Motorola T56MR1 User Guide

Note: Your home screen might look different from the

Volume

Keys

one shown, depending on your service provider.

Soft key labels in the home screen show the current
soft key functions.

Indicators at the top of your phone’s display provide
important status information.

indicators

z Signal Strength ~ No Service

$ Active Phone Line 2 New Message

! Speaker On 7 Packet Data

" Speaker Off d Battery Level

, Ringer Off c Bluetooth On

5 Vibrate All 3 New Voicemail

Adjust volume

Press the volume keys up or
down to:

• change the earpiece

volume during calls

• change the ringer volume

from the home screen

• turn off a call alert before

answering the call

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Tip: While on the home screen, press and hold the

volume key down until your phone vibrates to set
your ringer to

Vibrate All.

Navigation key

Press the navigation key up, down, left,
or right to scroll to items in the display.
When you highlight the desired item,
press r to select it.

Transmitters

Consult airline staff about the use of the Transmitters

Off

feature during a flight. Turn off your phone

whenever instructed to do so by airline staff.

Find it: Menu / >

Transmitters > Off

Transmitters Off

Bluetooth features in situations where wireless phone
use is prohibited. You can use the phone’s other
non-calling features when the transmitters are turned
off.

Note: When you select
services are disabled. Emergency calls to your region’s
emergency number (e.g., 911) can still be made.

Settings > Advanced >

turns off your phone’s calling and

Transmitters Off, all wireless

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Calls

it’s good to talk

Make & answer calls

Enter a number, then press Talk `.
To answer a call, press Talk `.
To end a call, press End/Power @.

Handsfree

Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while
driving may cause distraction and may be illegal.
Always obey the laws and drive safely.

During a call:

• To use the speakerphone, press

• To connect a Bluetooth™ device, press Menu / >

Use Bluetooth.

Recent calls

Find it: Menu / > Recent Calls

Tip: When you’re in the home screen, you can press

Tal k ` to go to
closed, press the Smart Key ( to go to

The recent calls list contains information associated
with the last 20 calls you have made and received.

To display call details, highlight an entry and press r.

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Recent Calls. When the phone is

Spkr.

Recent Calls.

Emergency calls

Note: Your service provider programs one or more
emergency phone numbers (such as 911 or 112) that
you can call under any circumstances, even when your
phone is locked. Emergency numbers vary by country.
Your pre-programmed emergency numbers may not
work in all locations, and sometimes an emergency
call cannot be placed due to network, environmental,
or interference issues.

1 Enter the emergency number.

2 Press Talk ` to call the emergency number.

Note: Emergency calls can’t be placed while the

keypad is locked, or if the phone is displaying a No
Service message. To unlock the keypad, press
Menu / > *.

Note: Your mobile device can use AGPS satellite
signals to help emergency services find you (see “GPS
& AGPS” on page 50).

Cool down

In very limited circumstances, such as where your
phone has been exposed to extreme heat, “Cool Down”
message screens will appear. To avoid possible damage
to your battery and phone, you should follow these
instructions until the phone is within its recommended
temperature range. When your phone is in “Cool Down”
mode, only emergency calls can be made.

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Push-to-Talk

PTT

Button

one or more, talk to them all

Private calls

Private calls are push-to-talk calls between two people.

Make and answer private calls

To make a private call:

• Enter the recipient’s PTT

number.

• Press Menu / >

Contacts, and select a

contact that has a PTT
number.

To talk, press and hold the PTT Button. To listen,
release the PTT Button.

To answer a private call, press the PTT Button after the
caller has stopped talking.

To end a private call, press End/Power @ or do
nothing. The call will end after a few seconds.

Set push-to-talk speaker

You can listen to push-to-talk calls through your
phone’s speaker or earpiece. Press Speaker ) to turn
the speaker on or off.

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