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case G: shared voice/fax line with PC modem and answering machine

If you receive both voice calls and fax calls at the same phone number, and you also have a PC modem and answering machine connected on this phone line, connect your HP Fax as described in this section.

Note: Since your PC modem shares the telephone line with your HP Fax, you will not be able to use both your PC modem and your HP Fax simultaneously. For example, while you are sending and receiving faxes, you will not be able to send e-mail or access the Internet.

fax setup

Use the phone cord supplied in the box with your HP Fax

Telephone wall jack

PC with modem

Answering Telephone

machine (optional)

Back view of the HP Fax

IN

OUT

1Remove the white plug from the port labeled “2-EXT” on the back of your HP Fax.

2Find the phone cord that connects from the back of your computer (your PC modem) to a telephone wall jack. Disconnect the cord from the telephone wall jack and plug it into the port labeled “2-EXT” on the back of your HP Fax.

3Unplug your answering machine from the telephone wall jack, and connect it to the “out” port on the back of your PC modem.

This allows a direct connection between the HP Fax and your answering machine, even though the PC modem is connected first in line.

Caution! If you do not connect your answering machine in this way, fax tones from a sending fax machine could be recorded on your answering machine, and you will probably not be able to receive faxes with your HP Fax.

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