Sending SMS (text messages)
Sending SMS (text
messages)
Your phone is delivered ready to send SMS
messages immediately.
Prerequisites:
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Calling Line Identification is enabled for
your phone line.
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Your network provider supports SMS on
the fixed line network (information on
this can be obtained from your network
provider).
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You are registered with your service pro-
vider to send and receive SMS.
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To receive SMS messages, you must be
registered with your service provider. This
occurs automatically when you send your
first SMS.
Please note
If your phone is connected to a PABX,
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please read (
page 49).
Writing/sending SMS
Writing an SMS
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Mailbox 2 Select mailbox if necessary and
§OK§
press
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Enter mailbox PIN if necessary
and press
New SMS Select and press
~
Write an SMS.
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.
§OK§
.
§OK§
.
Please note
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For instructions on entering text and
special characters, please see
page 80.
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An SMS may contain up to 612 char-
acters. If there are more than 160
characters, the SMS is sent as a linked
SMS (up to 4 SMS messages with 153
characters each). The top right of the
display shows how many characters
are still available and which part of a
linked SMS is currently being written.
Sending an SMS
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Press the talk key
Or:
§Options§
Press the display key.
Send
Select and press
SMS
Select and press
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Select number with access code
(even if you are in that area)
from the directory or enter
directly. For sending SMS mes-
sages to an SMS mailbox: add
the mailbox ID to the end of the
number.
§Send§
Press the display key. The SMS is
sent.
Please note
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If you are interrupted by an external
call while writing an SMS, the text is
automatically saved in the draft SMS
list.
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If the memory is full, or if the SMS
function on the base is being used by
another handset, the operation is can-
celled. A relevant message appears in
the display. Delete SMS messages you
no longer require or send the SMS
later.
§OK§
.
§OK§
.