IBM Simon User Manual page 16

Most areas
have two cellular system
providers
(sometimes
known
as
"A" and
"B").
your
cellular
service provider
is
your own system, and the
other
is the alternative system.
You
have five
roaming
preference choices.
Choice
Action
Prefer Own
You will
start with your system,
but
will switch
to the alternative
if
your
system is busy.
This applies to
both
home area
use and roaming.
Prefer Alt
You will
start with the
alternative
system,
but will switch
to your
system
if
the alternative system
is
busy.
This applies to both
home
area
use
and
roaming.
Only
Own
You will only
use
your system,
both
in
your
home area or
roaming.
Only
Alt You will only
use
the
alternative
system, both
in
your
home area
or
roaming.
Home Only
Your
phone will have service only
in
your
home area, using
both own
and
alternative
systems.
You
cannot
roam.
Save Number
lf you are talking to someone and you
need to
make
a note of a phone number,
use this
feature.
Touch
the Save
Number button on the ln-Call
screen.
The
Save
Number
button border
darkens
to show
you've
set
it.
Enter
the phone
number
you want to
save.
Finally, touch the Save
Number button
again.
The
phone number is
now at the top of the Last
10
list,
and you can dial it later
by touching
the Last
.l
0
button, then touching the
button that
contains the
number.
Send
After you enter a phone
number, touch
Send to
make
the phone connection to the
number you,re
calling.
Set Up Special Code
This feature
lets
you set
up a
Code button to
appear
on
the
ln-Call screen.
You can set
up the
Code
button to send a special code, such as
a
plN
number, voice-mail
password,
or
long-distance
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service charge
number.
To set
up
the
special code
button, touch
Menu, then Phone Settings, and
then
Set
Up Special
Code.
See
"Phone
Settings',
on
page
27.
Speaker Volume
To
adjust the speaker volume when
you,re in
a
call,
use the volume-adjust
buttons on the side of
the
phone.
Status Monitor
The Status Monitor
lets
you view certain types
of
phone status.
Normally,
you would view this
screen
only
if directed to do so
by
your
Service
Representative. To view the Status
Monitor, touch
Menu and then touch Status
Monitor.
Vox (Voice Activated Transmitter)
lf you set Vox and your cellular system supports
it,
your
battery will last
longer.
When Vox is
on,
your
phone
transmitter only works when you talk,
saving
power.
To set
Vox,
touch
Menu,
then phone
Settings, and then touch
Vox to check
it.
See
"Phone Settings"
on page
27.
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