Nokia 8390 - • ABC mode

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• ABC MODE

You can use the ABC mode to enter information into the phonebook. From
the start screen, press Names, scroll to Add entry, then press Select.

The Abc icon appears in the left corner as visual confirmation.

Add letters

1

Find the key that has the letter you
want to enter.

2

Press the key as many times as needed
for the letter to appear on the screen.

For example, to enter the name Zach:

3

Press OK.

Press

Z

Press

A

Press

C

Press

H

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Enter letters and numbers

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Depending on the selected display language, the following characters
may be available.

Note: Some networks may not support all language-dependent
characters.

Enter spaces and punctuation

To enter a space, press

once.

To enter punctuation, press

repeatedly until the character you

want appears.

Erase mistakes

If you make a mistake:

Press Clear to erase that character.

Press Clear as needed to erase more than 1 character, or press and
hold Clear to erase the entire field of characters.

Change letter case

To switch between uppercase and lowercase letters, press

.

The Abc icon switches to abc, showing that you are using lowercase
letters.

Key

Characters

Key

Characters

1

. ,’ ? ! @ “ 1 - ( ) / : _

7

PQRS7

2

ABC2

8

TUV8

3

DEF3

9

WXYZ9

4

GHI4

0

space, 0

5

JKL5

*

(See page 34 for details.)

6

MNO6

#

Changes letter case

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Enter numbers

To enter numbers, you can:

Press and hold

to switch to 123 mode. Press the appropriate

number key to enter a number.

OR

While in ABC mode, press and hold the corresponding number key
until the number appears.

If you make a mistake, press Clear to erase the number.

To switch back to the ABC mode, press and hold

again.

Use special characters

IN ABC MODE

1

Press

. A screen appears with the following special characters

available:

. , ‘ ? ! “ - ( ) @ / : _ ; + & %

*

= < > £ $ ¥ ¤ [ ] { } \ ~ ˆ ¡ ¿ § # |

2

Use scroll keys to select the character you want, then press Insert.

IN 123 MODE
You can access the following special characters only in 123 mode. There
are 2 places you can use these characters:

At the Start screen, when you dial a phone number

At the number prompt, when you add a new entry to the phone book

Press

to enter

*

Press

to

enter

+

Press

to enter p

Press

to enter w

*

Use this character to send command strings to the network. Contact
your service provider for details.

+

Use this character as a prefix for dialing international numbers.

&

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Enter letters and numbers

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p

Use this character to create a pause that occurs when dialing a number.
Numbers entered to the right of this special character are automatically
sent as touch tones after a 2.5-second pause.

w

This character creates a wait; digits to the right of the w are not sent
until you press

Send.

• PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUT

Predictive text input allows you to write messages much faster than the
ABC mode. With predictive text input, you only need to press each number
key once for each letter. Your phone uses a built-in dictionary to predict
or guess what you are writing. You can also add new words to the
dictionary.

For example, to write “Nokia” with the English dictionary selected, press:

(for N)

(for o)

(for k)

(for

i)

(for a)

Since the displayed word changes after each key stroke, disregard the
word until you have keyed in all the characters.

Note: Predictive text input may not be available for all languages.

Select a language and turn on predictive text

1

Press Menu, then press Select.

2

Scroll to Write messages, then press Select.

3