Radio Shack 900 MHz - Manual (Page 12)

12 Installation
If the dial tone stops, you have touch-
tone service. Leave
DIAL MODE set to T
(tone).
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.
TURNING THE BASE’S
RINGER ON AND OFF
To turn off the base’s ringer, set RINGER on
the back of the base to OFF . You can still
make or receive calls using this phone. Tele-
phones on the same line (and the answering
system’s handset if it is away from the base)
still ring when there is an incoming call.
To turn on the base’s ringer, set RINGER to
ON .
SETTING THE HANDSET’S
RINGER TONE/VOLUME
You can select one of four different ringer
tone/volume settings while the handset is not
in the talk mode.
Press VOL/CID
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
to increase or de-
crease to the ringer level setting.
Repeatedly press VOL/CID
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
until
you hear the desired ringer setting. Each
time you press
VOL/CID
8 8 8 8
or
9 9 9 9
, the ringer
changes and the display shows Ringer A
High , Ringer A Low , Ringer B High ,
or Ringer B Low .
Note: Pressing VOL/CID
8 8 8 8
when the display
shows Ringer A High or VOL/CID
9 9 9 9
when the display shows Ringer B Low
does not change the setting. Press the other
button to change the setting.
SETTING THE NUMBER OF
RINGS
Set RING TIME on the side of the base to 3 , 5 ,
or TS to select how long the answering sys-
tem waits to answer a call (3 rings, 5 rings, or
toll-saver).
Note: If you plan to check messages by long
distance, set
RING TIME to TS (see “Using
the Toll-Saver” on Page 25).
RINGER DIAL MODE
VOL/CID
RING TIME
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