Sanyo SCP-4500 - Cell Phone - Sprint Nextel User manual

Dual-Band
Sprint PCS PhoneTM
SCP-4500
Manufactured by SANYO
User Guide
Please read this manual before operating the phone,
and keep it for future reference.
(Draft only)

This phone will work only with service from Sprint PCS, which must be
purchased separately. See Sprint PCS Terms and Conditions of Service.
©2000 Sprint Spectrum L.P. All rights reserved. No reproduction in whole
or in part without prior written approval. Sprint, Sprint PCS Phone,
Sprint PCS, Sprint Personal Communication Services, Sprint PCS Wireless
Web, Sprint PCS Dialer and the diamond logo are trademarks of Sprint
Communications Company L.P. SANYO is a registered trademark of
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
Printed in Japan

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Safety Information:
FCC RF Exposure Information
WARNING! Read this information before using your phone
In August 1996 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
of the United States with its action in Report and Order FCC 96-
326 adopted an updated safety standard for human exposure to
radio frequency electromagnetic energy emitted by FCC regulated
transmitters. Those guidelines are consistent with the safety
standard previously set by both U.S. and international standards
bodies. The design of this phone complies with the FCC guidelines
and these international standards.
CAUTION
Use only the supplied or an approved antenna. Unauthorized
antennas, modifications, or attachments could impair call quality,
damage the phone, or result in violation of FCC regulations.
Do not use the phone with a damaged antenna. If a damaged
antenna comes into contact with the skin, a minor burn may result.
Please contact your local dealer for replacement antenna.
Body-worn Operation
This device was tested for typical body-worn operations with the
back of the phone kept 0.6 inches (1.5cm) from the body.
To comply with FCC RF exposure requirements, a minimum
separation distance of 0.6 inches (1.5cm) must be maintained
between the user’s body and the back of the phone, including the
antenna, whether extended or retracted. All belt-clips, holsters and
similar accessories used by this device must not contain any
metallic components. Body-worn accessories that do not meet
these requirements may not comply with FCC RF exposure limits
and should be avoided.
Note: For more information about RF exposure, please visit the
FCC website at www.fcc.gov

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Welcome to Sprint PCS
Sprint PCS built the only all-digital, all-PCS nationwide network
from the ground up for clearer calls. We have built our network to
give you what we believe you really want from a wireless phone:
clear sound, private conversation and time saving features.
But Sprint Personal Communication Service®also has the potential
to do something even more far-reaching–simplify your life.
Our advanced technology is designed to grow with your
communications needs so that one day, you will be able to rely
almost entirely on your Sprint PCS Phone™ to stay in touch.
This guide will introduce you to our technology and your new
Sprint PCS Phone through easy-to-follow instructions.
For additional help, just stop by any Sprint PCS Center or call
Sprint PCS Customer Care by pressing , , (or ).
Thank you for choosing Sprint PCS.

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First things first
Read this before you do anything else.
Determine if your phone is pre-activated
If you received your Sprint PCS PhoneTM in the mail or purchased
it at a Sprint PCS Center, your phone is already activated and
simply needs to be unlocked. See “How to unlock your phone” on
the following page.
How to activate your phone
There are two ways to activate your phone.
1. The fastest way is to call from your new Sprint PCS Phone.
Fully charge your battery. (See “Using the battery” section
on pages 7 and 8.)
Turn on your Sprint PCS Phone.
Press , , (or ) while in a Sprint PCS Service
Area. You will be connected to a Sprint PCS Customer
Advocate who will guide you through the activation process.
2. Another option is to call Sprint PCS Customer Care from any
phone other than your new Sprint PCS Phone. Call us toll-free
at 1-888-715-4588.

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What you should know before you call
The call typically takes about 30 minutes, but may take longer at
peak times. Your Sprint PCS Phone will be ready for use
approximately one to three hours after this call is complete.
What you should have handy
Your new Sprint PCS Phone
The original packaging for your new phone
Your billing address
Your Social Security number or Tax ID number
Your driver’s license number
Pen and paper to write down your new Sprint PCS Phone
Number
During this call, a Sprint PCS Customer Advocate will collect your
information and help you select your Sprint PCS Service Plan.
Once you have made all your selections, they will guide you
through the activation process.
How to unlock your phone
If you received your phone in the mail, you need to unlock it
before you can begin making calls. Just follow these simple steps:
1. Press to turn on the phone.
2. Highlight and press .

