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Go On Hook

(Hang up the telephone handset)

 

 

Dial the First Digit...  

 

   

 

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Dial tone  

 

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When the calling subscriber picks up the handset, a line finder switch immediately steps vertically until it reaches the level on which the terminals of the calling subscriber's line appears and then hunts across the level until these terminals are found.  The first selector, which is permanently connected to the line finder, then sends back a dial tone to the subscriber as a signal to dial.