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■ The standby mode

The standby mode is home base and indicates your
phone is ready for use.

Signal strength (1)—A higher bar indicates a
stronger network signal.

Menu

(2)—Press the Center soft key to select

this option.

Go to

(3)—Press the Left soft key to select this option.

Names

(4)—Press the Right soft key to select this option.

Battery level

(5)—A higher bar indicates more power in the battery.

■ Quick keys

In the standby mode, the Four-way scroll key instantly takes you to
frequently-accessed menus:

Scroll up key—Launch the web browser.

Scroll right key—Go to Get it Now.

Scroll down key—View the calendar.

Scroll left key—Quickly create Multimedia message or TXT Message.

Center soft key—Selects highlighted menus and submenus.

Camera key—Quickly activates the viewfinder.

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■ Indicators and icons

Note: Depending on your wireless service provider and the model
number of your phone, some or all of the following indicators and icons
may appear in the standby mode.

You have new text or multimedia messages. See "TXT Messages,"
p. 25.

You have new voice messages. See "Voice messages," p. 34.

Your phone keypad is locked. See "Keyguard," p. 20.

Your phone is set to the silent profile. See "Profiles," p. 60.

The alarm clock is set to on. See "Alarm clock," p. 79.

The countdown timer is running. See "Countdown timer," p. 86.

The stopwatch timer is running in the background. See
"Stopwatch," p. 86.

Integrated hands-free is active. See "Using the loudspeaker," p. 20.

The timed profile is selected. See "Profiles," p. 60.

or

An enhancement is connected to the phone. See "Enhancement
settings," p. 71.

or

Voice privacy encryption is active (or is not active) in the network.

or

Location info sharing is set to Emergency or On. See "Enhancement
settings," p. 71.

You are in a digital network. See "Network Services," p. 6.

You are in an analog network. See "Network Services," p. 6.

You are in a 1XRTT network. See "Network Services," p. 6.

You are roaming outside your home network. See "Roaming
options," p. 75.

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■ Get the most out of this guide

The following sections illustrate the various components of your phone.
Familiarize yourself with these sections to help you understand the instructions
that follow.

This guide uses certain terms for the steps that you are asked to perform.

•

Press means to press and release a key quickly (short press). For example,
Press 7 means press the key on the keypad that is labeled with the number 7
and the letters “pqrs”.

•

Press and hold means to press and hold a key for 2–3 seconds; then release
the key (long press).

•

Soft keys are used to select a menu option. To select an option, press the soft
key below the menu item on the phone screen.

•

Scroll keys are used to move up, down, left, or right in the menus.

•

Call and End keys: Press the Send key to place a call or to answer an
incoming call. Press the End key to end a call or press and hold to return
to the idle screen.

■ Phone menus

Phone features are grouped according to function and are accessed through the
main menus. Each main menu contains submenus and lists from which you can
select or view items and customize your phone features. You can access these
menus and submenus by using the scroll method or by using a shortcut.

Note: Some features may not be available, depending on your network.
For more information, contact your wireless provider.

The scroll method

1. In the standby mode, select

Menu

and scroll through the

main menus using the up and down Four-way scroll key.

While scrolling through the menu, a beep is heard when you

return to the beginning submenu.

As you scroll through the menus, the menu number appears in the upper right

corner of the display. Below the number is a scroll bar with a tab that moves

up or down on the right side of the display screen as you scroll through the

menus, providing a visual representation of your current position in the

menu structure.

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2. When you arrive at a menu, press

Select

(the Center soft key) to enter submenus.

•

Press

Back

(the Right soft key) to return to the previous menu.

•

Press the End key to return to the standby mode from any menu or submenu.

In-phone help

Many features have brief descriptions (help text) which can be viewed on the
display. To view these descriptions, scroll to a feature and wait for about 10 seconds.
Use the Scroll down key to view all of the description, or press

Back

to exit.

In order to view the descriptions, you must first activate help text.

In the standby mode, select

Menu

>

Settings

>

Phone settings

>

Help text

activation

>

On

or

Off

.

■ ’Go to’ functions

The

Go to

menu allows you to change the function of the Left soft key on your

phone so that your most frequently used functions can be quickly accessed from
the

Go to

menu in the standby mode.

Choose ’Go to’ functions

1. In the standby mode, select

Go to

>

Options

>

Select options

.

2. Use the Scroll up key and the Scroll down key to highlight the desired

functions from the list of available functions.

3. Press

Mark

to add a function. Use

Unmark

to remove a function.

4. Select

Done

when you have added all desired functions.

5. Select

Yes

to save the changes.

6. In the standby mode, press

Menu

>

Go to

to display a list of the functions that

you selected in step 3.

Organize functions

1. In the standby mode, select

Go to

>

Options

>

Organize

.

2. Use the Scroll up key or the Scroll down key to highlight the function you

wish to rearrange, and select

Move

.

3. Select

Move up

,

Move down

,

Move to top

, or

Move to bottom

.

4. Press

Done

>

Yes

to save the changes.