Setting the dialing mode – Radio Shack ET-929 User Manual

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• If the battery pack becomes weak

during a call, the handset beeps ev-
ery 30 seconds, and

RECHARGE

NOW

and

flash on the display. If

this happens, you must recharge the
battery pack before you can make
another call.

• About once a month, fully discharge

the battery by keeping the handset
off the base until

RECHARGE

NOW

and

flash on the display. Other-

wise, the battery pack loses its abili-
ty to fully recharge.

• If you are not going to use your

phone for an extended period of
time, disconnect the battery pack.
This increases the battery pack’s
usable life.

• The supplied battery pack should

last for about a year. When it loses
its ability to fully recharge, order a
replacement battery pack from your
local RadioShack store (see “Re-
placing the Battery Pack” on
Page 26).

SETTING THE DIALING
MODE

Set

DIAL MODE

on the back of the base

for the type of service you have. If you
are not sure which type you have, after
you charge the handset battery pack, do
this simple test.

1. Set

DIAL

MODE

(tone).

2. Press

TALK

and listen for a dial

tone.

3. Press any number other than

Note: If your phone system requires
that you dial an access code (9, for
example) before you dial an outside
number, do not dial the access code
either.

If the dial tone stops, you have
touch-tone service. Leave

DIAL

MODE

set to

If the dial tone continues, you have
pulse service. Set

DIAL

MODE

(pulse).

4. Press

TALK

or place the handset on

the base to hang up.

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