Mitel 5 manual Custom Dial Pad Characters U.S. English and U.K. English, Button

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characters the user will enter depending on the number of times each dial pad button is pressed. Users may now enter both lowercase and uppercase characters instead of the uppercase-only restriction in place prior to v4.0.

When entering dial pad characters:

•To switch from Alpha Mode to Numeric Mode, press the Message button (the button des- ignation depends on phone type) or the USE ALPHA MODE/USE NUMERIC MODE menu button. The Message button and lamp button are lit in Alpha Mode. They are off in Numeric Mode.

•In Numeric Mode, you can press # for a hyphen (-) or * for a colon (:).

The following table summarizes which phones use which character bitmaps when the system is equipped with v4.0 or later software. See the following pages for character bitmap charts.

Table 3: Phones and Supported Character Bitmaps with Version 4.0 or Later Software

	Newer Character Bitmaps					Older Character Bitmaps
Phones
	U.S. & U.K.		Spanish	French	U.S., U.K.,		Spanish	Japanese
				Canadian		Fr-Can
52xx/53xx	√	√		√
8560/8660	√	√		√				√
8528/8568	√	√		√				√
All Others					√		√	√

Phones Supporting Newer Character Bitmaps

The Mitel 52xx/53xx IP phones, the 8660 IP phone, and the 8528, 8568, and 8560 digital telephones are able to support all of the newer character bitmaps required to fully support the Canadian French and Mexican Spanish languages. When using these phones, the following charts show which characters the user will enter depending on the number of times each dial pad button is pressed.

Table 4: Custom Dial Pad Characters — U.S. English and U.K. English

Number of Times Dial Pad Button is Pressed

Button

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

1

:

-

/

,

.

;

(

)

&

+

*

!

?

#

1

2

A

B

C

2

a

b

c

3

D

E

F

3

d

e

f

4

G

H

I

4

g

h

i

5

J

K

L

5

j

k

l

6

M

N

O

6

m

n

o

7

P

Q

R

S

7

p

q

r

s

8

T

U

V

8

t

u

v

9

W

X

Y

Z

9

w

x

y

z

0

0

10