SettingTextEntry Options

Tosetyourtextentryoptions:

1.Select >Settings>Others>TextEntry.

2.Select an option and press .

Auto-Capitalto turn auto-capitalization on or off.

MyWords to add a word to or edit a word in the T9 database (see page 45).

InputLanguage to select the language (English or Spanish).

DefaultInput to select T9 word, Alphabet, or Retain Mode for the initial entry mode (see page 46).

Auto-Spaceto turn auto-spacing on or off after T9 words you enter.

RecentAccess to display the three most recently used input mode menu items from the top of the list when this setting is set to on.

T9Settings to customize the T9 settings (see page 45).

AddWord to store words that you use frequently (see page 45).

Help to see the T9 instruction page.

Your Phone’s Settings

Section 2B: Controlling Your Phone’s Settings

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Sprint Nextel SCP-8400 manual SettingTextEntry Options, Tosetyourtextentryoptions, Select SettingsOthersTextEntry

Contents

Phone User Guide Table of Contents 2C. Setting Your Phone’s Security 129 116139 152 2M. Using Bluetooth 2L. Using Your Phone’s Built-In Media Player 258 Safety and Warranty Information Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Welcome to Sprint Your Phone Introduction Outgoing Incoming Missed Recent Calls Erase History ServicesSend Message Iii Camera Camcorder Picture Mail My Albums Order Prints Settings & Info Bluetooth Calendar USB Connection Voice ServicesAssigned Media Update Phone More Tools MicroSD Display Sounds Ready Link Power VisionLocation Vii Messaging BluetoothSecurity Viii Phone Info OthersPage Getting Started Setting Up Service Setting Up ServiceThis Section DeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivated UnlockingYourPhoneTounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps Setting UpYourVoicemail TosetupyourvoicemailVoicemail Passcode Account Password VoicemailPassword SprintPCS AccountPasswordsSprintPCSVisionorSprintPowerVisionPassword 888-211-4PCS4727 Getting Help ReachingSprintCustomerService ReceivingAutomatedInvoicingInformation ToaccessautomatedinvoicinginformationSprint411 TocallSprint411 ToaccessSprintPCSOperatorServices SprintPCSOperatorServices Your Phone Your Phone The Basics Your Phone The Basics Phone Basics FrontView ofYour Phone 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 TurningYourPhoneOn TurningYour Phone On and OffTurningYourPhoneOff Toturnyourphoneon BatteryCapacity UsingYour Phone’s Battery and Charger RemovingtheBattery InstallingtheBatteryToinstalltheLi-Ionbattery Toremoveyourbattery ChargingtheBattery UsingtheChargerTousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone InstallingtheFacemask Changing the FacemaskRemovingtheFacemask SelectingMenuItems NavigatingThrough Phone Menus BackingUpWithinaMenu DisplayingYour Phone NumberTogotothepreviousmenu Toreturntostandbymode Making and Answering Calls TomakeacallusingyourkeypadMaking Calls Important To maximize Dialing Options Answering Calls ToansweranincomingcallwiththephoneopenToansweranincomingcallwiththephoneclosed Answer or AnswerSpeaker to answer the call SettingAnsweronHold AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabledTosetAnsweronHold Toresumethecall EndingaCall UsingtheSpeakerphoneTodisconnectacallwhenyouarefinished Toturnthespeakerphoneonduringacall AdjustingVolumeDuringaConversation ChangingtheRingerVolumeMutingaCall Tomuteacall Calling Emergency Numbers Missed Call NotificationTocalltheMissedCallentry TodisplayaMissedCallentryfromstandbymode ToexitEmergencymode Select ExitEmergencyToselectEmergencymodeoptions In-Call Options Transfer Audio End-of-Call OptionsTotransferaudioduringacall Tosaveanumberfromstandbymode Saving a Phone Number Finding a Phone Number Dialing and Saving Phone NumbersWith