SMS (Text Messages)

Before you can send and receive text messages

◆Calling Line Identification (page 16) must be enabled for your phone line. Check with your telephone network provider to make sure that this service is activated on your phone line. You may have to apply for it to your network provider.

◆To receive text messages you must be registered with your service provider.

Ask your telephone network provider

◆what charges are billed for sending and receiving a text message,

◆which mobile phone operators you can send text messages to and which mobile phone operators you can receive text messages from,

◆which functions your SMS service offers,

◆how you are registered with SMS centres which your phone may already be precon- figured for – automatically by sending a message or by a special registration proce- dure.

Sending and receiving text messages

To send and receive a text message, you must enter the call numbers of the SMS centre of your service provider. These numbers may be preconfigured at the factory.

Activating and deactivating the send message and receive message functions

The text message 'send' and 'receive' functions are already activated when you purchase your phone.

[MENU]

Open the menu.

 

Initiate the setting.

either ...

Deactivate "send/receive SMS":

[OK]

Enter and confirm.

or ...

Activate "send/receive SMS":

[OK]

Enter and confirm.

The settings which you have made for sending and receiving text messages (e.g. the call numbers of the SMS centres) and the entries in the incoming and draft message lists are saved when you switch off your phone. They are reactivated automatically when you switch on your phone again.

When you switch off you cannot send or receive any text messages with your phone. The first ring tone is signalled again (page 60).

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