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Special Keys Storing Numbers in the Phone Book Press Q to add an entry. Turns phone on and off. Accepts call or selects menu option or Press O to select phone memory or press MO setting. to select SIM card memory. Stores numbers to phone or SIM memory.
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Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of a PCS telephone from Motorola, a world leader in wireless communications. All Motorola PCS telephones are manufactured to exacting specifications and world-class quality standards and are designed to withstand the rigors of the real world. Our commitment to Total Customer Satisfaction and over 65 years of experience in personal communications mean you can depend upon the quality of this Motorola product.
Understanding this Manual Most of your phone’s options are accessed through its simple menu Prompts and Messages system. Before moving on to Using the Options Menu, turn to When you press a key, your phone will display either an easy-to- Menu Navigation to learn the basics of navigating the menu understand prompt that guides you to the next step or a simple system.
Contents Safety Important information for the efficient and safe operation of your phone ................5 About Your Phone, Battery, and SIM Card Introduces your phone, explains how to charge and maintain batteries, and describes SIM card functionality ....9 Making and Receiving Phone Calls Explains how to call a number, how to redial, and how to accept a call .................17 Menu Navigation Explains how to access and use the phone’s menus ........................21...
Safety Hand-Held Portable PCS Telephone IMPORTANT Antenna Care Use only the supplied or an approved replacement antenna. Unauthorized Read this information before using antennas, modifications, or attachments could damage the phone and may your PCS Telephone. violate FCC regulations. Phone Operation NORMAL POSITION: Hold the phone as you would any other telephone with Exposure To Radio Frequency Signals the antenna pointed up and over your shoulder.
Driving Check the laws and regulations on the use of PCS and cellular telephones in Hearing Aids the areas where you drive. Always obey them. Also, if using the phone while Some digital wireless phones may interfere with some hearing aids. In the driving, please: event of such interference, you may want to consult your hearing aid Give full attention to driving -- driving safely is your first responsibility;...
Blasting Areas To avoid interfering with blasting operations, turn your unit OFF when in a “blasting area” or in areas posted: “Turn off two-way radio.” Obey all signs and instructions. Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Turn your phone OFF when in any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere and obey all signs and instructions.
About Your Phone, Battery, and SIM Card Special Keys SIM Card Release Turns the phone on The SIM card release button is on the left hand and off. side of your phone. To remove the SIM card, slide the release button down toward the base of the Accepts call or selects phone and pull the SIM card out.
The Display Low Temperature Use The liquid crystal display screen used in your phone will behave differently at extremely low temperatures. You may notice that the display responds slowly to key presses; this is to be expected and does not affect the phone operation in any way. Low Battery Warning When the battery level is low and only a few minutes of talk-time The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) on your phone can display up to...
Li-lon batteries, as compared to NiMH and NiCd, results in greater the charger, and charge for an additional 14 hours. efficiencies for talk- and standby-times with this Motorola handset. b.Standby times are specified for DRX=2 to DRX=9.
Charging Your Battery Rapid Travel Charger Times When the battery is about 95% charged, the message Fast Your travel charger can be connected directly to your phone for will be displayed and the q symbol will Charge Complete convenient rapid battery charging. stop flashing.
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Desktop Charging Inserting Your Phone into the Charger Guide your phone, parallel to the long angled edge of the Typical charge times for achieving a 95% charge level using the charger, into the front slot. The lower indicator will light up optional E•P Desktop Charger accessory are: when the phone is inserted in the charger.
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Charger Indicators The two sets of indicators on the front of the E•P Desktop A rapid flashing of a red indicator shows a faulty battery Charger show the charging status. The lower indicators display that will not charge. the status for the front slot, while the upper indicators show charge status for the rear slot.
Using Your Phone While Charging Installing Your Battery Your phone can be left on in standby mode while charging. Place the battery onto the back of the phone just below the Remember that talking on the phone requires energy, so marked arrow indicators.
Your SIM Card Your credit card sized SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card was SIM Card Insertion supplied by your Service Provider when you bought your phone. Switch off your phone by pressing the S key. Then insert the You will not be able to make or receive calls if you do not have a SIM card into the slot in the base of the phone, as shown.
Making and Receiving Phone Calls Switching the Phone On and Off Simply press S to switch the phone on or off. When the phone ! If an incorrect PIN number is entered three times in a row, your turns on, you will see a greeting message. phone will automatically lock-up and the message Blocked...
Making a Phone Call First make sure that the antenna is fully extended. Then switch Automatic Redial the phone on and enter your unlock code if necessary. If your call attempt does not succeed, the message will Redial? be displayed for five seconds. Press O to automatically redial It will not be possible to make a phone call unless you are in an the phone number.
To insert a pause, just press and hold * for a couple of Recalling Phone Book Numbers seconds. You will see the pause symbol Location #O Ü Pauses tell your phone to wait for three seconds before sending To recall a number from your phone’s internal Phone Book: the next string of numbers.
Receiving a Phone Call To receive a phone call: Answering a Phone Call Press O or open the keypad cover to answer the call. If the • Your phone must be switched on and unlocked. signal strength is weak, make sure that your antenna is fully •...
Menu Navigation Introduction to Menus Menus and Sub-menus Many of your phone's options are accessed by using menus that The menu system is a list with multiple levels. You begin in the have methods in common for selection, change and cancellation. upper menu and, by making choices, move down into the submenus.
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Menu Navigation - A Working Example As an example of Menu Navigation, try the following sequence to turn Extended Menus Make sure the phone is in standby mode so the Options Menu is accessible. Press M or <. This will display Menu Options Press M repeatedly until appears.
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jShort, Extended, and Personalized Menus With the Personality™ interface you can personalize your phone’s Moving an option from the extended menu to the short menu (or menus by choosing which features you want readily available. vice versa) is easy. Just locate the option that you want to move, then press and hold O until a prompt appears offering the Remove from the short menu the options that you don’t use often, then turn Extended Menus...
Phone Book Menu § Pressing Q automatically routes you to the Add Entry sub-menu. † Pressing R followed by an entry location allows you to quickly retrieve and dial a number. * Network Dependent Feature Using the Options Menu...
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The Phone Book Menu Postscripting You can store names along with telephone numbers in your If you call many different numbers in the same area code, you phone’s internal Phone Book. Each entry is stored in a memory may want to make use of postscripting. You can save time when location in the Personal Numbers list of your phone’s or SIM you dial by storing the frequently used prefix into the internal card’s memory.
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How to Enter Alphabetic Characters Available Characters Use this chart as a guide for producing characters: When storing names in the Phone Book or creating text messages, you can use the digit keys, 0 through 9, to 1 Space . ? ! , Ÿ &...
Personal Numbers Find Entry By Location With the Personal Numbers sub-menu, you can create and access Press R Location. entries in the internal Phone Book for both phone and SIM card Use this option to find a telephone number by its memory memory and setup security restrictions to protect information.
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Call Number, Modify Name Or Number or Erase Name Add Entry And Number Options Add (store) entries to the Phone Book with this option. You can When you find a Phone Book entry by either name or location choose to add the new entry to either phone or SIM card memory. using the Options Menu, you have the following options: Add To Phone Memory, Add To SIM Card Memory Call Number...
Check Capacity Show Services This option is used to check the number of unoccupied Phone Allows you to view and dial numbers from a list created by your Book locations in the phone or SIM card memory areas. Service Provider. Check Phone Capacity, Check SIM Capacity Show Services may not be available in all areas.
My Phone Number(s) To make a call when Fixed Dialing is switched , either dial the number manually or select it from the Fixed Dial list and press O. Press R# to display your phone number The number of entries that can be stored in the Fixed Dial list is This option allows you to access your phone, fax, and data dependent on your SIM card.
Add Entry One-Touch Dial Setting Adds a phone number and name to the Fixed Dial list. When you You can use this option to setup either phone memory, SIM card select this option, you will be prompted to enter the phone memory, or your Fixed DIal list for One-Touch Dialing.
Call Related Features Menu Show Battery Meter This option displays the approximate amount of battery capacity remaining, for example: Number of Approximate Bars Charge Level less than 5% (recharging needed) less than 20% less than 50% greater than 50% Using the Options Menu...
jCall Forwarding Restrict My Phone Number Restrict My Phone Number is a network dependent feature. You will need to subscribe to one of the two Caller Line Identification restriction features with your Service Provider. Show ID On Next Call Your phone number is sent with the next attempted call. After this, your phone number will not be sent until you re-select this option.
