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Touchtone pad fade out

Started by 280Parka, June 30, 2019, 04:18:55 PM

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280Parka

I've got a couple of WE 2500's where the touch tone I hear when dialing starts off strong but then gradually fades out.  This is in contrast to several other TT's I have where I hear the tone strong for as long as I have the number button pushed.  I can still usually dial out on the "fade out" phones but sometimes have trouble when I'm trying to call services that require pushing buttons to answer questions ("push 1 for...").  Any ideas?

Key2871

If it's an older mechanical dial, it could be the capacitors that are dieing. But replacing them is way more difficult than to get a replacement dial.
KEN