Talkswitch 48-CVA - Manual (Page 16)

2.4 Plugging into the Back Panel
2.4.1 Attaching telephone lines to TalkSwitch line jacks
You can connect your telephone lines from the wall jack(s) to the TalkSwitch line
jacks with the phone cables provided. Take note of which telephone line is connected
to which line jack on TalkSwitch — this information will be used in the
configuration section. In order to minimize disruption to your business, you may
want to configure TalkSwitch first before connecting it to your lines and phones. See
section 3.1 for information about configuring TalkSwitch.
We recommend that you connect surge protectors between TalkSwitch and your
telephone lines to protect against lightning damage.
2.4.2 Attaching phones and other devices to TalkSwitch extension
jacks
You can connect any regular analog telephone, cordless phone, fax machine,
answering machine or modem to TalkSwitch’s extension jacks. Multiple devices can
be connected to each extension jack by ‘chaining’ them together or using a line
splitter.
To attach a single-line corded or cordless telephone, fax machine or answering
machine:
Connect your single-line analog telephone or fax machine to one of TalkSwitch’s
extension jacks (E1 to E8) just as you would if you were plugging them into a
standard telephone wall jack.
To attach a two-line telephone:
Option # 1 (Use it as one TalkSwitch extension.)
Disregard the telephone’s Line 2 jack (plug-in). Connect the telephone’s Line 1
plug-in to any one of TalkSwitch’s extension jacks. You will be able to access both
telephone lines, but in the same manner as a single-line telephone attached to
TalkSwitch.
Option # 2 (Use it as two TalkSwitch extensions.)
You could use your two-line telephone as two separate TalkSwitch extensions.
Connect the telephone’s Line 1 and Line 2 plug-ins to two separate extension
jacks on TalkSwitch.
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