Philips DECT521/DECT 525 manual Send new SMS, Sms

SMS stands for Short Message Service.To benefit from this service you must subscribe to the Caller Line Identification Service (CLI) together with the SMS service from your network provider. SMS can be exchanged with a phone (mobile or compatible fixed lines) provided the receiver has also subscribed to the CLI & SMS services.

Your DECT 521/525 factory settings correspond to the main national operator. If you wish to send or receive SMS through another service provider you must set the corresponding numbers (see page 27 and the SMS leaflet).

A password can protect your SMS box*, but it is not compulsory.

To send an SMS to the receiver’s own SMS box*, you must know his destination box.

Send new SMS

To send an SMS to a phone

Press to enter the carousel menu

Press to select SMS

Press to select Send new SMS

Select your SMS box* (only if you have created several SMS boxes).

To create a SMS box please refer to SMS settings page 25

Enter the password if any and press (optional)

Enter the phone number directly and press or press to retrieve the number from the Phonebook

Enter the Destination box* number (optional), press .

Note: the destination box is the SMS box of the receiver.

Enter the text and press (see page 19)

Press to select Send now, otherwise

if you want to store your SMS, scroll to Store and press to select. The SMS stored can be later retrieved from Read SMS

The sent SMS can be up to a maximum of 160 characters long.The special characters ¤, ] and [ count for 2.The DECT 521/525 can store 60 SMS for the 3 boxes*.