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HP ProBook 5220m Notebook PC User Manual

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To change the dialing mode in your current modem location setting, follow these steps:

1.

Select Start > Devices and Printers.

2.

Right-click the device that represents your computer, and click Modem settings.

3.

Click the Dialing Rules tab.

4.

Select your modem location setting.

5.

Click Edit.

6.

Click either Tone or Pulse.

7.

Click OK twice.

Check the telephone number you are dialing and the response of the remote modem.

Dial a telephone number, make sure there is a response from the remote modem, and then hang
up.

Set the modem to ignore dial tones.

If the modem receives a dial tone it does not recognize, it does not dial and displays a “No Dial
Tone” error message.

To set the modem to ignore all dial tones before dialing, follow these steps:

1.

Select Start > Devices and Printers.

2.

Right-click the device that represents your computer, and click Modem settings.

3.

Click the Modems tab.

4.

Click the listing for the modem.

5.

Click Properties.

6.

Click Modem.

7.

Clear the check box for Wait for dial tone before dialing.

8.

Click OK twice.

Using the modem

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