User's Guide

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2. To use a telephone or answering machine, you need a second phone cable. Before connecting
the cable, remove the cap from the EXT. port on the back of your product, if present.
3. Connect one end of the cable to the telephone or answering machine, and connect the other
end to the EXT. port.
Tip:
If you’ve connected an answering machine, you may need to adjust the number of rings
after
which the fax picks up. (The number of rings to answer must be one more than for the answering
machine.)
A phone or answering machine must be connected to the EXT. port on your product to detect an
incoming fax call when a phone is picked up. If a fax call comes in, and you pick up the phone
DSL filter
Telephone
wall jack
DSL
modem
Cap
Telephone
wall jack
LINE cable
EXT. cable