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Before Making Your First Direct
Connect Call
For Direct Connect to be enabled on your phone, it
must be added to your account by a Sprint Customer
Service representative. See "Activating Your Phone" on
page 3.
Register and Activate Direct Connect
1.
Confirm the Direct Connect feature is currently
activated on your account.
2.
Press
Menu > Settings > Direct Connect > Update DC
This validates your Direct Connect service with
the Sprint Network and then restarts the phone.
3.
Verify that Direct Connect is now active:
The
icon should not be visible at the top of
the screen.
Important
When the Direct Connect feature is active,
both the On/Off and Net Guard features are
disabled ( Settings > More... > Data ).
Note
If the Net Guard feature is ever enabled, this indicates
that Direct Connection is no longer active on your
account. Enabling Net Guard can interfere with Direct
Connect functionality.
About Your Direct Connect Number
Your Sprint phone allows you two different options for
your Direct Connect number:
1.
Separate numbers (
number is a unique number (not your wireless
number). It will be made up of three sets of digits
.
separated by asterisks (for example, 444*5555*111).
2.
A single number (
Connect number is the same as your wireless
number (for example, 555-555-1234).
Dialing Direct Connect Numbers
If the person you are calling has a separate
number for Direct Connect, make sure you dial
any asterisks (*) in the number. If you are saving
the number in your Contacts, choose
the phone type.
Section 2B. Nextel Direct Connect
DC Only
) — Your Direct Connect
) — Your Direct
Mobile + DC
DC Only
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