Sprint Nextel I686 Cell Phone User Manual


 
26 3. Making and Answering Calls
Finding a Number
To find Contacts entries, you can either scroll through
the list using your navigation key or you can search
Contacts entries by name.
1. Press / > Contacts.
2. Press Search (left softkey).
3. Enter the first few letters of a Contact's name and
press r. (The first contact entry that matches the
entered text will be highlighted.)
4. To display the Contacts entry, press r. To dial the
entry's default phone number, press `.
Phone Numbers With Pauses
You can dial or save phone numbers with pauses for
use with automated systems, such as voicemail,
conference call, or credit card billing numbers.
There are two types of pauses available on your phone:
Wait sends the next set of numbers when prompted.
Pause automatically sends the next set of numbers
after three seconds.
To dial or save phone numbers with pauses:
1. Enter the phone number.
2. Press and hold * until the letter P appears. The P
represents a three-second pause. For a longer
pause, press the letter
P more than once. Each P
represents a three-second pause.
– or –
Press and hold * until the letter
W appears. The
W means your phone waits before dialing further. A
message appears asking about sending the rest of
the digits.
3. Enter additional numbers.
4. Press ` to dial the number.
– or –
Press /
> Store Number to save the number in
your Contacts.
Note: You can have multiple pauses in a phone number and
combine waits and pauses.
Note: When dialing a number with a wait, press Yes (left
softkey) to send the next set of numbers.