MultiModemDSVD User Guide

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Introduction

This chapter shows step-by-step how to set up your MultiModemDSVD and configure your communications software to work with it.

What You Will Need

Before starting, please make sure you have everything you need:

We supply

✔An MT5600DSVD data/fax/voice modem

✔A DC power supply module

✔A set of four plastic feet

✔A modular telephone cable

✔A headset (MT5600DSDV only)

✔A system CD containing drivers, a User Guide, Phone Tools (a data communica- tions program), and Acrobat Reader

✔A printed Quick Start Guide

You supply

✔A computer with an unused serial port

✔A shielded RS-232 serial cable with a male DB-25 connector on one end and a connector to match your computer’s serial port on the other end

✔A nearby AC power outlet

✔A nearby telephone line jack

✔An optional PC stereo microphone (MT5600DSDV only)

✔An optional amplified speaker or sound card with speakers (MT5600DSDV only)

✔For connecting to a sound card, an optional male-to-male stereo patch cord with 1/8-inch mini plugs (MT5600DSDV only)

If you are new to computers, see Chapter 3, “Features,” for more information about the required equipment.

Safety Warnings

•Use this product only with UL- and CUL-listed computers.

•To reduce the risk of fire, use only 26 AWG or larger telephone wiring.

•Never install telephone wiring during a lightning storm.

•Never install a telephone jack in a wet location unless the jack is specifically designed for wet locations.

•Never touch uninsulated telephone wires or terminals unless the telephone line has been disconnected at the network interface.

•Use caution when installing or modifying telephone lines.

•Avoid using a telephone during an electrical storm; there is a risk of electrical shock from lightning.

•Do not use a telephone in the vicinity of a gas leak.

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