Motorola TX77, Quick Reference

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Using The Messages Menu
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selects the SMS menu
Using The Messages Menu
What are Short Message Services?
The Short Message Service, or SMS, is a GSM network feature
that allows you to receive two types of text messages:
Point to Point Messages
These are text messages that are sent specifically to your
phone number.
When a point to point message is received, your phone:
1 Makes three short alert tones.
2 Displays the
o
(messages) icon.
3 Stores the message for later viewing, if there is space.
Cell Broadcast Messages
These are general messages, broadcast to a group of phones
and can only be received when your phone is in standby
mode.
These messages are broadcast in numbered 'channels' and, in
general, each channel will tend to carry one particular type of
information.
Typical cell broadcast channels could have information on local
weather conditions, traffic reports or stock market prices.
Please contact your network operator for a list of available
channels and the information they supply.
When your phone receives a cell broadcast message, it will
attempt to scroll the message across the display. Your phone
will be unable to display a message if you have entered a
partial phone number, as the
Call?
prompt uses the same
display area. To remove the
Call?
prompt press and hold the
C
key.
When the message has scrolled across the display, the
beginning of the message will be shown until you either,
remove it or a new message arrives.
To start or stop scrolling press the
*
key. The
#
key will
restart scrolling from the beginning of the message.
To remove a displayed message, press the
C
key.