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Philips 868 User Guide
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3. Input methods
Keypad input methods
Your phone provides with the following input methods:
• T9 Pinyin
• T9 Stroke
• T9 English
• ABC
• 123
• Symbols & punctuations
In the text editors, you can press key [*] to switch from one available input mode to another.
T9 Pinyin input mode
T9 Stroke input mode
T9 English text input mode
Multitap English text input mode
Number input mode
Meanwhile, you can press [#] in any text text input mode (except [123] input mode) to access a
table of symbols and punctuations.
T9 Pinyin input
A Chinese character is made up of one or several Pinyin letters. Press the numeric keys
corresponding to the required Pinyin letters to enter the Chinese Pinyin (Please be noted that
the Pinyin “ü” is represented by “v” on the keypad). Each Pinyin letter is represented by one
of the numeric keys as described in the following table.
Number key Pinyin letter
2 abc
3 def
4 ghi
5 jkl
6 mno
7 pqrs
8 tuv
9 wxyz