Storing 1899 prefixed numbers in memory ?

docmarty

Hi,
I use 1899 for making calls from two mobiles and my Telewest landline.
With the mobiles I can dial the local access number 020 7001 9696 then
the destination number after the voice prompt, followed by #. That works
fine.
But of course I'd really like to include the access number as a prefix to
all the numbers in the mobile's phonebook, so that I don't have the hassle
of having to punch in the access number for each call. I have tried this, but
when I then make the call, it never allows it. I've tried this with and without
including a # at the end of the stored number.
Am I doing something daft ? Are you able to use 1899 by dialling fully prefixed numbers straight from your Phonebook ? I'm on Virgin, if that is relevant.
Appreciate hearing your experiences on this,

Docmarty

andy88_2

I'm assuming you mean prefixing just mobiles in the mobile phonebook so they count as landlines, hence 5p a min on Virgin after 1st 5 min.

What you need is the pause character, so that the 1899 number answers, you hear a couple of seconds of announcement then it dials the required number.

You get pause in different ways on different phones. On Nokia, press * 3 times. On Motorola hold down * until it changes. Others, ask or look in the manual, but similar.

So then you save numbers as 02070019696p07....... The numbers already there can be edited to this form. Some older SIMs have limits of 20 characters for number length; if that affects you, save the number in the phone. Sorry this will be unhelpful for phones with no memory like Nokia 3310.

Steve_xx

docmarty wrote:

Hi,
I use 1899 for making calls from two mobiles and my Telewest landline.
With the mobiles I can dial the local access number 020 7001 9696 then
the destination number after the voice prompt, followed by #. That works
fine.
But of course I'd really like to include the access number as a prefix to
all the numbers in the mobile's phonebook, so that I don't have the hassle
of having to punch in the access number for each call. I have tried this, but
when I then make the call, it never allows it. I've tried this with and without
including a # at the end of the stored number.
Am I doing something daft ? Are you able to use 1899 by dialling fully prefixed numbers straight from your Phonebook ? I'm on Virgin, if that is relevant.
Appreciate hearing your experiences on this,

Docmarty

I answered this a long time ago, but I think the answer was lost when the forum boards were changed.

If you have a Nokia phone you can do the following (it may work with other handsets):

1. Store the access number in the phone memory, give it a name and store it with a + sign at the end of it
2. When you want to call someone using the access number you select the number stored in 1 and press the dial button
3. After a few seconds you will see the SEARCH option appear as a soft option to the right of the screen, press it once
4. Using the letters on your keypad for fast access or scroll to the persons name that you want to call. Then press OK, then press OK again.

You should now hear ringing tone for the person you want. Please note that you must NOT press the green send button again. It must only be pressed once as in (2) above, otherwise you will put the call to the access number on hold and then proceed to dial the number you actually want on the phones second line.

docmarty

Thanks andy and steve.
My main mobile is a Siemens MC60 - the manual had no mention whatever
of the pause character, but a quick hunt on the WWW revealed that it was
the + character (as Steve suggested). So I store:
02070019696+number#
and that works just fine. So I've altered all my commonly dialled Phonebook
entries to use this.
I'll try Steve's way too.
Thanks again.

Steve_xx

Ok - no problem

andy88_2

Thanks Steve. I thought I read something like that somewhere ...
actually, maybe it's ...p+ at the end

Do you know if there's a way of doing something similar when receiving from a callback service?

Steve_xx

andy88 wrote:

Thanks Steve. I thought I read something like that somewhere ...
actually, maybe it's ...p+ at the end

Do you know if there's a way of doing something similar when receiving from a callback service?

No, on Nokias you use the + sign only. The + sign presents you with the facility to link to another number in your phones memory and the time you take to select the second number is adequate for the period of pause.

No I don't think it's possible since the called party has to recognise your caller id; then your phone has to go back on-hook and then be called again in order to present it with secondary dial-tone. If you attempted to do this you would end up with 'call collision'.

andy88_2

Thanks, Steve. It does work that way; when I dialled 18866's London number last night it was, coincidentally, busy with only the + on the end. After 3 unsuccessful goes and 3 that worked the other way, I made the wrong conclusion.

On callback, it's on answer, on the second dialtone that I want to open the phonebook and send a number. After a bit of playing last night, I think I've got it working on Nokia3510i.

Steve_xx

andy88 wrote:

Thanks, Steve. It does work that way; when I dialled 18866's London number last night it was, coincidentally, busy with only the + on the end. After 3 unsuccessful goes and 3 that worked the other way, I made the wrong conclusion.

On callback, it's on answer, on the second dialtone that I want to open the phonebook and send a number. After a bit of playing last night, I think I've got it working on Nokia3510i.

Ok right. Strictly speaking then it's not a 'callback' service, it's allowing you to 'onward dial'. Therefore I assume that their system has to veify your CLI? In that case it should work for you.

andy88_2

I seem to have a choice of 3 different callback methods. One involves CLI, one has a dedicated trigger number per phone and can be dialled from anywhere. I think it will work, and I'm off subject, so ... Thanks.