Entering pauses. SPOT Global Phone

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Entering pauses

When using automated phone services, such as voice mail or online banking, adding a “pause” when entering a series of numbers allows a segment of time to be included in the string of characters. Each pause counts as one character. This pause allows one remote electronic process to complete before another starts.

Pauses can be entered manually or saved in a phone book entry. There are two types of pauses:

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Hard Pause – Stops until you press number sequence.

resume to send the rest of the

Timed Pause – Stops for two seconds and then resumes automatically.

Note

If Auto Hyphen is set to “on” and you manually enter pauses,

Auto Hyphen is temporarily set to “off.” (See Auto Hyphens, page 66 and Manual Hyphens, page 66.)

To enter pauses when entering numbers

1.

To enter a pause, press and hold until the following menu appears: i

ardPause

imePause

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2.

Press Hard Pause or Timed Pause.

A symbol displays on the screen for a hard pause or a timed pause

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3.

Continue entering numbers.

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