Text Entry - Vertu Ascent RM-589V Quick Manual

Making an emergency call
Warning: Your Vertu phone, like any wireless device, operates
using radio signals, wireless and landline networks as well as
user-programmed functions. Because of this, connections in all
conditions cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, you should never
rely solely upon any wireless device for essential
communications, such as for medical emergencies.
1. If the phone is not on, switch it on (refer to page 24).
Some networks require that a valid SIM card is properly inserted in the phone.
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2. Press the [End] key (page 18) until the Home screen appears.
3. Enter the emergency number, for example 000, 08, 110, 112, 118, 119,
911, 999 or other official emergency number
4. Press the [Send] key (page 18).
Tip: Emergency numbers vary by location and those listed above may
not be supported by your current network.
If certain features are in use, you may first need to turn those features off before
you can make an emergency call. For more information, consult your local
service provider.
When making an emergency call, remember to give all the necessary
information as accurately as possible.
Remember that your phone may be the only means of communication at the
scene of an accident - do not end the call until given permission to do so.

Text entry

Your Vertu phone supports the Japanese predictive text input mode.
When the phone language is English, you can use the English predictive
text input mode as well.
To switch the text entry mode, press the [ # ] key while writing text. Each
time you press the [ # ] key, the entry modes will be switched from
Hiragana/Kanji through Katakana, Alphabet (English) and Numeric, in turn.
Tip: When the phone language is English, quickly press the [ # ] key
twice to change the entry modes from English to Numeric.
Press the [ * ] key once or twice while entering text, to display a list of
symbols or a list of Emoji (pictographs).
Select Options, and then Full width for two-byte character entry, or Half
width for one-byte character entry, while writing text in any of the
Katakana, Alphabet (English) or Numeric modes.
To add a voiced sound mark or semi-voiced sound mark to a Hiragana or
Katakana character, or to convert a Hiragana / Katakana character to
lowercase, enter the relevant Hiragana / Katakana character, and then
press the [ * ] key as many times as necessary.
You can also turn on and off Japanese prediction (or English prediction
when the phone language is English), by selecting Options » Prediction
options while writing text.
In addition, your Vertu phone provides the following useful functions:
When in the Hiragana/Kanji, Katakana or Alphabet entry mode, press and hold
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any of the Number keys ([ 0 ] - [ 9 ]) to quickly enter the corresponding number.
To consecutively enter characters using the same key, enter the first character by
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pressing any Number key, wait for a second or so to see the cursor automatically
moved forward, and then enter the next character using the same key.
When in the Alphabet entry mode, press the [ 0 ] key to move the cursor forward
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with a space automatically added to the last character you have entered.
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