Installing Phone Filters - ActionTec GT724-WG User Manual

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12. Make sure the USB light on the front of the Gateway glows solid green. Click Next.
13. Get the black or gray DSL cable from the kit and plug one end into the gray Line port on the rear
panel of the Gateway. Click Next.
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14. Plug the other end of the black or gray DSL cable into the phone jack closest to the computer. Click
Next.
The Gateway is connected to a computer via USB. Next, install the filters as described in "Installing
Filters," below.

Installing Phone Filters

Phone filters allow the use of the telephone while online. All telephones and other devices (answering
machines, fax machines, etc.) using the same phone line (i.e., using the same phone number) as the
line must have a phone filter installed. To install a phone filter:
1. Read the on-screen information, then click Next.
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2. Read the on-screen information, then unplug all telephones and other devices from their respective
phone jacks. Click Next.
3. Get the phone filters. Click Next.
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Caution: Do not unplug the black or gray
computer.
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4. Plug a phone filter into every phone jack with a telephone or other device connected to it, then click
Next.
5. Plug the ends of the phone lines disconnected in step 2 into the phone filters plugged into phone jacks.
Click Next.
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Caution: Do not plug a phone filter in the phone jack in which the black or gray DSL
cable is plugged.
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6. Read the on-screen instructions, and make sure the Gateway is connected exactly as shown, depending
on whether the Gateway is connected via Ethernet or USB.Ethernet connection setup:
USB connection setup:
Click Next.
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7. Make sure the
DSL light
Next. Ethernet:
USB:
Next, go to "Setting Up the
on the Gateway glows solid green (this may take a few moments), then click
Connection" on the next page.
DSL
cable from the phone jack near your
DSL
DSL
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