearanceonthestandbyscreen Tochangethestatuslightmode Changing the Power Save ModeTochangethepowersavemode Changing the Status LightMode Toenableyourphone’sLocationfeature Location Settings Todisplaypop-upmessages Messaging SettingsDisplayingPop-upMessages Toaddacustomizedsignaturetoeachsentmessage CallbackNumberAddingaCustomizedSignature ToaddanewPresetMessage ManagingPresetMessagesToeditordeleteaPresetMessage TosetyourphonetoAirplaneMode Airplane Mode TTY UseWith SprintPCS Service Press From standby Mode off To turn TTY DownNavigation and press OK Phone Setup OptionsShortcuts Toassignyourshortcutkey TosetAuto-Answermode Call Answer ModeAuto-Answer Mode Tosetcallanswermode Tosetyourdialingmatchoptions Dialing Match Plus Code Dialing AutoVolumeTosetautovolume Display Language Toassignalanguageforthephone’sdisplayPage Setting Your Phone’s Security Setting Your Phone’s Security LockingYour Phone Accessing the Security MenuUsingYour Phone’s Lock Feature ToaccesstheSecuritymenu Changingthe Lock Code Calling in Lock ModeUnlockingYour Phone Locking Pictures Select Unlock, RestrictAll, SpecialNumbers, or Contacts RestrictingYour PhoneTorestrictyourphone Toaddorreplaceaspecialnumber Using Special Numbers Toeraseallthenamesandphonenumbersinyour Contacts ToupdatepicturemailprofileErasingthe Contacts UpdatingYour Picture Mail Profile Toresetyourphone ResettingYour Phone ToenableSprintPCSVisionservices Security Featuresfor SprintPCSVisionSMEnabling and Disabling SprintPCSVision Services TodisableSprintPCSVisionservices Controlling Your Roaming Experience Controlling Your Roaming Experience RoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks Understanding RoamingRecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreen RoamingonAnalogNetworks Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming Tosetyourphone’sroammode SettingYour Phone’s Roam ModeSet Mode Select RoamCall Using Call GuardToturnCallGuardonoroff ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon Page Navigating Through Menus Navigating Through Menus SelectingMenuItems Menu NavigationMenu Structure Togotothepreviousmenu MenuDiagramViewing the Menus BackingUpWithinaMenu Contacts Find/Add Entry Groups Speed Dials Voice Dials Voice ServicesSettings Call History Outgoing Calls Incoming Calls Missed Calls Loud beeps Contacts Only Managing Call History Managing Call History ToviewaCallHistoryentry Viewing History Call History Options TosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistory Making a Call FromCall HistorySaving a Phone Number From Call History ToplaceacallfromCallHistory ToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory Prepending a Phone NumberFrom Call History Select CallHistory ErasingCall HistoryToeraseCallHistory Using the Contacts Using the Contacts Toaddanewentry Addinga New Contacts Entry TofindContactsentriesbyname FindingContacts EntriesFindingNames Tofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinspeeddiallocations FindingGroupEntriesFindingSpeedDialNumbers Tofindentriesdesignatedaspartofagroup TofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinVoiceDial Contacts Entry OptionsFindingVoiceDialNumbers Toaddaphonenumbertoanentry AddingaPhoneNumbertoaContactsEntry Toeditanentry’sphonenumber Editing a ContactsEntry’s Phone Number ToassignaSpeedDialnumbertoanexistingphonenumber AssigningSpeed Dial NumbersToassignaSpeedDialnumbertoanewphonenumber Torecordanewvoicedial CreatingVoice DialTags 100 Editinga Contacts EntryTomakechangestoanentry Toselectaringertypeforanentry Using the Contacts 101Selecting a Ringer Type for an Entry AccountInfo SprintOperator VoiceCommand Dialing SprintPCS ServicesTodialaservicefromyourContacts Todialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools 103 Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools 104 UsingYour Phone’s CalendarAdding an Eventto the Calendar Toaddanevent Highlight None, Ontime, 5minutes, 10minutes Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools 105Event Alerts Highlight None, Daily, Mon-Fri,Weekly, Monthly, or 106 Event Alert MenuViewing Events Toviewyourscheduledevents TogototheCalendarmenufortoday’sdate Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools 107Going toToday’s Calendar Menu Erasing a Day’s Events Todeleteallscheduledevents Purging EventsPurging All Events Todeleteeventsscheduledbeforeaspecifictimeanddate Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools 109 UsingYour Phone’s Alarm ClockTousethealarmclock Todeletesavednotes UsingYour Phone’s NotepadTocomposeanote Toreadasavednote Toquicklyandeasilycalculatetipamounts UsingYour Phone’sToolsUsing EZTips Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools 111 Toviewthetimeinoverfiftydifferentlocations Using the CalculatorWorld Clock Tousethecalculator Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 113 UsingVoice-ActivatedDialing ManagingVoiceMemos To program a voice dial tag UsingVoice-Activated DialingSelect VoiceServices ProgrammingVoice DialTags To review voice dial tags Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 115ReviewingVoice DialTags Erasing AllVoice DialTags Recording Voice Memos ManagingVoice Memos To play the voice memos you have recorded Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 117Voice Memo Options ErasingVoice Memos 118 Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 119 Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 120 Taking PicturesTotakeapicture Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 121 122 CreatingYour SprintPCS Picture MailSM PasswordTocreateyourSprintPCSPictureMailpassword Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 