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MC909X
User Guide

Using MC9094 Phone
Chapter Contents

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Introduction
Accessing the Phone Keypad
The keypad can be accessed regardless of the program in use on the mobile computer. Applications on the mobile computer can be
in use during a call.
Figure 4-1. MC9094 Phone Keypads
Keypads can vary depending on services and the state of the phone. For example, calls can be placed on hold
and Swap can be used to switch active calls on hold. (See Three-way or Conference Calling on page 4-14.)
To access the phone keypad tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad.
To receive calls when the mobile computer is suspended, leave the phone radio turned on and ensure the
mobile computer is set to wake with any key.
Making a Call Using the Keypad
Phone calls can be dialed from the phone keypad, using speed dial or from call history. The most direct method is by using the phone
keypad.
To make a call using the phone keypad:
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad.
2. From the Phone keypad, tap the number to call.
3. Tap Talk.
4. Tap End to stop dialing or end the call.
The green and red dot keys on the mobile computer keypad can also be used to dial (green) and end (red) calls.
Answering a Call
A dialog box appears on the mobile computer’s display screen when an incoming call is received. If the phone is set to
ring, a ring tone sounds. The user has the option to answer the incoming call or ignore the call.
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To answer an incoming call tap Answer on the Phone - Incoming... dialog or press the green dot key on the mobile computer keypad.
Figure 4-2. Incoming Call
To ignore the incoming the call tap Ignore. This may send the caller to voice mail, depending on the service provider.
To end the call tap End or press the red dot key on the mobile computer keypad.
Muting a Call
During a call, the microphone can be muted so that the person on the line can be heard but cannot hear conversation from the
microphone. This is useful if the user is listening to the person on the line and there’s conversation or background noise on the user’s
end.
To mute or unmute a call:
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad.
2. Tap Mute on the display to mute audio. The Mute icon appears.
Figure 4-3. Mute Button and Icon
Taking Notes
Notes can be taken during a call as needed. To create a note during a call:
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad.
2. Tap Note on the display to enter the note. For more information about creating notes see the Windows On-Device Help.
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To access a note created during a call:
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad.
2. From the Phone keypad, tap Call History.
3. Tap and hold the number or the Note icon for the phone call entry containing the note.
Figure 4-4. Call History - Notes Menu
4. Tap View Note.
Figure 4-5. Call History - Notes
5. Tap ok to exit.
Notes can also be accessed directly from the Notes application by tapping Start - Notes.
Using Speed Dial
Create speed dial numbers to dial frequently called numbers with a single tap. Before a speed dial entry can be created, the phone
number must already exist in Contacts.
Adding a Speed Dial Entry
To add a speed dial entry from the phone keypad:
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1. Ensure the contact and phone number are in the Contacts list.
2. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad.
3. Tap Speed Dial - Menu -New.
Figure 4-6. Contacts
4. Tap the desired contact name and number in the list.
Figure 4-7. Speed Dial Contact Location
5. In the Location field, tap the Up/Down arrows to select an available location to assign as the new speed dial entry. The first
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6. Tap ok to add the contact to the speed dial list.
Figure 4-8. Speed Dial Contact List
7. Tap ok to exit the Speed Dial Contact List.
To add a speed dial entry from the Contacts window:
1. Tap Start - Contacts.
Figure 4-9. Contacts
2. Tap and hold the contact name.
Figure 4-10. Contacts Menu

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3. Tap Add to Speed Dial.
Figure 4-11. Speed Dial Contact Location
4. Tap the Up/Down arrows to select an available location to assign as the new speed dial entry. The first speed dial location
is reserved for voice mail.
5. Tap ok.
Editing a Speed Dial Entry
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad.
2. Tap Speed Dial.
Figure 4-12. Speed Dial Contact List

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3. Tap and hold the contact name.
Figure 4-13. Speed Dial Delete Menu
4. Tap Edit... .
5. Change the name, phone number or location information.
6. Tap ok.
Editing names and phone numbers in Speed Dial does not alter contact information in Contacts (Start -
Contacts).
Deleting a Speed Dial Entry
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad.
2. Tap Speed Dial.
3. Tap and hold the contact name.
Figure 4-14. Speed Dial Delete Menu
4. Tap Delete.
5. Tap Yes to confirm permanently deleting the speed dial entry.