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3. Enter the four-digit lock code (This code typically is the last
four digits of your Sprint PCS Phone Number, Social Security
number or Tax ID number. If none of these numbers work, call
Sprint PCS Customer Care at 1-888-211-4PCS (4727).
How to get help
If you need help with this or anything else, please call Sprint PCS
Customer Care at 1-888-211-4PCS (4727).
You can also press , , (or ) from your activated
Sprint PCS Phone.
A Sprint PCS Customer Advocate will answer (24 hours a day) and
will be happy to assist you.
Our services are provided to you under certain terms and
conditions, all of which are contained in the literature included in
your package.

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Table of Contents
Safety Information:
FCC RF Exposure Information i
Getting to know your phone 1
Highlights 1
Selecting a Language 2
Easy Menu Navigation Control 3
Front View of Phone 4
Display icons: What they tell you 6
Using the battery 7
Installing and removing the battery 7
Charging the battery 7
Charging with theAC Adapter 8
Entering information using keypad 9
Entering text using T9 mode 9
Adding words to T9 database 10
Smart punctuation 11
Entering text usingAlphabet mode 11
Entering special characters using SYM mode 13
Entering text using NUM mode 13
Using Your Phone:
Basic operations to place and receive calls 14
Turning your phone on and off 14
Standby mode 14
Power Save mode 15
Making a call 16
Correcting dialing mistakes 16
Answering calls 17
Where you can use your phone 17
What you will see 18

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Calling experience 19
User Options During a Call (In-call state/status) 21
Mute 21
Redialing Last Outgoing Number 21
Dialing Sprint PCS DirectoryAssistance 22
Dialing Sprint PCS Operator Services 22
Dialing Sprint PCS Customer Care 23
Prepaid Calls 23
Dialing Sprint PCS Roadside Assistance 24
Making Emergency Calls 24
Handy tips for easier everyday usage: 25
Adjusting the Volume 25
Displaying Your Sprint PCS Phone Number 25
Greeting 25
Backlight/Contrast Setting 26
Using Caller ID 27
Saving and Storing a Phone Number
in your Internal Phone Book 27
Finding a Name in the Internal Phone Book 28
Setting the Vibrating Ringer 29
Getting the most from Sprint PCS Service 30
Voicemail and Text Messages 30
Setting Up Your Sprint PCS Voicemail 30
Finding Out You Have A Message 31
Retrieving Voice Messages 31
Message Clear Count 32
Page/Text Messages 32
Classifying Messages into Folders 33
Page/Text Number Extraction 34
Message Storage 35
Call Waiting 35
Three-Way Calling 35
Call Forwarding 36

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Getting The Most From Your Phone 37
Menu Map 37
Call History 41
Missed Call Notification 42
Erasing Individual orAll Call History 43
Internal Phone Book 44
Find Name 45
Add New Entry 45
Adding Multiple Phone Numbers/E-mail/WebAddresses
to an Existing Entry 47
Editing an Existing Phone Book Entry 48
Secret Phone Book Entries 48
Speed Dialing 49
Abbreviated Dialing 50
Prepend Dialing 51
Pause Feature 51
Storing a Number With Pauses 52
Displaying/Erasing a Long Number 52
Setting Your Phone’s Mode 53
Call Guard for Roaming 54
Calendar 55
Adding Events 55
Event Notification 56
Adding Call Alarms From the Calendar 57
Viewing Events and Call Alarms 58
Event Options 59
Editing Call Alarms 59
Adding To-Do’s 60
Viewing To-Do’s 60
Editing To-Do’s 61
Erasing Multiple Events, CallAlarms or To-Do’s 62
Viewing Calendar, Call Alarm and To-Do Memory 62
Environment 63
Speaker Phone Mode 64

