Text entry with "t9, P. 31), Kly cre – Siemens A50 User Manual
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Text entry with "T9"
"T9" deduces the correct word from 
the individual key entries by making 
comparisons with an extensive 
dictionary.
Activate, deactivate T9
§Options§
First select
T9 input
, then
select
T9 preferred
.
^
Activate T9 and confirm 
with 
§Select§
.
Select Input language
Select the language in which you 
want to compose the message.
§Options§
Open text menu, select
T9 input
, then select
Input
language
.
§Select§
Confirm. The new lan-
guage is set.
Create a word using T9
Since the display changes as you 
proceed 
it is best if you finish a word
without looking at the display.
You simply press the keys where the 
relevant letter is located once only. 
For "hotel" for example type:
4 6 8 3 5
1
Press. A blank ends a 
word.
*
Press repeatedly before 
the word for lowercase 
letters/uppercase let-
ters, digits or special 
characters.
Do not use special characters such 
as 
Ä
but write the standard charac-
ter, e.g.
A
. T9 will do the rest for you
*
Press briefly: Switch between
uppercase, lowercase letters
and digits. 
Hold down: Set input lan-
guage and text mode.
1
Blank. Ends a word.
0
Full stop. Ends a word when a
blank follows. Acts as a wild-
card character for an apostro-
phe/hyphen in the word: 
e.g. 
§provider.s§
= provider’s.
N
Go to the right. Ends a word.
#
Deactivate T9 temporarily and
activate it again.
Special characters
Press key repeatedly until the character is 
displayed. To write special characters after
numbers (e.g. 5 £), switch to the letter mode
first:
*
1
Blank 1
€
£ $ ¥ ¤
0
.
, ? ! 0 + -
: ¿
¡
“ ’
; _
*
*
/ (
) < = > % ~
#
#
@ \
& §
Γ ∆ Θ Λ
Ξ
Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω