Text Messaging; Subscribe To The Text Messaging Service; Cost Of The Fixed Line Service; Send A Text Message - BT Synergy 6500 User Manual

Text messaging

Welcome to the BT text messaging service on your BT Synergy.
Your BT Synergy can send and receive text messages from
participating mobile networks and compatible landline
telephones in the UK.
The fixed line text service is provided under BT's terms and
conditions for telephone service. These can be found by visiting
the BT.com website at: http://www.bt.com/terms

Subscribe to the text messaging service

When you send your first text message from your BT Synergy you
will automatically be registered for the service.
On receipt of your first text through the service, the system will
send you a welcome text message back. You may also register by
sending the word 'Register' to 00000 upon which you will receive
a confirmation message.

Cost of the fixed line service

There is no subscription charge (other than the subscription to
Caller Display). Visit the BT.com website (www.bt.com) to find out
how much it costs to send a text message (depends upon your call
package).

Send a text message

1. Press Menu,
Text Messaging
2. is highlighted. Press Select.
Write Message
3. Use the keypad to enter your message.
4. Press Options.
is highlighted Press
Send
If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on Freephone 0800 145 6789* or email bt.helpdesk@sgweurope.com
is displayed, press Select.
to send the message.
Select
Enter the phone number or press
Search to open the phonebook
then scroll to the number you want
and press Select. Now press Send.
IMPORTANT
You must subscribe to your Network
Provider's Caller Display service so
that you can use text messaging
and you must not withhold your
telephone number.
A quarterly fee may be payable,
please contact your network provider
for more details.
Some other network provider lines
may not be compatible with this text
messaging service.
You may also send messages to
landline phones that are NOT text
compatible. Messages to non-
compatible lines will be connected
to voice text and delivered in spoken
words to the telephone as a call.
Please note that the conversion can
translate common abbreviations
and smileys etc, but to ensure
maximum clarity of message delivery,
abbreviations etc should be used
sparingly.
Writing tips
Press to delete incorrect
Clear
characters.
Use or to move the cursor
through the text, if you want to
insert/delete text.
Upper & lower case
Press to switch between upper
case ABC, lower case abc letters and
numbers.
Maximum number of characters in
a text message is 160. The display
shows a character countdown from
160 down to 0 (Unless message size is
set to 612 characters).
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