HP ProBook 5220m HP ProBook Notebook PC User Guide - Windows Vista - Page 40

To add a location setting for the modem, follow these steps: 1. Select Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Phone and Modem Options. 2. Then click the Dialing Rules tab. 3. Click New. (The New Location window is displayed.) 4. In the Location name box, type a name (such as "home" or "work") for the new location setting. 5. Select a country or region from the Country/region drop-down list. (If you select a country or region that is not supported by the modem, the Country/region selection for USA or UK is displayed by default.) 6. Enter the area code, a carrier code (if necessary), and the number to access an outside line (if necessary). 7. Next to Dial using, click Tone or Pulse. 8. Click OK to save your new location setting. (The Phone and Modem Options window is displayed.) 9. Do one of the following: ● To set your new location setting as the current location, click OK. ● To select another location setting as the current location setting, select your preference from the settings in the Location list, and then click OK. NOTE: You can use the preceding procedure to add location settings for places within your own country or region as well as in other countries or regions. For example, you could add a setting named "Work" that includes dialing rules for accessing an outside line. Solving travel connection problems If you experience modem connection problems when using the computer outside of the country or region in which you purchased it, try the following suggestions. ● Check the telephone line type. The modem requires an analog, not a digital, telephone line. A line described as a PBX line is usually a digital line. A telephone line described as a data line, fax machine line, modem line, or standard telephone line is usually an analog line. ● Check for pulse or tone dialing. An analog telephone line supports one of 2 dialing modes: pulse dialing or tone dialing. These dialing mode options are selected in the Phone and Modem settings. The dialing mode option selected must match the dialing mode supported by the telephone line in your location. To determine the dialing mode supported by a telephone line, dial a few digits on the telephone, and then listen for clicks (pulses) or tones. Clicks indicate that the telephone line supports pulse dialing. Tones indicate that the telephone line supports tone dialing. To change the dialing mode in your current modem location setting, follow these steps: 1. Select Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Phone and Modem Options. 2. Then click the Dialing Rules tab. 3. Select your modem location setting. 28 Chapter 2 Wireless, local area network, and modem