Your Phone The Basics | Sprint Nextel SCP-8400 instruction

Section 2A

Your Phone: The Basics

In This Section

FrontViewofYourPhone(page 11)

ViewingtheDisplayScreen(page 15)

FeaturesofYourPhone(page 18)

TurningYourPhoneOnandOff(page 20)

UsingYourPhone’sBatteryandCharger(page 21)

ChangingtheFacemask(page 24)

NavigatingThroughPhoneMenus(page 25)

DisplayingYourPhoneNumber(page 26)

MakingandAnsweringCalls(page 27)

EnteringText (page 43)

Yourphoneispackedwithfeaturesthatsimplifyyourlifeand expandyourabilitytostayconnectedtothepeopleand informationthatareimportanttoyou.This section will

guide you through the basic functions and calling features of your phone.

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Sprint Nextel SCP-8400 manual Your Phone The Basics

Contents

Phone User Guide Table of Contents 2C. Setting Your Phone’s Security 139 116129 152 2L. Using Your Phone’s Built-In Media Player 2M. Using Bluetooth Safety and Warranty Information 258 Welcome to Sprint Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Introduction Your Phone Send Message ServicesOutgoing Incoming Missed Recent Calls Erase History Iii Order Prints Settings & Info Camera Camcorder Picture Mail My Albums Assigned Media Update Phone More Tools Voice ServicesBluetooth Calendar USB Connection MicroSD Sounds Display Location Power VisionReady Link Vii Security BluetoothMessaging Viii Others Phone InfoPage Getting Started This Section Setting Up ServiceSetting Up Service Tounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps DeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivatedUnlockingYourPhone Voicemail Passcode Setting UpYourVoicemailTosetupyourvoicemail SprintPCSVisionorSprintPowerVisionPassword SprintPCS AccountPasswordsAccount Password VoicemailPassword 888-211-4PCS4727 ReachingSprintCustomerService Getting Help Sprint411 ToaccessautomatedinvoicinginformationReceivingAutomatedInvoicingInformation TocallSprint411 SprintPCSOperatorServices ToaccessSprintPCSOperatorServices Your Phone Your Phone The Basics Your Phone The Basics FrontView ofYour Phone Phone Basics Key Functions SideCallKey lets you place calls without opening the phone Your Phone The Basics Viewing the Display Screen Your Phone The Basics Indicates 1-beep feature is set Features ofYour Phone Phone Basics TurningYourPhoneOff TurningYour Phone On and OffTurningYourPhoneOn Toturnyourphoneon UsingYour Phone’s Battery and Charger BatteryCapacity ToinstalltheLi-Ionbattery InstallingtheBatteryRemovingtheBattery Toremoveyourbattery Tousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone ChargingtheBatteryUsingtheCharger RemovingtheFacemask InstallingtheFacemaskChanging the Facemask NavigatingThrough Phone Menus SelectingMenuItems Togotothepreviousmenu DisplayingYour Phone NumberBackingUpWithinaMenu Toreturntostandbymode Making Calls TomakeacallusingyourkeypadMaking and Answering Calls Important To maximize Dialing Options Toansweranincomingcallwiththephoneclosed Answering CallsToansweranincomingcallwiththephoneopen Answer or AnswerSpeaker to answer the call TosetAnsweronHold AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabledSettingAnsweronHold Toresumethecall Todisconnectacallwhenyouarefinished UsingtheSpeakerphoneEndingaCall Toturnthespeakerphoneonduringacall MutingaCall ChangingtheRingerVolumeAdjustingVolumeDuringaConversation Tomuteacall TocalltheMissedCallentry Missed Call NotificationCalling Emergency Numbers TodisplayaMissedCallentryfromstandbymode ToselectEmergencymodeoptions ToexitEmergencymodeSelect ExitEmergency In-Call Options Totransferaudioduringacall Transfer AudioEnd-of-Call Options Saving a Phone Number Tosaveanumberfromstandbymode Tofindaphonenumber Finding a Phone NumberDialing and Saving Phone NumbersWith Pauses Todialorsavephonenumberswithpauses TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialingPlus + Code Dialing TodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry Using Speed DialingDialing From the Contacts List Select ContactsFind/AddEntry TousespeeddialforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Using Abbreviated DialingToplaceacallusingAbbreviatedDialing Tochangethecharacterinputmode EnteringTextSelecting a Character InputMode Entering Characters UsingT9TextInput ToenterawordusingT9TextInput Phone Basics Select SettingsOthersTextEntryDefaultInput SettingtheDefaultInputModeTosetthedefaultinputmode Entering Characters by Using AlphabetMode Press and hold To delete an entire entry Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings SelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls Sound SettingsRingerTypes Toselectaringertypeforvoicecalls SelectingRingerTypesforMessaging SelectingRingerTypesforVoicemailorCalendar/AlarmSelectingRingerTypesforSprintPCSReadyLinkCalls Toselectavibratepattern Selecting aTone LengthSelectingaVibratePattern Toselectatonelength Setting Up Key Press Echo Setting a Start-up/Power-offToneUsingVoice Prompt Toadjusttheearpieceorspeakervolume Adjusting the Phone’sVolume SettingsToadjustyourphone’svolumesettings Toadjusttheapplicationvolume Tosetalerts Select SettingsSoundsAlertsAlert Notification TodeactivateSilenceAll Silence AllToactivateSilenceAll Changing the BacklightTime Length Display SettingsChanging theTextGreeting Tochangetheanimationdisplay Changing the Display Screen AnimationChanging the Display for Incoming Calls Tochangetheincomingcallsdisplay Changing the Display for Area Name Changing the Clock/Calendar Display for Standby ModeSelect SettingsDisplayOthersMatchAreaCode Tosetyourareanamedisplay Tochangethescreensaver Changing the Screen SaverChanging the Display for My Buddy ToactivateordeactivateMyBuddy Tochangethetextfontsize Changing theTextFontSizeChanging the Background Tochangethedisplay’sbackground Power Save Mode Setting Return to Standby ModeSleep Mode Tosetthisfeature Location Settings Toenableyourphone’sLocationfeature Tosetthemessagenotificationdisplay Messaging SettingsSettingtheMessageNotificationDisplay Tochangethelanguageofthepresetmessages ManagingPresetMessagesToeditapresetmessage Select SettingsMessagingPresetMsgs Tosetthecallbacknumber SettingaCallbackNumberAddingaCustomizedSignature Toaddacustomizedsignaturetoeachsentmessage SettingtheSender’sNameforSMSVoiceMessaging SettingDraftsAlertSettingtheSpeakerphoneforSMSVoiceMessaging TosetalertforSMSVoicemessaging Airplane ModeSettinganAlertNotificationforSMSVoiceMessaging TosetyourphonetoAirplaneMode TTY UseWith SprintPCS Service ToturnTTY modeonoroff Your Phone’s Settings ToactivateWireless Backup service Wireless BackupActivating and DeactivatingWireless Backup Service Select ContactsWirelessBackup TosetWirelessBackupalert SettingWireless Backup AlertTodeactivateWirelessBackupservice Select ContactsWirelessBackupAlert Toassignyourshortcutkey Phone Setup OptionsShortcutMy Favorites Toedittheshortcut Display Language Auto-Answer ModeSetting Any Key Answer Select SettingsOthersOpen/CloseFlip Setting the Open/Close Flip OptionToactivatetheOpenFlipfeature ToactivatetheCloseFlipfeature Select SettingsOthersPowerOntoAlert Setting Power On to AlertToturnPowerOntoAlertonoroff Changing the Phone’s Menu Style Changing the Main LCD Background Setting the Side Key GuardSelect SettingsOthersSideKeyGuard TochangetheMainLCDdisplay’sbackground Tosetyourtextentryoptions SettingTextEntry OptionsSelect SettingsOthersTextEntry TosetAbbreviatedDialing Setting Abbreviated DialingSelect SettingsOthersAbbrev.Dial Tosetheadsetmode Setting HeadsetModeToconnecttheheadset Tosetthesoundmode Changing the DisplayThemes Select SettingsDisplayThemesCustomizing the User Interface