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Deleting names and phone numbers in Speed Dial does not delete the contact information in Contacts (Start
- Contacts).
Making a Speed Dial Call
Use Speed Dial to call someone saved in the speed dial directory.
To make a speed dial call:
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad.
2. From the Phone keypad, tap and hold the speed dial location number assigned to a contact. (To dial a one-digit speed dial
location number, tap and hold the speed dial number. To dial a two-digit speed dial location number, tap the first digit and
then tap and hold the second digit.)
or
From the Phone keypad, tap Speed Dial and tap the speed dial location number of the desired contact in the list.
Figure 4-15. Speed Dial Contact List
3. To stop dialing or end the call, tap End or press the red dot key on the mobile computer keypad.
Using Call History
Use Call History to call someone who was recently called, or recently called in. Call History provides the time and duration of all
incoming, outgoing and missed calls. It also provides a summary of total calls and easy access to notes taken during a call. Table 4-
1list the call history icons that appear in the Call History window.
To make a call using call history:
Table 4-1. Call History Icons
Icon Description
This icon appears next to the contact information for all outgoing calls.
This icon appears next to the contact information for all incoming calls.
This icon appears next to the contact information for all missed calls.
Speed Dial
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1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad.
2. From the Phone keypad, tap Call History.
Figure 4-16. Call History
3. Tap the phone icon next to the number to begin dialing and return to the phone keypad.
4. Tap End or press the red dot key on the mobile computer keypad to stop dialing or end the call.
Managing Call History
Change views, reset the call timer and delete calls to manage the calls stored in Call History.
Changing the Call History View
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad to display the Phone keypad.
2. From the Phone keypad, tap Call History.
3. Tap Menu - Filter to show the menu.
Figure 4-17. Call History - All Calls/Show Menu
4. Select a view type from the menu to display only missed calls, outgoing calls, incoming calls or calls listed alphabetically by
caller name.
5. Tap ok to exit the Call History window.
Resetting the Recent Calls Counter
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad to display the Phone keypad.
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2. From the Phone keypad, tap Call History.
3. Tap Menu.
Figure 4-18. Call History - Tools Menu
4. Select Call Timers... from the menu.
Figure 4-19. Call History - Call Timers
5. Tap Reset. (The All Calls: counter cannot be reset.)
6. Tap ok to exit the Call Timers window.
Deleting Call History Items by Call Date
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad to display the Phone keypad.
2. From the Phone keypad, tap Call History.
3. Tap Menu.

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4. Select Call Timers... from the menu.
Figure 4-20. Call History - Call Timers
5. Under Delete call history items older than: tap the drop-down list and select a time period on which to base deletion of stored
items.
6. Tap ok to exit the Call Timers window.
Deleting All Call History Items
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad to display the Phone keypad.
2. From the Phone keypad, tap Call History.
3. Tap Menu.
Figure 4-21. Call History - Tools Menu
4. Select Delete all calls from the menu.
Figure 4-22. Call History - Delete All Dialog
5. Tap Yes.
6. Tap ok to exit the Call History window.

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Viewing Call Status
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad to display the Phone keypad.
2. From the Phone keypad, tap Call History.
3. Tap an entry in the list to see the date, time, and duration of a call.
Figure 4-23. Call History - Detail
When more than one call is on the phone line, only the duration of the first call is recorded.
4. Tap ok to exit.
Using the Call History Menu
Use the Call History menu to dial voice mail, access the Activation Wizard, save to contacts, view a note, delete a listing, send an
SMS and make a call.
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad to display the Phone keypad.
2. From the Phone keypad, tap Call History.
3. Tap and hold an item in the list.
Figure 4-24. Call History - Menu
4. Select an applicable item form the menu, as needed.

