Iridium 9555 Configuration guide

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9555 Satellite Phone
User’s Manual Supplement
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1 IIntroduction...........................1.1
2 IPredictive Text Entry .................. 2.1
LetterWise Text Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3
WordWise Text Mode ....................2.5
Digit Mode ..............................2.6
Punctuation Mode.......................2.7
3 IAdvanced Calling Capabilities ......... 3.1
Call Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Call Waiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4
IContents
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1 IIntroduction
Thank you for purchasing the state of the art
Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone. Iridium is the only
provider of truly global satellite voice and data
communications solutions with complete
coverage of the entire earth including oceans,
airways and even polar regions. The Iridium 9555
Satellite Phone delivers reliable, secure, real-time,
high quality voice and data to the Iridium satellite
network from any point on the globe.
The information presented in this document is a
supplement to the 9555 Satellite Phone User
Manual. The information provided describes the
procedures for predictive text entry and
advanced calling capabilities. All other
information, such as safety, overall use and
certications can be found in the 9555 Satellite
Phone User Manual.
The intent of this supplement is to provide
information not yet incorporated into the 9555
Satellite Phone User Manual. It is temporary in
nature and will be obsolete once incorporated
into the 9555 Satellite Phone User Manual.
Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I 1 Introduction
1.1
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Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I 2 Predictive Text Entry
2.1
2IPredictive Text Entry
Predictive text is implemented on the 9555
Satellite Phone and is eective in 3 areas:
Creating an SMS/Email•
Adding Notes to an existing Phonebook•
entry
Entering the Name eld for a Phonebook•
entry (LetterWise only)
Predictive text is not set on a new phone by
default, it must be enabled. This may be done in
the following manner. Starting at the main
screen,
Press the Menu softkey1.
Select "Setup" (6 clicks down)2.
In the Setup menu, select "Language" (33.
clicks down)
In the Language menu, select "Text entry"4.
In the Text entry menu, Multi-tap is the default
selection. Multi-tap has no language sensitivity,
other than the fact that it provides standard
Western characters. To choose predictive text,
select one of:
English•
Français•
Español•
Once you have made this change, all SMS entry
and entry of contacts will incorporate Predictive
Text capabilities specic to the selected
language. Once selected, select the "Back"
option twice, then scroll up to "Messages" to use
Predictive Text entry for messaging. If you wish
to change back to "Multi-Tap" in the future, you
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Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I2 Predictive Text Entry
2.2
For all alphabetic languages:
Save Clear
12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO
7 PQRS 8 TUV 9 WXYZ
0 +
#
*
∆«
Pressing the Pound key
(#) switches between
lower and upper case ,
indicated by the ()
symbol. This is the Shift
key.
Pressing the Zero key (0)
enters a space, indicated
by the ()symbol. This
is the Space key.
1 key can be used for
entering punctuation,
however for full and
ecient punctuation
entry you can switch to
Punctuation mode
(123).
Pressing the Asterisk (*)
key enters the next word
or letter, indicated by
the ( )symbol. This is
the Next key.
will need to adjust this setting.
There are two modes of predictive text entry:
WordWise (ww) which provides word•
prediction for users who like dictionary-
based methods
LetterWise (lw) for letter-by-letter•
prediction for situations where word-based
prediction doesn’t aord the exibility that
may be required in some situations.
There are two modes of special character entry:
Punctuation (#?@) for entry of punctuation•
and special symbols
Digit (123) for entry of numbers•
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Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I 2 Predictive Text Entry
2.3
In order to complete a message, you may need
to switch between these four main modes of
text entry during message creation:
WordWise (ww) - word predictive text•
entry
LetterWise (lw) - letter-by-letter predictive•
text entry
Numbers (123) - number entry (non-•
predictive)
Punctuation (#?@) - punctuation entry•
(non-predictive)
The appropriate text entry mode can be
selected by pressing the Convenience key on
the side of the 9555 Satellite Phone. The active
text entry mode will be displayed on the screen
as indicated in the illustrations on the following
page.
