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Make a Direct Connect Call
1. Use your keypad to enter a Direct Connect
number.
• The Direct Connect number may be the
ten-digit wireless phone number of the person
you are calling.
– or –
• If calling a Nextel customer, the Direct Connect
number may have three parts with an asterisk
between each part (for example:
444*5555*111).
When dialing or saving this type of number,
always include the asterisks (
).
2. Press and release the Direct Connect button on
the side of your phone.
• Pressing and releasing the Direct Connect
button connects the recipient. They can
answer the call if they are available
.
Creating a Group Entry
You can create a group by assigning personal
Contacts entries as members and then naming the
new group. Each group entry can contain up to 20
members for making Direct Connect group calls.
Note: Currently Sprint phones do not support
Group Connect calls with Nextel and PowerSource
phones. If your calls are not going through, please
verify your contact is using a Sprint phone.
1. From standby mode, press Menu (left selection
key) > Contacts > DC Groups > Add (Menu
key
).
2. Enter a group name and press Save (Menu
key
) to create a group.
To add contacts to the group, highlight the
new group and press View (Menu key
) > Add
(Menu key
). Then highlight the contact from
your contacts list and press Select (Menu key ).
Make and Answer Direct Connect Calls
