SprintPCS Messaging, Accessing Messaging

SprintPCS Messaging

Accessing Messaging

Now you can send and receive emails, text messages, and Sprint PCS Picture Mail messages, and participate in Web- based chatrooms right from your phone. Messaging allows you to stay connected to friends, family, and coworkers 24 hours a day anywhere on the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network.

Note: For complete details on textmessaging, see “Using SMSText Messaging”on page 187.

MessageTypes

There are many types of text messaging available on your phone. These include SMS Text Messaging, Instant Messaging, Email, and Chat.

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Contents

Sprint PCS Vision Phone SCP-3100 by Sanyo Table of Contents 100 2I. Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 2J. Using Sprint PCS Ready Link106 121 3C. Sprint PCS Voice Command 4A. Important Safety Information4B. Manufacturer’s Warranty 3B. Sprint PCS VisionPage Welcome to Sprint Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Introduction Your Phone Call History ContactsMessaging Iii Web My Content Settings Others Display BacklightGreeting Font Size Sleep Mode Update Profile Ready Link Enable/DisableList Update Sounds Default View Vii Viii Calendar ToolsPictures Page Getting Started This Section Setting Up ServiceSetting Up Service Tounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps DeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivatedUnlockingYourPhone VoicemailPasscode Setting UpYour VoicemailTosetupyourvoicemail SprintPCSVisionPassword SprintPCS AccountPasswordsAccount Password VoicemailPassword Getting Help ReachingSprintCustomerServiceYou can reach Sprint Customer Service many different ways Toaccessautomatedinvoicinginformation ReceivingAutomatedInvoicingInformationSprint411 Press GHI Press SprintPCSOperatorServicesToaccessSprintPCSOperatorServices Your Phone Your Phone The Basics Your Phone The Basics Front View of Your Phone Phone Basics Key Functions Earpiece lets you hear the caller and automated prompts Can mute the ringer when receiving incoming calls by Your Phone The Basics Viewing the Display Screen Your Phone The Basics Features of Your Phone Your Phone The Basics TurningYour Phone On and Off TurningYourPhoneOnTurningYourPhoneOff Toturnyourphoneon UsingYour Phone’s Batteryand Charger BatteryCapacity InstallingtheBattery RemovingtheBatteryToinstalltheLi-Ionbattery Toremoveyourbattery Tousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone ChargingtheBatteryUsingtheCharger Phone Basics NavigatingThrough Phone Menus SelectingMenuItems DisplayingYour Phone Number BackingUpWithinaMenuTogotothepreviousmenu Toreturntostandbymode Making Calls TomakeacallusingyourkeypadMaking and Answering Calls Dialing Options Toplaceacallwiththeflipclosed Toansweranincomingcallwiththeflipclosed Answering CallsToansweranincomingcallwiththeflipopen AnswerSpeaker to answer the call in speakerphone mode AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabled SettingAnsweronHoldToansweracallwhenyouareroamingandCallGuardisenabled TosetAnsweronHold EndingaCall UsingtheSpeakerphoneChangingtheRingerVolume MutingaCall AdjustingVolumeDuringaConversationMissed Call Notification Calling Emergency Numbers You can place calls to 911 dial WxyzYour phone is locked or your account is restricted ToexitEmergencymode ToselectEmergencymodeoptions In-Call Options Mute or Unmute to mute or reactivate your phone’s microphone Tosaveanumberfromstandbymode End-of-Call OptionsSavinga Phone Number Tofindaphonenumber Finding a Phone NumberDialing and Saving Phone Numbers With Pauses Todialorsavephonenumberswithpauses TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialingPlus + Code Dialing Using Speed Dialing Dialing Fromthe ContactsListTodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry Select ContactsFind/AddEntry TousespeeddialforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Using Abbreviated DialingToplaceacallusingPh.BookMatchAbbreviatedDialing Tochangethecharacterinputmode EnteringTextSelectinga Character InputMode Entering Characters Using T9TextInput ToenterawordusingT9TextInput Select SettingsOthersTextEntryMyWords AddingaWordtotheT9DatabaseToaddawordtotheT9TextInputdatabase Toeditorerasethewordsyouhaveadded CustomizingtheT9Settings SettingtheDefaultInputModeTocustomizetheT9Settings