Motorola T720 CDMA User manual

DIGITAL WIRELESS
TELEPHONE
User's Guide >

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Welcome
Welcome to the world of Motorola digital wireless
communications! We are pleased that you have chosen the
Motorola T720 CDMA wireless phone.
Headset Jack
Insert headset
accessory for
hands-free use.
Status Light
See incoming call
and service status.
Volume Keys
Adjust earpiece
and ringer volume.
Voice Key
Record voice notes,
phonebook and
shortcut names.
Microphone
Accessory
Connector Port
Insert charger and
phone accessories.
Power Key
& End Key
Turn phone on and
off, end phone
calls, exit menu
system.
Right Soft Key
Perform functions
identified by right
display prompt.
Menu Key Left Soft Key
Perform functions
identified by left
display prompt.
Send Key
Send and answer
calls, view recent
dialed calls list.
4-Way
Navigation Key
Scroll through
menus and lists,
set feature values.

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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)
MOTOROLA, the Stylized M Logo and all other trademarks indicated as
such herein are trademarks of Motorola, Inc. ® Reg.U.S.Pat.& Tm. Off.
TrueSync, Sidekick, Starfish, and the Stylized Starfish Logo are registered
trademarks of Starfish Software, Inc., a wholly owned independent
subsidiary of Motorola, Inc. All other product or service names are the
property of their respective owners.
© 2002 Motorola, Inc.All rights reserved.
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estoppel, or otherwise, any license under the copyrights, patents, or
patent applications of Motorola or any third party software provider,
except for the normal, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use that
arises by operation of law in the sale of a product.
Manual number: 6809449A20-O
Cover number: 8988485L49-O

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Menu Map
Main Menu
v Media Center
• Picture Viewer
• My Tones
• Radio
' Voice Notes
w Ring Styles
• Style
•
Style Detail
Z Get It Now
• Get It Now Shop
a Calculator
/ Settings
(see next page)
g Datebook
L Web Browser
• Home
• Go To URL
• Mark Site
• Reload
• About Openwave
• Advanced
? More
(go to following menu items)
U Messages
• Voicemail
• Create Message
• Inbox
• Outbox
• Quick Notes
• Drafts
• Browser Alerts
z Recent Calls
• Received Calls
• Dialed Calls
• Notepad
• Call Times
: Shortcuts
à Phonebook
This is the standard phone menu layout.
Menu organization and feature names
may vary on your phone.Not all features
may be available for all users.
For example, the Radio option under
Media Center is available only when the
optional FM Stereo Radio Headset
accessory is plugged into your phone.

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Settings Menu
• Personalize
• Main Menu
• Home Keys
• Color Style
• Greeting
• Banner
• Banner Graphic
• Wallpaper
• Screen Saver
• Connection
• Incoming Call
• In-Call Setup
• In-Call Timer
• Answer Options
• Phone Status
• My Tel. Numbers
• Active Line
• Battery Meter
• Other Information
• Security
• Phone Lock
• Lock Application
• Restrict Calls
• New Passwords
• Initial Setup
• Time and Date
• Auto PIN Dial
• Auto Redial
• Backlight
• Status Light
• Zoom
• TTY Setup
• Scroll
• Language
• Contrast
• DTMF
• Master Reset
• Master Clear
• Location
• Location On
• 911 Only
• Network
• Car Settings
• Headset
Shortcuts
Change display zoom:
Press
M , then
press and hold
M
Change ringer alert:
Press down volume key to
switch to silent alert. Press up
volume key to reset to ring alert.
Display my phone number:
Press
M #
Go to dialed calls list:
Press
N
Exit menu system:
Press
O

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Contents
Menu Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
AboutThis Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Safety and General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
What’s in the Box?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Charging the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Changing the Convertible Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
TurningYour Phone On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Making a Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Ending a Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Answering a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SeeingYour Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
AboutYour Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Zooming In and Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the Status Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the External Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the 4-Way Navigation Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Battery Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Making and Answering Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Redialing a Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Automatic Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Returning an Unanswered Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Calling an Emergency Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Turning Off a Call Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Canceling an Incoming Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Calling With Speed Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Calling With One-Touch Dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Calling a Number In a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Additional Calling Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using FeaturesWhile On a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using Call Waiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Making a Three-Way Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Additional On-Call Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Navigating to a Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Selecting a Feature Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Entering Feature Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
EnteringText . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Choosing a Text Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using Tap Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using Symbol Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using iTAP™ Software Predictive Text Entry Method. . . 48
Menu Feature Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Viewing Received Calls or Dialed Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Using the Notepad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Viewing and Resetting Call Timers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Viewing Entry Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Creating a Phonebook Entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Storing a PIN Code With a Phone Number. . . . . . . . . . . 72
Recording a Voice Name For a Phonebook Entry . . . . . 74
Dialing a Phonebook Entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Storing Longer Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Editing a Phonebook Entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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Deleting a Phonebook Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Sorting the Phonebook List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Synchronizing with TrueSync Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
PictureViewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Datebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Week View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Day View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Event View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Adding a Datebook Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Changing Event Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Copying an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Deleting an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Synchronizing with TrueSync Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Turning the Radio On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Tuning a Station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Storing a Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Selecting a Preset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Sending and Receiving Calls With the Radio On . . . . . 88
Messages—Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
StoringYour Voicemail Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Receiving a Voicemail Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Listening to a Voicemail Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Messages—Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Setting Up the Text Message Inbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Receiving a Text Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Reading, Locking, or Deleting a Text Message . . . . . . . 93
Reading Browser Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Sending a Text Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Sending a Quick Note Text Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Viewing the Status of Sent Text Messages . . . . . . . . . 100

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Ring Styles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Selecting a Ring Style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Customizing a Ring Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Creating Alert Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Setting Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Standard Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Creating a Shortcut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Using Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Voice Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Recording a Voice Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Viewing the Voice Notes List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Playing a Voice Note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Locking and Unlocking a Voice Note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Deleting a Voice Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Micro-Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Starting a Micro-Browser Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Interacting With Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Calculating Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Converting Currency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Get It Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Downloading an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Launching an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Disabling or Removing an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Restoring a Disabled Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Viewing Get It Now Information and History. . . . . . . . . 128
AdjustingYour Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Setting the Menu View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Reordering Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Personalizing Soft Keys and Menu Icons . . . . . . . . . . . 130