Setting Abbreviated Dialing

Abbreviated Dialing allows you to dial a number using the last three to six digits of the phone number. You can use either of the following options for this feature:

⬤Ph.BookMatch to retrieve any number saved in your Contacts by entering the last three to six digits of the number.

⬤Prepend# to predefine the first five- or six-digit prefix you wish to use for abbreviated dialing, so that you can dial a number by entering only the last four or five digits of the number.

TosetAbbreviatedDialing:

1.Select >Settings>Others>Abbrev.Dial.

2.Select Ph.BookMatch, and then select Enable or Disable.

3.Select Prepend, and then select Enable.

4.Enter the first five- or six- digit prefix in the Prepend# field, and then select OK (left softkey).

■To deactivate this feature, select Disable during step 3 above.

Tip:	To make an Abbreviated Dial call, see “Using Abbreviated
	Dialing”on page 41.


Note:	This setting does notapply to 911 or Sprint411.

YourPhone’sSettings

Section 2B: Controlling Your Phone’s Settings

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Sprint Nextel SCP-7050 manual Setting Abbreviated Dialing, TosetAbbreviatedDialing, Select SettingsOthersAbbrev.Dial

Contents

Phone User Guide Table of Contents 104 Setting Your Phone’s Security 168 116132 143 3B. SprintVision 3C. SprintVoice Command4A. Important Safety Information 4B. Manufacturer’s WarrantyPage Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Welcome to Sprint Phone Guide Introduction Iii Want to keep track of your minutes? Your Phone’s Menu Messaging 6WEB Calendar 8TOOLS Vii Viii 5WIRELESS Backup Lock Phone Inuse Menu Getting Started This Section Setting Up Service Tounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps Getting StartedWith SprintServiceDeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivated UnlockingYourPhone Tosetupyourvoicemail Setting UpYourVoicemail SprintVision Password Sprint Account PasswordsAccount Password Voicemail Password Getting Help ReachingSprintCustomerService TocallSprint411 ToaccessautomatedbillinginformationReceivingAutomatedBillingInformation Sprint411 ToaccessSprintOperatorServices SprintOperatorServices Using Your Phone Phone Basics Phone Basics Phone Basics FrontView ofYour Phone Key Functions Phone Basics Phone Basics PhoneBasics Viewing the Display Screen Phone Basics Phone Basics Features ofYour Phone Phone Basics Toturnyourphoneon TurningYour Phone On and OffTurningYourPhoneOn TurningYourPhoneOff BatteryCapacity UsingYour Phone’s Battery and Charger Toremoveyourbattery InstallingtheBatteryRemovingtheBattery ToinstalltheLi-Ionbattery Touse the phone charger provided with your phone Charging the BatteryUsing the Charger Attachingthephonetotheholster Using Holster Removingthephonefromtheholster Selecting Menu Items NavigatingThrough Phone Menus Toreturntostandbymode DisplayingYour Phone NumberBackingUpWithinaMenu Togotothepreviousmenu Making Calls TomakeacallusingyourkeypadMaking and Answering Calls Toredialwiththephoneclosed Toplaceacallwiththephoneclosed Dialing Options Toansweranincomingcallwiththephoneclosed Answering CallsToansweranincomingcallwiththephoneopen Answer or AnswerSpeaker to answer the call Todisconnectacallwhenyouarefinished AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabledEndingaCall Select MissedAlerts Missed Call NotificationTocalltheMissedCallentryfromthenotificationscreen TodisplayaMissedCallentryfromstandbymode Select ExitEmergency Calling Emergency NumbersToexitEmergencymode ToselectEmergencymodeoptions Enhanced911E911Information In-Call Options End-of-Call Options Tosaveanumberfromstandbymode Saving a Phone Number Todialorsavephonenumberswithpauses Finding a Phone NumberDialing and Saving Phone NumbersWith Pauses Tofindaphonenumber ToplaceacallusingPrependAbbreviatedDialing Using Abbreviated DialingToplaceacallusingPh.BookMatchAbbreviatedDialing TodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialingPlus + Code Dialing Dialing From the Contacts List Tousespeeddial Using Speed Dialing Tochangethecharacterinputmode EnteringTextSelecting a Character InputMode When entering text, press Shift*to change letter ToaddawordtotheT9TextInputdatabase Entering