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wheel mode
The characters available on each
key can be seen in the table below.
Press once to enter the first charac-
ter, twice to enter the second char-
acter, etc.
Press 3 times if you want
to enter a capital letter. To activate
the caps lock function, press
4 times. Press it once again to
deactivate the function.
mode
T9® Text Input is a feature enabling
you to more easily use SMS mes-
saging. The T9 feature allows you to
compose text messages with only
one keypress per letter. See p. 46.
mode
In this mode you can enter only
digits.
Address and phone books
Text input
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Using the keypad
Each key on your phone’s keypad
contains a number of characters.
The keypad can be operated in 4
ways: Alphanumeric grid and wheel
mode, T9 mode, which is very use-
ful in connection with SMS mes-
sages, plus digit-only mode.
Switching between the different
modes is done by pressing the
side key on the right-hand of the
phone.
Press »CLEAR« briefly to delete
one character.
Press »CLEAR« for one second
to delete the entire text.
grid mode
Press the relevant key for the
intended letter, e.g. B. Now a table
is shown in the display. Press the
key corresponding to the intended
letter (B = 2).
Which characters available on
each key will depend on the key-
pad language you have selected for
your phone (see p. 70). Additional
language specific characters are
accessed by pressing .
The first letter will always be capi-
talized, which is indicated by the
symbol in the upper right-hand
corner of the display. The second
letter will automatically be lower-
case. Press if you want to
enter a capital letter again.
The caps lock function is enabled
by pressing twice. As long
as the caps lock is active, the sym-
bol will be seen in the upper
right-hand corner of the display.
Press again to disable the
caps lock function.
Press if you want to enter
digits. Press the relevant key to
enter the intended digit.
To get punctuation and symbols
press . You now have access
to five different pages, each con-
taining up to 9 symbols. You can
scroll through the pages using the
arrow keys. Press the relevant key
to enter the intended symbol, e.g.
on page one, 7 corresponds to “@” .
Address and phone books
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