Home Area Code; Dial Mode - AT&T EL51200 User Manual

Telephone settings
Handset settings

Home area code

If you dial seven digits to make a local call (no area code required), enter your
area code into the telephone as the home area code. When you receive a call
from within your home area code, the caller ID history only displays the seven
digits of the telephone number.
This feature makes it easy for you to place a call from the caller ID history. If
you dial 10 digits to make a local telephone call, do not use this home area
code feature. If you do, you will not be able to place calls from your caller ID
history as they have only seven digits.
Press MENU/
1.
2. Press or
DIR
3. Press or
DIR
press /SELECT.
MENU
4. Press the dial pad keys to enter your three-digit area code.
Press /DELETE to delete digits while entering.
MUTE
/SELECT to save the setting.
5. Press
MENU
NOTE: If, in the future, your telephone service provider requires you to dial 10 digits to make
a local call (area code + telephone number), you will need to delete your home area code. While
the home area code displaying in step 4 above, press and hold
code is now restored to its default setting of _ _ _ (empty).

Dial mode

The dial mode is preset to tone dialing. If you have pulse (rotary) service, you
must change the dial mode to pulse dialing before using the telephone.
1. Follow steps 1 and 2 in Home area code on this page.
2. Press or
DIR
/SELECT.
MENU
3. Press or
DIR
4. Press /SELECT to save the setting.
MENU
NOTE: If you have pulse (rotary) dialing service only, refer to Temporary tone dialing on
page 20 to temporarily switch from pulse to touch-tone dialing during a call.
in idle mode to enter the main menu.
SELECT
to scroll to >SETTINGS, then press
CID
to scroll to >HOME AREA CODE, then
CID
to scroll to >DIAL MODE, then press
CID
to select TONE or PULSE.
CID
MUTE
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/SELECT.
MENU
HOME AREA CODE
/DELETE. The home area
DIAL MODE
>TONE
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