Motorola I88s User Guide

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Call Alerts
Placing a Call Alert from the Phonebook
Ready to Alert Screen
ReadytoAlertis used to confirm your request for the alert and to prompt you
to push the PTT button:
If you press the PTT button, the Call Alert is sent, and the phone displays
theRecent Callsscreen.
For Call Alerts placed from the keypad, pressingAunder CANCEL
causes the phone to return to the dialing screen with the previously entered
number displayed.
For Call Alerts placed from the Phonebook, pressingAunder CANCEL
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Receiving Call Alerts
When you receive a Call Alert, your phone emits a chirp and displays the name
or number of the caller. You can answer, queue, or clear the Call Alert:
To answer the Call Alert, press the PTT button and begin talking after the
phone emits a chirping sound.
 To queue the Call Alert, press Bunder QUEUE.
 To clear the Call Alert, press Aunder CLEAR.

USER TIP:You can turn down the Call Alert chirp volume by pressing
the volume buttons on the side of your phone.
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Sorting Call Alerts
To sort your Call Alerts by the order they were received:
Responding to a Call Alert From the Queue
Deleting a Call Alert From the Queue
To delete a Call Alert from the queue:
1From theCall Alert Queuescreen, pressmto access theCall Alert
Menu.
2PressSto scroll toSort By.
3PressBunder SELECT.
4PressSto scroll toFirst on ToporLast on Top.
5PressBunder SELECT.
1From theCall Alert Queuescreen, pressSto scroll to the Call Alert
you want to respond. You can respond by...

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To delete all Call Alerts from the queue:
Group Call
In a Group Call, you can communicate instantly with a group of people that you
have previously set up as a Talkgroup. Group calls go out to all members of the
Talkgroup at the same time.
Your Nextel Sales Representative or Nextel Customer Care must set up your
Talkgroups by providing you with a Talkgroup number for each Talkgroup.
After you have the number, you can assign each Talkgroup number a name and
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Making a Group Call from the Keypad
Making a Group Call from the Phonebook
5PressBunder SELECT. TheEntry Detailsscreen displays.
6Enter the information as you would any other Phonebook entry. (See
“Adding Phonebook Entries”on page 46.) When you get toTy p e,make
sure that you selectTa l k g r o u p.
7Enter the Talkgroup number. For example: 127.
8When you have completed theEntry Details,pressAunder DONE.
1Press#and then enter the Talkgroup number of the group that you
want to call.
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Making a Group Call from the Recent Calls List
Receiving a Group Call
When you receive an incoming Group call, your phone may emit a chirping
sound followed by the voice of the person calling, or may simply emit the voice
of the personal calling. If you have Speakerphone set to On (see“Hands-Free
Speakerphone”on page 71) your phone will not chirp when you receive a Group
call; you will simply hear the caller’s voice.
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Group Call
To respond to a Group Call:
Joining a Group Call
Although you may be provisioned in more than one Talkgroup, you can only
participate in one Group Call at a time. When you join a new Group Call, you no
longer belong to your previous Group Call.
To join on ongoing Group Call:
1Wait for the caller to finish speaking.
2Press and hold the PTT button to begin talking after the phone emits a
chirping sound.
3Release the PTT button to listen
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Group-Silent Programming
Group-Silent programming enables you to silence incoming Group Calls and
voice communication.
Turning Group-Silent On or Off
1From the idle screen, pressm.
2PressRto scroll toSettings.PressBunder SELECT.
3PressRto scroll toTkgrp Settings.PressBunder SELECT.
4With theSilentfield highlighted, pressBunder CHANGE.
5PressSto scroll toOnorOff.
6PressBunder SELECT. 

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GPS Enabled
Your phone’s GPS Enabled feature uses information from Global Positioning
System (GPS) satellites orbiting the Earth to determine the approximate
geographical location of your phone, expressed as latitude and longitude. The
availability and accuracy of this location information (and the amount of time
that it takes to calculate it) will vary depending on the environment in which you
are using the GPS feature. For example, GPS location fixes are often difficult to
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IMPORTANT: Things to Keep in Mind
If you are using your phone’s GPS feature while driving, please give full
attentiontodrivingandtotheroad.
Where adequate signals from multiple satellites are not available(usually
because your GPS antenna cannot establish a view of a wide area of open sky),
the GPS feature of your phone WILL NOT WORK. Such situations include
butarenotlimitedto:
In underground locations.
Inside of buildings, trains, or other covered vehicles.
Under any other metal or...