Tochangethedisplaythemes Setting Your Phone’s Security Your Phone’s Security LockingYour Phone Accessing the Security MenuUsingYour Phone’s Lock Feature Locking the Pictures Menu UnlockingYour PhoneChanging the Lock Code Toactivatelockservices Lock ServicesCalling in Lock Mode Select VoiceCalls, PowerVision, or ReadyLink Select OthersLimitUse Select OutgoingCalls or IncomingCalls Restricting CallsTorestrictcalls Using Special Numbers Toaddorreplaceaspecialnumber Erasing Phone Content Toerasephonecontent Toresetthebrowser Resetting the BrowserResetting Favorites Toresetfavorites Toresetyourphone ResettingYour PhoneResettingYour Picture Mail Account ToresetyourPictureMailaccount Select Erase/ResetDefaultSettings. a disclaimer appears Resetting DefaultSettingsToresetdefaultsettings Select OthersFoundMeReset/LockEnable Resetting and LockingYour Phone Through SMSToenablelockingyourphonethroughSMS TodisableSprintPCSVisionservices Security Features for SprintPCSVisionEnabling and Disabling SprintPCSVision Services ToenableSprintPCSVisionservices Controlling Your Roaming Experience RoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks Understanding RoamingRecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreen Controlling Your Roaming Experience CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming Select SettingsOthersRoamingSetMode SettingYour Phone’s Roam ModeSet Mode Tosetyourphone’sroammode ToturnCallGuardonoroff Using Call GuardSelect SettingsOthersRoamingCallGuard ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon ToaccessdataserviceswithDataRoamGuardactivated Using Data Roam GuardTochangeyourDataRoamGuardsettings ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon Managing Call History Managing Call History Viewing HistoryToviewaCallHistoryentry Call History Options 101 Press Options right softkey Call or CallSpeakerOn Making a Call From Call HistoryToplaceacallfromCallHistory TosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistory 103 ToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory Prepending a Phone Number From Call HistoryErasing Call History ToeraseCallHistory Using Contacts 105 Assigning a Group Entry Using ContactsAdding a New Contacts Entry Toaddanewentry Toassignacontacttoagroup Finding Contacts EntriesFindingNames TofindContactsentriesbyname FindingGroupEntries Contacts ListOptionsFindingSpeedDialNumbers Tofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinspeeddiallocations Contacts Entry Options 109 Tomakechangestoanentry Editing a Contacts EntryToaddaphonenumbertoanentry Select ContactsSpeedDial#s Assigning Speed Dial NumbersToassignaspeeddialnumber 111 Toeraseaselectedentry Erasing a Contacts Entry From the ListAssigning an Image to a Contacts Entry Press Options right softkey EraseContactYes 113 Selecting a RingerType for an EntryTo selecta ringer type for an entry Tomakeanentrypublic SecretContacts EntriesTomakeanentrysecret Todialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad Dialing SprintPCS ServicesTodialaservicefromyourContacts 115 Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Toaddanevent UsingYour Phone’s CalendarAdding an Eventto the Calendar Press Options right softkey AddEventSchedule Event Alert Menu TosilencethealarmEvent Alerts Viewing Events Purging All Events Going to a Specified DateErasing a Day’s Events Toaddacallalarmtothecalendar Using the Call Alarm FeatureAdding a Call Alarm to the Calendar Press Options right softkey AddEventCallAlarm Call Alarm Menu AddingTo Do ListItems Adding aTo Do ListItem to the Calendar ToaddaToDoListitemtothecalendar Tousethealarmclock UsingYour Phone’sToolsUsing the Alarm Clock Select ToolsMoreToolsAlarmClock Tostartthestopwatch Using the StopwatchTostopthealarm Torecordalaptimewhilethestopwatchisrunning Select ToolsMoreToolsCountdown