IMessage v. Text message

We had two iPhone4's in our house and my husband has now switched to a Samsung Note. He can send me text messages, but when I reply, my phone still sends the message to the Note as an iMessage (thinking he still has an iPhone). How do I make his telephone number a text message number instead of a iMessage number?

Have you tried Settings > Messages > Send as SMS OFF?

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