Tosetthedefaultinputmode EnteringCharacters Using AlphabetMode B c B C É F É fI Í I í Ñ o ó Entering Numbers, Symbols, Smileys and Preset Messages ToentersymbolsToenterpresetmessages Toenternumbers Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Sound Settings Your Phone’s SettingsRingerTypes SelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls SelectingRingerTypesforMessages SelectingRingerTypesforSprintPCSReadyLinkCallsToselectaringertypeformessages ToselectaringertypeforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Setting a Start-up/Power-offTone Toselectaringertypeforvoicemailorcalendar/alarmTosetastart-up/power-offtone Selecting aTone Length Adjusting the Phone’s VolumeSettings UsingVoice PromptSetting Up Key Press Echo Toadjusttheearpieceorspeakervolume ToadjusttheapplicationvolumeAlert Notification Tosetalerts TodeactivateSilenceAll Silence AllToactivateSilenceAll Changing the BacklightTime Length Display SettingsChanging the TextGreeting Changing the Display Screen Animation Changing the Display for Incoming CallsChanging the Display for Area Name Tochangetheanimationdisplay Toadjustthedisplay’scontrast Changing the ContrastChanging the Phone’s Menu Style Tosetyourareanamedisplay Changing the Clock/Calendar Display for Standby Mode Changing theTextFontSizeTosettheclock/calendardisplayforstandbymode To change the text input font Changing the Background Setting Return to Standby ModeSleep Mode Location Settings Toenableyourphone’sLocationfeature Todisplaymessagenotificationdisplay Messaging SettingsDisplayingPop-upMessages ManagingPresetMessages SettingaCallbackNumberToeditapresetmessage Tochangethelanguageofthepresetmessages SettingDraftsAlert AddingaCustomizedSignatureToaddacustomizedsignaturetoeachsentmessage TosetDraftsAlert Airplane Mode TosetyourphonetoAirplaneMode TTY UseWith SprintPCS Service ToturnTTY modeonoroff Phone Setup Options ShortcutMy FavoritesToassignyourshortcutkey Toedittheshortcutname Auto-Answer Mode Setting the CurrentTimeToassignalanguageforthephone’sdisplay Display Language Setting the Open/Close Flip Option ToactivatetheOpenFlipfeatureSelect SettingsOthersOpen/CloseFlip ToactivatetheCloseFlipfeature SettingTextEntry Options Setting Any Key AnswerSetting the Side Key Guard Setting Abbreviated Dialing ToactivatethePh.BookMatchfeatureSelect SettingsOthersAbbrev.Dial Select Ph.BookMatch ToactivatethePrependfeature Setting HeadsetMode Select SettingsOthersHeadsetModeToconnecttheheadset Simply plug the headset into your phone’s headset jack Setting Your Phone’s Security LockingYour Phone Accessing the Security MenuUsingYour Phone’s Lock Feature Lock Services UnlockingYour PhoneLocking the Pictures Menu Changingthe Lock Code Calling in Lock Mode Restricting CallsToplaceanoutgoingcallinlockmode Torestrictcalls Using Special Numbers Erasingthe Contacts ListToaddorreplaceaspecialnumber ToeraseallthenamesandphonenumbersinyourContacts ErasingMy Content ResettingYour Picture Mail AccountToresetyourPictureMailaccount Toerasealldownloads Select ResetPhone ResettingYour PhoneToresetyourphone Select OthersFoundMeReset/LockEnable Resetting and LockingYour Phone Through SMSToactivatethisfeature,thefollowingpresettingisrequired Enabling and Disabling SprintPCSVision Services TodisableSprintPCSVisionservicesToenableSprintPCSVisionservices Changing the Passcode Controlling Your Roaming Experience Controlling Your Roaming Experience RoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks Understanding RoamingRecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreen RoamingonAnalogNetworks CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming SettingYour Phone’s Roam Mode Set ModeSelect SettingsRoamingSetMode Tosetyourphone’sroammode Using Call Guard Select SettingsRoamingCallGuardToturnCallGuardonoroff ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon Managing Call History Managing Call History Viewing HistoryToviewaCallHistoryentry Call History Options CallSpeakerOn Making a Call FromCall HistoryToplaceacallfromCallHistory Select SavePhone# TosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistorySelect CallHistoryOutgoing, Incoming or Missed Prepending a Phone NumberFrom Call History ErasingCall HistoryToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory ToeraseCallHistory Using Contacts FindingNames Addinga New Contacts EntryFindingContacts Entries FindingSpeedDialNumbers