Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Dialing A Number With An Extension Or Pin On Your N82


I just discovered today how frickin easy it is to make your phone automatically input the extension or pin number of your contacts. For instance, every time I call my girlfriends work I have to dial 324 once the call connects to get to her extension. It can get annoying, especially if you call these contacts all the time. Some people like having a pin number for their voicemail. With this feature, you can have the phone automatically input the pin number so you don't have to.

Here are the instructions for adding extensions or pins to your contacts:

1. Type the phone number into your S60 device, then insert a 'p' by pressing the '*' key three times. P stands for pause, it will pause the dialing for one second. Need it to pause for three seconds? Simply insert three p's.

2. Next you'll insert the extension or pin ID followed by a hash mark, then insert another 'p'.

3. (if more than one extension) Finally you'll insert the PIN number followed by the hash mark and push SEND.

4. The number you dialed will look like this: +3585012345678p12345#p6789# - It dials the number, pauses for one seconds, inserts the conference ID, pauses again, then inserts the PIN code.

This can even go for numbers of companies you call all the time, like your bank. Multiple extensions are supported! You know, press 1 for English, 1 for account balance, 2 for savings, bla bla bla. Jot it down, and input the digits as pictured above.

Hope you guys & gals find this handy.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

hello there, i use this method with many of contacts. however, i don't understand what the use of the # is for.
i miss how my s40 device had a calling card feature that is missing in the s60 devices
i will try adding it on today to one of my contacts and see if it maks a diff. thanks.

Mike Macias said...

some pins require you to push the # key at the end of a pin number. this just shows how it is automated. if your not required to push the # key, then no need to worry abut it.

tell us more about the calling card feature, thanks ed.

Gianni said...

thanks a lot for the nice tip I've found it very useful!
/Gianni

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