Nortel Networks Instructions for old phone

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Instructions for old phone Martin Leese 09-09-06
Posted by Martin Leese on September 9, 2006, 2:38 am
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Hi,

I have acquired an old Northern Telecom phone,
but I have no instructions. The phone has no
model number, but has "Rd.1982 Rd.1983 Rd.1985"
on the base. Also on the base is stamped in
ink "BEL541" (the '5' is a guess). On the top
are a programming button (which you access by
removing a clear plastic piece) and eight
buttons. Below this is the regular touchtone
keypad, and three red LEDs; the left LED lights
up when you lift the handset. Under the handset
is a three way slider with "O" on the left and
"III" on the right. It is not cordless.

Amazingly, somebody described this exact phone
on this newsgroup in 1999, look:
http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.dcom.sys.nortel/browse_frm/thread/bfb38cb984a1ec5b/5855577b1b2299b2?lnk=st&q=northern+telecom+rd+1985+(handset+OR+phone+OR+telephone)&rnum=2&hl=en#5855577b1b2299b2
This thread told me how to program the speed
dial buttons.

What I now need to know is:
o Which of the eight buttons are Flash and
Redial.
o What does the O - III slider do.
o What do the three red LEDs indicate.

Many thanks for any help you can give.

--
Regards,
Martin Leese
E-mail: please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID
Web: http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/

Posted by Martin Leese on September 17, 2006, 9:12 pm
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Martin Leese wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have acquired an old Northern Telecom phone,
> but I have no instructions.

I have worked out (almost) everything by
trial and error, so can answer my own
questions. I thought I would do this so
that they would be in Google Groups for
others.

...
> Amazingly, somebody described this exact phone
> on this newsgroup in 1999, look:
>
http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.dcom.sys.nortel/browse_frm/thread/bfb38cb984a1ec5b/5855577b1b2299b2?lnk=st&q=northern+telecom+rd+1985+(handset+OR+phone+OR+telephone)&rnum=2&hl=en#5855577b1b2299b2
>
> This thread told me how to program the speed
> dial buttons.

The sequence is:
1. Lift receiver.
2. Press program button. (Right-hand red
LED lights.)
3. Press store button.
4. Enter number on touchtone keypad.
5. Replace receiver.

> What I now need to know is:
> o Which of the eight buttons are Flash and
> Redial.

Redial is bottom left.
Flash is bottom right.

> o What does the O - III slider do.

Adjusts the volume of the ringer.

> o What do the three red LEDs indicate.

Left indicates you are connected to a line.
Right indicates you are storing a number.
Middle; don't know.

> Many thanks for any help you can give.

God, I'm wonderful.

--
Regards,
Martin Leese
E-mail: please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID
Web: http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/

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