225 Easylink; Telephone Lines And Additional Devic- Es; Configuring Telephone Lines And Services; Connecting Additional Devices - Philips HFC 242 User Manual

5 Telephone Lines
and Additional De-
vices
Configuring Telephone Lines and
Services
DSL Connection
In the event that you use a DSL modem: Connect the ma-
chine after the modem. For additional information, please
consult the operating manual of your DSL system.
ISDN Connection
Details for ISDN connections can be found in the instruc-
tions provided with the terminal adapter or the dial-up
router.
Voice Mailbox
You cannot simultaneously use the answering machine fa-
cility of your telephone service provider (= voice-mail box)
and receive faxes on your devices. Get the mail-box func-
tion for your telephone connection deactivated or set the
number of rings for the fax switch to lower than 5 on your
device (also see Chapter Setting the Fax Switch, Page 12).
When the fax switch accepts the call, the mail-box of the
service provider does not step in. Enquire with your tele-
phone company.

Connecting Additional Devices

Additional Devices
You can operate additional devices on a telephone line,
such as cordless telephones, answering machines, modems
or charge counters.
Connection to the Telephone Line
Order of Connections
In order for the fax switch to function, the machine must
be first in the series if multiple devices are connected to the
same telephone socket. Follow the correct order.
Multiple Telephone Sockets
If you have multiple telephone sockets for the same
telephone line, the machine must be connected to
the first telephone socket.
Using additional telephones (Ea-
sylink)
Easylink
With the Easylink function, you can control your machine
with additional telephones. To use this function, addition-
al telephones must be set to tone dialling (DTMF tones);
see here the user manual of your additional telephone.
Starting Fax Reception
If you pick up at an additional device and hear that you are
receiving a fax (whistling tone or silence), you can start the
fax reception by pressing *#0 on the additional tele-
phone or pressing o on the device.
Changing code
Easylink Code only when necessary
Change the code only if it is absolutely necessary.
1 Press MENU, 225 and o/OK.
2 Using [ select ON .
3 Confirm using o/OK.
4 Using [ select the new code for starting fax reception.
5 Confirm using o/OK.
You can switch this function off, if you select OFF in
step 2.
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