How can I get the dial tone turned back on without lifting receiver? I want to be able to lift the phone and answer without pushing Line 1

When did it start?
You haven't mentioned what you hear when you lift the receiver and try to dial out.
Please try this: (A process of elimination.)
- Unplug your modem from the telephone line.
- Plug your telephone directly to the telephone line without going through the line filter.
- It should work OK. If the phone is not defective, you should hear a clear dial tone.
- Now connect your phone through the line filter and try to use it again.
- If it does not work then you need a new line filter for your telephone.
- If it works, then re-connect your modem back to the telephone line like it was before.

If the modem knocks out your phone again, please contact the modem supplier.

Cordless phones can not 'forward' a call to an outside line.
Forwarding must be controlled by the ATT, Verizon, or landline provider.
Please contact your provider to determine if you have call forwarding feature built into your service package.

Then, follow the instructions of your landline phone provider.
Here is the instructions for Verizon:


Activating Call Forwarding
You can activate Call Forwarding whenever you want your calls to be sent to another phone, including a mobile phone. Once activated, all your calls will be sent to the forwarding number you request. Each time a call is forwarded, you will hear one short reminder tone on your home phone, but you will not be able to answer the call from your home number.

1. Lift your telephone's receiver and listen for a dial tone.
   
   
2. Press .
   In some areas you must use
   Dial 1172 on rotary or pulse-dialing phones.
   
   
3. When you hear the tone, set or change the Call Forwarding number by dialing the telephone number where you want your calls transferred.
   You will hear the number you entered ring. When the number is answered, Call Forwarding is activated.
   
   
4. If the call is not answered or the line is busy, hang up and call the number again within two minutes.
   You will hear two short tones telling you that Call Forwarding is activated.
   
   
5. Hang up the receiver.

Hi, You can use this instruction to activate and de-activate Call divert .Works on all phone


Turning Call Divert On

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by Touch Tone phone

Step 1 Lift the receiver and listen for the dial tone.
Step 2 Press the Divert On button if using an Optus OneTouch phone, or dial *78 from any other touch tone phone.
Step 3 Listen for three beeps followed by a continuous tone.
Step 4 Dial the telephone number to which the calls are to be diverted.
Step 5 Listen for two short beeps, confirming the diversion.
Step 6 Replace the receiver


Turning Call Divert Off

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By Touch Tone phone

Step1 Lift the receiver and listen for the dial tone
Step2 Press the Divert Off button if using an Optus OneTouch phone, or dial #78 from any other touch tone phone
Step3 Listen for two short beeps to confirm removal of the diversion
Step4 Replace the receiver.



Other Call Divert Options - Selective Calls
With selective call options, you can choose which numbers you wish to divert, accept or reject by adding these numbers to a list. You can list up to 30 numbers for each call option.

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Turning On or Off Selective Call Options

Step1 Lift the receiver and listen for the dial tone
Step2 Press the access code for the service you require. You will hear a prompt telling you the status of the service and how many telephone numbers you have on your list. To turn the service on/off press 3.

Access codes Dial
*63 for Selective Call Divert Dial
*68 for Selective Call Accept Dial
*60 for Selective Call Reject
Step3 For Selective Call Divert you will then hear the 'divert to' number that is currently entered. If this number is correct press 1. If it is incorrect, press 0, then re-enter the phone number you wish to have your calls diverted to. When turning this feature off dial 3 again.
Step 4 The feature is now on/off.
Step 5 Replace the receiver.


Note: You can divert calls to a local, national or mobile. However, you cannot divert calls to emergency, 0055, 1900, 008, 1800, 0050, 13, 1300 or international numbers.

Hope it helped.

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1. lift the handset and listen for the dial tone. 2. press the store button 3. dial the number that you wish to store 4. press the store button a second time 5. press one of the numbers on the phone [0-9] and that will become the speed dial number. 6. make a record of the speed dial number and the name of the person it will call.
Then when you want the person on speed dial number 5, just pick up the receiver, get a dial tone and push 5. Thats it!
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Hi sythonk
1. Make sure you have a telephone cable connected the jack labelled "LINE" on your brother machine.
Go through the Menu on the LCD, Initial setup, dial tone, choose the correct dial tone PULSE or TONE.
Exit from the menu.
Pick up the handset on the fax machine, and dial your nuber to make a phone call. (To send a fax, dial the number without lifting the handset.)
Hope this will work for you. If it solved your problem, give a please rating
Cheers
luciana44

Disconnect the phone line from the modem and connect a normal phone to this phone line. Lift the handset and check it you have a dial tone and see if you can dial out.
If you don't get a dial tone then there is a fault with the phone line and it needs to be repaired before you can use your modem.

Do you mean send the call to another phone?
Make sure the line is not on hold (push the caller's line) then push Cnf/Trn, dial the extension you want the call to go to, then hang up.
The person you're sending to will receive that call on their speakerphone button and it will ring in a different tone.

Check the phone line with a regular phone.

Activating Call Forwarding

You can activate Call Forwarding whenever you want your calls to be sent to another phone, including a mobile phone. Once activated, all your calls will be sent to the forwarding number you request. Each time a call is forwarded, you will hear one short reminder tone on your home phone, but you will not be able to answer the call from your home number.

1. Lift your telephone's receiver and listen for a dial tone.


2. Press *7 2.
In some areas you must use 72#
Dial 1172 on rotary or pulse-dialing phones.


3. At the tone, dial the telephone number where you want your calls transferred.
You will hear the number you entered ring. When the number is answered, Call Forwarding is activated.


4. If the call is not answered or the line is busy, hang up and call the number again within two minutes.
You will hear two short tones telling you that Call Forwarding is activated.


5. Hang up the receiver.

Deactivating Call Forwarding

Turn Call Forwarding off when you want to receive calls on your home phone.

1. Lift your telephone's receiver and listen for a dial tone.


2. Press * 73.
In some areas you must use 73#
Dial 1173 on rotary or pulse-dialing phones.


3. Listen for two short tones.
Call Forwarding is now off and you will receive your calls at your home number.

You have a couple of answers, depending on which phone system the phone is connected to.

Pres PROGRAM and dial 1. If the display says PREF. OUT then dial 1 and press STORE then PROG. You now have no PREFERENCE so you get the intercom by default. You get it back or change it by PROG 12 for idle line, or 13x (1-8) for a specific line.

If you didn't get anything with those numbers, try PROG 19 STORE. Then the AUTO ANS key will step you through the choices. That's used on TDA TDE and TAW boxes.

Carl