User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 2285_SprintOUG.pdf
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to Sprint
- Introduction to this User’s Guide
- Getting Started
- Understanding Your PCS Phone
- Your PCS Phone: The Basics
- Controlling Your Phone’s Settings
- Customizing Profiles
- Selecting a Profile
- Selecting Silent Mode
- Adjusting Volume Settings
- Ringing Tones
- Customizing Alert Notifications
- Location Settings
- Customizing the Welcome Note
- Customizing the Display Banner
- Adjusting the Screen Brightness
- TTY Use With PCS Service From Sprint
- Accessing the Security Menu
- Locking Your Phone
- Unlocking Your Phone
- Changing the Lock Code
- Calling in Lock Mode
- Locking and Unlocking Your Keypad
- Restricting Calls
- Removing Call Restrictions
- Using Allowed Numbers When Phone is Locked
- Erasing the Internal Phone Book
- Resetting Your Phone
- Setting Your Phone’s Security
- Controlling Your Roaming Experience
- Navigating Through Menus
- Managing Call Logs
- Using the Internal Phone Book
- Personal Organizer and Tools
- Adding an Event to Your Calendar
- Receiving Event Alerts
- Event Alert Options
- Viewing Events and Event Options
- Deleting an Event
- Deleting Events Automatically
- Viewing Today’s Calendar Menu
- Using Your Phone’s Tools
- Using Voice-Activated Dialing
- Changing a Voice Tag
- Deleting a Voice Tag
- Recording Voice Memos
- Voice Memo Options
- Deleting a Voice Memo
- Using Your Phone’s Voice Services
- Using PCS Service Features
- Safety Guidelines and Warranty Information

Section 3: Using PCS Service Features
3A: The Basics 81
Important: When you are roaming off the enhanced Sprint Nationwide
PCS Network, you may not receive notification of new voicemail
messages. It is recommended that you periodically check your voicemail
by dialing 1 + area code + your PCS Phone Number. When your voicemail
answers, press and enter your pass code. You will be charged
roaming rates when accessing voicemail while roaming off the enhanced
Sprint Nationwide PCS Network.
Note: Your phone accepts messages even when it is turned off. However,
you are only notified of new messages when your phone is turned on and
you are in a PCS Service Area.
Retrieving Your Voicemail Messages
You can review your messages directly from your PCS Phone or
from any other touch-tone phone. To dial from your PCS Phone,
you can either speed dial your voicemail or use the menu keys.
Using One-Touch Message Access:
䊳 Press and hold . Follow the system prompts.
Using the Menu Keys on Your PCS Phone to Access Your Messages:
1. Press Menu, scroll to Messaging, and press Select.
2. Scroll to Voicemail and press Select.
3. Scroll to Call voicemail and press Select.
Note: You are charged for airtime minutes when you are accessing your
voicemail from your PCS Phone.
Using a Phone Other Than Your PCS Phone to Access Messages:
1. Dial your PCS Phone Number.
2. When your voicemail answers, press .
3. Enter your pass code.
Tip: When you call into voicemail you first hear the header information
(date, time, and sender information) for the message. To skip directly to the
message, press during the header.