Characters UsingT9TextInputToenterawordusingT9TextInput AddingaWordtotheT9Database Select SettingsOthersTextEntryT9Settings CustomizingtheT9SettingsSelect Mode right softkey Text Options My Words TocustomizetheT9Settings Charactersscrollinthefollowingorder Entering Characters Using AlphabetModeToentercharactersusingAlphabetModemulti-tapkeyentry YourPhone’sSettings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings SelectingRingerTypesforIncomingCalls Sound SettingsRingerTypes ToselectaringertypeforSprintReadyLinkcalls Toselectaringertypeforvoicemailorcalendar/alarmSelectingRingerTypesforSprintReadyLinkCalls SelectingRingerTypesforMessaging Toselectavibratepattern Select SettingsSoundsOthersToneLengthSelecting aVibrate Pattern Selecting aTone Length Setting Up Key Press Echo Setting a Start-up/Power-offToneUsingVoice Prompt Toadjusttheringervolume Adjusting the Phone’sVolume SettingsAdjustingtheringervolume AdjustingtheAlertVolume To setalerts Adjusting the Phone’s ReceiverVolumeTo adjustthe receivervolume Alert Notification Todeactivate Silence All Silence AllToactivate Silence All Changing the BacklightTime Length Display SettingsChanging theTextGreeting Tochangetheanimationdisplay Select SettingsDisplayIncomingCallsChanging the Display Screen Animation Changing the Displayfor Incoming Calls Tosettheclock/calendardisplayforstandbymode Changing the Clock/Calendar Display for Standby ModeSelect SettingsDisplayScreenSaver Changing the Screen Saver Changing the Display for Area Name Power Save ModeChanging the Phone’sMenu Style Tochangethedisplay’sbackground Changing theTextFontSizeChanging the Background Tochangethetextfontsize Select Automatically or EndKey Setting Return to Standby ModeSleep Mode Select SettingsDisplayOthersReturntoIdle Select Settings Location Nmea Output Location SettingsTo enable your phone’s Location feature Select Settings Location On/Off Tosetmessagenotification Messaging SettingsSettingMessageNotification Select SettingsMessagingPresetMsgs ManagingPresetMessagesToeditapresetmessage Tochangethelanguageofthepresetmessages Toaddacustomizedsignaturetoeachsentmessage SettingaCallbackNumberAddingaCustomizedSignature Tosetthecallbacknumber TosetDraftsAlert Settingthe Delivery Receiptfor SMSTextMessagingSettingDraftsAlertfor SMSTextMessaging To setthe delivery receipt SettingAutoDeleteforSMSVoiceMessaging SettingtheSender’sNameforSMSVoiceMessagingSettinganAlertNotificationforSMSVoiceMessaging TosetyourphonetoAirplaneMode Airplane ModeSelect SettingsOthersAirplaneMode TTY UseWith SprintService ToturnTTY Modeonoroff Select ContactsWirelessBackup Wireless BackupActivatingandDeactivatingWirelessBackupService Toactivatewirelessbackupservice Toviewyourwirelessbackupstatussign-instateonly ViewingYourWirelss Backup StatusSettingWireless Backup Alert Todeactivatewirelessbackupservice MyFavoriteslistoptions Phone Setup OptionsMy Favorites Toassignashortcut DisplayLanguage Auto-Answer ModeSetting AnyKey Answer ToactivatetheCloseFlipfeature Setting the Open/Close Flip OptionToactivatetheOpenFlipfeature Select SettingsOthersOpen/CloseFlip ToturntheSide KeyGuardonoroff Setting Power On to AlertSetting the Side Key Guard ToturnPowerOntoAlertonoroff Tosetyourtextentryoptions Setting Navigation Key ShortcutsSettingTextEntry Options Tosetthenavigationkeyshortcut TosetAbbreviatedDialing Setting Abbreviated DialingSelect SettingsOthersAbbrev.Dial Tosettheheadsetmode Setting HeadsetModeSelect SettingsOthersHeadsetMode Select TurboButton Toconnecttheheadset Setting Your Phone’s Security UnlockingYour Phone Accessing the Security MenuUsingYour Phone’s Lock Feature LockingYour Phone Changingthe Lock Code Calling in Lock ModeLock Services Select OthersLimitUse Select OutgoingCalls or IncomingCalls Restricting CallsTorestrictcalls Select OthersSpecial#s Using Special NumbersToaddorreplaceaspecialnumber Toerasephonecontent Erasing Phone Content ToresetFavorites Resetting the BrowserResetting Favorites Toresetthebrowser Toresetdefaultsettings ResettingYour PhoneResetting DefaultSettings Toresetyourphone Select OthersFoundMeReset/LockEnable Resetting and LockingYour Phone Through SMSToenablelockingyourphonethroughSMS Select OthersFoundMeChangePasscode