HP J6400 manual Case a Separate fax line no voice calls received, Other equipment/services

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Other equipment/services	Recommended fax setup
sharing your fax line	for parallel-type phone
	systems

Recommended fax setup for serial-type phone systems

Voice calls, computer dial-up	Case K: Shared voice/fax line Not applicable.
modem, and voice mail service	with computer dial-up modem
(You answered Yes to	and voice mail
questions 4, 5, and 7 only.)

Case A: Separate fax line (no voice calls received)

If you have a separate phone line on which you receive no voice calls, and you have no other equipment connected on this phone line, set up the device as described in this section.

Figure 8-1 Back view of the device

1	Telephone wall jack
2	Use the phone cord supplied in the box with the device to connect to
	the 1-LINE port

To set up the device with a separate fax line

1.Using the phone cord supplied in the box with the device, connect one end to your telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port labeled 1-LINE on the back of the device.

NOTE: If you do not use the supplied cord to connect from the telephone wall jack to the device, you might not be able to fax successfully. This special phone cord is different from the phone cords you might already have in your home or office.

2.Turn on the Auto Answer setting.

3.(Optional) Change the Rings to Answer setting to the lowest setting (two rings).

4.Run a fax test.

When the phone rings, the device answers automatically after the number of rings you set in the Rings to Answer setting. The device begins emitting fax reception tones to the sending fax machine and receives the fax.

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