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Sounds: 65
Volume (Ringer and Key Beep) 65
Volume (Earpiece) 65
Ringer Types 66
Tone Length 67
Alerts 67
How to Lock Your Phone 69
Unlock Phone 69
Change the Lock Code 70
Restrict Calls 70
Special Numbers 71
Erase Phone Book 72
Reset Phone 72
Displaying “Found Me” Information 73
Reset/Lock phone through SMS 73
Voice Memo 74
Voice Dial 75
Tips on Recording Names 75
Program the Phone for Voice Dial 76
Placing a Call Using Voice Dial 77
Reviewing Voice Dial Entries 77
Erasing Voice Dial Entries 78
Voice Ringer 78
KeyGuard 79
Auto Answer 79
Any Key Answer 80
Advanced Phone Features 81
Sprint PCS Wireless Web Connection 81
The Sprint PCS Wireless Web Browser 83
Synchronization 88
Playing the Game: 89
Crab Catch Game 89
Slot Machine Game 89
Using Your Phone as a Calculator 90

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Accessories 91
LiIon Batteries 91
ACAdapter Charger 91
Cigarette LighterAdapter 91
Dual-Slot Desktop Charger 92
Sprint PCS Wireless Web Connection Kit 92
Charging Times with Accessories 93
Usage guidelines:
All about performance and safety 94
Keeping tabs on signal strength 94
Understanding Power Save mode 94
Understanding how your phone operates 95
Maintaining your phone’s peak performance 95
Protecting your battery 96
Driving 97
Disposal of Lithium Ion batteries 98
Following safety guidelines 98
Using your phone near other electronic devices 98
Turn off your phone before flying 99
Restricting children’s access to your phone 99
Turn off your phone in dangerous areas 100
Cautions 100
FCC notice 101
Warning 102
Index 103

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Getting to know your phone
Highlights
Congratulations on your purchase of a Sprint PCS Phone.
This phone is lightweight, easy-to-use, reliable, and offers many
significant features:
Call History: to track your outgoing, incoming and data calls for
reference or call back.
Messages: to access your voicemail and text messages.
Phone Book: to organize names, numbers and labels.
Roaming: to control your roaming experience.
Wireless Web: to access the Sprint PCS Wireless WebSM in areas
that offer this service.
Calendar: to track and prioritize appointments and meetings.
Environment: to set the volume depends on the environments.
Sounds: to adjust the default setting for your phone’s ringer, key
beep and earpiece volume.
Display: to customize the display indication setting.
Security: to secure your phone with the lock code.
Setup: to program your phone to get data/fax, answer by any key,
prompt minibrowser, enable 4-digit dialing or select languages.
Special: to enjoy the games and use calculator function.
Voice Service: to program your phone to record the caller’s voice
(voice memo) or call someone by saying their name (voice dial).
KeyGuard: to avoid accidentally dialing a number.

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Selecting a Language
Your phone has two interface languages available, English and
Spanish. The default setting is English. To view the menus in
Spanish, change the menu language as shown below.
1. In standby mode (see “Standby mode” on pages 14-15),
highlight by repeatedly pressing on the Navigation
key, and then press .
Setup
MiniBrowser
4-Digit Dialing
Language
2. Highlight by repeatedly pressing on the
Navigation key, and then press . The language menu
appears.
Language
English
English
Español
3. Highlight by pressing on the Navigation key, and then
press .
Idioma
Español
Registrado
Idioma
Español
English
Español
4. Press to return to standby mode. The standby display
appears in Spanish.
There are also alternate characters available while in either
language mode (see “Entering information using keypad” on pages
9-13).

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Easy Menu Navigation Control
The Navigation key allows you to easily scroll through the menus.
As you navigate throughout the menus, the menu options will be
highlighted ( , for example). Once you’ve
highlighted your desired feature, simply press .
The Navigation key and key are also used to change your
phone’s settings. The upper half of your phone’s display screen is
dedicated to providing you with various notifications and prompts.
The lower half of the screen is dedicated to the phone’s menu
items. A scroll arrow has conveniently been placed to the right of
the menu items. This allows you to know whether there are
additional menu items off the display. Intuitive prompts are
displayed to guide you through each step. For example:
If you want to view your last incoming call, use your Navigation
key to highlight and press .
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Call History
Messages
Phone Book
Then highlight and press .

