Connecting The Phone Line - Toshiba SD-H400-S-TU Installation Manual

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Connecting the Phone Line
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25' Phone Cord
You don't need to install a new phone jack or phone number-simply use the phone line
you already have. The following information applies to all setups described in this guide:
• Phone line. Almost every household phone line is a standard analog line, which is
what the SD-H400 requires. Do not connect the SD-H400 to a digital PBX phone
system (these allow many phones to share a single telephone number and are usually
used in hotels and office buildings). Doing so may permanently damage your
SD-H400's modem and will void your warranty.
• Phone jack. If the phone jack isn't close to the SD-H400; you can use the 25-foot
phone cord that comes with the SD-H400 to connect it to a phone jack. Phone cords
longer than 25 feet are readily available at most hardware or electronics stores.
Your cable box or satellite box may require a connection to your phone line, too. To
connect both the SD-H400 and your cable box or satellite box to the same phone jack,
use the provided phone line splitter in the phone jack.
We recommend leaving the phone cord plugged in continuously. If this is inconvenient,
you can switch to an Internet connection. After you complete Guided Setup, you will be
able to connect your Recorder to a home network and use a shared broadband Internet
connection instead of a phone line to make connections to the TiVo service. See the TiVo
Viewer's Guide for details.