BT 1200 User Manual page 18

Using your Freestyle 1200 telephone
Changing the telephone
settings
To set the base unit ringer volume
(Located on the underside of the
base unit)
RINGER
VOLUME
HI
LO
OFF
You can set the base unit ringer
volume to ,
HI LO
unit ringer is switched to
handset will still ring provided the
handset ringer is not switched to
To set the tel mode switch
(Located on the underside of the
base unit)
MODE
T-TB
T-E
P-E
The
TEL MODE
or pulse dialling and earth or time
break recall:
– Your Freestyle 1200 is
• T-TB
preset to this position. Most
modern exchanges use tone
dialling and time break recall for
faster dialling, and for services
such as BT Select Services and
telephone banking.
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or . If the base
OFF
, the
OFF
OFF
switch selects tone
– This setting is for use if you
• T-E
are connected to a tone dialling
PBX (Private Branch Exchange)
that uses earth recall.
– If you dial a number when
• P-E
your Freestyle 1200 is set to
or and you continue to hear
T-E
the dialling tone, you may be
connected to an older pulse
dialling exchange. Set the switch
to (pulse dialling).
P-E
. To switch from pulse to tone
dialling during a call
If you are connected to a pulse
dialling exchange, you can still use
services such as phone banking
that require tone dialling.
Call the telephone number you
•
require in pulse mode as usual.
When you have been connected,
•
press the
to set your telephone to tone
dialling for the duration of the call.
When you hang up, your
•
Freestyle 1200 will automatically
switch back to pulse dialling.
button on the keypad
T-TB