Sms (Text Messages); Writing/Sending An Sms - Siemens Gigaset C470 Manual

SMS (text messages)

Your phone is supplied ready for sending
SMS messages immediately.
Preconditions:
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Calling Line Identification is enabled for
your phone line.
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Your network provider supports SMS in
the fixed network (information on this
can be obtained from your network
provider).
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You are registered with your service
provider to send and receive SMS.
SMS messages are exchanged between
SMS centres operated by service provid-
ers. You must enter the SMS centre
through which you wish to send and
receive SMS messages into your phone.
You can receive SMS messages from every
SMS centre that is entered, provided you
have registered with your service provider.
Your SMS messages are sent via the Serv-
ice Centr. that is shown as the active
send service centre. However, you can
activate any other SMS centre as the active
send service centre to send a current mes-
sage (page 30).
If no SMS service centre is entered,
the SMS menu only contains the entry
Settings. Enter an SMS service centre
(page 30).
Information on writing an SMS can be
found in the appendix (page 59).
Rules
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An SMS can be up to 268 characters.
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If there are more than 160 characters,
the SMS is sent as a linked SMS (up to
4 SMS messages with 153 characters
each).
Please note:
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Each incoming SMS is signalled by a
single ring (ringer tone as for external
calls). If you accept an SMS "call", the
SMS will be lost. To prevent this ring,
suppress the first ringer tone for all
external calls (page 31).
u
If your phone is connected to a PABX,
please read page 31.
u
To receive SMS messages you must be
registered with your service provider.
Registering with the registration
assistant
The first time you press the display key
you will be asked whether you wish
§SMS§
to register automatically with all entered
SMS centres (see page 30). Confirm with
or refuse with
§Yes§ §No§
registration. You can now receive SMS
messages from all SMS centres whose
numbers you have entered.
You can call up automatic registration
thereafter via the menu:
¢ ¢
v î
Settings
The registration assistant does not sup-
port setting up personal mailboxes
(page 29).

Writing/sending an SMS

Writing an SMS
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Mailbox 2 Select mailbox if necessary
and press
~
Enter mailbox PIN if necessary
and press
Select and press
New SMS
~
Write an SMS.
Please note:
Instructions on entering text can be found on
page 59.
SMS (text messages)
to abort automatic
¢
Subscribe to SMS
.
§OK§
.
§OK§
.
§OK§
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