VTech A700 - Manual (Page 38)

Alternative networks
When you are out of range of your normal (home)
network, you may still be able to obtain service by
connecting through an alternate network. This is most
common when you are abroad, and your home network
will have roaming agreements with many other networks,
which your phone will automatically select if given a free
choice. However, you may wish to guide your phone to
use a different network and this feature allows you to do
this.
To temporarily change the network currently in use:
1 From standby,
c to enter the menu,
2
e to select Network, c to enter,
3
e to select Change network, c to enter,
• your phone will scan the airwaves for other network
signals and display the results,
• networks that you are barred from using will be
indicated by a symbol.
4
e to select the required network, c to confirm.
• attempts will be made to connect to the chosen
network and the results displayed.
The preferred networks list
Your networks’ list of preferred networks are stored on
your smart (SIM) card and these will be selected in order
whenever your home network is unavailable. You can edit
the list by adding or deleting network entries.
To edit the preferred networks list:
1 From standby,
c to enter the menu,
2
e to select Network, c to enter,
3
e to select Preferred networks, c to enter,
• the standard list is displayed and is usually full, so
entries need to be deleted before new ones can be
added.
• To delete an entry:
e to select the required
entry,
c twice to delete.
4 To add a new entry:
e to select Add preferred item,
c to enter.
5
e to select the required country (or type the key
that represents the first letter of the country),
c to
enter,
6
e to select a new network from the known networks
list for the selected country,
c twice to confirm,
• The display will show Enter position,
7 (This step may differ with some smart (SIM) cards)
Type a number between 1 and 10 to rank the
position in the preferred network list that the new
entry will take,
c to confirm.
Special features 38