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5. Depending on the item selected, the appropriate window displays. For example, if Send SMS is selected, the Inbox window
displays.
6. Tap ok to exit the Call History window.
Using Contacts
Use Contacts to make a call without having to look up or manually enter the phone number.
To make a call from Contacts:
1. Tap Start - Contacts.
2. From the contact list, tap and hold the contact name.
Figure 4-25. Contacts Menu
3. Tap Call Work.
To make a call from an open contact, tap the number to call. See On-Device Help for more information about
Contacts.
Three-way or Conference Calling
To create a three-way phone session with three people and the initiator:
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad to display the Phone keypad.

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2. Enter the first phone number and press Talk. When the call is connected, Hold appears on the keypad.
Figure 4-26. Call Conferencing - Hold
3. Tap Hold to place the first number on hold.
4. Enter the second number and tap Talk. When the call is connected, menu Conference appears on the keypad.
Figure 4-27. Call Conferencing - Conferencing
5. Tap Conference to place the first two numbers in conference mode.
6. Tap Hold to place the conference on hold.
7. Enter the third number and tap Talk. When the call is connected, Conference reappears on the keypad.
8. Tap Conference to place all numbers in conference mode.
9. Tap End or press the red dot key on the mobile computer keypad to end the conference call.
Text Messaging
Use the Short Message Service window to send and receive text messages to and from mobile phones. The text can be comprised of
words, numbers or an alphanumeric combination no longer than 160 characters.
Short text messages delivered over mobile networks are transmitted from the sending mobile computer, stored in a central short
message center and then forwarded to the destination mobile device. In the event the recipient is not available, the short message
is stored and can be sent later. With the PCS networks based on GSM, CDMA and TDMA technologies supporting SMS, SMS is a
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Sending a Message
To send a message:
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad to display the Phone keypad.
2. Tap Contacts.
3. Tap and hold on a contact and select Send Text Message. The Text Messages window appears.
Figure 4-28. Tools Menu
4. Enter your message.
Figure 4-29. Text Messages Window
Address Area
Send Button
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5. Tap Send to send the message.
Editing Messages
Use the SMS Edit menu to edit, save, cancel and spell check messages.
1. Tap Start - Phone or press the green dot key on the mobile computer’s keypad to display the Phone keypad.
2. Tap Tools - Send SMS... .
3. Select the text to edit.
4. Tap Edit.
Figure 4-30. SMS Window - Edit Menu
5. Select the menu item, as needed.
6. Tap ok to exit the SMS window.
Table 4-2. SMS Edit Menu Options
Menu Option Description
Cut Tap to cut the selected text to paste elsewhere.
Copy Tap to copy the selected text to paste elsewhere.
Paste Tap to paste the selected text elsewhere.
Clear Tap to clear the selected text.
Select All Tap to select all of the text in the cursor area.
Edit My Text Messages... Tap to edit or add My Text messages. My Text messages are stored phrases that appear when the My Text menu is tapped.
Add frequently used messages to My Text for easy access when sending short messages.
Add Attachment... Tap to add an attachment to the short message.
Spell Check Tap to check the spelling of the message before it’s sent.
Save in Drafts Tap to save the message in the SMS/Drafts folder of the Inbox. To access saved messages, tap Start - Inbox. Then tap the
Inbox drop-down arrow to show the folders. Tap Drafts to display all saved messages and select the saved message to
view. Saved messages can be sent at any time by tapping Send.
Cancel Message Tap to cancel a message.

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Options... Tap to display the Message Options window.
Figure 4-31. Message Options
Select the Request SMS text message delivery notification check box and tap ok to be notified when a text message is
delivered to a recipient.
Table 4-2. SMS Edit Menu Options (Continued)
Menu Option Description

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