Setting the Dialing Mode

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Also, check the charging contacts on the handset and base. If the con- tacts are dirty or tarnished, clean them with a pencil eraser.

Set DIAL MODE on the back of the base for the type of service you have. If you are not sure which type you have, after you charge the handset battery pack, do this simple test.

1. Set DIAL MODE to T (tone).

•About once a month, fully discharge the battery by keeping the handset off the base until Low Battery appears. Otherwise, the battery pack loses its ability to fully re- charge.

•If the battery pack becomes weak during a call, the handset beeps ev- ery few seconds and Low Bat- tery flashes on the display. If this happens, you must recharge the battery pack before you can make another call.

•If the battery pack is completely dis- charged or the base loses power while the handset is away from it, place the handset on the base to re- set the security access-protection code. If it was the handset that lost power, recharge the battery pack.

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•The supplied battery pack should last for about a year. When it loses its ability to fully recharge, order a replacement battery pack through your local RadioShack store (see “Replacing the Battery Pack” on Page 37).

2.Press TALK on the handset and lis- ten for a dial tone.

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 number either.

If the dial tone stops, you have touch-tone service. Leave DIAL MODE set to T.

If the dial tone continues, you have pulse service. Set DIAL MODE to P (pulse).

4.Press TALK or place the handset on the base to hang up.