Chapter 7

If your computer has one phone port, set up the HP device as described below.

Figure 7-11 Back view of the device

1 Telephone wall jack

2 Telephone cord connected to the parallel splitter

3 Parallel splitter

4 Telephone (optional)

5 Answering machine

6 Computer with modem

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Use the phone cord supplied in the box with the device to connect to

 

the "1-LINE" port

 

 

To set up the device on the same phone line as a computer with one phone port

1.Remove the white plug from the port labeled 2-EXT on the back of the HP device.

2.Find the phone cord that connects from the back of your computer (your computer dial-up 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 the device.

3.Unplug your answering machine from the telephone wall jack, and connect it to the port labeled 2-EXT on the back of the device.

NOTE: If you do not connect your answering machine directly to the device, 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 device.

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HP J4660 manual Back view of the device