User Guide

Making Calls
Placing a call from yourwireless phone is as easy as
making a call from any landline phone. Enterthe
number, press , and you’re on yourway to clearcalls.
To make a call using your keypad:
1. Make sure your phone is on.
2. Entera phone number from standby mode. (If you
make a mistake while dialing, press to erase the
numbers.)
3. Press or . (To make a call when you are
roaming and Call Guard is enabled, see “Using Call
Guard” on page 57.)
4. Press or close the phone when you are finished.
You can also place calls from your phone by using
Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR, page 83), speed
dialing (page 26), and by using your History listings
(page 61).
Dialing Options
When you enternumbers in standby mode, press
Options (right softkey) to display the following dialing
options.
v
Abbrev. Dial to place a call using the abbreviated
dialing feature. (See “Using Abbreviated Dialing”on
page 25.)
v
Save to save the phone numberin your Contacts. (See
“Saving a Phone Number” on page 24.)
v
Hard Pause to insert a hard pause. (See “Dialing and
Saving Phone Numbers With Pauses” on page 24.)
v
2-Sec. Pause to insert a two-second pause. (See
“Dialing and Saving Phone Numbers With Pauses” on
page 24.)
Tip
To redial your most recent call (outgoing, incoming,
or missed), press TALK twice.
When making calls off the Sprint National Network,
always dial using 11 digits (1 + area code + phone
number).
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