Radio Shack AFX-400 - Manual (Page 5)

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7. Plug the supplied adapter’s barrel plug into the 12VAC
jack, then plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. The
POWER indicator on the front of the AFX-400 lights.
Note:
• If AC power fails, your AFX-400 automatically passes
incoming calls to its ANSWERING MACHINE and PHONE
jacks, so you can answer the calls.
• The POWER indicator flashes slowly during calls.
MOUNTING ON A WALL
1. To mount the AFX-400 directly on a wall,
you need two screws (not supplied) with
heads that fit the keyhole slots on the bot-
tom of the switch. Drill two holes 3
1 /
4
inches (83 mm) apart. Then thread a
screw into each hole, letting the heads
extend about
3 /
16
inch (5 mm) from the
wall.
2. Route the modular line cords through the line guides on
the bottom of the AFX-400.
3. Place the keyhole slots over the screws and slide the
AFX-400 downward to secure it.
PREPARING AN ANSWERING MACHINE
FOR USE WITH THE AFX-400
1. Be sure your answering machine is set to answer calls in
less than six rings, because the AFX-400 will ring the
ANSWERING MACHINE jack only six times before routing
the call to the FAX/MODEM jack.
2. Because some fax machines do not send a fax alert tone,
your outgoing message should give callers instructions on
how to send a fax (see “Receiving Faxes” on Page 8).
For example:
“Hello. Please leave your name and phone number at the
tone. If you want to send a fax, press #91 on your touch-
tone phone, then press START on your fax machine.”
3. For the best performance, your outgoing message should
be 10–15 seconds long with 4 seconds of silence at the
beginning of the message. The silence gives the AFX-400
a chance to detect fax alert tones or transfer codes.
INSTALLING AN OPTIONAL VOICE DATA
GUARD
If a telephone device on the same line as the AFX-400 is in
use, the AFX-400 does not let your fax machine or modem ac-
cess the line or interrupt the call.
However, to prevent an extension telephone from interrupting
a fax or data call in progress through the AFX-400, you must
plug that extension phone into an optional voice data guard,
such as RadioShack Cat. No. 43-107.
Note: You do not need to use a voice data guard if your an-
swering machine automatically stops playing the outgoing
message when you pick up an extension phone and you con-
nected the answering machine to the AFX-400’s
ANSWERING
MACHINE jack.
12VAC
S OFF
A ON
#1
#2
#3
#4
AX/
DEM
SWITCH
SETTINGS
Operating Mode
Caller ID
Distinctive Ring
Ring Reduction
3 / 16 "
3 1 /
4
"
Line
Guides Line
Guides