Radio Shack COUNTRY LIFE 43-860 - Manual (Page 11)

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OPERATION
SETTING THE DIALING
MODE
Set PULSE/TONE for the type of phone
service you have, either tone or pulse
(rotary). If you are not sure which type
you have, do this simple test.
1. Set PULSE/TONE beneath the
phone to TONE .
2. Lift the handset and listen for a
dial tone.
3. Press any number except 0 .
If the dial tone stops, you have touch-
tone service. Leave
PULSE/TONE set
to TONE .
If the dial tone continues, you have
pulse service. Set
PULSE/TONE to
PULSE .
Notes:
• If you have pulse service and
want to use a special service
requiring tone signals (such as
bank-by-phone), see “Using Tone
Services on a Pulse Line.”
• The and # buttons have no
effect when PULSE/TONE is set to
PULSE .
TURNING THE RINGER
OFF/ON
To turn off the ringer on the phone, set
(ringer)
ON/OFF on the bottom of the
phone to OFF . You can still make calls,
and you can answer calls if you hear
another phone on the same phone line
ring.
To turn the ringer back on, set (ringer)
ON/OFF to ON .
PULSE/TONE ON/OFF
PULSE/TONE ON/OFF
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