PausesTofindaphonenumber TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialing Plus + Code DialingTodialorsavephonenumberswithpauses Dialing From the Contacts List Using Speed DialingTodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry Select ContactsFind/AddEntry Using Abbreviated Dialing ToplaceacallusingAbbreviatedDialingTousespeeddialforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls EnteringText Selecting a Character InputModeTochangethecharacterinputmode ToenterawordusingT9TextInput Entering Characters UsingT9TextInput Phone Basics SettingtheDefaultInputMode TosetthedefaultinputmodeSelect SettingsOthersTextEntryDefaultInput Press and hold To delete an entire entry Entering Characters by Using AlphabetMode Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings RingerTypes Sound SettingsSelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls Toselectaringertypeforvoicecalls SelectingRingerTypesforVoicemailorCalendar/Alarm SelectingRingerTypesforSprintPCSReadyLinkCallsSelectingRingerTypesforMessaging SelectingaVibratePattern Selecting aTone LengthToselectavibratepattern Toselectatonelength Setting a Start-up/Power-offTone UsingVoice PromptSetting Up Key Press Echo Toadjustyourphone’svolumesettings Adjusting the Phone’sVolume SettingsToadjusttheearpieceorspeakervolume Toadjusttheapplicationvolume Select SettingsSoundsAlerts Alert NotificationTosetalerts Silence All ToactivateSilenceAllTodeactivateSilenceAll Display Settings Changing theTextGreetingChanging the BacklightTime Length Changing the Display for Incoming Calls Changing the Display Screen AnimationTochangetheanimationdisplay Tochangetheincomingcallsdisplay Select SettingsDisplayOthersMatchAreaCode Changing the Clock/Calendar Display for Standby ModeChanging the Display for Area Name Tosetyourareanamedisplay Changing the Display for My Buddy Changing the Screen SaverTochangethescreensaver ToactivateordeactivateMyBuddy Changing the Background Changing theTextFontSizeTochangethetextfontsize Tochangethedisplay’sbackground Sleep Mode Setting Return to Standby ModePower Save Mode Tosetthisfeature Toenableyourphone’sLocationfeature Location Settings Messaging Settings SettingtheMessageNotificationDisplayTosetthemessagenotificationdisplay Toeditapresetmessage ManagingPresetMessagesTochangethelanguageofthepresetmessages Select SettingsMessagingPresetMsgs AddingaCustomizedSignature SettingaCallbackNumberTosetthecallbacknumber Toaddacustomizedsignaturetoeachsentmessage SettingDraftsAlert SettingtheSpeakerphoneforSMSVoiceMessagingSettingtheSender’sNameforSMSVoiceMessaging SettinganAlertNotificationforSMSVoiceMessaging Airplane ModeTosetalertforSMSVoicemessaging TosetyourphonetoAirplaneMode ToturnTTY modeonoroff TTY UseWith SprintPCS Service Your Phone’s Settings Activating and DeactivatingWireless Backup Service Wireless BackupToactivateWireless Backup service Select ContactsWirelessBackup TodeactivateWirelessBackupservice SettingWireless Backup AlertTosetWirelessBackupalert Select ContactsWirelessBackupAlert ShortcutMy Favorites Phone Setup OptionsToassignyourshortcutkey Toedittheshortcut Auto-Answer Mode Setting Any Key AnswerDisplay Language ToactivatetheOpenFlipfeature Setting the Open/Close Flip OptionSelect SettingsOthersOpen/CloseFlip ToactivatetheCloseFlipfeature ToturnPowerOntoAlertonoroff Setting Power On to AlertSelect SettingsOthersPowerOntoAlert Changing the Phone’s Menu Style Select SettingsOthersSideKeyGuard Setting the Side Key GuardChanging the Main LCD Background TochangetheMainLCDdisplay’sbackground SettingTextEntry Options Select SettingsOthersTextEntryTosetyourtextentryoptions Setting Abbreviated Dialing Select SettingsOthersAbbrev.DialTosetAbbreviatedDialing Toconnecttheheadset Setting HeadsetModeTosetheadsetmode Tosetthesoundmode Customizing the