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Exploring Your Computer’s Features
Setting up for communications
Before you can communicate using the modem, you need to
connect it to a telephone line. Your computer’s built-in modem port
provides an RJ-11 jack, allowing you to connect the modem to a
standard voice-grade telephone line.
1Plug one end of a telephone cable (purchased separately) into
the modem port on the side of the computer.
(Sample Illustration) Connecting the telephone cable to the modem
port
2Connect the other end to the RJ-11 wall jack.
(Sample Illustration) Connecting to a wall jack
Connect the built-in modem only to ordinary analog phone lines.
Never connect the built-in modem to a digital line (ISDN).
Never connect the built-in modem to the digital connector on a
public telephone or to a digital private branch exchange (PBX).
Never connect the built-in modem to a key telephone system for
residences or offices.
Connection to any communication line other than an analog phone
line could cause a computer system failure.
Now you are ready to send a fax or use the modem to connect to an
online service or the Internet.
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