26 SMS text messaging

Helpline

If you have any difficulties sending or receiving SMS text messages, please see page 58 for the relevant

Helpline number.

When using SMS for the first time, it is recommended that you send a message to yourself on the telephone number your BT Studio 2300 is connected to. If you do this you can see how messages are both sent and received.

CHARACTERS

Counts down the number of characters available from 160 to 0 so you always know how much more text you can write.

Cost of the fixed line service

There is no subscription charge (other than the subscription to Caller Display). Visit the BT.com website (www.bt.com) to find out how much it costs to send a text message (depends upon your call package).

Using SMS

With SMS (Short Message Services) you can send and receive text messages up to 160 characters long.

Write an SMS text message

1.Press Menu. The SMS screen is displayed. Press OK.

2.Press OK again to select Write Message.

You can enter a word by pressing each letter button a number of times to display the character you want on the screen.

To write the word “Hello”, press

G

 

G

 

,

 

DE

DE

,

4

HI

4

HI

3

 

3

 

J

 

J

 

J

 

, 5

J

 

 

J

 

 

J

 

,

 

M

 

 

M

 

M

.

 

 

5

KL

5

KL

5

 

KL

 

KL

5

 

KL

5

 

KL

6

O

6

O

6

O

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on 0870 605 8047

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