How to Change * Key Used by USB Skype Adapter

You normally press the * key on your phone to switch between landline and Skype modes.

 

However, your landline may already require the * key for other uses. For example, you may dial *98 to retrieve your landline voice mail, or *69 to redial last incoming caller, etc. This would cause a conflict with the USB Adapter, since dialing * would switch you to USB(Skype) mode.

 

To avoid this conflict, you can change the adapter's default landline-to-Skype switch key from * to another key, or key sequence (such as 9, 98, *9, **, etc, whatever you prefer)

 

 

In this example, let's say you want to use ** instead of  *

 

Windows Users

1. Close SkypeMate - In system tray, right click the SkypeMate icon and select Exit.
   
   
2. Click on Start -> Run and type in %appdata%
   
   
3. The ApplicationData folder will appear in a window, open the SkypeMate folder
   
   
4. Open the "Custom.ini" file in Notepad
   
   
5. Find the following line (located about 3/4 of the way down):
   
   szBoxTurnCommand = *
   
   Change to
   
   szBoxTurnCommand = **
   
   
6. Save and close Custom.ini and restart SkypeMate.

 

Now when you want to switch between landline and Skype mode, dial ** on your phone's keypad.

 

Return to USB Skype Adapter User Guide for Windows

 

 

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