FindingVoiceDialNumbersTofindSprintPCSReadyLinkentries Select ContactsSpeedDial#s Contacts Entry Options AddingaPhoneNumbertoaContactsEntry Toaddaphonenumbertoanentry Editing a ContactsEntry Erasing a Contacts Entry From the ListTomakechangestoanentry Toeraseaselectedentry 101 AssigningSpeed Dial NumbersToassignaspeeddialnumber Toassignanimageforanentry MyContent, GetNew, InCamera, or SavedtoPhone and pressAssigning an Image to a Contacts Entry Selecting a Ringer Type for an Entry ToselectaringertypeforanentryScroll down to Ringer and press Press Save left softkey to save the ringer type SecretContacts Entries TomakeanentrysecretSelect SetSecret Tomakeanentrypublic Dialing SprintPCS Services TodialaservicefromyourContactsTodialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad 105 Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Adding an Eventto the Calendar UsingYour Phone’s CalendarDisplayingYour Calendar Press Save left softkey to schedule the event Event AlertsEvent Alert Menu Viewing Events TorespondtoaneventalertToviewyourscheduledevents 109 Erasing a Day’s Events Editing an EventGoing toYour Desired Date Deleting All Scheduled Events Setting HolidaysDeleting Scheduled Events Using the Call Alarm Feature Adding a Call Alarm to the CalendarCall Alarm Menu Toaddacallalarmtothecalendar Torespondtoacallalarm TocallthephonenumberattimeofcallalarmnotificationOtherwaysofrespondingtoacallalarminclude Press or to dial the phone number if applicable Using theTo Do List AddingTo Do ListItemsViewing theTo Do List EditingTo Do ListItems Adding aTo Do ListItem to the Calendar Deleting Items From theTo Do ListToaddyourToDoListitemtothecalendar TodeleteToDoListitems UsingYour Phone’s Alarm Clock TousethealarmclockPress Done left softkey to save the alarm settings Tostopthealarm UsingYour Phone’sTools Using the StopWatch Using the Calculator World ClockTousethecalculator Toviewthetimein38differentlocations Torespondtoanautomaticupdaterequest TomanuallyupdateyourphonethroughtheToolsmenuSelect ToolsUpdatePhone UpdatingYour Phone Personal Information Management Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 121 ProgrammingVoice DialTags Using Voice-Activated DialingMaking a Call Using Voice-Activated Dialing ReviewingVoice DialTags Erasing AllVoice DialTagsTo review voice dial tags Toeraseallvoicedialtags Managing Voice Memos Recording Voice Memos ReviewingVoice Memos ErasingVoice MemosTo play the voice memos you have recorded To erase an individual voice memo Setting Up Screen Call To start Screen Call when you have incoming callsActivating Screen Call Toeraseallvoicememos Selecting an Announcementfor Screen Call RecordingYour Name for a Pre-Recorded AnnouncementTo select a Screen Call announcement Torecordyourname Recording a Customized Announcement Reviewing an AnnouncementTo record an announcement To review an announcement 129 Erasing an AnnouncementTo erase an announcement Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 131 Taking PicturesTotakeapicturewiththephoneopen Totakeapicturewiththephoneclosed 133 CreatingYour SprintPCS Picture MailPasswordTocreateyourSprintPCSPictureMailpassword Camera Mode Options KeyGuidance to view key functions in camera mode SettingtheSelf-Timer UsingtheZoom Selecting Camera Settings Toselectyourcamerasettings ViewingYour Camera’s Status Area Display CameraStatusAreaCameraIconIndication 137 Storing Pictures Camera FolderCamera Folder Options ToreviewyourstoredpicturesintheInCamerafolder 139 Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 141 ThumbnailView From the In Camera FolderExpandedView From the In Camera Folder To view pictures stored in the Saved to Phone folder Saved to Phone FolderTo save a picture to the Saved to Phone folder 143 Saved to Phone Folder OptionsThumbnailView From the Saved to Phone Folder Sending Sprint PCS Picture Mail SendingPictures From the In Camera FolderTosendpicturesfromtheInCamerafolder Select Recipients 145 Sending Pictures From Messaging TosendpicturesfromtheMessagingmenu Using the SprintPCS Picture Mail Web site ToaccesstheSprintPCSPictureMailWebsiteManaging SprintPCS Picture Mail 147 Managing Online Pictures FromYour Phone Toviewyouronlinepicturesfromyourphone Uploading Pictures DownloadingYour Online PicturesTouploadpictures 149 TosendpicturesusingtheonlineAddress Book Sending Online SprintPCS Picture MailSelect RecipientsOnlineAddr.Book