Using the CountdownTimerTousethecountdowntimer SnoozeInterval, or SnoozeTimes Tousethecalculator Using the CalculatorWorld Clock Toviewthetimeindifferentlocations UpdatingYour Phone ToupdateyourphonethroughtheToolsmenuSelect ToolsUpdatePhone 127 Finding Icon Definitions Personal Information ManagementDisplayingYour User Address Displaying theVersion Information Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 129 Using Your Phone’s Voice Services UsingVoice-Activated DialingMaking a Call Using Voice-Activated Dialing ProgrammingVoiceTags 131 VoiceTag OptionsTodisplayvoicetagoptions Using theVoice Recorder RecordingVoice Memos Toplaythevoicememosyouhaverecorded ReviewingVoice MemosSelecting the Storage Area forVoice Memos Toselectthestorageareaforvoicememos Toeraseanindividualvoicememo Setting the Recording GuardErasingVoice Memos Toeraseallvoicememos 135 Voice Recorder OptionsTodisplaythevoicerecorderoptions Selecting an Announcementfor Screen Call Setting Up Screen CallActivating Screen Call Torecordyourname RecordingYour Name for a Prerecorded AnnouncementRecording a Customized Announcement Torecordanannouncement Toreviewanannouncement Reviewing an AnnouncementErasing an Announcement Toeraseanannouncement Using the microSD Card 139 Using the microSD Card UsingYour Phone’s microSD Card and AdapterUsing the microSD Card InsertingthemicroSDCard 141 RemovingthemicroSDCardToremovethemicroSDcardfromyourphone MicroSDIconIndications StatusIcon Meaning ToremovethemicroSDcardfromthemicroSDadapter Using the microSD AdapterToinsertthemicroSDcardintothemicroSDadapter 143 Viewing Memory in the microSD Card MicroSD SettingsCreating Folders in the microSD Card TocreatefoldersinthemicroSDcard 145 Formatting the microSD CardToformatyourmicroSDcard DisplayingYour microSD Files ToaccessthemicroSDfilesMicroSD Files Select ToolsmicroSDmicroSDFiles TobackupyourContactsdatatothemicroSDBacking UpYour Contacts Data to the microSD Furtheroptionsavailableare To setup the Dpof Select Standard Print or Index Print TocleartheDPOFprintorder Clearing the Dpof PrintOrderReviewing an Order Summary Toreviewanordersummary Toremovetheconnection ConnectingYour Phone toYour PCToconnectyourphonetoyourPC 151 Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 153 Taking PicturesTotakeapicturewiththephoneopen Totakeapicturewiththephoneclosed Select PicturesMyAlbumsOnlineAlbums CreatingYour SprintPCS Picture Mail PasswordTocreateyourSprintPCSPictureMailpassword 155 Camera Mode Options Toactivatetheflash UsingtheMacro/NormalSwitchSettingtheFlash 157 Tocanceltheself-timerafterithasstarted SettingtheSelf-TimerToactivatetheself-timer Totakeastitchshot UsingtheZoomTakingStitchShots Tousethezoom Toselectyourcamerasettings SettingYour Favorite ModeSelecting Camera Settings Tosetyourfavoritemode Select PicturesSettings&Info Using the Settings & Info MenuToaccessthesettingsandinfomenu 161 Details CameraIconIndicationFunction 163 RecordingVideosTorecordavideo Totakeavideowiththephoneclosed Select Camcorder Video Mode Options 165 Selecting Camcorder Settings Toselectyourcamcordersettings VideoIconIndication 167 Selecting the Storage Area Select PicturesSettings&InfoAutoSavetoStoring Pictures andVideos Toselectthestoragearea ToreviewyourstoreddatainthemicroSD Phone FolderMicroSD Picture andVideo Folder Select PicturesMyAlbumsInmicroSD Phone Folder and microSD Files Options Select ToolsAssignedMedia Assigned Media FolderTosaveapictureorvideototheAssignedMediafolder 171 TosendpicturesfromtheInPhonefolder Sending SprintPCS Picture MailSendingPicturesandVideosFromtheInPhoneFolder Select PicturesMyAlbumsInPhone 173 Select InPhone, InmicroSD, or OnlineAlbums Sending Pictures andVideos From MessagingTosendpicturesandvideosfromtheMessagingmenu Managing SprintPCS Picture Mail Using the SprintPCS