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Exploring Your Computer’s Features

Setting up for communications

Connecting the modem to a telephone line

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 right side of the computer.

Sample connecting the telephone cable to the modem port2Connect the other end to an RJ-11 wall jack.Sample connecting to a wall jack

The modem is designed for use with a standard analog telephone line. Do not connect the modem to a digital telephone line. A digital line will damage the modem.