User Manual

Chapter 6
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• If You Do Not Subscribe to Distinctive
Ring Service:
You must plug your TAD into the EXT.
jack of your machine. If your TAD is
plugged into a wall jack, both your
machine and the TAD will try to control the
telephone line. (See the illustration
below.)
• Before you connect the external TAD,
remove the protective cap (2) from the
EXT. jack on the machine.
1TAD
2 Protective Cap
When the TAD answers a call, the LCD
shows Telephone.
IMPORTANT
DO NOT connect a TAD elsewhere on the
same telephone line.
Connections 6
The external TAD must be plugged into the
jack labeled EXT. Your machine cannot work
properly if you plug the TAD into a wall jack
(unless you are using Distinctive Ring).
a Plug the telephone line cord from the
telephone wall jack into the jack labeled
LINE.
b Remove the protective cap (1) from the
jack labeled EXT, and then plug the
telephone line cord from the external
TAD into the EXT. jack. (Make sure this
cord is connected to the TAD at the
TAD's telephone line jack, and not its
handset jack.)
c Set your external TAD to four rings or
less. (The machine's Ring Delay setting
does not apply.)
d Record the outgoing message on your
external TAD.
e Set the TAD to answer calls.
f Set the Receive Mode to
External TAD. (See Choose the
correct Receive Mode on page 25.)
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