Radio Shack Mounting On A Wall, PREPARING AN ANSWERING MACHINE FOR USE WITH THE AFX-400

7.Plug the supplied adapter’s barrel plug into the 12VAC jack, then plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. The POWER indicator on the front of the AFX-400 lights.

AX/	SWITCH		#1	Operating Mode
		#2		Caller ID

DEM	SETTINGS		#3 Distinctive Ring
	A	ON	#4 Ring Reduction
	S	OFF

Note:

•If AC power fails, your AFX-400 automatically passes incoming calls to its ANSWERING MACHINE and PHONE jacks, so you can answer the calls.

•The POWER indicator flashes slowly during calls.

MOUNTING ON A WALL

1. To mount the AFX-400 directly on a wall,			3/16"
you need two screws (not supplied) with
heads that fit the keyhole slots on the bot-
tom of the switch. Drill two holes 31/4	31	/4"
inches (83 mm) apart. Then thread a
screw into each hole, letting the heads
extend about 3/16 inch (5 mm) from the
wall.

2.Route the modular line cords through the line guides on the bottom of the AFX-400.

Line	Line
Guides	Guides

3.Place the keyhole slots over the screws and slide the AFX-400 downward to secure it.

PREPARING AN ANSWERING MACHINE FOR USE WITH THE AFX-400

1.Be sure your answering machine is set to answer calls in less than six rings, because the AFX-400 will ring the ANSWERING MACHINE jack only six times before routing the call to the FAX/MODEM jack.

2.Because some fax machines do not send a fax alert tone, your outgoing message should give callers instructions on how to send a fax (see “Receiving Faxes” on Page 8).

For example:

“Hello. Please leave your name and phone number at the tone. If you want to send a fax, press #91 on your touch- tone phone, then press START on your fax machine.”

3.For the best performance, your outgoing message should be 10–15 seconds long with 4 seconds of silence at the beginning of the message. The silence gives the AFX-400 a chance to detect fax alert tones or transfer codes.

INSTALLING AN OPTIONAL VOICE DATA GUARD

If a telephone device on the same line as the AFX-400 is in use, the AFX-400 does not let your fax machine or modem ac- cess the line or interrupt the call.

However, to prevent an extension telephone from interrupting a fax or data call in progress through the AFX-400, you must plug that extension phone into an optional voice data guard, such as RadioShack Cat. No. 43-107.

Note: You do not need to use a voice data guard if your an- swering machine automatically stops playing the outgoing message when you pick up an extension phone and you con- nected the answering machine to the AFX-400’sANSWERING MACHINE jack.

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