Changing the Passcode Toenable SprintVision services Security Featuresfor SprintVisionEnabling and Disabling SprintVision Services To disable SprintVision services Controlling Your Roaming Experience Controlling Your Roaming Experience RoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks Understanding RoamingRecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreen Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming Select Settings Others Roaming SetMode SettingYour Phone’s Roam ModeSet Mode To setyour phone’sroam mode ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon Using Call GuardSelect SettingsOthersRoamingCallGuard ToturnCallGuardonoroff TosetyourDataRoamGuardnotification Using Data Roam GuardTousedataserviceswhenDataRoamGuardisactive Managing Call History Managing Call History ToviewaCallHistoryentry Viewing History Call History Options 101 ToplaceacallusingtheCallListkeyMaking a Call FromCall History ToplaceacallfromCallHistory TosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistory Saving a Phone Number FromCall History ToeraseCallHistory Prepending a Phone NumberFrom Call HistoryErasingCall History ToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory Using Contacts Using Contacts 105 Addinga New Contacts EntryToaddanewentry Select ContactsFind/AddEntryAddContact Toeditagroupentry Assigning a Group EntryToassignaContactentrytoagroup Select ContactsGroup 107 FindingContacts EntriesFindingNames TofindContactsentriesbyname Tofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinspeeddiallocations FindingSpeedDialNumbersFindingGroupEntries TofindContactsentriesbyvoicetag 109 Contacts Entry Options Toeditanentry’sphonenumber Toaddaphonenumbertoanentry Toassignaspeeddialnumber AssigningSpeed Dial NumbersToeraseaselectedentry Select EraseContactYes Toassignanimageforanentry Editinga Contacts EntryAssigning an Imageto a Contacts Entry Tomakechangestoanentry 113 Selecting a RingerType for an EntryToselectaringertypeforanentry Tomakeanentrypublic SecretContacts EntriesTomakeanentrysecret Todialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad Dialing SprintServicesTodialaservicefromyourContacts Select ContactsServices Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Displaying your Calendar UsingYour Phone’s CalendarChanging the Calendar Settings Select Calendar Adding an Eventto the CalendarToaddanevent Editing an Eventon the Calendar Viewing Day’s Events TosilencethealarmEvent Alerts Event Alert Menu 121 Event List Options Select CalendarOptions right softkey GotoDate Going to a Specified DateErasing a Day’s Events TousetheCalendarmenutogettoaspecifieddate Todeleteallscheduledevents Purging EventsPurging All Events Todeleteeventsscheduledbeforeaspecifictimeanddate Toaddacallalarmtothecalendar Adding a Call Alarm to the Calendar ToaddanitemtoyourToDoList TorespondtoacallalarmTocallthephonenumberatthetimeofacallalarmnotification AddingTo Do ListItems ToaddaToDoListitemtotheschedule Adding aTo Do ListItem to the Schedule Select ToolsAlarmClock UsingYour Phone’sToolsUsing the Alarm Clock Tousethealarmclock Torecordalaptimewhilethestopwatchisrunning Using the StopwatchTostartthestopwatch Select ToolsStopWatch Toviewthetimeindifferentlocations Using the CountdownTimerTousethecountdowntimer World Clock To use the calculator Using the CalculatorTo updateyour phonethroughtheTools menu UpdatingYour Phone Displaying theVersion Information Personal Information ManagementDisplayingYour User Address Finding Icon Definitions Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Using Your Phone’s Voice Services ProgrammingVoice DialTags UsingVoice-Activated DialingMaking a Call UsingVoice-Activated Dialing Toreviewvoicedialtags Select Erase/ResetEraseVoiceTagReviewingVoice DialTags Erasing AllVoice DialTags RecordingVoice Memos ManagingVoice/Call Memos Toplaythevoice/callmemosyouhaverecorded Recording Call MemosReviewingVoice/Call Memos Torecordacallmemo ErasingVoice/Call Memos Setting the Recording Guard Tosettheaudioquality Setting the Recording ModeSetting the Audio Quality Tosettherecordingmode 139 Voice Memo OptionsTodisplaythevoicememooptions TostartScreenCallwhenyouhaveincomingcalls Setting Up Screen