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3. Making and Answering Calls 27
Nextel Direct Connect
Nextel offers the following Nextel Direct Connect
®
services:
ⅷ Nationwide Direct Connect allows coast-to-coast Direct
Connect calling to Nextel subscribers to and from
anywhere on the Nextel National Network (U.S.).
ⅷ International Direct Connect allows Direct Connect
calling to and from select countries.
ⅷ Group Connect
®
allows nationwide Direct Connect
calling to up to 20 Nextel subscribers simultaneously.
(See “Group Connect Calls” on page 29).
ⅷ Tal kgroup
SM
allows Direct Connect calling to up to 100
Nextel subscribers in the same Direct Connect
network. (See “Talkgroup Calls” on page 39.)
ⅷ Nextel Direct Talk
SM
lets you establish off-network,
two-way radio communication between two or more
Nextel Direct Talk-capable phones. (See “Direct Talk”
on page 42.)
See
www.nextel.com for more details on these Direct
Connect services. Pricing for each of these services is
based on your service contract.
Making Direct Connect Calls
1. Enter a Direct Connect number. (See “Dialing
Direct Connect Numbers” on page 27.)
2. Press and hold the Direct Connect (DC) button on
the left side of your phone. Begin talking after your
phone emits a chirping sound.
3. Release the DC button to listen.
A Direct Connect call ends automatically after there is
no activity on the call for several seconds.
Dialing Direct Connect Numbers
Every Direct Connect number has three parts:
ⅷ An area ID.
ⅷ A network ID.
ⅷ A member ID.
An asterisk separates each part (for example:
999*999*9999). When you enter a number containing
all three parts, you must separate them with asterisks.