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Selecting a Country-Specific Modem Configuration, Travel Connection Checklist, WorldPort. Select USA

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Selecting a Country-Specific Modem Configuration To configure the modem for use in a specific country, select StartÅProgramsÅCompaq ModemÅWorldPort, then select the country. Travel Connection Checklist If you experience connection problems while using the modem outside your home country, the following suggestions may help. s Check the telephone line type-The modem requires an analog, not a digital, telephone line. An analog line may be described as a data line, fax machine line, modem line, or standard telephone line. s Check for pulse or tone dialing-Dial a few digits on the telephone and listen for clicks (pulses) or tones. Then make sure your communication software is set to the corresponding dialing mode (pulse or tone). s Check the telephone number you are dialing and the response of the remote modem-Dial the telephone number on the telephone, wait for the remote modem to answer, then hang up. s Set the modem to ignore dial tones-If the modem receives a dial tone it does not recognize, it will not dial and will display a No Dial Tone error message. To set the modem to ignore all dial tones before dialing: 1. Select StartÅSettingsÅControl PanelÅModems. 2. Select your modem, then select PropertiesÅConnections tab, then clear the checkbox for Wait for Dial Tone Before Dialing. NOTE: If you continue to receive the No Dial Tone error message after clearing the checkbox, select StartÅ ProgramsÅCompaq ModemÅWorldPort. Select USA, then again clear the checkbox for Wait for Dial Tone Before Dialing. Using an Internal Modem 9-7

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Using an Internal Modem
9-7
Selecting a Country-Specific Modem Configuration
To configure the modem for use in a specific country, select
Start
¯
Programs
¯
Compaq Modem
¯
WorldPort, then select
the country.
Travel Connection Checklist
If you experience connection problems while using the modem
outside your home country, the following suggestions may help.
■
Check the telephone line type
—The modem requires an
analog, not a digital, telephone line. An analog line may be
described as a data line, fax machine line, modem line, or
standard telephone line.
■
Check for pulse or tone dialing
—Dial a few digits on the
telephone and listen for clicks (pulses) or tones. Then make
sure your communication software is set to the corresponding
dialing mode (pulse or tone).
■
Check the telephone number you are dialing and the
response of the remote modem
—Dial the telephone number
on the telephone, wait for the remote modem to answer, then
hang up.
■
Set the modem to ignore dial tones
—If the modem receives
a dial tone it does not recognize, it will not dial and will
display a No Dial Tone error message. To set the modem to
ignore all dial tones before dialing:
1. Select Start
¯
Settings
¯
Control Panel
¯
Modems.
2. Select your modem, then select Properties
¯
Connections
tab, then clear the checkbox for Wait for Dial Tone
Before Dialing.
NOTE:
If you continue to receive the No Dial Tone error
message after clearing the checkbox, select Start
¯
Programs
¯
Compaq Modem
¯
WorldPort. Select USA,
then again clear the checkbox for Wait for Dial Tone
Before Dialing.