Customizing Your Phone

Customizing Your Phone

Changing the Handset Name

After handsets register with the gateway, the default names assigned to each handset are Handset 1, Handset 2, Handset 3,.........up to Handset 8.

If required, you can assign a name to your handset to identify your handset from any other handsets registered with the same gateway.

For more information about entering text, numbers, and symbols, see the section, Text Input Modes on page 31.

To change the handset display name do the following.

1.In Idle mode, press OK z to display the Main Menu.

2.Select Settings and press OK z.

3.Select System Settings, and press OK z.

4.Select Handset Settings, and press OK z.

5.Select Handset name, and press OK z.

6.Press the * key to toggle the input mode for entering characters.The input mode you select displays in the upper right corner on the screen. Press the Options softkey and select the Insert symbol option to insert symbols if required.

7.Enter the handset name using the keypad on the phone.

8.Press OK z, and press the Yes softkey at the save prompt.

Note: Before saving the new handset name, you can cancel at any time by pressing

the red key

and pressing the Yes softkey at the discard prompt. The handset

 

CLR

name returns to its previous setting.

Entering Text, Numbers, and Symbols

The handset interface allows you to perform several options to customize your phone, some of which require you to enter text and numbers on the handset screen. This section describes how to enter text and numbers on your phone.

When in an option requiring you to enter or edit text or numbers (for example when adding contacts to the Contacts List), the following softkeys display for your use:

The Erase softkey enables you to backspace and erase characters that was just entered.

The Options softkey provides you with the following two options:

Input mode

Insert symbol

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