30 Section 2A. Phone BasicsDialing and Saving Phone Numbers WithPausesYou can dial or save phone numbers with pauses foruse with automated systems, such as voicemail orcredit card billing numbers.There are two types of pauses available on your phone: Hard Pause sends the next set of numbers when youpress . (This is indicated with a P within thenumber sequence.) 2sec Pause automatically sends the next set ofnumbers after two seconds. (This is indicated with aT within the number sequence.)To dial or save phone numbers with pauses:1. Enter the phone number.2. Press Options (right softkey) > Hard Pause or 2secPause.3. Enter additional numbers.4. Press to dial the number.– or –Press Options (right softkey) > Save to save thenumber in your Contacts.Tip Creating a saved series of numbers with pauses isvery useful when entering data into an automatedsystem. For example, if accessing your bankinformation requires dialing a toll-free number,followed by an account number and then your PIN,you could place a two-second pause after eachgroup of numbers to ensure that they would be readcorrectly.Note You can have multiple pauses in a phone numberand combine two-second and hard pauses.Note When dialing a number with a hard pause, pressto send the next set of numbers.Sprint M540.book Page 30 Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:00 PM
