Even if your telephone exchange operates only in pulse mode, autoinformators installed in some organizations only accept tone commands. To interact with them, you have to switch the phone to the appropriate mode.
Instructions
Step 1
If you called the number of an automatic informant using a mobile phone, then it already works for you in tone mode. If it turns out that the autoinformer does not respond to commands, find in the phone menu the item corresponding to the DTMF signal transmission mode (in different phones it is called differently). Allow the transmission of such signals.
Step 2
Find out if your telephone site supports tone mode. If it turns out that the PBX has been upgraded and is now able to be controlled in this way, switch to tone mode and your home phone, and dialing will speed up significantly. To do this, find a switch labeled P-T or Pulse-Tone on its bottom or one of the side walls. Switch it to T or Tone mode. Then check if the PBX responds to tone commands, and if not, switch the phone back to pulse mode.
Step 3
In some wired devices (mainly equipped with radio handsets), switching to the tone mode is carried out not by a mechanical switch, but through the menu. Find the location of the corresponding menu item in the instructions or on your own.
Step 4
If the PBX does not support tone mode, it is inconvenient to use the switch or menu whenever it is necessary to use an automatic informant. Leaving the machine switched to pulse mode, after dialing the number, press the key with an asterisk. The unit will switch to tone mode and will remain in it until you hang up.
Step 5
Rotary dials and early push-button telephones do not support tone mode at all. Having called from such a device to the autoinformer, wait for the secretary to answer, and then ask him to manually connect you with the desired subscriber. If communication with the secretary is not provided, use a special autonomous device - a beeper. Bring it to the microphone and press the buttons with the desired numbers.
