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8560/8660 Phone User Guide – Issue 14, May 2010 Page 11
Personalizing Your Phone
Using the Dialpad Buttons to Enter Characters
You can use the dialpad buttons to enter text or numbers for features such as Do-Not-Disturb
(see page 59) and Station Speed Dial (see page 34).
The following are guidelines when entering dialpad characters:
• Press (Message) to switch from Alpha Mode to Numeric Mode. The MSG button stays lit in
Alpha Mode. It is off in Numeric Mode.
• Press the MUTE button to move the cursor to the left and delete characters.
• Press the FWD button to move the cursor to the right.
• In Numeric Mode, press # for a hyphen (-).
• In Numeric Mode, press * for a colon (:).
• Press (Speaker), or lift and replace the handset to save entries.
To use the dialpad to enter characters:
Press the dialpad buttons as shown in the following table.
For example, to enter May 31, you could use the following sequence:
1. In Alpha Mode (MSG button is lit), press 6 once to enter an “M.”
2. Press 2 once to enter an “A.”
3. Press 9 three times to enter a “Y.”
4. Press FWD to enter a space.
5. Press MSG to switch to Numeric Mode.
6. Press 3.
7. Press 1.
8. Press (Speaker), #, or lift the handset to save the entry.
Dialpad Characters — American English and British English
Number of Times Dialpad Button is Pressed
Button
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1
:-/,.;()&+*!?#1
2
ABC2abc
3
DEF3de f
4
GH I 4 g h i
5
JKL5 j k l
6
MNO6mn o
7
PQRS7p q r s
8
TUV8 t uv
9
WXYZ9wxyz
0
0