Picture MailWeb SiteToaccesstheSprintPCSPictureMailWebsite 175 Toviewyouronlinepicturesandvideosfromyourphone Managing Online Pictures andVideos From Your PhoneUploading Pictures andVideos Touploadpicturesandvideos DownloadingYour Online Pictures andVideos 177 Accessing Online Picture andVideo Options From Your Phone ToaccessyouronlinePictureandVideooptionsfromyourphone ToaccessyourOnlineAlbumsoptionsfromyourphone 179 Toprintpicturesdirectlyfromyourphone Select ToolsUSBConnectionPictBridge 181 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 183 Setting SprintPCS Ready Link ModeToenableordisableSprintPCSReadyLinkmode PreparingYour Phone for SprintPCS Ready Link Service Ready Link Call Alerts MainLCDDisplayDuringaReadyLinkCall 185 Selecting a Contacts List Making and Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link CallDisplaying the SprintPCS Ready Link List 187 Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call One-to-One CallToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyselectingacontact Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 189 Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call Group CallToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkGroupcall Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call by Entering a Number ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyenteringanumber TodisplaytheMissedReadyLinkCalllog Missed Call Notification for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsTocallthelastMissedSprintPCSReadyLinkcall 191 Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link Call ToreceiveaSprintPCSReadyLinkcall SprintPCS Ready Link Options 193 Copying an Entry toYour Personal Listor Personal Group List TocopyanentryfromtheSprintPCSReadyLinkList Tosavethenumberfromtheendcalldisplay Saving a SprintPCS Ready Link NumberFinding an Entry in the SprintPCS Ready Link List TofindaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry Select Goto left softkey PersonalListAddContact Adding a New ContacttoYour Personal ListToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkcontact Select Goto left softkey PersonalGrps.AddGroup Adding a New Group toYour Personal Group ListToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkgroupentry 197 Editing a ContactinYour Personal List ToeditaPersonalListcontact 199 Editing a Group inYour Personal Group ListToeditagroup Erasing an Entry inYour Personal Listor Personal Group List EraseGroup appears when you select PersonalGrpsErasing Ready Link ListEntries Toeraseacontactoragroup Updating the Company Listand Personal List Select SettingsReadyLinkListUpdateErasing a SprintPCS Ready Link List ToeraseaSprintPCSReadyLinkList TousespeeddialforaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry Assigning Speed Dialing for SprintPCS Ready Link EntriesToassignspeeddialnumberstoSprintPCSReadyLinkentries To setthe Ready Link Guard Setting Ready Link GuardTo restartthe SprintPCS Ready Link service To selecta ringer type for SprintPCS Ready Link calls Toadjustthefloortonevolume SettingVibrate Pattern for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsSetting an AlertNotification for SprintPCS Ready Link Calls ToselectavibratepatternforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Setting the Floor Display of the SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Setting the Speakerphone for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsSetting the DefaultView of the SprintPCS Ready Link List Using Your Phone’s Built-In Media Player Using Your Phone’s Built-in Media Player Your Multimedia Channel Options 207 AccessingYour Media Player’s Channel Listings ToaccessyourmediaplayerandChannelListings 209 Playing aVideo or Audio ClipToselectandplayamediaclip Multimedia FAQs ArethevideosthatI’mviewinglivevideos? 