Owner's Manual

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Changing the text input mode
1. When you are in a field that allows
characters to be entered, you will
notice the text input mode indicator
in the upper right corner of the LCD
screen.
2. If T9 is on, you can change the mode
to T9Abc, T9ABC, 123, T9abc by
pressing
. When T9 is off, the
mode will be changed to Abc, ABC,
123, abc.
Using the T9 Mode
The T9 predictive text input mode
allows you to enter words easily with
a minimum number of key presses. As
you press each key, the handset begins
to display the characters that it thinks
you are typing based on a built-in
dictionary. As new letters are added,
the word changes to reflect the most
likely candidate from the dictionary.
1. When you are in the T9 predictive
text input mode, start entering a
word by pressing
to . Press
one key per letter.
T9 mode
This mode lets you enter words
with only one keystroke per
letter. Each key on the keypad
has more than one letter. The T9
mode automatically compares
your keystrokes with an internal
dictionary to determine the correct
word, thus requiring far fewer
keystrokes than the traditional ABC
mode. This is sometimes known
as predictive text. If you press
key for a long time, you can
activate or cancel T9 mode.
ABC mode
This mode lets you enter letters
by pressing the key labelled with
the required letter once, twice,
three or four times until the letter
is displayed.
123 mode (Number mode)
Type numbers using one keystroke
per number.
General Functions
General Functions