Zoom Zoom V3 manual VoIP Phone Installation Options, Plug Multiple Phones Directly into

Appendix B

VoIP Phone Installation

Options

Your V3 gateway makes it easy to make both VoIP calls over the Internet and regular phone calls using your standard phone service. You can plug a single telephone into the V3’s PHONE jack. You may prefer to connect more than one phone to the V3 so that you can make VoIP calls from other rooms. You have a choice of two ways to accomplish this without running wires.

•Plug Multiple Phones Directly into the V3

•Use Cordless Phones to Link to the V3

Each of these ways is very easy and virtually foolproof.

Plug Multiple Phones Directly into the V3

If you want more than one phone near the V3—in a small office, for example—you can use standard telephone adapters to connect multiple phones. These adapters are called T-adapters or 2-jack modular adapters; many people use them to plug in their answering machines. You can plug in as many phones as you’d like. (If you plug multiple phones directly into the V3, just be sure that when you add up all their Ringer Equivalence Numbers (RENs), the total is 5 or lower. Virtually all phones show the REN somewhere. Most phones have a REN that’s 1 or lower.)

Use Cordless Phones to Link to the V3

If you have a cordless phone that has more than one handset, simply plug the base station into the V3—you can then make VoIP and regular calls using all the handsets.

Note: If you have a wireless network that operates over the typical 2.4GHz frequency and you want to use cordless phones, it is best if you use 900MHz or 5GHz phones; that way, you will minimize any chance of interference.

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