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Mitel
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8528 Telephone User Guide – Issue 2, June 2010
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Personalizing Your Telephone
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 61
) and Station Speed Dial (see
page 36
).
The following are guidelines when entering dialpad characters:
•
Press
(Message) to switch from Alpha Mode to Numeric Mode. The
(Message)
button stays lit in Alpha Mode and is off in Numeric Mode.
•
Press
(Hold) to move the cursor to the left and delete characters.
•
Press
(Transfer) 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 (
[Message] 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
(Message) to switch to Numeric Mode.
5. Press
(Transfer) to enter a space.
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
A
B
C
2
a
b
c
3
D
E
F
3
d
e
f
4
G
H
I
4
g
h
i
5
J
K
L
5
j
k
l
6
M
N
O
6
m
n
o
7
P
Q
R
S
7
p
q
r
s
8
T
U
V
8
t
u
v
9
W
X
Y
Z
9
w
x
y
z
0
0