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Numbers not working when on call to auto system

Hope the title makes sense.

Basically bought a corded phone for the bedroom as a back up phone as guilty of sometimes letting the hands free run out of battery.

However when making calls from it and getting those 'for such and such press 1, for such and such press 2' etc etc, nothing happens, you can press whatever # you want and then the options get repeated again.

If i use my cordless phone for these calls, i don't have a problem.

So what is wrong with my phone???
Mummy to two girls: October 2013 and February 2016

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  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver!
    It's not switched to tone dialling. You'll find a tone/pulse switch (probably underneath).
    Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.
  • Thanks for that, i couldn't find a button so unplugged it all as my manual said to reset all the settings and now it works as it should, i must of programmed something wrong.
    Mummy to two girls: October 2013 and February 2016
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