AT&T E5909B Telephone User Manual


 
13
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
CLEAR. If the phone rings, pro-
gramming 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 CIDV or DIR^ until screen displays
LANGUAGE
.
• Press SELECT to change current setting.
• Press CIDV or DIR^ 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 CIDV or DIR^ until screen displays
DIAL
MODE
& setting.
• Press SELECT to change current setting.
• Press CIDV or DIR^ 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 cordless
handset ringer volume remains unchanged.
DIAL MODE: TONE
LANGUAGE
NOTES:
1. This sets the dial mode for both
the handset(s) and the base.
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 temporarily
press *on the base (see page
17). When power is restored the
dial mode will return to the pro-
grammed setting.