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6.Connect your answering machine to the other open phone port on the parallel splitter.
NOTE: If you do not connect your answering machine in this way, fax tones from a sending fax machine might be recorded on your answering machine, and you might not be able to receive faxes with the HP
7.(Optional) If your answering machine does not have a
8.If your modem software is set to receive faxes to your computer automatically, turn off that setting.
NOTE: If you do not turn off the automatic fax reception setting in your modem software, the HP
9.Turn on the Auto Answer setting.
10.Set your answering machine to answer after a low number of rings.
11.Change the Rings to Answer setting on the HP
12.Run a fax test.
When the phone rings, your answering machine will answer after the number of rings you have set, and then play your recorded greeting. The HP
Cause: I am setting up the HP
Solution:
NOTE: This possible solution applies only in the countries/regions that receive
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If your computer has only one phone port, you will need to purchase a parallel splitter (also called a coupler). (A parallel splitter has one
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