Sony GA628 user manual Sending and Receiving Text Messages

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Sending and Receiving Text Messages

This chapter describes SMS, what you need to do before you can send messages, how you send messages, and how you read messages. This service is network dependent.

Text Messages

The Short Message Service (SMS) function allows you to send and receive text messages that contain up to 160 characters. Text messages can be received when the phone is in standby mode, when you are en- gaged in a call, or when incoming calls are diverted to another phone number. Also, if you have had your phone turned off for a while the network will keep track of the message and send it to your phone as soon as it is turned on.

After a message is received, it is left in the phone’s memory. The message remains in the phone’s memory until you read it. You can even turn off the phone and the message will remain intact. If you, on the other hand, change SIM Card, you will lose the unread mes- sage. This is because messages should be personal.

Note! You need to set the service center number bef- ore you can send any messages. If you only want to receive messages, you do not need to do anything.

Checking Subscription

Call your service provider to see which services your subscription supports, or check the se vice provider’s manual.

Setting Service

Centre Address

1.Check the service centre address (number) for your service provider.

2.Select Serv Cent in the Send menu.

3.Enter the service centre address with the interna- tional prefix and press YES.

Sending SMS

1.Select New in the Send menu.

2.Enter your message and press YES. You can also enter a phone number.

See Table 2, p. 13, for all letters and symbols available.

3.Enter the phone number you want to send your message to and press YES.

Or press the left arrow key to enter a name you want to send to and press YES.

The display now looks like this:

Mm Sent!

Receiving a Message

When you receive a message the display looks like this:

At the same time you will hear a beep as loud as the ring signal and the green light on top of the phone will flash.

Reading an Incoming Message

1.Press YES when you have received a message. The display will show you the time of the incom- ing SMS, you can see the date by

pressing *.

2.Press YES.

The display will show you which phone number the message is sent from, or the name if stored in your phone book.

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