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Setting Up Voicemail
The first thing you'll want to do after activating your phone
is set up your voicemail (see page 5 for instructions).
Knowing When You Have Messages
There are several ways your Sprint PCS Phone alerts you:
By displaying a message on the screen.
By sounding the assigned ringer type.
By the LED blinking red.
By displaying
messages, Sprint PCS Web Messages, Sprint PCS Web Alerts
or numeric pages.
Message Types
There are three types of messaging features available from
your Sprint PCS Phone's menu. You can receive voicemail,
Sprint PCS Web Messages and Sprint PCS Web Alerts as long
as your phone has enough memory locations to store them.
automatically captures calls when you can't
Voicemail
answer your phone or it is turned off. The voicemail
system sends a notification to your phone when you have
new voice messages.
Note:
Web Messages
Sprint PCS
Sprint PCS Wireless Web Messages* and Updates*, as well
Wireless Web
as notification of new Sprint PCS Wireless Web Mail
services may not be
(For more information, see "Sending Web Messages" on
available in certain
affiliate areas.
page 62 or "Signing Up for Sprint PCS Wireless Web
Updates" on page 135.)
let you know when you receive Sprint PCS
Web Alerts
Wireless Web Short Mail
(For more information on each feature, see the
appropriate chapter in Section 15: "Experiencing
Sprint PCS Wireless Web
* You may need to subscribe to the Sprint PCS Wireless Web to use these features.
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at the top of your screen for voicemail
can come in the form of numeric pages,
SM
*.
SM
* or an AOL Instant Message*.
SM
.")
New Voicemail Message Alerts
When you receive a new voicemail message, your phone
alerts you and displays the following options. To select an
option, highlight it and press
.
to dial your voicemail box.
Call Voicemail
to dial your voicemail box with
Call: Speaker On
Speaker Phone mode.
to see the details of the new voicemail.
Read
to clear the voicemail message icon.
Clear Count
Retrieving Your Voicemail Messages
You can review your messages directly from your
Sprint PCS Phone or from any other touch-tone phone. To
dial from your Sprint PCS Phone, you can either speed dial
your voicemail box or use the menu keys.
Using One-Touch Message Access:
Press and hold
. Follow the system prompts.
Using the Menu Keys on Your Sprint PCS Phone to
Access your Messages:
From the main menu, highlight
1.
Messages
.
Highlight
,and press and hold
2.
Voicemail
approximately 2 seconds.
OR
Highlight
, and press
1.
Messages
Highlight
or
2.
Voicemail New
Voicemail
Press
.
3.
Press
or
.
4.
or
Highlight
or
Call Voicemail
Call: Speaker On
.
Using a Phone Other Than Your Sprint PCS Phone to
Access Your Messages:
Dial your Sprint PCS Phone Number.
1.
When your voicemail box answers, press
2.
Enter your pass code.
3.
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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
Sprint PCS Service
area.
Note:
You are charged
for airtime
minutes when
you are
accessing your
voicemail from
, and press
your Sprint PCS
Phone.
for
.
.
, and press
.
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