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Front View of Phone
1. Red Light:Illuminates when is pressed and when you
have incoming calls or messages.
2. Headset Jack: Insert the plug of the headset (must be
purchased separately) for hands-free listening.
3. VOL: Lets you adjust the sound level during a call or a ring.
4. OK:Letsyou place acall, receiveacall andselect menu options.
5. Navigation Key: Letsyounavigate quickly andeasily through
the menu options.
6. TALK: Lets you place a call, receive a call, answer Call
Waiting and use Three-Way Calling.
7. POWER: Turns the phone on and off.
8. END: Lets you disconnect a call and return to Standby mode.
Lets you mute ringer when ringing.
9. CLR:Allows you to clear characters from the screen or back
up menu levels.
10. SPEAKER Key: Lets you set the Speaker Phone Mode to
ON. (Speaker is backside of the phone.)
11. Antenna: The voice on the other end sounds clearest when
the antenna is all the way up.

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Call History
Messages
Phone Book
6. TALK
5. Navigation
Key
4. OK
3.VOL
(Volume)
8. END
7. POWER
1. Red Light
2. Headset Jack
11. Antenna
9. CLR
(Clear)
10. SPEAKER
Key

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Display icons:
What they tell you
Display icons are all the graphic symbols that show up on your
display screen. In short, they tell you what’s happening with your
Sprint PCS PhoneTM. See below for a description.
Signal
No Service
In Use
Roaming
Messages
Vibrate
Analog
Speaker
Battery
Measures your current signal strength. The more
lines there are, the stronger the signal.
This means the phone is outside a service area.
When this is displayed, you cannot use your phone.
Tells you a call is in progress.
If the icon is not displayed, you are on the
digital Sprint PCS Nationwide Network.
If it is displayed, you are on another service
provider’s network.
Indicates you have messages waiting.
Indicates the vibrate feature is set to ON.
Indicates the phone is roaming on an analog cellular
network.
Indicates the Speaker Phone mode is set to ON.
Shows the level of your battery charge. The more
black you see, the more power you have left. When
the charge is low, this icon blinks and an alert tone is
sounded. You will lose what you are doing.

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Using the battery
Your Sprint PCS Phone comes with a rechargeable Lithium Ion
battery. Remember to fully charge your battery as soon as the
charge becomes low in order to maximize your talk and standby
times.
Installing and removing the battery
The battery snaps easily onto the back of the phone (bottom end
first) for quick installation and removal. Make sure to turn the
power off before removing the battery. Otherwise, you could lose
stored numbers and messages.
Charging the battery
You can tell whether or not your battery needs to be recharged by
checking the upper-right corner of your display screen.
When the battery charge level gets low, the phone will beep and
the battery icon will blink. A warning will also appear on your
screen prompting you to recharge your battery.
If the battery level gets too low, the phone will turn off
automatically.A series of alert tones will sound just before the
phone turns itself off. If this happens, unfortunately, you’ll lose
whatever you were just doing. So watch that indicator and make
sure your battery charge level is okay.
To charge your battery, you should use the standard AC adapter, or
the optional dual-slot desktop charger or cigarette lighter adapter.
Note: Use only SANYO-approved accessories.
Using unauthorized accessories may cause damage.

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Charging with the AC Adapter
Use only approved adapter, with your Sprint PCS Phone.
1. Plug the AC adapter into a wall outlet.
2. Plug the other end into the bottom of your Sprint PCS Phone,
with the battery attached.
Charging a completely discharged standard Lithium Ion battery
takes up to three hours.
If your phone is turned on, the icon on the display will blink
while charging. The icon will stop blinking when charging is
complete.
If your phone is turned off, the icon on the display will blink
and “BATTERY CHARGING —Power Off” will show on the
display while charging. The icon will stop blinking when
charging is complete.
When the battery is completely discharged, you may wait for
several minutes until “BATTERY CHARGING” will show on
display.