Radio Shack ET-550 - Manual (Page 12)

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SETTING THE DIALING
MODE
Set P
• •
T on the back of the base for
the type of service you have. If you
are not sure which type you have, do
this test.
1. Set P
• •
T to T (tone).
2. Press SPEAKER and listen for a
dial tone from the speakerphone.
3. Press any number other than 0 .
Note: If your phone system
requires that you dial an access
code (
9 , for example) before you
dial an outside number, do not
press the access code either.
If the dial tone stops, you have
touch-tone service. Leave
P
• •
T
set to T .
If the dial tone continues, you
have pulse service. Set
P
• •
T to P
(pulse).
4. Press SPEAKER again. The
SPEAKER indicator turns off.
TURNING THE RINGER
ON/OFF
To turn the ringer on the base on or
off, set
RINGER on the back of the
base to ON or OFF .
The RINGER setting affects only the
ringer on the base. The ringer on the
handset is turned on as long as the
handset is off the base.
When you place the handset on the
base and set
RINGER to OFF , the ET-
550 does not ring when it receives a
call.
However, other phones connected to
the same phone line still ring.
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