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SMS (text messages)
Gigaset C590 / SEA / A31008-M2101-Y701-1-7619 / sms_BRD_neutral.fm / 14.04.2010
V
e
rsion 4, 16.0
9
.2005
SMS (text messages)
Your device is delivered ready to send SMS
messages.
Preconditions:
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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
is completed automatically when you
send your first SMS.
Writing/sending an SMS
Writing an SMS
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¢
Ë
Mailbox 2
Select mailbox if necessary and
press
§OK§
.
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Enter mailbox PIN if necessary
and press
§OK§
.
New SMS
Select
and
press
§OK§
.
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Write an SMS.
Sending an SMS
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Press the talk key
Or:
§Options§
Press the display key.
Send
Select and press
§OK§
.
SMS
Select and press
§OK§
.
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/
s
Select number with area code
(even if you are in that area)
from the directory or enter
directly. For sending SMS to an
SMS mailbox: add the mailbox
ID to the
end
of the number.
§Send§
Press the display key. The SMS is
sent.
If your phone is connected to a PABX,
please read
Please note
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For instructions on how to enter text
and special characters, please see
page 62.
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An SMS can be up to 612 characters. 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 number of characters
remaining and which part of a linked
SMS has already been written is
shown in the top right of the display.
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. An appropriate message
appears in the display. Delete SMS
messages you no longer require or
send the SMS later.