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Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I2 Predictive Text Entry
2.4
Convenience
key
Options Clear
New
ww 1000
Options Clear
New
lw 1000
Options Clear
New
#?@ 1000
Options Clear
New
123 1000
WordWise
LetterWise
Digit
Punctuation
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Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I 2 Predictive Text Entry
2.5
f
Options Clear
12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO
7 PQRS 8 TUV 9 WXYZ
0 +
#
*
∆«
T
1. Press key 3
Desired letter did
not come up
d
Options Clear
12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO
7 PQRS 8 TUV 9 WXYZ
0 +
#
*
∆«
T
2. Press Next key ( )
for desired letter.
Proceed to next
letter of the word.
Desired letter
LetterWise Text mode:
Press the Convenience key until you are in
LetterWise (lw) text mode. Press the key with
the desired letter. If it doesn’t appear, press the
Next key ( )until it does. Use the Right Soft
key (Clear) for backspace and Space key ( )
for space. Press the Shift key ()to switch
between lower and upper case.
Note: Apostrophe (‘) for English entry and
hyphen (-) for Russian entry are treated as letters
(i.e. can be predicted by LetterWise) and are
found on key 5.
Example: Entering “don’t”
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Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I2 Predictive Text Entry
2.6
do
Options Clear
12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO
7 PQRS 8 TUV 9 WXYZ
0 +
#
*
∆«
T
3. Press key 6
Correct letter
appears
don
Options Clear
12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO
7 PQRS 8 TUV 9 WXYZ
0 +
#
*
∆«
T
4. Press key 6 again
don’
Options Clear
12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO
7 PQRS 8 TUV 9 WXYZ
0 +
#
*
∆«
T
5. Press key 5 for
apostrophe
Apostrophe is
predicted along with
letters in English
don’t
Options Clear
12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO
7 PQRS 8 TUV 9 WXYZ
0 +
#
*
∆«
T
6. Press key 8 for “t”
and complete word
Correct letter
appears
Correct letter
appears
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Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I 2 Predictive Text Entry
2.7
WordWise Text mode:
Press the Convenience key until the "ww"
symbol appears in the top left corner of the
screen indicating that you have entered
WordWise text entry mode. To enter text in
WordWise, press the key containing the rst
letter you want to type ONLY ONCE.
If the correct letter does not appear at rst,
continue by pressing the key that corresponds to
the next letter in your text, and so on.
After pressing the last key in the sequence, the
word should appear. However, if the word is
underlined (or highlighted), it is possible that an
alternate word (which happens to require the
same key presses) appeared instead. Just press
Next key ( )until the desired word appears.
If the word you are entering is not found in any
dictionary you can switch to LetterWise mode
by pressing the convenience key and viewing
the top left corner of the screen.
During use of WordWise, the 1 key can be used
to insert punctuation without changing text
entry modes. To insert punctuation, hit the 1
key and then add the appropriate punctuation
by using the Next key ( ). As an alternative,
you may also use the left option key either
"Insert symbol" or "Enter digits" during
WordWise use. This also applies to LetterWise
use.
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Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I2 Predictive Text Entry
2.8
s
Options Clear
12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO
7 PQRS 8 TUV 9 WXYZ
0 +
#
*
∆«
T
1. Press key 7
Even if the correct letter
“r” hasn’t appeared,
proceed with the next
letter in the word.
see
Options Clear
12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO
7 PQRS 8 TUV 9 WXYZ
0 +
#
*
∆«
T
2. Press key 3 twice
for the next two
letters “c & d”
The word “see” comes
up which is more
common than “red”.
The underline indicates
there are other words
to choose from.
red
Options Clear
12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO
7 PQRS 8 TUV 9 WXYZ
0 +
#
*
∆«
T
3. Press Next key ( )
The word “red”
appears
Example: Entering “red”
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Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I 2 Predictive Text Entry
2.9
Punctuation mode (#?@):
Punctuation mode may be entered either by
pressing the Convenience key on the side of
the phone, or via the Options menu in the
Create Message editor to "Insert symbol".
During use of WordWise, the 1 key can be used
to insert punctuation without changing text
entry modes.
In Punctuation mode, symbols are spread across
all keys based on their shape to help you
remember which symbol is on each key (see
following table).
