hi this is Jeff Meyer and welcome back
to another one of our video series on
how to get the most out of your
jitterbug today we're going to talk
about how to activate the jitterbug and
there's basically three simple steps so
we're going to go through today the
first step is to simply charge up the
battery the next step is to take a look
at the different rate plans and decide
what rate plan and features are right
for you and then finally we're going to
give jitterbug a call and they'll take
care of the rest everything I'm going to
talk to you about today is included in
this guide here which comes with your
jitterbug phones called the activation
guide so let's get started okay let's
start with step 1 which is charging the
jitterbug I've taken out a brand new
jitterbug out of the box and I'm going
to go ahead and I put the battery in the
back already and I'm going to go ahead
and connect the wall charger into the
jitterbug and there you can see the
screen is going to tell you it's going
to come up with an icon to show you that
it's back charging step 2 in the
activation process is to select the plan
and features that you would like and to
do that I've pulled out the activation
guide which comes with the jitterbug
phone and I'm just going to flip over to
the pages would talk about the rate plan
so you can see that if you have
questions about which rate plan or which
features you'd like you're always
welcome to give us a call but there's a
table there and it simply lays it out
very nicely and easily how much the rate
plans are you know the course it depends
on how many minutes that you select and
there's a there are several features
that you may want to add to the phone as
well for example voicemail that would be
optional but it's all contained here in
the guide and it's well worth it just
taking a few minutes to go through that
the final step in the activation process
is simply to turn the phone on
when you first turn on the Jitterbug
phone you'll see that this is a screen
you'll see it'll ask if you want to talk
with a jitterbug expert to get started
so I'm going to do is I press the yes
button on the keypad and it will
automatically call the jitterbug Help
Center and they're available 24 hours a
day seven days a week to help you get
the phone activated and they'll
basically do these things they'll get
your new telephone number set up for you
they'll get your billing preferences set
up the way you'd like and then finally
they'll talk to you again about the
different rate plans and features and
look at that setup exactly the way that
you like it the entire telephone call
takes about ten or fifteen minutes it's
very simple very straightforward and
after that just simply leave the
jitterbug phone on and set it down and
it'll usually take about ten or fifteen
minutes and they'll send a signal to the
phone and the phone will come on and
we'll say that it'll give you the
welcome sign it'll say that's been
activated and that's it those are the
three steps to getting the jitterbug
phone activated thanks for joining us
today we'll see you soon