Tosendanalbumfromtheonlinepicturesmenu 151 Accessing Online Picture Options FromYour PhoneToaccessyouronlinePictureoptionsfromyourphone ToaccessyouronlineAlbumsoptionsfromyourphone Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 153 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link Setting SprintPCS Ready Link ModeToenableordisableSprintPCSReadyLinkmode 155 PreparingYour Phone for SprintPCS Ready Link ServiceReady Link Call Alerts SprintPCSReadyLinkIn-CallScreen MainLCDDisplayduringaReadyLinkCallSprintPCSReadyLinkMainScreen Making and Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link Call Displaying the SprintPCS Ready Link ListSelecting a Ready Link Contacts List 157 Makinga SprintPCS Ready Link Call One-to-One Call ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyselectingacontactPress R-Linkleft softkey or press To take the floor and speak When you are finished, press Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call Group CallToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkGroupcall 159 Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call by Entering a Number ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyenteringanumber Missed Call Notification for SprintPCS Ready Link Calls TocallthelastMissedSprintPCSReadyLinkcallTodisplaytheMissedReadyLinkCalllog 161 Receivinga SprintPCS Ready Link Call ToreceiveaSprintPCSReadyLinkcall SprintPCS Ready Link Options 163 Copying an Entry toYour Personal Listor Personal Group List TocopyanentryfromtheSprintPCSReadyLinkList Saving a SprintPCS Ready Link Number Finding an Entry in the SprintPCS Ready Link ListTosavethenumberfromtheendcalldisplay TofindaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry Adding a New ContacttoYour Personal List You can store a total of 200 entries in the Personal ListsToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkcontact Select GotoPersonalListAddContact Adding a New Group toYour Personal Group List ToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkgroupentrySelect GotoPersonalGroupsAddGroup 167 Editing a ContactinYour Personal List ToeditaPersonalListcontact 169 Editing a Group inYour Personal Group ListToeditagroup ErasingReady Link ListEntries Erasing an Entry inYour Personal Listor Personal Group ListToeraseacontactoragroup EraseGroupappearswhenyouselect PersonalGroups Select SettingsReadyLinkListUpdate Erasing a SprintPCS Ready Link ListUpdating the Company Listand Personal List ToeraseaSprintPCSReadyLinkList TouseSpeedDialforaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry Assigning Speed Dialing for SprintPCS Ready Link EntriesToassignSpeedDialingforSprintPCSReadyLinkentries Restarting the SprintPCS Ready Link Service Setting Ready Link GuardTorestarttheSprintPCSReadyLinkservice TosettheReadyLinkGuard Setting an AlertNotification for SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Setting the Speakerphone for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsSelect SettingsReadyLinkSpeakerphoneOn or Off TosetalertsforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Setting the DefaultView of the SprintPCS Ready Link List Setting the Floor Display of the SprintPCS Ready Link CallsToselectthedefaultviewoftheSprintPCSReadyLinkList Toselectthefloordisplay 176 Sprint PCS Service Features Sprint PCS Service Features Basics Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics 179 UsingVoicemailSetting UpYourVoicemail Voicemail Notification NewVoicemail Message AlertsTo call your voicemail Press or Call leftsoftkey UsingOne-TouchMessageAccess RetrievingYourVoicemail MessagesPress and hold . Your phone will dial your voicemail box 181 UsingExpertMode Voicemail OptionsVoicemailButtonGuide ToturnExpertModeonoroff SettingUpGroupDistributionLists SprintPCSCallbackVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessage 183 Voicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReplyVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwarding ExtendedAbsenceGreeting Clearing the Message IconDisplayingYourVoicemail Details Voicemail Menu Key 187 Using SMSTextMessagingNew Messages Displaying an SMSTextMessage TodisplayanSMStextmessagefromthemainmenuSelect Messaging Select the message you want to see and press Composing and Sending SMSTextMessages TocomposeandsendanSMSTextmessageSelect MessagingSendMessageText 189 Editing PresetCanned Messages