"*" key on BJII

[Guest kawa900stx]

Just realized that when I was accessing my VM at work that I need the "*" key that is normally beside the 0 on normal numeric key pads. When I tried to use the * key using the BJ keyboard it doesn't recognize it. The button next to the 0 on our phones didn't work either. Anyone else find this an issue and find a work around?

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[Guest thelostsoul]

Try "S" or Fn - "S". It seems to work for unlocking the keypad...but that may just be because it's a system application...

[Guest VoyagerCSL]

It works fine as the * key on my phone. You're not doing anything weird, like pressing caps/shift first, are you?

Edited December 29, 2007 by VoyagerCSL

[Guest ccarrara]

Works fine on mine too, I also need the star key for my voice mail system.

The * USED to (on the BJ1) be next to the zero/space key, NOW it is over the S key.

[Guest Rob Halligan]

I can't figure out how to get around the scenario when I have to use the number keys to spell a name into employee's corporate phone system. (Instead of a receptionist, the PBX asks you to type in the employee's name.) You can't use the qwerty keyboard, the PBX is listening for the tones for the 3 letters on top of each key in a numberpad (8 is for T, U, and V). But the BJ II doesn't have the letters above the numbers to give you a clue as to which one to push...?

[Guest JDMinPDX]

I can't figure out how to get around the scenario when I have to use the number keys to spell a name into employee's corporate phone system. (Instead of a receptionist, the PBX asks you to type in the employee's name.) You can't use the qwerty keyboard, the PBX is listening for the tones for the 3 letters on top of each key in a numberpad (8 is for T, U, and V). But the BJ II doesn't have the letters above the numbers to give you a clue as to which one to push...?

No issues with this either...

[Guest mjg_blackjack2]

I can't figure out how to get around the scenario when I have to use the number keys to spell a name into employee's corporate phone system. (Instead of a receptionist, the PBX asks you to type in the employee's name.) You can't use the qwerty keyboard, the PBX is listening for the tones for the 3 letters on top of each key in a numberpad (8 is for T, U, and V). But the BJ II doesn't have the letters above the numbers to give you a clue as to which one to push...?

I never thought about that, but we use the same type of thing for VM at work. I guess you can have the the number/alpha memorized from years of text messaging with a non-qwerty phone or go low-tech and tape a cheat sheet to the back of the case.

[Guest pPCp]

I can't figure out how to get around the scenario when I have to use the number keys to spell a name into employee's corporate phone system. (Instead of a receptionist, the PBX asks you to type in the employee's name.) You can't use the qwerty keyboard, the PBX is listening for the tones for the 3 letters on top of each key in a numberpad (8 is for T, U, and V). But the BJ II doesn't have the letters above the numbers to give you a clue as to which one to push...?

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