Specifications

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The Basics
Optimal
Phone
Position
Wearing
the Phone
Hold your cellular phone as shown below, with the antenna
fully extended and pointing up and over your shoulder.
For best performance, make sure your hand is not covering
the antenna.
To slip your StarTAC cellular phone into its holster, make
sure the main battery is facing the inside of the holster. Just
clip the holster onto a belt, purse or briefcase and you’ll
always have it with you!
Using the Phone
The next ten pages in this section will tell you everything
you need to know to operate your StarTAC cellular phone.
Read them once, and you may never need to pick up this
manual again. But if you would like to learn some quick
and useful features, take a look at “Using Memory.” Once
you discover these convenient time-savers, you may wonder
how you ever lived without them!
Follow these steps to turn your phone ON:
1. Extend Extend the antenna for best
antenna performance.
2. Open phone Open your phone to expose
the keypad.
3. Press once to turn the phone ON.
Press again to turn the phone OFF.
1.
2.
3.
What you will see:
Each time you turn ON your phone, it performs a self-test to
let you know your phone is operational. When the self-test
is finished, the display reads, “
on” or “Aux” and you’re
ready to go.
To conserve energy, your phone may turn off its lights and most
indicators when in standby mode. Don’t worry, the display will
come back the next time you press a key or open the phone.
Turning the
Phone On
and Off
Tip: “ Aux” will be
displayed in place of
the “ on” message
when the auxiliary
battery is in use
or charging.
Using the Phone
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