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Section 2A: Your Sprint PCS Phone - The Basics 25
Dialing and Saving Phone Numbers With Pauses
You can dial or save phone numbers with pauses for use with
automated systems, such as voicemail or credit card billing numbers.
The pauses must be saved in the contact information, they cannot
be dialed directly on the phone. Once the contact has been saved
with the pause information, it will allow you to interact when
calling the number from the contacts menu.
There are two types of pauses available on your phone:
ⅷ Hard Pause (Wait) sends the next set of numbers when you
press .
ⅷ 2-Second Pause (Pause) automatically sends the next set of
numbers after two seconds.
To save phone numbers with pauses:
1. Press for Start.
2. Highlight Contacts and press .
3. Highlight the desired contact and press or press
for New Contact.
4. If an existing contact was selected, press for Edit.
5. Highlight the desired number label and enter the first set of
numbers. Press and select for Insert Pause or for
Insert Wait. (Insert Pause is displayed as a “p” and Insert Wait is
displayed as a “w”.)
6. Enter the next set of numbers.
7. Press to save the number in your Contacts.
Note:
You can have multiple pauses in a phone number and combine 2-second
and hard pauses.
Note:
When calling a number with a wait, you must press TALK before the next
set of numbers is dialed.