Base settings – AT&T E5828B User Manual
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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:
1.
The dial mode setting affects
both the telephone base and
the handset(s).
2. During a power failure,
only the corded handset
can be used to make and
answer calls. The dial mode
will default to pulse dial. To
change to tone dial temporar-
ily, press
TONE
*
on the tele-
phone base (page 18). When
the power is restored, the dial
mode will return to the pro-
grammed setting.