Motorola I600 User manual

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Motorola
TM
iDEN
®
Digital Portable
i600 - Multi-Service Phone
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CONTENTS
YOUR PORTABLE PHONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About Your Phone’s Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Feature Locator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Attaching the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Detaching the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Low Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Display Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Powering On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Powering Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
VibraCall
TM
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Selecting All Incoming Calls and Messages . . . . . 7
Selecting Individual Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Changing the Display Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PHONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Making a Phone Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Emergency Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Automatic Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Last Number Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Receiving a Phone Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Recalling Your Own Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Selectable Ring Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Call Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting a Call Forward Number . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Unconditional Call Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Conditional Call Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Call Waiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Call Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3-Way Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Alternate Phone Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Setting the Active Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Receiving a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Receiving Multiple Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Storing Numbers in the Phone List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Entering Phone Numbers Using the Keypad . . . . 21
Entering an Alias Using the Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . 21
Entering and Changing Names and Numbers. . . . 22
PRIVATE CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Group/Private Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Making A Private Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Direct Entry Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Scroll Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Name Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Receiving a Private Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Recalling Your Private ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Call Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Sending a Call Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Receiving a Call Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Call Alert Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Receiving a Call Alert with Stacking . . . . . . . . . . 25
Responding to a Call Alert in the Stack . . . . . . . . 25
Private Call ID Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
GROUP CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Group/Private Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Making a Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Changing Talkgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Receiving a Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Area Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Talkgroup Naming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
VOICE MAIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Retrieving Voice Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Viewing Voice Mail Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
MESSAGE MAIL
TM
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Receiving New Message Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Retrieving Stored/Unread Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Saving and Erasing Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Auto Call Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Message Mail Memory Full . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
PROGRAMMING MENU OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
ERROR MESSAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SAFETY AND GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . 39
Radio Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Cleaning Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
For Further Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Owner’s Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Radio ID Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Talkgroup ID Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Patent Information
This product is protected under one or more of the following
patents:
4817157, 4896361, 4857928, 5041793, 5060294, 5066923, 5134718,
5140156, 5239963, 5257411, 5287387, 5265219, 5289504, 5316168,
5317247, 5338396, 5389927, 5406588, 5424921, 5457376, 5460906,
5551063, 5557079, 5596487, 5615412, 5638403, 5559468, 5469465,
5170413, 5140615, 5519730, 5241544, 5584059, 5574992, 5396656,
5487091, 5533004, 5299199, 5343499, 5369501, 5509031, 5515379,
5528723, 5598417, 5066923, 5241650, 5278833, 5359696, 5548631,
5410632, 5440582, 5457735, 5457818, 5471670, 5477550, 5481537,
5566181, 5229767, 5208804, 5295140, 5381449, 5440590, 5467398,
5490230, 5620242, 5623523, 5655913
Trademarks
, Motorola, VibraCall, and Message Mail are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Motorola, Inc.
iDEN is a registered trademark of Motorola, Inc.
®Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off.
All other trademarks mentioned in this manual are trademarks of their
respective companies.
© Copyright 1998, Motorola, Inc. All rights reserved.
Important!
Be sure to read “Safety and General Information ” on
page 39 before using your i1000 Portable.

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YOUR PORTABLE PHONE
ongratulations on purchasing your Motorola iDEN i 600 digital
portable phone. Superior features and state-of-the-art
technology help to keep you in constant touch with all of your
business and personal contacts.
T
he i 600 phone is a multi-service communication unit that offers
the following functions:
Phone
Private Call
Group Call
Voice Mail
Message Mail
ABOUT YOUR PHONE’S FEATURES
This guide describes the features that most people use every day.
However, your service provider or your organization might have
customized your phone to optimize its use for your individual needs.
For more information, check with your service provider or
organization.
Additional information for your iDEN Digital
Portable Phone can be found on the
Motorola iDEN web site:
http://www.mot.com/LMPS/iDEN
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1. Antenna
2. Earpiece
3. Alphanumeric
Display
4. Option Keys
5. Scroll Keys
6. Mode Key
7. END Key
8. SEND Key
9. Group/Private
Speaker Key
16. Push-To-Talk
(PTT) Button
15. MENU Key
14. LED
17. Volume
Control
Keys
13. ON/OFF
Key
12. Alphanumeric
Keypad
11. Speaker
10. Microphone
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1. Antenna Extend for optimal signal.
2. Earpiece Hold to your ear to listen during phone
calls and Group/Private low-audio
communication .
3. Alphanumeric
Display
View up to four lines (up to 12
characters per line) on the display.
4. Option Keys Press to select the option that appears
directly above the left or right key on the
fourth line of the display.
5. Scroll Keys Press the left or right key to scroll
forward or backward through options
and lists, such as Phone, Group, or
Private Call lists.
6. Mode Key Press to change between Phone,
Group, and Private modes.
7. END Key Press to end phone calls.
8. SEND Key Press to answer an incoming phone call
or, after entering a phone number, to
begin an outgoing phone call.
9. Group/Private
Speaker Key
Press to listen to audio through either
the earpiece or the speaker during
Group and Private calls.
10. Microphone Speak into it during communications.
11. Speaker Listen to audio conversations.
12. Alphanumeric
Keypad
Enter telephone numbers, Private Call
IDs, and alphanumeric characters.
13. On/Off Key Press to turn your phone on or off.
14. LED Check the phone status. See Table 1 on
page 6 for information about the phone
status.
15. MENU Key Scroll through the menu options that are
available on the last line within each
mode.
16. Push-To-Talk
(PTT) Button
Transmit a Group or Private Call, or a
Call Alert. Press and hold the PTT
button to talk; release it to listen.
17. Volume Control
Keys
Press to adjust volume levels.
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BATTERY
Charging the Battery
You should charge the portable phone
battery for at least 16 hours before you use
it for the first time. This allows the battery
to achieve its maximum capacity and life.
Place the battery in the charger, as shown.
You can also place the portable phone with the
battery attached in the charger .
Attaching the Battery
To attach the charged battery to your
portable phone, align the battery with the
engraved arrows on the phone. Slide the
battery upward until you hear a click.
Detaching the Battery
To detach the battery, pull back on the release button near the top of
the battery and slide the battery downward.
Low Battery
A low battery is indicated by a short, sharp, chirp-like sound through
the speaker.
Engraved Arrows
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DISPLAY ICONS
After you turn on the portable phone, icons appear along the top of
the display to inform you of the following conditions.
Signal Strength Indicator
Shows the signal strength. Six bars
indicate the strongest signal. Calls and
messages may not be sent or received in
weak signal areas.
Battery Strength Indicator
Shows the remaining charge in your
battery. Three bars show full charge.
This indicator flashes when you have
less than five minutes of talk time.
Voice Mail
Indicates that unplayed messages are
waiting in your voice mail box.
New Message Mail
Indicates that you have new text
messages in your mail box.
Unread Message Mail
Indicates that you have unread text
messages in your mail box.
Vibrate All
Indicates that the Vibrate All option is
turned on.
Line Indicator and Call Forward
Indicates call forward status.
The number indicates the active phone
line.
Group/Private Speaker
Indicates that the Group/Private
Speaker is off. You will hear audio
through the earpiece.
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