Iridium 9500 User Manual

Accessing the Network

 

M

 until you see 

Network Selection

, and then 

 

O

.

 

M

 to scroll to one of the features described below. 

You will see the feature name, along with 

Select

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This feature does not apply to satellite mode. You 
will not see this menu option in this mode.

When your phone needs to register with a network, it 
generates a sorted list of networks. The network list 
is sorted in the following order:

the home network

networks from a preferred list

random list of other networks found above a 
certain signal strength

remaining networks in descending order of 
signal strength

Any forbidden networks stored in the SIM card are 
not included in the sorted list.This feature allows you 
to determine how the phone tries to register with a 
system. See the table on page 167 for a description 
of the available search methods.

To set your network search method:

 Network Search

, and 

then 

 

O

. You will see 

Registration 

Preferences

.

 

O

.

<

 to scroll to 

Automatic Search

 or 

Manual Search

, and then

 

O

. You will 

see 

Completed

.