211 HowcanIcancelserviceifIdecideIdon’twantit? Using Bluetooth 213 ToturnBluetoothon Turning Bluetooth On and OffBluetoothStatusIndicators ToturnBluetoothoff ToaccesstheBluetoothSettingsmenu Using the Bluetooth Settings MenuBluetooth Settings My Bluetooth Name TosetaBluetoothnameforyourphone Todisplayyourphone’sBluetoothInformation Bluetooth Settings My Bluetooth InformationBluetooth SettingsVisibility Press SettingsBluetoothMyDeviceInfo Press SettingsBluetoothPermissions Bluetooth SettingsVoice PriorityBluetooth Settings Permissions Tosetthevoicepriority Bluetooth Profiles PairedDevices Pairing Bluetooth DevicesTopairyourphonewithanotherBluetoothdevice WaitingforRequest Using theTrusted Devices Options Tousethetrusteddevicesoptions Sending an Item Sending Data via BluetoothSelect ToolsBluetooth Tosendanitem Sending a Contact Tosendacontact Sprint PCS Service Features Sprint PCS Service Features Basics Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics 225 UsingVoicemailSetting UpYourVoicemail Tocallyourvoicemail Voicemail NotificationNewVoicemail Message Alerts TodisplayyourMissedLog 227 UsingOne-TouchMessageAccessRetrievingYourVoicemail Messages VoicemailButtonGuide UsingExpertModeVoicemail Options ToturnExpertModeonoroff Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessage SettingUpGroupDistributionListsSprintPCSCallback 229 Voicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReplyVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwarding Tocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen Clearing the Message IconExtendedAbsenceGreeting Select MessagingVoicemailClearCount Voicemail Menu Key TocomposeanSMSTextmessage Using SMSTextMessagingComposing SMSTextMessages 233 Email to enter the recipient’s email address Accessing SMSTextMessages Editing PresetMessages ToplayanSMSVoicemessagefromthemainmenu Using SMSVoice MessagingPlaying an SMSVoice Message Select MessagingVoiceSMS Accessing SMSVoice Messages Composing SMSVoice Messages Using Caller ID Press Shift Torespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall ToswitchbacktothefirstcallerResponding to CallWaiting 239 Making aThree-Way Call TomakeaThree-WayCall TodeactivateCallForwarding Using Call ForwardingToactivateCallForwarding 241 Sprint PCS Voice Command Sprint PCS Voice Command 243 Getting StartedWith SprintPCS Voice CommandIt’sEasytoGetStarted CreatingYour Own Address Book 245 Making a CallWith SprintPCS Voice CommandTomakeacallwithSprintPCSVoiceCommand Accessing Information Using SprintPCSVoice Command ToaccessinformationusingSprintPCSVoiceCommand Safety and Warranty Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information General PrecautionsMaintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your Phone DoNotRelyonYourPhoneforEmergencyCalls UsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices UsingYourPhoneWhileDrivingFollowingSafetyGuidelines TurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying 251 RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhoneTurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas UsingYour PhoneWith a Hearing Aid Device SanyohasanM3rating Select Settings Display Backlight Caring for the BatterySelect Settings Display Backlight Select MainLCD or SubLCD ProtectingYourBattery DisposalofLithiumIonLi-IonBatteries KnowingRadiofrequencySafetyRadiofrequency RF Energy UnderstandingHowYourPhoneOperates CellularCDMAmodePart22 SpecificAbsorptionRateSARforWirelessPhonesBody-WornOperation PCSCDMAmodePart24 FCCRadiofrequencyEmission FCCNotice 257 Owner’s RecordPhone Guide Proprietary Notice Warranty Manufacturer’s Warranty Manufacturer’sWarranty Warranty 259 Manufacturer’sWarrantyManufacturer’sLimitedWarranty This warranty is valid only in the United States Warranty 261 Index Index Index Index Index