Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions One Touch 531 - Manual (Page 20)

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Messages
The Short Message Service (SMS) enables
to send or receive text messages to or
from other mobile phones. You can store,
edit and forward messages as well as save
any of the numbers they may contain.
These SMS are stored on the phone mem-
ory; they may also be stored in the SIM
card if they are sent by a service provider.
Reading a received SMS
message
When the phone receives an SMS message
a new SMS alert tone sounds and
is
displayed. The message is automatically
stored in the phone or in the SIM card. If
flashes, it indicates the SIM or the
phone memory are full and cannot store
any other messages. Delete messages to
allow new messages to be delivered.
Reading stored SMS messa-
ges
Unread messages are shown by and the
text is bold. Messages that were already
read are shown by
.
Managing received and sto-
red SMS messages
After reading the SMS messages from the
Inbox or the SIM card press Options
to get to: Delete, Delete all, Read text,
Reply, Reply(+text) - to add the original
text, Forward, (Move to SIM if in the In-
box) and Numbers (to store or call the
number(s) contained in the SMS header or
text).
Moving messages to SIM
It is possible to move a message from the
Inbox or the Outbox to the SIM memory.
However, according to the message size,
the message may be truncated (the 160
first characters only are moved to the SIM
memory). The sending date (for sent mes-
sages) and the 'Copy to' addressees are
lost when moving the message to the SIM
memory.
To move a message to the SIM memory:
Activating or deactivating
the message alert tone
Each time a message is received a new
SMS alert tone sounds. To activate or de-
activate this tone:
Press Read to read new
messages (from the stand by
display only).
Press . Select Messages.
Select Inbox ,
or SIM
folders then Received
messages, to display the
message list. Use the arrow
keys to scroll up and down
and reach the message you
want to read.
Select OK
or Options /
Read text to read the
message text.
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Press . Select Messages.
Select Inbox or Outbox
.
Choose the message to be
moved (
and ) and select
Options .
Select Move to SIM .
Press . Select Messages.
Select Settings
.
Select Reception Alert .
Select On or Off
.
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