CallActivating Screen Call Selecting an Announcementfor Screen Call Torecordanannouncement RecordingYour Name for a Prerecorded AnnouncementRecording a Customized Announcement Torecordyourname Toeraseanannouncement Reviewing an AnnouncementErasing an Announcement Toreviewanannouncement 143 Using Sprint Ready Link GettingStartedWithSprintReadyLink Setting SprintReady Link ModeToenableordisableSprintReadyLinkmode Using Sprint Ready Link 145 PreparingYour Phone for SprintReady Link ServiceReady Link Call Alerts Selecting a Contacts List Making and Receiving a Sprint Ready Link CallDisplaying the SprintReady Link List 147 Making a SprintReady Link Call One-to-One CallToplaceaSprintReadyLinkcallbyselectingacontact Using Sprint Ready Link 149 Making a SprintReady Link Call Group CallToplaceaSprintReadyLinkGroupcall ToplaceaSprintReadyLinkcallbyenteringanumber Making a SprintReady Link Call by Entering a Number Missed Call Notification for Sprint Ready Link Calls Making a SprintReady Link Call Using the Call List Key ToreceiveaSprintReadyLinkcall Receiving a SprintReady Link Call 153 Sprint Ready Link Options TocopyanentryfromtheSprintReadyLinkList Adding and Editing Ready Link Contacts TofindaSprintReadyLinkentry Saving a SprintReady Link NumberFinding an Entry in the SprintReady Link List Tosavethenumber Select Go to left softkey Personal List Add Contact Adding a New Contact toYour Personal ListTo add a new SprintReady Link contact 157 Adding a New Group toYour Personal Group ListToaddanewSprintReadyLinkgroupentry Select Gotoleft softkey PersonalGrps.AddGroup ToeditaPersonalListcontact Editing a ContactinYour Personal List 159 Editing a Group inYour Personal Group ListToeditagroupname orgroupmember Toeraseacontactoragroup Erasing Ready Link ListEntriesErasing an Entry inYour Personal Listor Personal Group List 161 Erasing a SprintReady Link ListToeraseaSprintReadyLinkList Assigning Speed Dialing for Sprint Ready Link Entries Managing SprintReady Link SettingsUpdating SprintReady Link Lists Updating the Company Listand Personal List Setting RingerTypes for SprintReady Link Calls Restarting Ready Link ServiceSetting Ready Link Guard ToselectavibratepatternforSprintReadyLinkcalls Setting the RingerVolume for Sprint Ready Link CallsSetting aVibrate Pattern for Sprint Ready Link Calls TochangetheringervolumeforSprintReadyLinkcalls TosetalertsforSprintReadyLinkcalls Setting an AlertNotification for Sprint Ready Link CallsSelect SettingsReadyLinkSoundsAlerts Toadjustthefloortonevolume Tosetthespeakerphonemode Setting the Speakerphone for Sprint Ready Link CallsSetting the DefaultView of the Sprint Ready Link List ToselectthedefaultviewoftheSprintReadyLinkList 167 Setting the Floor Display for Sprint Ready Link CallsToselectthefloordisplay Using Bluetooth Using Bluetooth ToturnBluetoothoff Turning Bluetooth On and OffBluetoothStatusIndicators ToturnBluetoothon TosetaBluetoothnameforyourphone Using the Bluetooth Settings MenuBluetooth Settings My Device Name ToaccesstheBluetoothSettingsmenu To setthe voice priority Bluetooth SettingsVisibilityBluetooth SettingsVoice Priority Select Settings Bluetooth Visibility Select Tools Bluetooth Bluetooth Settings My Device InformationSetting Auto-Accept Select Settings Bluetooth My Device Info 173 Bluetooth Profiles PairedDevices Pairing Bluetooth DevicesTopairyourphonewithanotherBluetoothdevice ToallowyourphonetobepairedwithanotherBluetoothdevice 175 Using theTrusted Devices OptionsTousethetrusteddevicesoptions Select HandsetDefault or PrinterDefault and press Printing Data via BluetoothToprintdataviaBluetooth Select ToolsBluetooth 177 Sending Data via BluetoothTosenddataviaBluetooth 178 Sprint Service Features Sprint Service Features The Basics Sprint Service Features Basics 181 UsingVoicemailSetting UpYourVoicemail TodisplayyourMissedLog Voicemail NotificationNewVoicemail Message Alerts Tocallyourvoicemail 183 UsingOne-TouchMessageAccessUsingaPhoneOtherThanYourWirelessPhoneto AccessMessages RetrievingYourVoicemail Messages ToturnExpertModeonoroff UsingExpertModeVoicemail Options VoicemailKeyGuide 185 SettingUpGroupDistributionListsSprintCallback Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessage Voicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReplyVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwarding Tocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen Clearing the Message IconVoicemail Menu Key ExtendedAbsenceGreeting Sprint Service Features The Basics Select MessagingSendMessageText Using SMSTextMessagingComposing SMSTextMessages TocomposeanSMSTextmessage Displays the SendMsg option 191 Accessing SMSTextMessagesToreadanSMSTextmessage ToreplytoanSMSTextmessage Tosendapresetmessage Using PresetMessages Composing SMSVoice Messages Using SMSVoice MessagingPlaying an SMSVoice Message Sending SMSVoice Messages to Group Members Accessing SMSVoice Messages Torespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall Using Caller IDToswitchbacktothefirstcaller Responding to CallWaiting TomakeaThree-WayCall Making aThree-Way Call 197 Using Call ForwardingToactivateCallForwarding TodeactivateCallForwarding Sprint Vision Sprint Vision 199 SprintVision Applications Your User Name ToupdateyourusernameSelect SettingsDataUpdateProfile Getting StartedWith SprintVision SprintVision Home Launching a SprintVision ConnectionFindingYourUserName Net Guard TochangeyourNetGuardsettingsSelect SettingsDataNetGuard 203 SprintVision Connection Status and IndicatorsNavigating theWeb Softkeys Selecting Scrolling Togobackonepage GoingBackGoingHome Toselectlinks MessageTypes Accessing MessagingAccessing Sprint Mail To access SprintMailfromyour phone 207 Accessing Additional Email ProvidersTo access email providers from your phone Toselecttheinformationyouwantsenttoyourphone SigningUpforUpdatesViewingSprintPictureMail ToviewSprintPictureMailmessagesfromthemainmenu 209 Accessing InstantMessagingTo access instantmessagingclients from your phone Select Messaging IM & Email Topostamessage AccessingWirelessChatroomsToaccessachatroomfromthebrowser Select Chat&Dating 211 ToaccesstheSprintVisiondownloadmenusSelect MyContent DownloadinganItem SelectinganItemtoDownload 213 UsingMyContentManagerToaccessMyContentManager Todownloadaselecteditem TousetheApplicationManager UsingApplicationManagerTodownloadpurchasedcontentfromMyContentManager Select MyContentApplicationMgr 215 Using the Browser MenuExploring theWeb Toopenthebrowsermenu OpeningtheBrowserMenu Tocreateabookmark AccessingaBookmarkToaccessabookmark CreatingaBookmark Todeleteabookmark EditingaBookmarkDeletingaBookmark Toeditabookmark RestartingtheWebBrowser GoingtoaSpecificWebsiteReloadingaWebPage TosendaWebpage AdjustingtheBrowserSoundVolumeToadjustthebrowsersoundvolume SendingaWebPage 221 UsingYour Phone as a ModemSettingUpaDataConnectionWithYourPC Tosetupyourphone-to-PCdataconnection Disconnect the USB cable from your phone and your PC 223 SprintVision FAQsHowdoIsigninforthefirsttime? Whenismydataconnectionactive? Whenis mydataconnection dormant? Can I sign outofdataservices? 225 Sprint Voice Command It’sEasytoGetStarted Getting StartedWith Sprint Voice CommandSprint Voice Command 227 CreatingYour Own Address Book TomakeacallwithSprintVoiceCommand Making a CallWith Sprint Voice Command 229 Accessing Information Using SprintVoice CommandToaccessinformationusingSprintVoiceCommand 230 Safety and Warranty Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information 233 General PrecautionsImportant Safety Information UsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your PhoneUsingYourPhoneWhileDriving FollowingSafetyGuidelines 235 RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhoneTurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying TurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas UsingYourPhoneWithaHearingAidDevice 237 Caring for the BatteryProtectingYourBattery Getting the BestHearing Device Experience WithYour Phone DisposalofLithiumIonLi-IonBatteries Body-WornOperation KnowingRadioFrequencySafetyRadio Frequency RF Energy UnderstandingHowYourPhoneOperates FCCRadiofrequencyEmission SpecificAbsorptionRatesSARforWirelessPhones 241 FCCNotice Phone Guide Proprietary Notice Owner’s Record Warranty 243 Manufacturer’sWarranty Warranty Manufacturer’sWarrantyManufacturer’sLimitedWarranty Warranty 245 Copyright 2007 InnoPath Software. All rights reserved 247 IndexIndex Index Index Index