Changing the telephone settings – BT Freestyle 130 User Manual

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Using your Freestyle 130

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Changing the telephone
settings

To set the base unit ringer volume

(Located on the underside of the
base unit)

You can set the base unit ringer
volume to

HI

,

LO

or

OFF

. If the base

unit ringer is switched

OFF

, the

handset will still ring providing the
handset ringer is not switched to

OFF

.

To set the tel mode switch

(Located on the underside of the
base unit)

The tel mode switch selects tone or
pulse dialling and earth or time
break recall:

• T-TB

– Your Freestyle 130 is

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.

RINGER

HI

LO

OFF

• T-E

– This setting is for use if you

are connected to a tone dialling
PBX (private branch exchange)
that uses earth recall.

• P-E

– If you dial a number when

your Freestyle 130 is set to

T-TB

or

T-E

and you continue to hear

the dialling tone, you may be
connected to an older pulse
dialling exchange. Set the switch
to

P-E

(pulse dialling).

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 ✱ button on the keypad
to set your telephone to tone
dialling for the duration of the call.

When you hang up, your
Freestyle 130 will automatically
switch back to pulse dialling.

TEL

MODE

T-TB

T-E

P-E

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