Samsung SGH-X480 Manual

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Messages82• The last setting you accessed is automaticallyactivated for sending subsequent messages.Setting x (where x is the setting group number):each group has its own sub-menu.Setting name: allows you to give a name to thesetting group currently being defined.Service center: allows you to store or change thenumber of your message centre, which is requiredwhen sending messages. You must obtain thisnumber from your service provider.Default destination: allows you to store a defaultdestination number. The number automaticallydisplays on the Destination screen when you createa message.Default type: allows you to set the default messagetype to Text, Fax, Email, or Paging. The networkcan convert the messages into the selected format.Validity period: allows you to set the length of timeyour text messages are stored in the messagecentre while attempts are made to deliver them.Common setting: The following options areavailable:Reply path: allows the recipient of your message tosend you a reply through your message centre, ifyour network supports this service.Delivery reports: allows you to activate ordeactivate the report function. When this function isactivated, the network informs you whether or notyour message has been delivered.Bearer selection: allows you to select either GSM orGPRS preferred, depending on your network.Messages83Character support: allows you to select a characterencoding type, either GSM-alphabet, Uni-code,or Automatic.If you select Automatic, the phone automaticallychanges the encoding type from GSM-alphabet toUni-code when you enter a Uni-code character.When you select Uni-code, the maximum numberof characters which can be in a message is reducedto approximately half in length. If your recipient’sphone does not support Uni-code characters, he/she may not be able to read your messagecorrectly. For details about Uni-code characters, seepage 188.Note: If your phone doesn’t have the Charactersupport menu, the phone provides theAutomatic character encoding by default.Multimedia messages (Menu 5.2)Multimedia Message Service (MMS) is a serviceproviding delivery of personal multimedia messagesfrom phone to phone or from phone to e-mail. Inaddition to the familiar text content, multimediamessages can contain images, video clips, audioclips, and combinations of these things. Imagescould include downloads and photos you havetaken, while audio clips could be downloaded orrecorded sounds, or voice memos. Using MMS, yourphone can send and receive these multimediamessages.This function is available only if it is supported byyour service provider. Only phones that offermultimedia messaging features can receive anddisplay multimedia messages.