User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- SCH-a690 closed view
- SCH-a690 open view
- Introduction
- Understand your phone
- Antenna
- Backlight features
- Clear key
- End key
- Headset connector
- LED indicator
- Right soft key
- Left soft key
- Push to Talk Key
- Microphone
- Speaker phone
- Speaker phone key
- Alpha-Numeric keypad
- Send key
- Navigation key
- Volume Key
- Get it now
- Your phone’s display
- Install the battery
- Remove the battery
- Charge the battery
- Battery indicator
- Low battery indicator
- Your phone’s modes
- Get Started
- Menus and sub menus
- Accessibility
- Calls
- Call features
- Push to Talk
- Push to Talk Login
- Push to Talk prompts during a conversation
- Create and Manage your Push to Talk Contact List online
- Access the Push to Talk Contact List from your device
- Initiate a one-to-one Push to Talk Call
- End a one-to-one Push to Talk call
- Initiate a one-to-many Push to Talk call
- Initiate a Push to Talk call with the flip closed
- Initiate a Push to Talk call from the Recent calls list
- Initiate a Push to Talk call from the menu
- Push to Talk dialing through the keypad
- Receive a one-to-one barge call
- Initiate a Push to Talk alert
- Receive a Push to Talk alert
- Push to Talk Silent Mode
- The Phone Book
- Tip: One-Touch, Two-Touch, and Three-Touch Dialing makes it easy to call phone numbers stored in your Phone Book.
- Open the Phone Book
- Find
- Add information to your Phone Book
- Rename group
- Edit Phone Book numbers
- Pauses
- Pause dial from the Phone Book
- Manual pause calling
- Erase individual phone book entries
- Edit an existing e-mail address
- Assign speed dial numbers
- Store numbers after a call
- Store numbers from call logs
- Shortcuts to storing phone numbers
- One-touch dialing
- Two-touch dialing
- Three-touch dialing
- Memory dialing
- My phone #
- Messages
- Message folders
- Mobile web
- Get It Now
- Planner
- Display
- Sounds
- Voice kit
- Setup
- Location
- Network
- Data
- Security
- Important! If you change the NAM1 setting you set the phone to lock on power-up and don’t program a number into NAM2, you won’t be able to access your phone. You must call the Service Center to unlock your phone.
- Important! Because of various transmission methods, network parameters, and user settings used to complete a call from your wireless phone, a connection cannot always be guaranteed. Therefore, emergency calls may not be available at all times.
- Important! DO NOT depend on this phone as a primary method of calling 911 or for any other essential or emergency numbers.
- Tip: Press and hold to erase all characters from the screen.
- Call Answer
- Auto Answer
- Auto Retry
- Language
- Clock Set
- Version
- Usage guidelines: All about performance and safety
- Limited Warranty
Understand your phone 9
General display screen icons
Icon Name Function
Signal
Strength
Appears when the phone is on and within a
coverage area. More vertical bars indicate
greater signal strength.
Service
Indicates a call in progress. This icon flashes
until the call connects.
No Service
Indicates no signal. You cannot make or
receive calls. Move into an open area or wait
for a signal.
Extended
Roaming
Indicates outside your home area. Another
service provider is handling your call. Roam-
ing rates may be higher than home rates.
New
Message
Indicates you have received a new voice,
text, page or web alert message.
High Speed
Data
Indicates the phone is capable of sending or
receiving high speed data. Also indicates
you are in Push to Talk mode.
Vibrate
Indicates an incoming call will make the
phone vibrate rather than ring.
Battery
Strength
Indicates the battery charge level. More
black vertical bars indicate a greater
battery strength.
Alarm Clock
The alarm clock has been set.
Ringer
Silent
The ringer has been set to Silent.
GPS
(911 Only)
GPS is on for 911 (only).
GPS (911 +
Location)
GPS is on for 911 and Location.
Silent Mode
Your phone is in Silent mode. All keypress
tones are turned off.
Speaker
Phone on
The speaker phone is on.
TTY/TDD
TTY/TDD has been enabled.
IS95-2G
Protocol
Indicates your phone is using the IS95-2G
protocol. This protocol is not capable of
high speed data.