123 Camera Mode Options 124 Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 125 SettingtheSelfTimerToactivatetheSelfTimerandgetyourselfinthepicture TocanceltheSelfTimerafterithasstarted 126 Sharing SprintPCS Picture MailSMSharing SprintPCS Picture Mail From In Camera ToshareSprintPCSPictureMailfromtheInCamerafolder ToshareSprintPCSPictureMailfromtheMessagingmenu Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 127 Camera Saved to Phone ToaccesstheimagesStoring Pictures Camera Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 129 130 Saved to PhoneToviewSavedtoPhoneimages ToviewOnlineAlbums Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 131Online Albums 132 Using the SprintPCS Picture MailWebsiteToaccesstheSprintPCSPictureMailWebsite Managing SprintPCS Picture MailSM ToviewyouronlineSprintPCSPictureMailfromyourphone Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 133Managing Online Pictures FromYour Phone 134 Sharing Online SprintPCS Picture MailHighlight PhoneBook or OnlineAddr.Book and press OK Toshareanalbumfromonlinemode Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 135 Accessing Online Picture Options FromYour PhoneToaccessonlinepictureoptionsfromyourphone 136 ToaccessyouronlinealbumsoptionsfromyourPhone Sprint PCS Service Features 138 139 Sprint PCS Service Features Basics 140 UsingVoicemailSetting UpYourVoicemail To display your Missed Log Voicemail NotificationNewVoicemail Message Alerts To call your voicemail 142 UsingOne-TouchMessageAccessUsingtheMenuKeysonYourPhonetoAccessYour Messages RetrievingYourVoicemail Messages 143 VoicemailButtonGuide ToturnExpertModeonoroff UsingExpertModeSettingUpGroupDistributionLists Voicemail Options Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwarding SprintPCSCallbackVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessage Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReply 146 Voicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequestContinueRecording ExtendedAbsenceGreeting 147 Clearing the Message IconTocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen 148 Voicemail Menu Key 149 150 Using SMSTextMessagingComposing SMSTextMessages TocomposeanSMSTextmessage 151 RecentList to select a recipient from your recent messages 152 Accessing SMSTextMessagesToreadanSMSTextmessage ToreplytoanSMSTextmessage 153 Using Caller ID 154 ToswitchbacktothefirstcallerResponding to CallWaiting Torespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall 155 Making aThree-Way CallTomakeaThree-WayCall 156 Using Call ForwardingToactivateCallForwarding Sprint PCS Vision 157 Sprint PCS Vision 158 SprintPCSVision Applications Sprint PCS Vision 159 Getting StartedWith SprintPCSVisionYour User Name 160 FindingYourUserNameTofindyourUserName TolaunchaSprintPCSVisionconnection VisionConnectingLaunchinga SprintPCSVision Connection Sprint PCS Vision Home 162 TochangeyourNetGuardsettingsNet Guard Sprint PCS Vision 163 SprintPCSVision Connection Status and Indicators Scrolling Navigating theWebSoftkeys GoingBack Selecting GoingHome Accessing MessagingSprintPCS Messaging MessageTypes Sprint PCS Vision 167 Accessing SprintPCS MailToaccessSprintPCSMailfromyourphone 168 AccessingAdditionalEmailProviders Sprint PCS Vision 169 AccessingInstantMessagingSelect InstantMessaging 170 AccessingWirelessChatroomsToaccessachatroomfromthebrowser Select Messaging Sprint PCS Vision 171 AccessingtheDownloadMenusToaccesstheSprintPCSVisiondownloadmenus Ringers, ScreenSavers, or Applications and press OK 172 SelectinganItemtoDownloadDownloadinganItem Todownloadaselecteditem Sprint PCS Vision 173 UsingMyContentManagerToaccessMyContentManager 174 TodownloadpurchasedcontentfromMyContentManager Sprint PCS Vision 175 Using the Browser MenuWeb Exploring theWeb 176 OpeningtheBrowserMenuToopenthebrowsermenu Sprint PCS Vision 177 CreatingaBookmarkTocreateabookmark Select Bookmarks GoingtoaSpecificWebsite AccessingaBookmarkDeletingaBookmark TorestarttheWebbrowser ReloadingaWebPageRestartingtheWebBrowser ToreloadrefreshaWebpage Whenismydataconnectionactive? SprintPCSVision FAQsCanImakecallsanduseSprintPCS Visionservicesatthesame time? HowdoIsign-inforthefirsttime? Sprint PCS Vision 181 CanIsignoutofdataservices?Whenismydataconnectiondormant? 182 Sprint PCS Voice Command 183 Sprint PCS Voice Command 184 It’sEasytoGetStarted CreatingYour Own Address Book Sprint PCS Voice Command 185 186 TomakeacallwithSprintPCSVoiceCommand Sprint PCS Voice Command 187 Accessing Information Using Sprint PCSVoice CommandToaccessinformationusingSprintPCSVoiceCommand 188 Safety Warranty Information 190 Safety 191 Safety 192 Getting the MostOutofYour Reception Safety 193 Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your PhoneUsingYourPhoneWhileDriving FollowingSafetyGuidelines 194 UsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevicesTurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying TurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas Has an M3 rating Using Your Phone With a Hearing Aid DeviceRestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhone Safety 195 196 Getting the Best Hearing Device Experience With Your PM-2258seconds or Alwaysoff and press OK DisposalofLithiumIonLiIonBatteries Caring for the BatteryProtectingYourBattery Safety 197 Body-WornOperation Acknowledging Special Precautions and the FCC NoticeSpecificAbsorptionRatesSARforWirelessPhones FCC Notice FCCRadiofrequencyEmission Safety 199Owner’s Record 200 Phone Guide Proprietary Notice Warranty 201 Manufacturer’s WarrantyManufacturer’sWarranty 202 Manufacturer’sWarrantyCustomerLimitedWarranty Warranty 203 204 Index 205 Index 206 Index 207