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Sending SMS (text messages)
Gigaset DX600A isdn / IM-OST EN / A31008-N3101-R601-1-7619 / sms_BRD_neutral.fm / 05.03.2010
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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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To receive SMS messages, you must be
registered with your SMS service pro-
vider. This occurs automatically when you
send your first SMS.
Please note:
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Every internal party (desktop phone, reg-
istered handsets) can only access SMS
(read/edit/delete) received or sent via
an MSN that has been assigned to the
party as a send or receive connection.
To assign MSNs to your handset, please
see
.
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If you wish to receive SMS messages via
several MSNs, you must register each
MSN separately with your service pro-
vider.
Writing/sending SMS
Writing an SMS
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SMS
New SMS
Select and press
§OK§
.
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Write SMS.
Sending an SMS
§Options§
Press the display key.
Send
Select and press
§OK§
.
SMS
Select and press
§OK§
.
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/
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Select number with dialling
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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For instructions on entering text and
special characters, please see
, .
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An SMS may contain up to 612 charac-
ters. If there are more than 160 char-
acters, the SMS is sent as a
linked
SMS
(up to 4 SMS messages with 153 char-
acters each). The top right of the dis-
play shows how many characters are
still available and which part of a
linked SMS is currently being written.
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 list.
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If the memory is full, or if the SMS
function is being used by a handset,
the operation is cancelled. An appro-
priate message appears in the display.
Delete SMS messages you no longer
require or send the SMS later.