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SMS (text messages)
Gigaset SL560 / Aton CL303 / SWZ PTT EN / A31008-M1710-F151-1-7619 / sms_BRD_neutral.fm / 10.7.06
SMS (text messages)
Your unit is supplied ready for you to send
text messages immediately.
Preconditions:
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Calling Line Identification (page 12)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 mes-
sages. Registration does not take place
until you send your first SMS.
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 pro-
vider.
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 32).
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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Entering text, see page 56.
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Writing using the predictive text tool
EATONI, see page 57.
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 mes-
sages 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 41).
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If your phone is connected to a PABX,
please read page 32.
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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 regis-
ter automatically with all entered SMS
centres (see page 32). Confirm with
§Yes§
or reject with
§No§
, if the automatic registra-
tion is to be aborted. You can now receive
text messages from any of the SMS cen-
tres whose number you have entered.
You can call up automatic registration
thereafter via the menu:
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¢
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¢
Settings
¢
Subscribe to
SMS
The registration wizard does not support
setting up personal mailboxes (page 31).
Note:
When supplied, the number to access the
Swisscom SMS centre (062 210 00 0*) is
already configured.
*) Depending on provider. In the Swisscom
network 160 characters are possible.
**)Not supported by the Swisscom network.
The first time you send an SMS you will
automatically be registered with the
Swisscom SMS centre.
