Psion 3a Series - Dialling problems

Dialling problems
If dialling fails, try altering the distance between mouthpiece and speaker. If this still
fails, you can try increasing the 'tone time' and 'delay time', in the 'Dialling' option on
the System screen - the longer you set them for, the better the chance of tone dialling
succeeding when the phone connection is poor.
Remember that phone systems do vary, and DTMF dialling cannot be guaranteed to
work on all phones.
You may wish to dial a local number without its area code (if it won't work with one
in your country, or if it costs more to use the area code, or if there is a local area code
you can use instead). To do this, enter the number twice in a Database entry, once
with the area code and once without it (but with any local area code). Press
Shift-Enter to insert the extra line. Then, when you dial, you'll be given the choice of
the two versions of the number. Make sure that there are no spaces or hyphens in
the version without the area code - otherwise, a national prefix will be added when
you dial. (Alternatively, put the area code in the entry, and when dialling use
Shift-Delete in the 'Dial' dialog to delete it from the start of the number.)
If you travel abroad
Set your home city to your new location, or to that of a nearby city in the same country.
As long as the local phone system understands DTMF signals, dialling should be
possible.
If you have followed the guidelines in this chapter for entering phone numbers, the
Series 3a will, wherever possible, provide the correct code to dial. If, for any reason, it
cannot - one or two countries have incomplete international information - you can still
edit the number to be dialled, before pressing Tab or Enter.
Free-form dialling
Whatever you're doing with the Series 3a, you can almost always press Control-Dial
(Control-Psion-Help) to display the free-form dialler.
As explained beforehand, digits are now dialled as you type them. The digits you type
are displayed on the screen, and you can press Tab to redial them, if necessary.
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Very occasionally, such as when an alarm is being shown, free-form dialling is not
possible.
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