User Interface Select SettingsDisplayThemesChanging the DisplayThemes Tochangethedisplaythemes Your Phone’s Security Setting Your Phone’s Security Accessing the Security Menu UsingYour Phone’s Lock FeatureLockingYour Phone UnlockingYour Phone Changing the Lock CodeLocking the Pictures Menu Calling in Lock Mode Lock ServicesToactivatelockservices Select VoiceCalls, PowerVision, or ReadyLink Restricting Calls TorestrictcallsSelect OthersLimitUse Select OutgoingCalls or IncomingCalls Toaddorreplaceaspecialnumber Using Special Numbers Toerasephonecontent Erasing Phone Content Resetting Favorites Resetting the BrowserToresetthebrowser Toresetfavorites ResettingYour Picture Mail Account ResettingYour PhoneToresetyourphone ToresetyourPictureMailaccount Resetting DefaultSettings ToresetdefaultsettingsSelect Erase/ResetDefaultSettings. a disclaimer appears Resetting and LockingYour Phone Through SMS ToenablelockingyourphonethroughSMSSelect OthersFoundMeReset/LockEnable Enabling and Disabling SprintPCSVision Services Security Features for SprintPCSVisionTodisableSprintPCSVisionservices ToenableSprintPCSVisionservices Controlling Your Roaming Experience RecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreen Understanding RoamingRoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks Controlling Your Roaming Experience Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming Set Mode SettingYour Phone’s Roam ModeSelect SettingsOthersRoamingSetMode Tosetyourphone’sroammode Select SettingsOthersRoamingCallGuard Using Call GuardToturnCallGuardonoroff ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon TochangeyourDataRoamGuardsettings Using Data Roam GuardToaccessdataserviceswithDataRoamGuardactivated ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon Managing Call History Viewing History ToviewaCallHistoryentryManaging Call History 101 Call History Options Making a Call From Call History ToplaceacallfromCallHistoryPress Options right softkey Call or CallSpeakerOn 103 TosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistory Erasing Call History Prepending a Phone Number From Call HistoryToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory ToeraseCallHistory 105 Using Contacts Adding a New Contacts Entry Using ContactsAssigning a Group Entry Toaddanewentry FindingNames Finding Contacts EntriesToassignacontacttoagroup TofindContactsentriesbyname FindingSpeedDialNumbers Contacts ListOptionsFindingGroupEntries Tofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinspeeddiallocations 109 Contacts Entry Options Editing a Contacts Entry ToaddaphonenumbertoanentryTomakechangestoanentry Toassignaspeeddialnumber Assigning Speed Dial NumbersSelect ContactsSpeedDial#s 111 Assigning an Image to a Contacts Entry Erasing a Contacts Entry From the ListToeraseaselectedentry Press Options right softkey EraseContactYes Selecting a RingerType for an Entry To selecta ringer type for an entry113 SecretContacts Entries TomakeanentrysecretTomakeanentrypublic TodialaservicefromyourContacts Dialing SprintPCS ServicesTodialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad 115 Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Adding an Eventto the Calendar UsingYour Phone’s CalendarToaddanevent Press Options right softkey AddEventSchedule Event Alerts TosilencethealarmEvent Alert Menu Viewing Events Going to a Specified Date Erasing a Day’s EventsPurging All Events Adding a Call Alarm to the Calendar Using the Call Alarm FeatureToaddacallalarmtothecalendar Press Options right softkey AddEventCallAlarm AddingTo Do ListItems Call Alarm Menu ToaddaToDoListitemtothecalendar Adding aTo Do ListItem to the Calendar Using the Alarm Clock UsingYour Phone’sToolsTousethealarmclock Select ToolsMoreToolsAlarmClock Tostopthealarm Using the StopwatchTostartthestopwatch