Chapter 7
If You Do Not Subscribe to the Distinctive Ring Service:
You must plug your TAD into the EXT. jack of your machine. If your TAD is plugged into a wall jack, both your machine and the TAD will try to control the telephone line. (See the illustration below.)
Before you connect an external TAD (telephone answering device), remove the protective cap (2) from the EXT. jack on the machine.
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1TAD
2Protective Cap
NOTE
If you have problems receiving faxes, reduce the Ring Delay setting on your external TAD.
Connections
The external TAD must be plugged into the back of the machine, into the jack labeled EXT. Your machine cannot work correctly if you plug the TAD into a wall jack (unless you are using Distinctive Ring).
a Plug the telephone line cord from the telephone wall jack into the back of the machine, in the jack labeled LINE.
b Plug the telephone line cord from your
external TAD into the back of the machine, in the jack labeled EXT. (Make sure this cord is connected to the TAD at the TAD’s telephone line jack, and not its handset jack.)
c Set your external TAD to four rings or less. (The machine’s Ring Delay setting does not apply.)
d Record the outgoing message on your external TAD.
e Set the TAD to answer calls.
f Set the Receive Mode on your machine to External TAD (see Choose the correct Receive Mode on page 38).
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