ToeditPresetmessagesToresetPresetmessages Message Options Message ListOptions 191 Message Details Options Toadjustthedisplayfontsize Changing the Display FontSize of a MessagePrepending a Phone Number From a Message Toaddaprefixtoaphonenumber Message Folders ToaddanewfolderSelect MessagingTextMsgsOptions right softkey CreateFolder Toeditafolder Erasing Messages ToeraseanindividualmessageToeraseselectedmessages From the folder list display, press Options right softkey Using Caller ID Press Shift Toswitchbacktothefirstcaller Responding to CallWaitingTorespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall Press again Making aThree-Way Call TomakeaThree-WayCall Using Call Forwarding ToactivateCallForwardingTodeactivateCallForwarding Press . You will hear a tone to confirm the deactivation Sprint PCS Vision Sprint PCS Vision SprintPCSVision Applications 201 Toupdateyourusername Select SettingsPCSVisionUpdateProfileGetting StartedWith SprintPCSVision Your User Name Sprint PCSVision Home Launchinga SprintPCSVision ConnectionFindingYourUserName TochangeyourNetGuardsettings Select SettingsPCSVisionNetGuard and choose an optionNet Guard Onto activate the Net Guard Off to deactivate the Net Guard SprintPCSVision Connection Status and Indicators 205 Scrolling Navigating theWebSoftkeys GoingHome SelectingGoingBack MessageTypes Accessing MessagingSprintPCS Messaging Accessing SprintPCS Mail ToaccessSprintPCSMailfromyourphoneSelect MessagingIM&Email 209 ViewingSprintPCSPictureMail AccessingAdditionalEmailProvidersToaccessemailprovidersfromyourphone SigningUpforUpdates Select Inbox Select your desired picture message and pressToselecttheinformationyouwanttosendtoyourphone Log on to the Internet from your computer InstantMessaging AccessingInstantMessagingToaccessinstantmessagingclientsfromyourphone AccessingWirelessChatrooms ToaccessachatroomfromthebrowserSelect Chat&Dating Topostamessage Select MyContent AccessingtheMyContentMenusToaccesstheSprintPCSVisiondownloadmenus SelectinganItemtoDownload DownloadinganItemTodownloadaselecteditem 215 UsingMyContentManager ToaccessMyContentManager TodownloadpurchasedcontentfromMyContentManager 217 Exploring the Web Using the Browser MenuWeb 219 OpeningtheBrowserMenuToopenthebrowsermenu AccessingaBookmark ToaccessabookmarkCreatingaBookmark Tocreateabookmark EditingaBookmark DeletingaBookmarkToeditabookmark Todeleteabookmark GoingtoaSpecificWebsite ReloadingaWebPageRestartingtheWebBrowser ToreloadrefreshaWebpage AdjustingtheBrowserSoundVolume ToadjustthebrowsersoundvolumeSendingaWebPage TosendaWebpage Tosetupyourphone-to-PCdataconnection UsingYour Phone as a ModemSettingUpaDataConnectionWithYourPC 225 SprintPCSVision FAQs CanImakecallsanduseSprintPCS Visionservicesatthe sametime?HowdoIsigninforthefirsttime? Whenismydataconnectionactive? 227 CanIsignoutofdataservices?Whenismydataconnectiondormant? Sprint PCS Voice Command Sprint PCS Voice CommandThis section outlines the Sprint PCSVoice Command service Getting StartedWith SprintPCS Voice Command It’sEasytoGetStartedTo contact Sprint Customer 229 CreatingYour Own Address Book TomakeacallwithSprintPCSVoiceCommand 231 Press Shift Accessing Information Using Sprint PCSVoice CommandToaccessinformationusingSprintPCSVoiceCommand Safety and Warranty Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information General Precautions Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your PhoneImportant Safety Information DoNotRelyonYourPhoneforEmergencyCalls UsingYourPhoneWhileDriving FollowingSafetyGuidelinesUsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices TurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying 237 RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhoneTurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas UsingYour Phone With a Hearing Aid Device Caring for the Battery Select Settings Display BacklightProtectingYourBattery 239 KnowingRadiofrequencySafety Radiofrequency RF EnergyDisposalofLithiumIonLi-IonBatteries UnderstandingHowYourPhoneOperates SpecificAbsorptionRateSARforWirelessPhones Body-WornOperationAMPSmodePart22 CellularCDMAmodePart22 Owner’s Record Phone Guide Proprietary NoticeFCCRadiofrequencyEmission PCSCDMAmodePart24 Warranty 243 Manufacturer’s WarrantyManufacturer’sWarranty Warranty Manufacturer’s WarrantyCustomerLimitedWarranty Warranty 245 Warranty 247 248 Index Index Index Index Index Index