Configure Smart Dialing Options To configure smart dialing options, select
Smart Dialing on the
Phone Options screen and click the trackwheel. The
Smart Dialing screen appears and provides access to the various settings associated with the smart dialing feature.
The first block of smart dialing options allows you to tweak general dialing settings for your device, including your originating
Country Code, Area Code , and
National Number Length . Your wireless service provider has likely already provided correct default settings for these options, but you are certainly allowed to change them if your dialing specifics have changed.
NOTE
The national number length is a count of the characters in a full phone number (including area code) in your country, excluding the country code. As an example, the U.S. national number length is 10, which consists of a 3-digit area code and a 7-digit number. Here's an example of a 10-digit number, just to make things clear: 615-555-1234.
The last two blocks of options on the
Smart Dialing screen determine how extensions are dialed when you make a call to an office phone number with an extension. More specifically , you can specify a single phone number in the
Number field that has a unique wait time and extension length; this setting depends entirely on your specific office phone system. To specify these unique settings, enter the main number and then choose a wait setting for the
Wait For option, as well as an extension length for the
Extension Length option. Most office phone systems use extensions with 24 digits, but the
Extension Length option allows you to specify an extension length up to 6 digits.
TIP
To enter an extension when dialing a phone number, enter the number and then press the Z X key followed by the extension. The main number is dialed; when the call is connected, your BlackBerry device waits for a specified amount of time and then dials the extension; this amount of time is determined by the Wait For setting on the Smart Dialing screen.
The settings you enter for the second block of options on the
Smart Dialing screen apply to the single office number you specified in the
Number field.
All extensions you dial for other numbers are subject to a general wait time that is specified in the second
Wait For field. Unless you have problems dialing extensions, the default setting of
2 seconds is probably sufficient.
After tweaking the smart dialing options, press the
Escape button to return to the
Phone Options screen. If you've made changes, a confirmation pop-up window appearsselect
Save to confirm the changes and then click the trackwheel.