Nokia 2170 - Touch Tone Strings

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Touch Tone Strings

Touch Tone strings can be used for sending and receiving

information with your phone. For example, you can store

your office voice mailbox number, along with your

password for easy access to your messages.

To store Touch Tone strings

Store Touch Tone strings the same way you store

phone numbers.

You can store a whole digit sequence in a memory

location and send it as Touch Tones for frequently-used

strings of numbers.
These number strings can also be linked with other stored

phone numbers. Read on for more information on linking

strings with stored numbers.

To send a Touch Tone string
During a call, at the start screen (make sure Menu 4 3 is

not set to 2II)
1) Dial or recall from memory the string you want to send
2) Press 0HQX, then

ó

Special Characters
Pressing

∗∗∗

creates a “p” (pause) when you are storing

numbers. When the number is dialed, the digits stored to

the right of the “p” are automatically sent as touch tones

after a 2.5 second pause.
Pressing

∗∗∗∗

creates a “w” (wait) when you are storing

numbers. The “w” makes the phone wait for you to press

the '70) soft key, then it sends the digits stored to the

right of the “w” as touch tones.
You can add as many “p” and “w” characters as you need

in a single number sequence.

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To store Touch Tone strings
with a phone number
1) Enter the phone number (e.g. office voice mailbox)
2) Press

∗∗∗

(p) or

∗∗∗∗

(w)

3) Enter the Touch Tone string

(e.g. voice mailbox password)

4) Store the number as you normally would

When you dial this number, your phone first dials the

phone number, then waits (because of the “w” character)

for you to press '70) (which will display as a soft key).

Your phone then sends your password.
If you include a “p” character instead of a “w”, your phone

pauses for 2.5 seconds, then automatically sends your

password as Touch Tones.

To link a stored phone number to Touch
Tone strings in another memory location
Use this if the phone number and DTMF digits do not fit in

one storage location. This feature links the phone number

to the memory location storing the DTMF string.
1) Enter the phone number
2) Press

∗∗

(+)

3) Enter memory location storing the DTMF string
4) Store the number as you normally would

When you recall this number sequence from memory and

press

ó

, your phone dials the phone number, displays

digits stored in the memory location after the “+”, then

sends them as Touch Tones when you press '70).

Note: Your phone expects a memory location after the “+”

character. If one is not stored, you will need to enter a location

number at the prompt. Then press

2.

to send the contents of that

memory location as Touch Tones.

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