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114 Telephone*Telephone operation
Ending a call (
page 112).Quick-dialing for the first 10 memory 
locations
The main telephone menu is displayed
Press 2 to 0 longer than 2 seconds.
The phone number or name will appear 
in the menu. The telephone will dial the 
phone number that has been stored in 
this memory location.
When the call is initiated, the call time 
will appear.
Ending a call (
page 112).
iIf the memory location called is free, the 
message “Memory location not alloca-
ted” will appear.
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If you press “1” the emergency number 
9-1-1 (default input) will be dialed.
The 9-1-1 emergency call system is a public 
service. Using it without due cause is a cri-
minal offense. 
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115 Telephone*
Telephone operation
You can enter a telephone number in the 
notebook or edit an existing one
during a conversation
in the main telephone menu without 
having a callOpening the notebook
The main telephone menu is displayed
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button 
v to highlight the “V” symbol and 
press to confirm.
Other menu fields will appear.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button 
v until “Notebook” is highlighted and 
press to confirm.
Entering the telephone number
Press number keys 1 through 0, u 
and t.
Correcting input
To delete only the last digit
Press r briefly.
To delete the whole entry
Press r longer than 2 seconds.Closing the notebook and storing input
Press *.
Dialing a telephone number from 
the notebook
Open the notebook.
When the notebook phone number ap-
pears, press the right-hand rotary/
push-button v to confirm the “Send” 
button.
Dialing begins.
Notebook
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116 Telephone*Telephone operationYou can edit the phone book and transfer 
a phone number from the notebook.
In the main telephone menu, turn the 
right-hand rotary/push-button v until 
“Phone book” is highlighted and press 
to confirm.
The “Phone book” selection menu will 
appear.
“Phone book” selection menu1Changing entries in the phone book
2Adding entries in the phone book  
(
page 119)
3Transferring a telephone number from 
the notebook (
page 120)Changing entries in the phone book
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button 
v to highlight 1 and press to con-
firm.
The phone book will either display
the list of names sorted alphabeti-
cally
the list of phone numbers sorted by 
memory locations.
Editing the phone book
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117 Telephone*
Telephone operation
Changing a name
4Phone book entry selected
5Character list
6The character selected appears 
magnified
7Confirming the changed entry
8Deleting the entry
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button 
v to highlight the desired phone book 
entry and press to confirm.
An input menu appears.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button 
v to highlight the desired letters one 
by one and press to confirm. 
The name will appear in the input line. 
The input cursor indicates the current 
input position.
Correcting an input
Deleting the last digit
Press r briefly.
Deleting the whole entry
Press r longer than 2 seconds.Input with number keys
Select a character by pressing the key 
as listed below the corresponding num-
ber of times.
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iYou can enter up to 20 characters.iYou can also select characters using the 
number keys. Each number key has 
more than one assignment. See table.
Key
Character
1
,
.
-
1
:
‘
/
2
A
B
C
2
3
D
E
F
3
4
G
H
I
4
5
J
K
L
5
6
M
N
O
6
7
P
Q
R
S
7
8
T
U
V
8
9
W
X
Y
Z
9
0
0
u
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118 Telephone*Telephone operationThe selected character is automatically ad-
opted in the input line after 2 seconds
or
Press t or turn the right-hand rotary/
push-button v.
Storing changed names
Use one of these ways
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button 
v until “Apply” is highlighted and 
press to confirm.
or
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds to 
confirm the last letter of the name. 
Now change the phone number.
If you do not wish to save the changes
Press *.Changing a telephone number
9Current name or name previously chan-
ged (light brown) 
appears only if you have entered a 
name for the telephone number
aInput line, highlighted when activated
bStores a telephone number in the pho-
ne bookEntering a telephone number
Press the number keys 1 through 0, 
u and t.
The telephone number appears in a.
Correcting input
Deleting last digit
Press r briefly.
Deleting the whole entry
Press r longer than 2 seconds.
Storing the phone number in the phone 
book
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button 
v until b is highlighted and press to 
confirm.
The main telephone menu will appear.
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119 Telephone*
Telephone operation
Deleting an entry in the phone book 
1Name and telephone number of the 
entry to be deleted (light brown)
2Query (light brown)
3COMAND will delete the entry from the 
phone book
4The entry remains in the phone book
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button 
v to highlight “Delete” in the input 
menu (
page 117) and press to con-
firm.
The query 2 appears. “Yes” is high-
lighted.
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v and confirm “Yes”.
The main telephone menu appears. The 
entry is deleted.
If you don't want to delete the entry: 
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button 
v to highlight “No” and press to con-
firm.
The phone book list will appear.  Adding an entry to the phone book
Entering a name
1Input line
2Transfers name
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120 Telephone*Telephone operation
While in the selection menu 
(page 116), turn the right-hand rota-
ry/push-button v until “Add an ent-
ry...” is highlighted and press to 
confirm.
An input menu will appear.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button 
v until the desired character is high-
lighted and press to confirm.
Repeat this action.
The name will appear in the input line.
Confirm the name as described under 
“Storing changed names” 
(page 118).
Now change the phone number.
Correcting an input (
page 117). Entering and storing a telephone num-
ber
3Previously entered name
4Input line for phone number, entering 
phone number with numeric keys 1 to 
0, keyu and key t
5COMAND stores the phone number
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm the input.
COMAND stores the phone number 
and the main telephone menu will ap-
pear.
Storing a phone number in the note-
book
While in the “Phone book” selection 
menu (
page 116), turn the right-hand 
rotary/push-button v to highlight 
“Copy notebook...” and press to con-
firm. 
Now you can enter a new name and 
phone number or edit an existing entry, 
and store the entry.
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121 Telephone*
SMS function
 SMS function
With this function you can receive, read 
and delete short text messages
1.
1 If available from your carrier.
1The symbol M will appear when a new 
SMS message arrives, symbol “RM” 
(roaming mode) that may have been 
displayed before will be replaced
2Activates the SMS list
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button 
v to highlight “V” in the main tele-
phone menu and press to confirm. 
Other menu fields will appear.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button 
v to highlight 2 and press to con-
firm.
The SMS list will appear.
iCOMAND may have to read in SMS 
messages first. The message “SMS loa-
ding...” will appear. The reading operati-
on may take up to 30 seconds.
Activating
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122 Telephone*SMS function1Current SMS message is highlighted, 
telephone number or name (if it is in 
the phone book), date and time appear 
in brown
The SMS messages (max. 10) are listed 
in the order when they were received.
Use the appropriate arrow symbols to 
page through the list.
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button 
v to highlight the desired SMS mes-
sage and press to confirm.
The SMS message will appear.
SMS view2Deletes displayed SMS message
Reading SMS messages received
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iCOMAND does not display so called 
“chained” SMS messages. These con-
tain more than 160 characters. For you 
to be able to read these messages, the 
sender should send the message again 
in normal mode.
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123 Telephone*
SMS function
Deleting an SMS message
1Deletes current SMS message
2SMS message is not deleted
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Delete” and 
press to confirm.
The menu “Delete SMS” will appear.
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Yes”.
If there was only one SMS message:
The message is deleted, the main tele-
phone menu will appear.
If there are other SMS messages:
The message is deleted, the next SMS 
message will appear.If you don't want to delete the SMS mes-
sage:
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-button 
v to highlight “No” and press to con-
firm.
The SMS view will appear.
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pressing r.
After you have deleted the oldest SMS 
message, COMAND highlights the cur-
rent SMS message in the list.