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factman
Dec 08, 2021Aspirant
NIghthawk CM1150V Drops Dial Tone
Our ancient RCA 4-line phones had been working okay with the CM1150V voice modem, but they really needed replacing after 20 years and us down to just two phone lines these days. Frustratingly, the 2-...
- Dec 23, 2021
Solved with a little luck.
After a lot of experimentation, I stumbled upon deep in the new phone's settings, something called "Line Mode." (Initial Settings | Line Select) I've since learned that modern DECT 6.0 phones have this buried deep in their internal phone system menu -- and both phone systems with which I had lost the dial tone were DECT 6.0 systems. The setting for the business phone line that worked was "B." The setting for the personal phone line that was losing the dial tone was set on "A." Long story short, I reset the Line Mode for the personal line to "B" and it has not dropped the dial tone even once in over a week.
Thanks so much for the time and thought you devoted to solving this problem.
factman
Dec 23, 2021Aspirant
Solved with a little luck.
After a lot of experimentation, I stumbled upon deep in the new phone's settings, something called "Line Mode." (Initial Settings | Line Select) I've since learned that modern DECT 6.0 phones have this buried deep in their internal phone system menu -- and both phone systems with which I had lost the dial tone were DECT 6.0 systems. The setting for the business phone line that worked was "B." The setting for the personal phone line that was losing the dial tone was set on "A." Long story short, I reset the Line Mode for the personal line to "B" and it has not dropped the dial tone even once in over a week.
Thanks so much for the time and thought you devoted to solving this problem.
FURRYe38
Dec 23, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Glad you got it working. Enjoy. :smileywink: