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Section 3: Using PCS Service Features
3A: The Basics 87
Message Notification
There are several ways your PCS Phone alerts you of
new messages:
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By displaying the alert, “New Message,” on the screen.
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By sounding the assigned ringer type.
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By the LED blinking red.
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By displaying at the top of the screen.
Receiving New Messages
When you receive a new numeric page, Email, or Update, your
phone displays the alert “New Message” along with the date
and time the message arrived.
To select an option, highlight it and press .
ᮣ View
to display the new message. The sender information,
phone number (if numeric page), subject (if Email), and
message will display. Press to display message options.
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Ignore
to return to the phone’s main menu. The new
message will be saved in the appropriate location in the
Messages menu.
Viewing Saved Messages
To view saved numeric pages, Emails, and Updates:
1.
From the main menu, highlight
Messages
and press .
2.
Highlight
Page/Text
or a folder name and press .
3.
Highlight the message you wish to display and press .
Unread messages will be marked with an asterisk (*).
Storing Messages
Your PCS Phone can store up to 50 messages. When message
memory is 90% full, a warning displays in the messages menu.
(To delete stored messages, see “Message Options” on page 88.)
When your phone reaches its message capacity, it automatically
deletes the oldest messages as new messages arrive.
Note: Unread and locked messages will not be automatically deleted
when messages capacity has been reached. If your phone has a combined
50 unread and locked messages, any new text messages will be returned
without notification.