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Touch tone strings – Nokia 2170 User Manual

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Touch Tone Strings

Touch Tone strings can be used for sending and receiving

information with your phone. For example, you can store

your office voice mailbox number, along with your

password for easy access to your messages.

To store Touch Tone strings

Store Touch Tone strings the same way you store

phone numbers.

You can store a whole digit sequence in a memory

location and send it as Touch Tones for frequently-used

strings of numbers.
These number strings can also be linked with other stored

phone numbers. Read on for more information on linking

strings with stored numbers.

To send a Touch Tone string
During a call, at the start screen (make sure Menu 4 3 is

not set to 2II)
1) Dial or recall from memory the string you want to send
2) Press 0HQX, then

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Special Characters
Pressing

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creates a “p” (pause) when you are storing

numbers. When the number is dialed, the digits stored to

the right of the “p” are automatically sent as touch tones

after a 2.5 second pause.
Pressing

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creates a “w” (wait) when you are storing

numbers. The “w” makes the phone wait for you to press

the '70) soft key, then it sends the digits stored to the

right of the “w” as touch tones.
You can add as many “p” and “w” characters as you need

in a single number sequence.