Siemens GSM 900 - Manual (Page 48)

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Cell broadcast messages
Some service providers offer
information services or channels
that provide information such as
news, stock quotes, sports scores
and more. This information is sent
via a broadcast message which can
appear on your phone’s display.
Availability of services varies
among providers.
§Menu§ Messages
Cell broadcast
Broadcast
Cell Broadcast (CB) may be
activated or deactivated. If CB
service is activated, the operating
time of the phone will be reduced.
Read new CB
All unread CB messages
are displayed.
%
Use the left side buttons
&
to scroll. The message
covers the entire display.
Topic list
The service provider offers CBs on a
variety of topics. A variety of topics
may be chosen from the “Topic
index” list (p. 44). You may preset up
to ten CB topics with channel
number ID and name, with as many
as five active at any one time.
New topic
If no topic index is available (see
“Topic retrieval,” page 44), a topic
may be entered with its channel
number. Confirm entry with
§OK§ .
If the topic index has already been
transmitted, select a topic and
confirm with
§OK§ .
Selecting from a list
§Options§ Open list menu.
If a topic is selected from the list, it
may be viewed, activated,
deactivated, edited or deleted.
Auto display
With auto display activated,
CB messages will automatically
scroll across the phone’s display
when received.
The automatic display can be set for
all messages, new messages, or be
deactivated entirely.
To switch to full page view when a
cell broadcast arrives:
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Press and hold, then
select
§View CB§ .