Digit mode (123):
There may be times when you need to add
numbers into a message that you are
composing. Digit mode allows you to use the
number keys to enter digits, similar to dialing a
phone call. To enter digit mode, press the
Convenience key until the 123 indicator
appears on the upper left corner of the screen.
Enter the numbers required for your message
and then use the Convenience key to return to
the desired text entry mode to complete the rest
of the message.
Digit mode may be entered either by pressing
the Convenience key on the side of the phone,
or via the Options menu in the Create
Message editor to "Enter digits".
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Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I2 Predictive Text Entry
2.10
Key English/French/Russian/Spanish*
0. , @ °
1 !
2 ?
3% $ € £
4_ ~
5- + = “ ^
6( [ { <
7/ \
8: ; &
9) ] } >
For example: ! is on 1 key, ? is on key 2
If there is more than one symbol on a key, press
the Next key ( )to get the others.
* Spanish includes inverted versions of ! and ?.
Once you have selected the appropriate symbol
for your message, you may return to your
preferred text entry mode by pressing the side
convenience key and viewing the top left corner
of the screen.
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12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 KL 6 MNO
7 PQR 8 UVW 9 XYZ
0 +
#
*
Options Clear
00:00:12
Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I3 Advanced Calling Capabilities
3.1
The 9555 Satellite Phone provides support for
Advanced Calling Capabilities including Call Hold
and Call Waiting. These capabilities are network-
dependant and require service provisioning that
may not be supported. Additional fees and
airtime charges for simultaneous or conference
calls may apply. Contact your service provider for
requirements and additional information.
The Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone provides the
user the ability to:
To place a call on hold and make a second•
call (either dialed or from either of the
phonebooks)
To switch between the active call and the•
held call
To conference the current and active calls•
together
To send a message during a call or read•
messages
To access either of the available•
Phonebooks during a call and edit an entry
or create new entries
When a call is in progress the screen will display
the Call Timer:
3IAdvanced Calling
Capabilities
Call timer
Call Hold
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12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 KL 6 MNO
7 PQR 8 UVW 9 XYZ
0 +
#
*
Options Clear
00:00:12
Call Options
Select Back
Mute
Speaker
Hold call
End call
My Phonebook
SIM Phonebook
Messages
12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO
7 PQRS 8 TUV 9 WXYZ
0 +
#
*
∆«
Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I3 Advanced Calling Capabilities
3.2
Pressing the Left soft key (Options) will show
the follow screen:
1. Press Left soft
key (Options)
This gives the user the ability to:
Mute the microphone (the screen will show•
Unmute if already muted)
Switch from earpiece to rear speaker (the•
screen will show Ear if already in speaker
mode)
Place the current active call on hold•
End the current active call•
Access My Phonebook to add/edit/call•
entries
Access the SIM Phonebook to call entries•
Create, send and read messages•
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Call Options
Select Back
Mute
Speaker
Switch call
End call, switch
Conference calls
My Phonebook
SIM Phonebook
Messages
12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO
7 PQRS 8 TUV 9 WXYZ
0 +
#
*
∆«
Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I3 Advanced Calling Capabilities
3.3
When a call is placed on hold the user can call
another number either by entering the number
via the keypad or from either of the available
Phonebooks. When the second call has been
established the Call Options screen will show:
This gives the user the ability to:
Mute the microphone (the screen will show•
Unmute if already muted)
Switch from earpiece to rear speaker (the•
screen will show Ear if already in speaker
mode)
Switch between the active call and the•
held call
End the active call and switch to the held•
call
Conference the two calls together into a•
single call
Access My Phonebook to add/edit/call•
entries
Access the SIM Phonebook to call entries•
Create, send and read messages•
When the calls are joined together into a
conference call, the user then has the same
options available as when a single call is in place
and can therefore place a further call if desired.
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Call Options
Select Back
Accept, Hold current
Accept, End current
Reject
12 ABC 3 DEF
4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO
7 PQRS 8 TUV 9 WXYZ
0 +
#
*
∆«
Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone I3 Advanced Calling Capabilities
3.4
If the user is currently on a call and a new call
arrives, the screen will display a Call Waiting
message (if call waiting is enabled and
provisioned) and an audible tone will be heard.
The user will then have the following options
available via the Options screen:
Call Waiting
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