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8560/8660 Phone User Guide – Issue 13, September 2009
Using the Dialpad Buttons to Enter Characters
You can use the dialpad buttons to enter text or numbers for features such as Station Speed
Dial (see “Dialing Station Speed-Dial Numbers” on page 23) and Do-Not-Disturb (see “Using
Do-Not-Disturb” on page 43).
The following are guidelines when entering dialpad characters:
• Press (Message) to switch from Alpha Mode to Numeric Mode. The MSG button stays lit in
Alpha Mode—it is off in Numeric Mode.
• Press the MUTE button to move the cursor to the left and delete characters.
• Press the FWD button 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.
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For example, to enter May 31, you could use the following sequence:
1. In Alpha Mode (MSG 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 FWD to enter a space.
5. Press MSG to switch to Numeric Mode.
6. Press 3.
7. Press 1.
8. Press (Speaker), #, or lift the handset to save the entry.
3. Japanese characters are available only if the Multilingual feature is enabled and Japanese is installed as the secondary
language.
Number of Times Button is Pressed
12345678 91011
Button English/Spanish Characters
Japanese (Katakana) Characters
1
1. Japanese characters are supported on Inter-Tel Protocol (ITP) Mode display phones only,
and only if the Multilingual feature is enabled and Japanese is enabled as the secondary
language.
1
-&()1
A I U E O a
2
ABC ’ 2
KA KI KU KE KO i
3
DEF ! 3
SA SHI SU SE SO u
4
GH I * 4
TA CHI TSU TE TO e
5
JKL# 5
NA NI NU NE NO o
6
MNOñ 6
HA HI FU HE HO tsu
7
PQRS 7
MA MI MU ME MO ya
8
TUV? 8
YA YU YO . , yu
9
WXY Z 9
RA RI RU RE RO yo
0
@: . , 0
WA WO N pa ba long