User Manual

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Installing the SOMAport
Connecting telephones to the SOMAport
If telephone service is not available in your area or if you do not subscribe to
telephone service, skip to “Activating service” on page 39.
Telephone jacks on the SOMAport
There are two telephone jacks on the back of the SOMAport. The telephone jack
on the right corresponds to line 1 and the telephone jack on the left corresponds
to line 2.
The way in which you connect telephones to the SOMAport depends on three
things: the number of telephone lines you subscribe to (one or two), the number
of telephones you connect to the SOMAport, and the types of telephones you
connect (one-line or two-line telephones). The following table shows how to
connect telephones to the SOMAport. Detailed procedures follow.
Telephone
lines
Connecting one telephone Connecting two telephones
One You must connect the telephone to
the line 1 jack. You cannot use the
line 2 jack.
See “To connect a single telephone
to the SOMAport” on page 36.
You must insert a duplex adapter into
the line 1 jack and then connect both
telephones to the adapter. You cannot
use the line 2 jack.
See “To connect two telephones to the
SOMAport (when you have one
telephone line)” on page 38.
Two You can use either telephone jack.
 If you connect a two-line
telephone to the line 1 jack, line 1
will be on the line 1 button on your
telephone and line 2 will be on the
line 2 button.
 If you connect a two-line
telephone to the line 2 jack, line 2
will be on the line 1 button on your
telephone and line 1 will be on the
line 2 button.
See “To connect a single telephone
to the SOMAport” on page 36.
Connect telephones to both jacks.
 If you connect a single-line telephone
to the line 1 jack, it will be serviced by
line 1.
 If you connect a single-line telephone
to the line 2 jack, it will be serviced by
line 2.
 If you connect a two-line telephone to
the line 1 jack, line 1 will be on the
line 1 button on your telephone and
line 2 will be on the line 2 button.
 If you connect a two-line telephone to
the line 2 jack, line 2 will be on the
line 1 button on your telephone and
line 1 will be on the line 2 button.
See “To connect two telephones to the
SOMAport (when you have two
telephone lines)” on page 37.