[casio251]

Hi there. I have a 3500, 3720, and 6300. My issue seems to be with all these phones.

I use international phone cards a lot. You have to dial a normal landline number, then manually enter your pin, then manually enter your number.  This can be a real nuisance, as you have to have your pin number at hand, and have written down the phone number you want to dial.

If i try to access my phonebook, and dial the number from there, the screen automatically closes the phonebook, and enters the number i have dialled - ie, it thinks i am about to make a call. So I either have to memorise the number and then dial, or write it down.

Is there anyway nokia phones can tone dial the existing number in my phone book, whilst I am on a call? This way i could store my pin number too, and wouldn't have to manually enter it each time.

[cjlim]

I had the same problem and never found a way to make the phone dial from contacts when on a call.

However, for what it is worth, this is what I ended up doing.

I add the the normal landline number for the phone card and the pin to the contact number I want to ring, inserting pauses between them

Example.

Contact number: 00 353 1 123456

Int phone card acces number: 888888

Pin: 5555

The number I enter for that contact is 8888p5555p003531123456

You insert a "p" into the number to pause dialling by pressing the "*" key 3 times.

Sometimes you may have to insert more than one pause to extend the pause.

Message Edited by cjlim on 20-Nov-2009 12:49 PM

[no1_slumko]

I'm embarrassed to say all this time I didn't know what that p was for. THANKS!!

Message Edited by no1_slumko on 20-Nov-2009 03:30 PM

[cjlim]

You can also use it for dialling an extension after the phone number. Very useful

[casio251]

thanks!.. that's a step there.

do you now what the 'w' means when you press the star key, btw?

[cjlim]

The use I aware of for the "w" is when entering unlock codes for the phone. See the link below.

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