User's Manual

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Managing Messaging
In this Section
_ Setting up Voicemail
_ Message types
_ New message Alerts
_ Message options
Your Sprint PCS Phone
™
is always working to help you stay connected even when you’re
unavailable. With four types of messaging, you can depend on your callers being able to notify you
of important information. This section steps you through the messaging functions available on your
phone including Sprint PCS Wireless Web Messaging.
Setting up Voicemail
The first thing you’ll want to do after activating your phone is to set up voicemail.
Message types
There are four types of messaging functions available on your Sprint PCS Phone. You can receive
Voicemail, Numeric Pages, Sprint PCS Wireless Web Messages, and Sprint PCS Wireless Web
Alerts assuming your phone has enough memory locations to store them.
Voicemail
captures calls automatically when you are unable to answer your phone or it is turned off.
The voicemail system sends a notification to your phone informing you that you have new voice
messages waiting in your voicemail box.
Numeric Pages
display on your phone’s menu as
Page/Text
messages and allow a caller to enter a
phone number into your voicemail box instead of a voice message.
The phone number displays on your phone menu as a numeric page.
Sprint PCS Wireless Web Messages
display on your phone’s menu as
Page/Text
messages and appear as
short alphanumeric messages on your phone’s display screen.
You must purchase the Sprint PCS Wireless Web Messages option to receive text messages on your
Sprint PCS Phone.
Sprint PCS Wireless Web Alerts
appear on your phone’s display as
Web Alerts,
and inform you when you
receive an alert from a web site.
Knowing when you have Messages
There are several ways your Sprint PCS Phone alerts you of new messages:
_ By displaying a message on the screen.