you might already have in your home or office. If the supplied phone cord is too short, see The phone cord that came with my HP All-in-One is not long enough for information on extending it.
4.(Optional) If your answering machine does not have a built-in phone, for convenience you might want to connect a phone to the back of your answering machine at the "OUT" port.
5.Set up the HP All-in-One to answer incoming calls automatically. Press the Auto Answer button until the light is on.
6.Set your answering machine to answer after four or fewer rings.
7.Change the Rings to Answer setting on your HP All-in-One to six rings. For information on changing this setting, see Set the number of rings before answering.
8.Run a fax test. For information, see Test your fax setup.
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 All-in-One monitors the call during this time, "listening" for fax tones. If incoming fax tones are detected, the HP All-in-One will emit fax reception tones and receive the fax; if there are no fax tones, the HP All-in-One stops monitoring the line and your answering machine can record a voice message.
Case J: Shared voice/fax line with computer modem and answering machine
If you receive both voice calls and fax calls at the same phone number, and you also have a computer modem and answering machine connected on this phone line, set up your HP All-in-One as described in this section.
Since your computer modem shares the phone line with your HP All-in-One, you will not be able to use both your computer modem and your HP All-in-One for faxing simultaneously. For example, you cannot use your HP All-in-One for faxing if you are using your computer modem to send an e-mail or access the Internet.
There are two different ways to set up your HP All-in-One with your computer based on the number of phone ports on your computer. Before you begin, check your computer to see if it has one or two phone ports:
●If your computer has only one phone port, see the next section, Set up your HP All-in-One to a computer with one phone port. You will need to purchase a parallel splitter (also called a coupler), as shown below. (A parallel splitter has one RJ-11 port on the front and two RJ-11 ports on the back. Do not use a 2-line phone splitter, a serial splitter, or a parallel splitter which has two RJ-11 ports on the front and a plug on the back.)
Example of a parallel splitter
●If your computer has two phone ports, see Set up your HP All-in-One to a computer with two phone ports.
