Connecting Your Esi Phone - ESI Feature Phone User Manual

User's Guide

Connecting your ESI phone

Depending on which ESI phone you have, use the appropriate diagram (below) to connect it. Each diagram
represents the panel on the phone's underside.
Note: The "Top of phone" and "Bottom of phone" references in these diagrams show the correct vertical
orientation of the phone — i.e., the part with the display is the top.
Connectors on bottom of
48-Key DIgital Feature Phone
Note: When the phone is in the highest upright position, use the wall-mount hook located under the handset to
secure the handset when you're not using the phone.
12-Key Feature Phone
24-Key Feature Phone
• Connects like a basic phone.
• Handset plugs into right-side jack.
• Line cord plugs into left-side jack.
48-Key Digital Feature Phone
In addition to how the 24-Key Feature Phone connects to
the handset and line cord, note that the 48-Key Digital
Feature Phone accepts a 60-Key Expansion Console
cable (included with each Console) which uses standard
RJ-11 telephone connectors.
48-Key IP Feature Phone II
In addition to the details mentioned previously for
the 48-Key Digital Feature Phone, each 48-Key IP Feature
Phone II includes:
• A power supply that is unswitched (i.e., always-on AC
outlet) and plugs into the phone.
• An Ethernet cable, which connects the
phone to a PC (or, if no PC is present, directly to a
router, switch or hub) to achieve connectivity to a local
area network (LAN).
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