Phone changed from tone to pulse. there's no switch on the base to change from tone and pulse so how can i change this. vtech 2461

Well, cannot find ia5862...but from ia5863 which must be similar; Manual at http://www.scribd.com/doc/64707312/Vtech-Phone-Ia5863-Manual-r2, it says... Set the dial mode
If you have touch tone service, the phone is ready to use as soon as the battery is charged. If you have pulse (rotary) service, you'll need to change the dial modee• Press
PROG.
• Press o runtil the screen displays
DIAL MODE:
and the current settings• Press
SELECT.
The current setting blinks • Press or to select
TONE
or
PULSE.
• Press
SELECT
to save

Hope it helps, sounds like the phone should ALREADY be on tone dial out of the box.

Enter the model of your VTech phone into the search box at http://www.vtechphones.com/support/general/manuals to download a copy of the manual. The manual will explain how to switch your phone between pulse and tone dialing.

There's a TONE/PULSE switch on the bottom of the unit. Switch it to TONE.
If you need one, you can download a copy of the VT2461 manual here.

There's a tone/pulse switch on the bottom of the base unit. If you need a manual, you can download one at
http://vt.vtp-media.com/ecp/documents/product_Product/1249/UserManual/2839/vt2461_manual.pdf


http://vt.vtp-media.com/ecp/documents/product_Product/
1249/UserManual/2839/vt2461_manual.pdf

HI, To switch back to tone dialing, hold down the SELECT button for couple of seconds. The display on the base unit will read PU indicating pulse dialing. Now press and hold SELECT to change it to TN (Tone dialing).
thank you,
vijay

The Vetech phone will only support tone dialing. It does have a menu option that turns tone on or off but it still will not allow pulse dialing. I had to change the phone service from pulse dialing to tone dialing to get the phones to work. As it turned out, the phone company no longer charges extra for the tone service.

Here are the instructions for one vtech phone (may not be quite the same as yours but may work or give enough hints for you to figure it out):
Press PROG.•
Press ? or ? until the screen displays DIAL MODE: and the current setting.
Press SELECT. The current setting blinks.
Press ? or ? to select TONE or PULSE.
Press SELECT to save.

To switch back to tone dialing, hold down the SELECT button for couple of seconds. The display on the base unit will read PU indicating pulse dialing. Now press and hold SELECT to change it to TN (Tone dialing).

hold the select button down a few seconds until you'll see a 'tn' on the readout. this sets it to tone. hold it down again and it will set back to 'Pu' for pulse. i figured this out by accident. the losers at vtech never answered my question.

http://www.vtechphones.com/vtechui/support/manual.cfm?manualID=373