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After selecting any of the Call Forwarding options, there will be a Detailed Forwarding short delay while the phone asks the network for the requested You can use Detailed Forwarding to be sure you do not miss any setting. calls when your phone is busy, unreachable, or not answered. You cannot change the Call Forwarding settings when you are Each option has two settings, out of PCS coverage.
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Forward All Data Calls If Call Waiting is , you will be notified of a waiting call by an audible alert and by the message Call Waiting - Answer? Use this option to forward all data calls to a single number. To accept the waiting call, press O.
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jCall Barring Call Holding and Call Waiting Messages During Call Holding and/or Call Waiting operations, your phone Call Barring is a network dependent feature which can be used may display one or more of the following messages: to selectively bar outgoing and incoming calls. Trying If you change the barring setting, you may be asked to enter your A request to hold the active call, or swap the active call with a...
Bar Incoming Calls Call Restrictions After selecting this option, there will be a short delay while the If you do not subscribe to Call Barring, you can use this option to phone asks the network for the current setting. restrict incoming calls. When Roaming Restrict Incoming Calls Bars incoming calls when you are outside your home service.
Messages Menu Your phone supports the two optional PCS network message features: Short Message Services (SMS) and Cell Broadcast. SMS Messages These are text messages that are sent specifically to and from your phone number. All SMS messages are stored on your SIM card. The amount of storage space is determined by your Service Provider and is shared between both outgoing and incoming messages.
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Cell Broadcast Messages How to Create and Edit SMS Messages These are general messages, broadcast to a group of phones Use the Message Editor to create or modify text messages. and can only be received when your phone is in standby mode. When you enter the editor, the last message that was edited will be displayed.
jCall Voicemail Go to Next Message This option will display the next received message. If you are currently reading the last message in your list then this Once selected, this option will leave the Messages menu and option will take you back to the top of the list. automatically make a phone call to your subscription voicemail number.
Outgoing Messages Message Editor This option is used to view and manage your Outgoing Message E7 to access Message Editor. list. These messages will be stored on your SIM card. When you The Message Editor is used to create a new message or edit the select this option, the total number of messages will be currently selected message.
Message Settings Expiry Period This option is used to specify the maximum time in hours that your Voicemail Number unforwarded messages will remain with the Message Service This option is used to store a phone number that will be used by Center before they are deleted.
Phone Setup Menu Select Phone Line Alternate line service is a subscription feature that allows your phone to accommodate two different voice phone lines. This allows you to manage different types of calls (such as personal and business) separately. Calls may be billed separately for each line. The outgoing line selection does not apply to data or fax outgoing calls.
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jSet Ringer Tone Automatic Lock This option can be used to automatically lock your phone each This option sets the tone your phone will make when an time it is switched on. incoming call is received. Choose from eleven different ring tones. The option has two settings, Standard Tone Your phone will make a standard ringing tone.
Require SIM Card PIN Unblocking Your Phone If you receive the Blocked message, you will need to enter an This option is used to set and change the PIN code. unblocking code and key sequence before you can use the phone. The PIN code can be set to help protect your SIM card from ! The 8-digit PIN unblocking code will have been provided with unauthorized use.
jNew Security Code Change SIM PIN2 Code This option is used to change your PIN2 security code. The security code is used to control access to security and other options within the menus. When you select this option, you must enter the old PIN2 security code before you can proceed.
jExtended Menus Battery Saving Mode Press and hold M. Extended Menus will be temporarily This option can help you to conserve battery power. Also known as DTX (Discontinuous Transmission), this feature will enable your activated until you exit the Options menu. phone to operate at reduced power when you are not talking.
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Master Reset Master Clear ! This option should be used with caution. ! This option should be used with extreme caution. For example, it will clear all the Phone Book entries from your phone This option is used to restore certain phone options to their memory.
Network Selection Menu Network Selection In order for the phone to make and receive phone calls, it must register with one of the available networks. Your phone automatically searches for the last network used. If this network is unavailable for any reason, your phone will attempt to register with a new network.
Available Networks If registration is unsuccessful with the first network on the list, your phone will try the next listed network. If your phone fails to When selected, this option will scan for networks operating in your register with any of the listed networks, it will start at the current vicinity.
jPreferred Networks Show List Of Networks This option is used to display and edit the networks you have Add Network To List stored in your preferred list. When the network you wish to edit This option enables you to add networks to your preferred list by is displayed, press O for two choices, Move To New offering three choices:...
