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SMS (text messages)
Gigaset S450 / English for Greece / A31008-M1716-T101-1-8U19 / sms_BRD_neutral.fm /
07.09.2005
SMS (text messages)
Your unit is supplied ready for you to send
text messages immediately.
Requirements:
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Calling Line Identification (page 11)is
enabled for your phone connection.
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Your network provider supports SMS in
the fixed network (information on this
can be obtained from your network
provider).
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You are registered with your service
provider to send and receive text
messages.
Text messages are exchanged between
SMS centres that are operated by service
providers. You must enter the SMS centre
in the unit through which you wish to send
and receive. You can receive SMS from
every
SMS centre that is entered if you
have registered with your service
provider.
Your text messages are sent via the
Service Centr.
that is entered as the
send service
centre. However, you can
activate any other SMS centre as the
active send service centre to send a
current message (page 29).
If no SMS Service Centre is entered,
the SMS menu only consists of the entry
Settings
. Enter an SMS Service Centre
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Writing using the predictive text tool
EATONI, see page 49.
Rules
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An SMS can be up to 612 characters
long.
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If there are more than 160 characters
or a lot of image data, the text message
is sent as a
linked
SMS (up to 4
messages with 153 characters each).
Please remember:
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Each incoming SMS is signalled by a
single ring (ringtone as for external
calls). If you accept such an SMS "call"
on the first ring, the SMS will be lost. To
prevent this ringing, suppress the first
ringtone for all external calls (page 40).
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If your phone is connected to a PABX,
please read page 30.
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To receive text messages you must be
registered with your service provider.
Registering with the registration
wizard
The first time you press the display key
§SMS§
you will be asked if you wish to
register automatically with all entered
SMS centres (see page 29). Confirm with
§OK§
. You can now receive text messages
from any of the SMS centres whose
number you have entered.
You can call up automatic registration
thereafter via the menu:
v
¢
î
¢
Settings
¢
Subscribe to
SMS
The registration wizard does not support
setting up personal mailboxes (page 28).
Writing/sending an SMS
Writing an SMS
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¢
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Mailbox 2
Select mailbox if necessary
and press
§OK§
.
~
Enter mailbox PIN if
necessary and press
§OK§
.
New SMS
Select and press
§OK§
.
~
Write an SMS.
§Options§
Press the display key.
Send
Select and press
§OK§
.
SMS
Select and press
§OK§
.
