Gigaset SL56 HANDGIGASL56 User Manual

Gigaset SL560 / GBR PTT / A31008-M1710-L111-2-7619 / sms_BRD_neutral.fm / 12.6.07

Your unit is supplied ready for you to send 

text messages immediately.

u Calling Line Identification (page 13)is 

enabled for your phone connection.

u Your network provider supports SMS in 

the fixed network (information on this 

can be obtained from your network 

provider).

u You are registered with your service 

provider to send and receive text mes-

sages.

Text messages are exchanged between 

SMS centres that are operated by service 

providers. You must enter the SMS centre 

in the unit through which you wish to 

send and receive. You can receive SMS 

from every SMS centre that is entered if 

you have registered with your service pro-

vider. Your SMS is sent through the SMS 

centre that is entered as the send centre 

(page 31). Only one SMS centre can be 

the send centre at any one time. 
If no SMS Service Centre is entered, 

the SMS menu only consists of the entry 

. Enter an SMS Service Centre 

(page 31). 
u Entering text, see page 55.
u Writing using the predictive text tool 

EATONI, see page 56. 

u An SMS can be up to 612 characters 

long. 

u If there are more than 160 characters 

or a lot of image data, the text message 

is sent as a linked SMS (up to 4 mes-

sages with 153 characters each). 

u Each incoming SMS is signalled by a 

single ring (ringtone as for external 

calls). If you accept such an SMS "call" 

on the first ring, the SMS will be lost. To 

prevent this ringing, suppress the first 

ringtone for all external calls (page 41).

u If your phone is connected to a PABX, 

please read page 31. 

u To receive text messages you must be 

registered with your service provider.

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Select mailbox if necessary 

and press 

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Enter mailbox PIN if necessary 

and press 

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  Select and press 

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Write an SMS.

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Press the talk key

or:

 

Press the display key.

Select and press 

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Select and press 

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Select number with area code 

(even if you are in that area) 

from the directory or call-by-

call list or enter it directly. For 

SMS to an SMS mailbox: put 

the mailbox ID at the end of 

the number.

Press the display key. The SMS 

is sent.