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Chapter 7
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If You Do Not Subscribe to the
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 an external TAD
(telephone answering device), remove the
protective cap (2) from the EXT. jack on
the machine.
1TAD
2 Protective Cap
NOTE
If you have problems receiving faxes,
reduce the Ring Delay setting on your
external TAD.
Connections 7
The external TAD must be plugged into the
back of the machine, into the jack labeled
EXT. Your machine cannot work correctly 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 back of the
machine, in the jack labeled LINE.
b Plug the telephone line cord from your
external TAD into the back of the
machine, in the jack labeled EXT. (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 on your machine
to External TAD (see Choose the
correct Receive Mode on page 38).
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