AT&T E5827 - Manual (Page 16)

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Telephone operation
Base settings
You can change settings to program how the tele-
phone base works.
Follow the steps below to program the telephone
base. To stop at any time, press
CLEAR. If the
telephone rings, programming stops automatically
so you can answer the call.
Telephone base language
At this menu you can select the language used in
all menus and screen displays.
• Press
MENU to begin programming.
• Press CID or DIR until the screen displays
LANGUAGE .
• Press SELECT to change current setting.
• Press CID or DIR to scroll through the available
options of ENGLISH, ESPANOL and FRANCAIS.
• Press SELECT to select the displayed language
and exit.
Dial mode
At this menu you can choose tone or pulse dial-
ing. The factory default setting is TONE. Change
this to PULSE only if you do not have touch-tone
dialing service.
• Press
MENU to begin programming.
• Press CID or DIR until screen displays DIAL MODE
and setting.
• Press SELECT to change current setting.
• Press CID or DIR to display TONE or
PULSE.
• Press SELECT to select displayed dial mode and
exit.
DIAL MODE: TONE
LANGUAGE
NOTES:
. The dial mode setting
affects both the telephone
base and the handset.
2. During a power failure,
only the corded hand-
set can be used to make
and answer calls. The
dial mode will default to
pulse dial. To change to
tone dial temporarily, press
TONE * on the telephone
base (page 8). When the
power is restored, the dial
mode will return to the
programmed setting.