Sms Messages - VTech GEMINI User Manual

SMS Messages

Sending and receiving of SMS text messages (in conjunction with the CLIP service) is a supplementary network service and thus
subject to availability from your service provider. Please ask your service provider about the availability, any charges and how to
subscribe to this service.
Your Vtech GEMINI supports SMS text messages with a maximum length of 160 characters. However, not all telephones can
receive SMS messages. So if you want to send someone an SMS message, first verify that the person who should receive the
message has a telephone with SMS capabilities.
SMS messages are stored in the base station of the Vtech GEMINI. These SMS messages are thus available to all handsets which
are logged on to this base station. However, only one handset can use the SMS functionality at the same time.
Your Vtech GEMINI can store up to 15 SMS messages at the same time. In case you reach the maximum storage capacity, you will
see a corresponding notification on the display of the handset(s). In this case you must delete one or SMS messages first.
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Note
Your Vtech GEMINI does only support text formatted SMS messages.
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Some service providers use an SMS transmission protocol which your
Vtech GEMINI is unable to understand. In this case you cannot send
nor receive any SMS messages.
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It is not always possible to send SMS messages to telephone numbers
in the network of another service provider (e.g. from fixed networks to
GSM networks). Ask your service provider about the current
possibilities.
SMS Service Centres (Gateways)
SMS messages are send and received through so-called SMS service centres (gateways )which you must identify by their respective
telephone numbers.
The Vtech GEMINI supports three individual SMS gateways:
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SMS Gateway 1 – for sending and receiving SMS messages
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SMS Gateway 2 – for receiving SMS messages only
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SMS Gateway 3 – for receiving SMS messages only
Many service providers require a specific subscription / initialisation procedure to be completed before you can receive any SMS
messages. Often, this is done by sending an SMS with a specific text to a specific number. Ask your service provider about details of
such procedures.
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Note
Make sure that the correct telephone number(s) of the SMS gateway(s)
are entered in your Vtech GEMINI otherwise you will not be able to send
nor receive SMS messages! Ask your service provider about these
gateway numbers.
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Also make sure that you completed any subscription / initialisation
procedures which may be required by your service provider!
Editing SMS service centre numbers (gateways)
You may edit the telephone numbers of each of the three SMS service centres individually. Please ask your service provider for the
correct telephone numbers of the respective gateways.
Open the menu by pressing the «Menu» softkey.
Select the menu entry Messages and press the «OK» softkey.