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Printers and Other Hardware, Phone and Modem

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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 > Printers and Other Hardware > Phone and Modem Options. 2. Then click the Dialing Rules tab. 3. Select your modem location setting. 4. Click Edit. 5. Click either Tone or Pulse. 6. Click OK twice. ● Check the telephone number you are dialing and the response of the remote modem. Dial a telephone number, make sure there is a response from the remote modem, and then hang up. ● Set the modem to ignore dial tones. If the modem receives a dial tone it does not recognize, it does not dial and displays a "No Dial Tone" error message. To set the modem to ignore all dial tones before dialing, follow these steps: 1. Select Start > Control Panel > Printers and Other Hardware > Phone and Modem Options. 2. Then click the Modems tab. 3. Click the listing for the modem. 4. Click Properties. 5. Click Modem. 6. Clear the check box for Wait for dial tone before dialing. 7. Click OK twice. Using the modem 29

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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
>
Printers and Other Hardware
>
Phone and Modem
Options
.
2.
Then click the
Dialing Rules
tab.
3.
Select your modem location setting.
4.
Click
Edit
.
5.
Click either
Tone
or
Pulse
.
6.
Click
OK
twice.
●
Check the telephone number you are dialing and the response of the remote modem
.
Dial a telephone number, make sure there is a response from the remote modem, and then hang
up.
●
Set the modem to ignore dial tones
.
If the modem receives a dial tone it does not recognize, it does not dial and displays a “No Dial
Tone” error message.
To set the modem to ignore all dial tones before dialing, follow these steps:
1.
Select
Start
>
Control Panel
>
Printers and Other Hardware
>
Phone and Modem
Options
.
2.
Then click the
Modems
tab.
3.
Click the listing for the modem.
4.
Click
Properties
.
5.
Click
Modem
.
6.
Clear the check box for
Wait for dial tone before dialing
.
7.
Click
OK
twice.
Using the modem
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