AT&T E5908 - Manual (Page 17)

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Telephone Operation
Base settings
You can change settings to program how the telephone
base works.
Follow the steps below to program the telephone base.
To stop at any time, press
OFF/CLEAR
. If the phone
rings, programming stops automatically so you can
answer the call.
Choose base language
At this menu you can select the language used in all
menus and screen displays.
• Press
MENU
to begin programming.
• Press ^ or V until screen displays
LANGUAGE
.
• Press
SELECT
to change current setting.
• Press ^ or V to scroll through the available options
of ENGLISH, ESPANOL and FRANCAIS.
• Press
SELECT
to select the displayed language and
exit.
Choose dial mode
At this menu you can choose tone or pulse dialing. 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 ^ or V until screen displays
DIAL MODE
&
setting.
• Press
SELECT
to change current setting.
• Press ^ or V to display TONE or PULSE.
• Press
SELECT
to select displayed dial mode and exit.
Choose base ringer volume
The base ringer volume can be set to OFF, LOW, or
HI, by adjusting the switch on the left side of the base.
This switch affects only the base ringer volume; the
handset ringer volume remains unchanged.
DIAL MODE: TONE
LANGUAGE
NOTE: This sets the dial mode
for both the handset(s) and the base.
NOTE: In the case of a power
failure, the dial mode will be defaulted
to pulse dial. To change it to tone-dial,
press
* on the base unit.
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