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

Figure 8-11 Back view of the device

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Telephone wall jack

 

 

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Telephone cord connected to the parallel splitter

 

 

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Parallel splitter

 

 

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Telephone (optional)

 

 

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Answering machine

 

 

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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.

4.Using the phone cord supplied in the box with the HP 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 HP 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.

Set up faxing for the device

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