8Final version 2/15/99gle button? You can also stop your phone from ringingwithout even answering the call.These are just some of the many Cool Features you’ll find inyour phone. Look for the icon throughout this owner’smanual to find them.9Final version 2/15/993. Using Your PhoneThe first few days you have your phone, play with it to learnhow the menu and submenu system works. The more youlearn how to access these menus and submenus, the morefun you’ll have with your phone.This section describes the different methods of using yourphone menus and submenus.What is the ‘start screen’?The start screen appears when you first turn your phone on,in its idle state.Anytime you want to get to the start screen, press , ex-cept during a call (unless you want to hang up).CAUTION: If you press when the phone is requestinginput (for example, a setting, phone number, name, etc.), thephone displays the start screen, the input is not saved, andthe option is not selected.Navigating toolsSoftkeysYour phone has two softkeys that ap-pear below the display. Their currentfunction is indicated by the words ap-pearing above them. Simply press thecorresponding key under the choiceyou wish to select.This illustration shows the phone at the start screen. Thestart screen always displays Menu on the left and Names onthe right. Menu allows you to access your phone’s menusand submenus. Names allows you to access your phonebook.See “Using Shortcuts” on page 11 and “Personal Tone” on page 52.