Uniden DECT1580 manual Entering Text from Your Handset

Using the Interface

Entering Text from Your Handset

You can use the number keypad on your handset to enter text by referring to the letters printed on each number key. When you press the number key in a text entry field, the phone displays the first letter printed on the number key. Press the number key twice to display the second letter and three times to display the third.

•When [Aa] appears on the display, capital letters are displayed first, then lower case letters, and then the number on the key.

•When [aA] appears on the display, lower case letters are displayed first, then the number on the key, and then capital letters.

•When you input the first letter or a letter after a blank space, the default mode is [Aa]. From the next letter, the mode changes to [aA] automatically.

•You can switch back and forth the mode manually between [Aa] and [aA]. Press /tone; the case (small/capital)

of the letter entered changes also.

If two letters in a row use the same number key, enter the first letter, then use right on the four-way function key to move the cursor to the next position to enter the second letter.

For example, to enter the word “Movies”:		Number of times key is pressed (when [Aa] appears on the display)
1)	Press 6 once to enter M.
		1
2)	Use right on the four-way function key to move the cursor to the right.
3)	Press 6 three times to enter o.	2 ABC
		3 DEF
4)	Press 8 three times to enter v.	4 GHI
		5 JKL
5)	Press 4 three times to enter i.	6 MNO
6)	Press 3 two times to enter e.	7 PQRS
		8 TUV
7)	Press 7 four times to enter s.
		9 WXYZ
8)	Press Menu/Select to end your text entry.

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If you make a mistake while entering a name, use right or left on the four-way function key to move the cursor to the incorrect character. Press Clear/Int’com to erase the wrong character, and then enter the correct character. To delete all characters, press and hold Clear/Int’com.

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