Torecordalaptimewhilethestopwatchisrunning Tousethecountdowntimer Using the CountdownTimerSelect ToolsMoreToolsCountdown SnoozeInterval, or SnoozeTimes World Clock Using the CalculatorTousethecalculator Toviewthetimeindifferentlocations Select ToolsUpdatePhone ToupdateyourphonethroughtheToolsmenuUpdatingYour Phone 127 DisplayingYour User Address Personal Information ManagementFinding Icon Definitions Displaying theVersion Information 129 Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Making a Call Using Voice-Activated Dialing UsingVoice-Activated DialingUsing Your Phone’s Voice Services ProgrammingVoiceTags VoiceTag Options Todisplayvoicetagoptions131 RecordingVoice Memos Using theVoice Recorder Selecting the Storage Area forVoice Memos ReviewingVoice MemosToplaythevoicememosyouhaverecorded Toselectthestorageareaforvoicememos ErasingVoice Memos Setting the Recording GuardToeraseanindividualvoicememo Toeraseallvoicememos Voice Recorder Options Todisplaythevoicerecorderoptions135 Setting Up Screen Call Activating Screen CallSelecting an Announcementfor Screen Call Recording a Customized Announcement RecordingYour Name for a Prerecorded AnnouncementTorecordyourname Torecordanannouncement Erasing an Announcement Reviewing an AnnouncementToreviewanannouncement Toeraseanannouncement 139 Using the microSD Card Using the microSD Card UsingYour Phone’s microSD Card and AdapterUsing the microSD Card InsertingthemicroSDCard RemovingthemicroSDCard ToremovethemicroSDcardfromyourphone141 StatusIcon Meaning MicroSDIconIndications ToinsertthemicroSDcardintothemicroSDadapter Using the microSD AdapterToremovethemicroSDcardfromthemicroSDadapter 143 Creating Folders in the microSD Card MicroSD SettingsViewing Memory in the microSD Card TocreatefoldersinthemicroSDcard Formatting the microSD Card ToformatyourmicroSDcard145 ToaccessthemicroSDfiles MicroSD FilesDisplayingYour microSD Files Backing UpYour Contacts Data to the microSD TobackupyourContactsdatatothemicroSDSelect ToolsmicroSDmicroSDFiles Furtheroptionsavailableare Select Standard Print or Index Print To setup the Dpof Reviewing an Order Summary Clearing the Dpof PrintOrderTocleartheDPOFprintorder Toreviewanordersummary ConnectingYour Phone toYour PC ToconnectyourphonetoyourPCToremovetheconnection 151 Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Taking Pictures Totakeapicturewiththephoneopen153 Totakeapicturewiththephoneclosed TocreateyourSprintPCSPictureMailpassword CreatingYour SprintPCS Picture Mail PasswordSelect PicturesMyAlbumsOnlineAlbums 155 Camera Mode Options SettingtheFlash UsingtheMacro/NormalSwitchToactivatetheflash 157 SettingtheSelf-Timer Toactivatetheself-timerTocanceltheself-timerafterithasstarted TakingStitchShots UsingtheZoomTotakeastitchshot Tousethezoom Selecting Camera Settings SettingYour Favorite ModeToselectyourcamerasettings Tosetyourfavoritemode Toaccessthesettingsandinfomenu Using the Settings & Info MenuSelect PicturesSettings&Info 161 CameraIconIndication FunctionDetails RecordingVideos Torecordavideo163 Select Camcorder Totakeavideowiththephoneclosed 165 Video Mode Options Toselectyourcamcordersettings Selecting Camcorder Settings 167 VideoIconIndication Storing Pictures andVideos Select PicturesSettings&InfoAutoSavetoSelecting the Storage Area Toselectthestoragearea MicroSD Picture andVideo Folder Phone FolderToreviewyourstoreddatainthemicroSD Select PicturesMyAlbumsInmicroSD Phone Folder and microSD Files Options TosaveapictureorvideototheAssignedMediafolder Assigned Media FolderSelect ToolsAssignedMedia 171 SendingPicturesandVideosFromtheInPhoneFolder Sending SprintPCS Picture MailTosendpicturesfromtheInPhonefolder Select PicturesMyAlbumsInPhone 173 Sending Pictures andVideos From Messaging TosendpicturesandvideosfromtheMessagingmenuSelect InPhone, InmicroSD, or