Phone BasicsSection 2A. Phone Basics 23Dialing OptionsWhen you enter numbers in standby mode, you willsee a variety of dialing options displayed as softkeys onthe phone’s screen.To send a message to the number, press Send Msg(left softkey).– or –To initiate a dialing option, press Options (right softkey)and choose one of the following options. Contact Details: Displays the details for a Contact if theentered number matches a previously created entry. Save: Enter a seven-digit or ten-digit number (phonenumber and area code) and press Options > Save tosave the phone number in your Contacts. (See“Saving a Phone Number” on page 29.) Hard Pause: Enter digits and then use this feature toenter a hard pause within a number string (thephone waits for your input). To continue dialing, youmust press the key. (See “Dialing and SavingPhone Numbers With Pauses” on page 30.) 2sec Pause: Enter digits and then use this feature toenter a 2 second delay within a number string (thephone continues dialing after 2 seconds without anyadditional keys being pressed). (See “Dialing andSaving Phone Numbers With Pauses” on page 30.)Tip To speed dial a phone number from standby mode,press and hold the speed dial number. If the speeddial number is two digits, enter the first digit, and thenpress and hold the second digit. (For information onsetting up speed dial numbers, see “AssigningSpeed Dial Numbers” on page 87.) (This feature willnot work when you are roaming off the SprintNational Network; when roaming you must dial usingeleven digits [1 + the area code + the seven-digitphone number].)Sprint M540.book Page 23 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 3:38 PM
