Personalizing Your Phone
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5304 IP Phone User Guide – Issue 2, June 2010
Using the Dialpad Buttons to Enter Characters
You can use the dialpad buttons to enter text or numbers for features such as Do-Not-Disturb
(see page 67) and Station Speed Dial (see page 40).
The following are guidelines when entering dialpad characters:
• Press the Message button to switch from Alpha Mode to Numeric Mode.
• Press the Hold button to move the cursor to the left and delete characters.
• Press the Transfer button to move the cursor to the right.
• In Numeric Mode, press # for a hyphen (-).
• In Numeric Mode, press * for a colon (:).
• Press # in Alpha Mode, or lift and replace the handset to save entries.
To use the dialpad to enter characters:
Press the dialpad buttons as shown in the following table.
For example, to enter May 31, you could use the following sequence:
1. In Alpha Mode (the Message button is lit), press 6 once to enter an “M.”
2. Press 2 five times to enter an “a.”
3. Press 9 eight times to enter a “y.”
4. Press the Transfer button to enter a space.
5. Press the Message button to switch to Numeric Mode.
6. Press 3.
7. Press 1.
8. Press # or lift the handset to save the entry.
Dialpad Characters — American English and British English
Number of Times Dialpad Button is Pressed
Button
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1
:-/,.;()&+*!?#1
2
ABC2abc
3
DEF3 d e f
4
GH I 4 g h i
5
JKL5 j k l
6
MNO 6mn o
7
PQRS7 p q r s
8
TUV8 t u v
9
WXYZ9wxyz
0
0