OnlineAlbums ToaccesstheSprintPCSPictureMailWebsite Using the SprintPCS Picture MailWeb SiteManaging SprintPCS Picture Mail 175 Uploading Pictures andVideos Managing Online Pictures andVideos From Your PhoneToviewyouronlinepicturesandvideosfromyourphone Touploadpicturesandvideos 177 DownloadingYour Online Pictures andVideos ToaccessyouronlinePictureandVideooptionsfromyourphone Accessing Online Picture andVideo Options From Your Phone 179 ToaccessyourOnlineAlbumsoptionsfromyourphone Select ToolsUSBConnectionPictBridge Toprintpicturesdirectlyfromyourphone 181 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link Using Sprint PCS Ready Link Setting SprintPCS Ready Link Mode ToenableordisableSprintPCSReadyLinkmode183 Ready Link Call Alerts PreparingYour Phone for SprintPCS Ready Link Service 185 MainLCDDisplayDuringaReadyLinkCall Making and Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link Call Displaying the SprintPCS Ready Link ListSelecting a Contacts List Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call One-to-One Call ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyselectingacontact187 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call Group Call ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkGroupcall189 ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyenteringanumber Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call by Entering a Number TocallthelastMissedSprintPCSReadyLinkcall Missed Call Notification for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsTodisplaytheMissedReadyLinkCalllog 191 ToreceiveaSprintPCSReadyLinkcall Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link Call 193 SprintPCS Ready Link Options TocopyanentryfromtheSprintPCSReadyLinkList Copying an Entry toYour Personal Listor Personal Group List Finding an Entry in the SprintPCS Ready Link List Saving a SprintPCS Ready Link NumberTosavethenumberfromtheendcalldisplay TofindaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry Adding a New ContacttoYour Personal List ToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkcontactSelect Goto left softkey PersonalListAddContact ToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkgroupentry Adding a New Group toYour Personal Group ListSelect Goto left softkey PersonalGrps.AddGroup 197 ToeditaPersonalListcontact Editing a ContactinYour Personal List Editing a Group inYour Personal Group List Toeditagroup199 Erasing Ready Link ListEntries EraseGroup appears when you select PersonalGrpsErasing an Entry inYour Personal Listor Personal Group List Toeraseacontactoragroup Erasing a SprintPCS Ready Link List Select SettingsReadyLinkListUpdateUpdating the Company Listand Personal List ToeraseaSprintPCSReadyLinkList Assigning Speed Dialing for SprintPCS Ready Link Entries ToassignspeeddialnumberstoSprintPCSReadyLinkentriesTousespeeddialforaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry To restartthe SprintPCS Ready Link service Setting Ready Link GuardTo setthe Ready Link Guard To selecta ringer type for SprintPCS Ready Link calls Setting an AlertNotification for SprintPCS Ready Link Calls SettingVibrate Pattern for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsToadjustthefloortonevolume ToselectavibratepatternforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Setting the Speakerphone for SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Setting the DefaultView of the SprintPCS Ready Link ListSetting the Floor Display of the SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Using Your Phone’s Built-in Media Player Using Your Phone’s Built-In Media Player 207 Your Multimedia Channel Options ToaccessyourmediaplayerandChannelListings AccessingYour Media Player’s Channel Listings Playing aVideo or Audio Clip Toselectandplayamediaclip209 Multimedia FAQs 211 ArethevideosthatI’mviewinglivevideos? HowcanIcancelserviceifIdecideIdon’twantit? 