Call Meters Menu Call Metering Your phone has a variety of call meters that you can use to monitor individual and total call times or costs. Call cost information is only available if you receive the Advice of Charge service. If you do not receive this service, then only time meters are available.
jSet Audible Call Timers Total For All Calls Displays the cost of all your chargeable calls since the charge Your phone provides two programmable audible call timers: meters were reset to zero using Reset Call Charges • will sound a beep just once during a Single Alert Timer Credit Remaining call, after a preset time has elapsed.
Show Charge Per Call, Show Total Call Charges Once a limit is set, the in-call display will show the remaining credit. When you reach your last two minutes, the warning These menu items are only available if you receive the Advice message will be displayed and a Approaching Charge Limit...
Accessory Setup Menu jMute Car Radio This option mutes your car radio when you make or receive a call with the car kit attached. It must be enabled by your local dealer. This option has two settings, This option will have no effect if your car radio does not have a mute feature or if the car kit installation does not support this option.
Using the Quick Access Menu Although the features in your phone are available through the easy access Options Menu, the following most commonly used features are also available by pressing the Quick Access key then the appropriate number. Find by Name You will be prompted to .
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Battery Meter Message Editor A bar graph indicating the approximate battery charge level The last message that was edited will be displayed. Press and hold C to clear the message and start a new one, or modify will be displayed. The more bars displayed, the greater the charge level.
Accessories The following accessories have been designed to work with your Handsfree Car Kits (S6948 or S6110) PCS phone. Additional accessories may be available and are The Handsfree Car Kit allows you to operate your phone packaged separately. Please refer to your local service provider or conveniently while in the car.
What to do if... You can’t switch your phone on Check the battery. Is it charged, properly fitted, and are the contacts clean and dry? See ‘Battery Performance and Maintenance.’ You can’t make calls Check the antenna. Is it fully extended? Check the signal strength meter in the display.
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The battery won’t charge Check the charger. Is it properly connected? Are its contacts clean and dry? See ‘Your Battery.’ Check the battery contacts. Are they clean and dry? Check the battery temperature. If it is warm, let it cool before recharging. Is it an old battery? Battery performance will decline after several years of use.
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Check Card Insert Card If your phone has your SIM card . Check that the SIM card has been inserted correctly. The contacts of the inside but the display says: SIM card may be dirty. Turn the phone off, remove the SIM card and rub the gold chip on the card with a clean cloth.
Regulations and Precautions License The U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the Canadian Depart- ment of Communications regulate PCS radiotelephone service in their If your home system is in the U.S., you do not require a separate license respective countries. It is important for you, the PCS radiotelephone user, to operate your PCS radiotelephone.
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(30) days from date of delivery of the product to you the owner. no obligation or liability for additions or modifications to this warranty unless made in writing and signed by an officer of Motorola. Unless made The warranty time period is specified by the last digit of the mechanical in separate written agreement between Motorola and you, Motorola does serial number found on each PCS product.
Motorola that there is no fault with the Motorola number, and place of purchase or installation if applicable.
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This warranty sets forth our responsibilities regarding this product. Repair, replacement or refund of the purchase price at Motorola’s option, is your Motorola will have no liability to you with respect to any claim of patent exclusive remedy. This warranty is given in lieu of all other express warranties,...
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Accessories .............61 Accessory setup menu ..........57 Call timers .............. 55 Add entry Call voicemail ..........42 To phone memory ..........30 Call waiting ............37 Accessories ............61 To SIM card memory .........30 Calling a number ........... 18 Forwarding ............36 Adjust ring volume ..........45 Calling an embedded number ........
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Master reset ............50 Received messages ..........42 Menu navigation ........... 21 Receiving a phone call ..........20 Paging Menus Redialing the last number called ......18 Outgoing message type ........44 Accessory setup menu ........57 Regulations and precautions ........66 Pauses Call meters menu ..........
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Special keys ..............9 Status review ............49 Switching between line 1 and 2 ......45 Symbols ..............10 Timers Audible tones ...........55 In-call display ............55 Lifetime ............56 Safety ...............57 Viewing ............55 Tones Selecting keypad tones ........49 Setting ringer tones ..........46 Setting ringer tones on line 2 ......46 Travel charger ............12 Troubleshooting .............63 Unblocking your phone ..........47...
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