Menu functions
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6. Menu functions
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Messages 
(Menu 1)
Sending a text message 
(Write messages)
Shortcut: Menu 1-1. With The Short 
Message Service (SMS) network 
service  you can send short text 
messages to phones which have SMS 
capability. 
Before you can send any messages, 
you need to store the number of your 
Messages centre in menu ‘Message 
settings’. You will receive this 
number from your service provider 
when you subscribe to the Short 
Message Service.
Writing and sending a text 
message
Within the 
Write messages
 menu 
you can write and edit text messages 
of up to 160 characters. You have 
two methods of writing messages:
• the method used traditionally in 
mobile phones, indicated by  , 
and 
• another called “predictive text 
input”, indicated by  .
1. In the 
Messages
 menu, scroll to 
Write messages
 and press 
Select
.
2. Key in a message.
You can use the traditional text 
input, described in ‘Storing a 
phone number with a name’, on 
page 9. 
Alternatively, use the predictive 
text input. See the following 
section, ‘Predictive text input’.
3. Press 
Options
 to display the 
following functions
•
Send
 to send the message.
•
Dictionary
 to set the 
predictive text input on and 
select the language.
•
Send by set
 to send the 
message to a preselected set - 
see below.
•
Save
 to save the message in 
the 
Outbox
 for use at a later 
time.
•
Clear screen
 to remove all the 
characters that you have 
keyed in from the display.
4. To send the message, select
 Send
 
and press 
OK
.
5. Enter the recipient’s phone 
number, or
recall the phone number from 
phone book by pressing 
Search
. 
Find the desired number and 
press 
OK
.
6. Press 
OK
 to send the message.