Talkaphone EB-200 Base Station - Manual (Page 3)

Hardware Installation
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II. Hardware Installation
A. Connecting the Base Station
Plug the RJ11 male connector from the incoming phone line into the RJ11
connector marked "Line" on the rear of the Base Station. Plug the RJ11 male
connector on the phone cable coming from the guard or attendant phone into
the RJ11 female connector marked "Phone" on the rear of the Base Station.
B. Connecting the Power Supply
Plug the cable with the male jack extending from the Power Supply into the
female power receptacle marked "POWER" on the rear of the Base Station.
Now plug the Power Supply into a 120 volt 50-60 Hz AC Electrical outlet.
LED's in the ID Number Section on the front of the Base Station will light with
dashes to show that power is being supplied.
C. Special Instructions for Using a Digital Phone Line
If you are using a digital phone line, you must connect the Base Station in
parallel with the phone handset using the included splitter cable (see Figure 1).
1. Plug the included male RJ11 splitter into the LINE port in the Base Station.
2. Unplug the RJ10 phone cord from your digital phone base and plug it into
one of the female ports on the included RJ11 splitter.
3. Plug another RJ10 cord into the second port of the splitter with the other
end going into the handset.
4. The splitter will allow the EB-200 to capture the DTMF tones, but will
reduce the volume of the handset as well as the EB-200 base station. For
proper functionality of Talk-A-Lert, the handset volume MUST BE SET TO
MAXIMUM. Please program the attendant phone station to the highest
volume setting. If you are using the EB-200 in conjunction with a Talk-A-
Phone/Iwatsu PBX system, please call Talk-A-Phone’s Technical Support
line at (773) 539-1100.
5. Once the rest of the installation is complete, test out the EB-200 to see if the
LED's light when you receive a call.
Figure 1. Connecting the Base Station to a digital phone handset