213 Using Bluetooth BluetoothStatusIndicators Turning Bluetooth On and OffToturnBluetoothon ToturnBluetoothoff Bluetooth Settings My Bluetooth Name Using the Bluetooth Settings MenuToaccesstheBluetoothSettingsmenu TosetaBluetoothnameforyourphone Bluetooth SettingsVisibility Bluetooth Settings My Bluetooth InformationTodisplayyourphone’sBluetoothInformation Press SettingsBluetoothMyDeviceInfo Bluetooth Settings Permissions Bluetooth SettingsVoice PriorityPress SettingsBluetoothPermissions Tosetthevoicepriority Bluetooth Profiles TopairyourphonewithanotherBluetoothdevice Pairing Bluetooth DevicesPairedDevices WaitingforRequest Tousethetrusteddevicesoptions Using theTrusted Devices Options Select ToolsBluetooth Sending Data via BluetoothSending an Item Tosendanitem Tosendacontact Sending a Contact Sprint PCS Service Features Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics Sprint PCS Service Features Basics UsingVoicemail Setting UpYourVoicemail225 NewVoicemail Message Alerts Voicemail NotificationTocallyourvoicemail TodisplayyourMissedLog UsingOne-TouchMessageAccess RetrievingYourVoicemail Messages227 Voicemail Options UsingExpertModeVoicemailButtonGuide ToturnExpertModeonoroff SprintPCSCallback SettingUpGroupDistributionListsVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessage 229 Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReply Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwardingVoicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest ExtendedAbsenceGreeting Clearing the Message IconTocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen Select MessagingVoicemailClearCount Voicemail Menu Key Composing SMSTextMessages Using SMSTextMessagingTocomposeanSMSTextmessage 233 Email to enter the recipient’s email address Editing PresetMessages Accessing SMSTextMessages Playing an SMSVoice Message Using SMSVoice MessagingToplayanSMSVoicemessagefromthemainmenu Select MessagingVoiceSMS Composing SMSVoice Messages Accessing SMSVoice Messages Press Shift Using Caller ID Responding to CallWaiting ToswitchbacktothefirstcallerTorespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall 239 TomakeaThree-WayCall Making aThree-Way Call ToactivateCallForwarding Using Call ForwardingTodeactivateCallForwarding 241 Sprint PCS Voice Command Sprint PCS Voice Command Getting StartedWith SprintPCS Voice Command It’sEasytoGetStarted243 CreatingYour Own Address Book Making a CallWith SprintPCS Voice Command TomakeacallwithSprintPCSVoiceCommand245 ToaccessinformationusingSprintPCSVoiceCommand Accessing Information Using SprintPCSVoice Command Safety and Warranty Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your Phone General PrecautionsImportant Safety Information DoNotRelyonYourPhoneforEmergencyCalls FollowingSafetyGuidelines UsingYourPhoneWhileDrivingUsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices TurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhone TurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas251 SanyohasanM3rating UsingYour PhoneWith a Hearing Aid Device Select Settings Display Backlight Select MainLCD or SubLCD Caring for the BatterySelect Settings Display Backlight ProtectingYourBattery Radiofrequency RF Energy KnowingRadiofrequencySafetyDisposalofLithiumIonLi-IonBatteries UnderstandingHowYourPhoneOperates Body-WornOperation SpecificAbsorptionRateSARforWirelessPhonesCellularCDMAmodePart22 PCSCDMAmodePart24 FCCNotice FCCRadiofrequencyEmission Owner’s Record Phone Guide Proprietary Notice257 Manufacturer’s Warranty Manufacturer’sWarrantyWarranty Manufacturer’sWarranty Manufacturer’sLimitedWarrantyWarranty 259 This warranty is valid only in the United States Warranty 261 Index Index Index Index Index