ACI-AppliCAD TIF-101 Installation And Use Manual

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TIF-101 Telephone Interface
Installation and Use
ACI-AppliCAD, Inc.
RING
CONNECT
LEVEL
POWER
TIF101
Version 1.6
Applies to serial # 098710100026 and higher
www.aci-applicad.com

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  • Page 1 TIF-101 Telephone Interface Installation and Use ACI-AppliCAD, Inc. RING CONNECT LEVEL POWER TIF101 Version 1.6 Applies to serial # 098710100026 and higher www.aci-applicad.com...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction ----------------------------------- 2 • Features & Benefits • What’s In the Box • FCC Information Quick Start Guide --------------------------- 5 • Rear Panel Hookup • Basic Operation • Serving Your Listeners Installation Guide --------------------------- 8 • Rear-Panel Diagram •...
  • Page 3: Introduction

    Phone Line Protection Built-in phone surge protection. No external protector needed. * The TIF-101 disconnects from your phone line after three hours by default. To extend this time limit to eight hours, hold down the button while plugging in CONNECT the unit’s AC adapter (at either end).
  • Page 4: What's In The Box

    What’s in the Box? TIF101 • TIF-101 Telephone Interface • AC Power Adapter • 1/8” – Dual RCA Cable • Telephone Cord • Green Grounding Cord • This Manual Anything missing? If an item listed above appears damaged or missing, please call us at ACI- AppliCAD instead of your vendor, as we are better able to respond to your needs.
  • Page 5: Fcc Information

    If trouble is experienced with your Telephone Interface, please do not attempt repairs yourself, but see Page 15 in this manual. If the TIF-101 is causing harm to the telephone network, the telephone company may request that you disconnect it until the problem is resolved. Otherwise, the telephone company will notify you in advance that temporary discontinuance of service may be required.
  • Page 6 – Rear Panel Hookup The best way to get familiar with your Telephone To set up your TIF-101 for this run-through, you’ll Interface is to put it to use. This Quick Start Guide need a standard desk telephone, a live phone jack,...
  • Page 7: Quick Start Guide

    Many users POWER prefer to plug the TIF-101’s adapter into an outlet strip along with the rest of their sound equipment. This way, everything gets powered at once. Answering a call – Have an assistant call from a “remote phone” (on another line).
  • Page 8: Serving Your Listeners

    Removing power also makes the TIF- 101 disconnect from the phone line. Serving A Single Caller – You can also have your TIF-101 send your program directly to one party. Have them call your number, answer your phone and then press CONNECT to begin transmitting the program.
  • Page 9 1/8” – RCA “Y” Cable (Supplied) Provides telephone line surge Line Input Plug this cable, included with protection. Use the included your TIF-101, into the LINE IN / Receives program pickup from green cord to connect to a jack to access these audio your sound system.
  • Page 10 Installation Guide – Telephone Jacks Your Telephone Interface connects to one standard phone line. This line can be shared with phones, however we recommend you keep one of your building’s lines free for emergency calls. Don’t connect that line to your Telephone Interface. If your line already has a RJ-11 phone jack, connect it to your Telephone Interface using the supplied phone cord.
  • Page 11: Installation Guide

    Installation Guide – Making Rear Panel Connections Power – Locate the included AC Adapter. Plug its cord into the Telephone Interface’s jack. Plug the adapter into a 120 VAC outlet or power strip. POWER Ground – Your Telephone Interface includes phone line surge protection. Any effective surge protection must provide an alternative path for surge currents.
  • Page 12: Using A Gated Microphone Mixer

    LINE IN accommodate the level of your sound system. Correctly adjusted, incoming sound reaches the ideal input range shown on the graph below. Then the TIF-101 maintains its ideal output range as shown. The LED responds to sounds within the ideal range, helping you find the correct LEVEL setting.
  • Page 13 TIF101 resolve this problem: • Input – The white plug from the included “Y” cable is the input to your TIF-101. Check that the input is connected to the AUX output of your sound system’s mixer. Be sure that this cable is fully inserted at both the source and the TIF-101.
  • Page 14: Reference

    Line Sensing – About ten seconds after a call concludes, your phone company momentarily drops the DC • power (“loop current”). This is called CPC (Calling Party Control). The TIF-101 senses this to determine that a call has ended. Then it disconnects and frees the line. Most telephone exchanges also drop loop current when they quit sending dial tone after a phone has been left “off hook”.
  • Page 15: Specifications

    Reference – Specifications Audio Connections: input, 1/8” (tip) unbalanced LINE Output, 1/8” (ring) unbalanced COMPRESS With supplied 1/8” to dual RCA adapter: input White, Output Red LINE COMPRESS Phone Line Connections: (2) parallel RJ-11 line jacks: Phone Line Monitor Phone Isolation –...
  • Page 16 $65 plus shipping (subject to change). Whether your Telephone Interface is in or out of warranty, you’ll receive fast, courteous service. Like the TIF-101 itself, we are devoted to solving problems in sound communication.

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