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SMS (Text Messages)
Gigaset C250 / englisch / A31008-C250-J101-176-19 / sms_neutral_theresa.fm / 20.06.2003
Text message sending and the draft message list
If a call arrives while you are writing a message, then the message is automatically saved
to the
draft message list
. You can take the call and finish writing the message later
(page 45).
Text messages that
cannot
be sent are assigned an error status (page 56) and are placed
in the
incoming message list
.
Text messages are only stored automatically if sending is interrupted. If you wish to
store a message then you must do so
before it is sent
.
Your phone line is busy while your text message is being transmitted to the SMS send
centre. The message
Transferring SMS!
is displayed on all handsets.
Writing text messages
A
single
text message can be up to 160 characters long. If your text is longer, it will be
sent
automatically
as a
linked
message. Up to four messages with 153 characters each
can be linked. This means that you can enter up to 612 characters, but remember that
linking is more expensive.
Remember
that the service provider cannot deliver a text message that contains Greek
or Cyrillic characters. If you have set Greek or Russian as your display language there-
fore, you will need to change the input language
before
you write a message.
When you have opened the input window for the text message, press the display key
MENU
first. From the menu, select
Predictive Text
Language and then press
OK
to
confirm your choice. Now select an input language that uses the
Roman
character set
(e.g.
Deutsch
or
English
). Press
OK
to confirm your selection and then briefly press the
'end call' key
a
twice to return to the input window. The setting of the input language
only applies to the current text message.
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Remember that some
service providers
will bill you for a cancelled call
to the SMS centre.
