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2A. Phone Basics 9
Key Functions
1. Indicator LED shows your phone’s connection status
at a glance.
2. Status Bar Icons provide information about your
phone’s status and options, such as signal
strength, roaming, ringer setting, messaging, and
battery charge.
3. Display Screen displays all the information needed
to operate your phone, such as the call status, the
Contacts list, the date and time, and the signal and
battery strength.
4. Navigation Key scrolls through the phone’s menu
options and acts as a shortcut key from standby
mode.
5. Softkeys Portrait Mode let you select left and right
softkey actions or menu items corresponding to
the bottom left and bottom right lines on the
Display Screen when the phone is in portrait mode.
6. Speaker Key lets you place or receive calls in
speakerphone mode.
7. TALK Key ( ) allows you to place or receive calls,
answer Call Waiting, use Three-Way Calling, or
activate Voice Dial.
8. Keypad lets you enter numbers, letters, and
characters, and navigate within menus. Press and
hold keys for speed dialing.
9. Microphone allows other callers to hear you clearly
when you are speaking to them.
10. END/POWER Key ( ) lets you turn the phone on
or off, end a call, or return to standby mode. While
in the main menu, it returns the phone to standby
mode and cancels your input. When you receive
an incoming call, press to enter ignore/reject the
call.
11. BACK/Clear Key deletes characters from the display
in text entry mode. When in a menu, pressing
returns you to the previous menu. This key
also allows you to return to the previous screen in
a data session.
12. MENU/OK lets you access the phone’s menus and
selects the highlighted choice when navigating
through a menu.
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