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SMS (text messages)
Gigaset SL785 / GBR / A31008-M2009-L101-2-7619 / sms_BRD_neutral.fm / 25.03.2009
Version 4, 16.09.2005
SMS (text messages)
Your phone is supplied ready for sending
SMS messages immediately.
Preconditions:
u Calling Line Identification is enabled for
your phone line.
u Your network provider supports SMS on
the fixed line network (information on
this can be obtained from your network
provider).
u You are registered with your service
provider to send and receive SMS.
u To have reception you must be regis-
tered with your service provider. This is
completed automatically when you
send your first SMS.
Writing/sending an SMS
Writing an SMS
v ¢
Ë
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.
Sending an SMS
c Press the talk key
Or:
§Options§ Press the display key.
Send Select and press §OK§.
SMS Select and press §OK§.
~ / s / C
Select number with area code
(even if you are in that area)
from the directory or call-by-
call list, or enter number
directly. For sending SMS to an
SMS mailbox: add the mailbox
ID to the end of the number.
§Send§ Press the display key. The SMS
is sent.
Please note
If your phone is connected to a PABX,
please read
¢ page 46.
Please note
u For instructions on how to enter text
and special characters, please see
¢ page 79, and for details on writ-
ing using the predictive text tool,
see
¢ page 80.
u An SMS may contain up to 612 char-
acters. If there are more than 160
characters, the SMS is sent as a
linked SMS (up to 4 SMS messages
with 153 characters each). The top
right of the display shows how
many characters are still available
and which part of a linked SMS is
currently being written.
Please note
u If you are interrupted by an external
call while writing an SMS, the text is
automatically saved in the draft
message list.
u If the memory is full, or if the SMS
function on the base is being used
by another handset, the operation
is cancelled. An appropriate mes-
sage appears in the display. Delete
SMS messages you no longer
require or send the SMS later.