Motorola DIGITAL WIRELESS TELEPHONE User manual

User's Guide
DIGITAL WIRELESS TELEPHONE
series

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Welcome
Welcome to the world of Motorola digital wireless
communications! We are pleased that you have chosen the
Motorola VSeries 120c wireless phone to keep you
connected with ease.
Power Key
Turn the phone
on and off.
Display
Headset Jack
Insert headset
accessory for
hands-free use.
Volume Keys
Adjust earpiece
and ringer volume.
End Key
End phone calls,
exit menu system.
Left Soft Key
Perform functions
identified by left
display prompt.
Earpiece
Menu Key
Voice Key
Record and activate
voice notes,
phonebook and
shortcut names.
Right Soft Key
Perform functions
identified by right
display prompt.
Scroll Keys
Move through
menus and lists.
Send Key
Send and answer
calls, view recent
dialed calls list.
Accessory Connector Port
Insert charger, FM Stereo Radio
Headset, and phone accessories.
Microphone

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Personal Communications Sector
600 North U.S. Highway 45
Libertyville, Illinois 60048
1-800-331-6456 (United States)
1-888-390-6456 (TTY/TDD United States)
1-800-461-4575 (Canada)
www.motorola.com (United States)
www.motorola.ca (Canada)
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such herein are trademarks of Motorola, Inc. ® Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off.
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subsidiary of Motorola, Inc. All other product or service names are the
property of their respective owners.
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Manual number:
6809436A16-A
Cover number: 8988485L07-O

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Menu Map
Main Menu
• Recent Calls
• Received Calls
• Dialed Calls
• Notepad
• Call Times
• Phonebook
• Quick Dial
• Radio
• Messages
• Voicemail
• Text Msgs
• Browser Alerts
• Quick Notes
• Outbox
• Drafts
• Shortcuts
• Voice Notes
• Browser
• Settings
(see next page)
Note: This is the standard phone menu
layout. You or your service provider may
have changed the menu layout or
changed some feature names. Not all
features may be available for all users.
For example, the Radio feature on the
main menu (left) is displayed only when
the optional FM Stereo Radio Headset
accessory is plugged into the accessory
connector port on your phone (see
phone illustration, page 1).
For a description of the standard menu
features, see pages 47 to 58.
Shortcuts
Change display zoom:
Press M , then
press and hold M
Lock/unlock keypad:
Press M*
Display my phone number:
Press M#
Dial voicemail number:
Press and hold 1
Go to dialed calls list:
Press N
Exit menu system:
Press O

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Settings Menu
• Ring Styles
• Style
•
Style Detail
• My Tones
• Phone Status
• My Tel. Number
• Battery Meter
• Other Information
• Connection
• Incoming Call
• In-Call Setup
• In-Call Timer
• Answer Options
• Security
• Phone Lock
• Lock Keypad
• Lock Application
• Restrict Calls
• New Passwords
• Other Settings
• Personalize
• Main Menu
• Keys
• Greeting
• Banner
• Quick Dial
• Initial Setup
• Time and Date
• Auto PIN Dial
• Auto Redial
• Backlight
• Zoom
• Scroll
• Animation
• Language
• Contrast
• DTMF
• Master Reset
• Master Clear
• Network
• Car Settings
• Headset

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Contents
Menu Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety and General Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
What’s in the Box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Turning Your Phone On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Sending a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Ending a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Receiving a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Displaying Your Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
About Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Changing the Zoom Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Volume Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Battery Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sending and Receiving Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Redialing a Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using Automatic Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Dialing an Emergency Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Dialing With Speed Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Dialing With One-Touch Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Additional Dialing Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Features While On a Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using Call Waiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Making a Three-Way Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Additional On-Call Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Navigating to a Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selecting a Feature Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Entering Feature Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Entering Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Choosing a Text Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tap Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Symbol Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Predictive Text Entry with iTAP™ Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Menu Feature Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fields in a Phonebook Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Storing a Phonebook Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Recording a Voice Name For a Phonebook Entry . . . . . . . . 62
Dialing a Phonebook Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Turning the Radio On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Tuning a Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing a Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Selecting a Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Sending and Receiving Calls With the Radio On . . . . . . . . 66
Messages—Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Storing Your Voicemail Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Receiving a New Voicemail Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Listening to a Voicemail Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Turning Off the Voice Message Waiting Indicator . . . . . . . 69
Messages—Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Setting Up the Text Message Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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Contents
Receiving a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Reading, Locking, or Deleting a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sending a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sending a Quick Note Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Voice Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Recording a Voice Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Playing a Voice Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Micro-Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting a Micro-Browser Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Interacting With Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Adjusting Your Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Ring Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Reordering Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Customizing a Soft Key Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Assigning a New Code or Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Locking and Unlocking Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Locking and Unlocking Your Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Programming Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Specific Absorption Rate Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Additional Health and Safety Information . . . . . . . . . 101
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Export Law Assurances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Wireless Phone Safety Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

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About This Guide
UsingYour Phone’s Features
This user guide introduces you to the many features in your
Motorola Vphone. A reference guide for your phone is also
available that explains the phone’s features in more detail. To
obtain a copy of the reference guide or another copy of this user
guide, see the Motorola Web site at:
http://motorola.com/consumer/manuals (United States)
http://www.motorola.ca/manuals (Canada)
or contact the Motorola Customer Call Center at
1-800-331-6456 in the United States or 1-800-461-4575 in
Canada.
Navigating To a Menu Feature
You can access many of your phone’s features through the menu
system.This guide shows you how to navigate to a specific menu
feature as follows:
The > symbol means that you should scroll to and select the
feature. This example shows that you must press M, scroll to
and select Recent Calls, then scroll to and select Dialed Calls
to view the dialed calls list.
Find the Feature M>Recent Calls
>Dialed Calls