Making Phone Calls - The Basics - Zoom ADSL X6v User Manual

If your unit does not have the word TELCO on the front panel, continue
with step 4.
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For X6v units with a TELCO jack: Plug one end of the supplied telephone
cord into the X6v's TELCO jack and the other end into your home or
office's telephone jack, one where you would normally plug in a standard
telephone. You may need to use a phone-jack adapter. If you have DSL
service at that wall jack, you need to put an DSL filter between that jack and
the X6v's TELCO jack. Now continue with step 4.
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Make sure the READY light is on in the VoIP area of the X6v's front panel.
If it is, you're ready to make phone calls. Congratulations! If the READY
light is not on, wait a few minutes and then recheck all VoIP account
settings.
Making Phone Calls – The Basics
How you use the phone plugged into your X6v depends on the
answer to this question: Does your X6v have a TELCO jack
plugged into a phone jack with normal phone service?
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If it does not: When you dial, the digits you dial will normally
be passed to your VoIP service provider. Please remember that
even local calls need an area code.
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If it does: You can dial calls that first travel through the
Internet, or you can dial calls that first travel through your
normal telephone service by way of your TELCO jack. Your
X6v can be set up by your service provider, for instance, to
route all calls through the Internet unless those calls are local
or emergency calls. You can also force a call to go one way or
the other:
If you come off-hook and dial #8 then additional digits
will be dialed into your normal telephone service.
If you come off-hook and dial #9 then additional digits
will be dialed through the Internet.
If your X6v loses power, you can dial through your normal telephone service
as if you had a phone plugged directly into a phone jack.
If the X6v loses power or loses its Internet connection, you cannot place calls
through the Internet.
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