Telephone Base Installation - VTech IP8300 User Manual

Telephone base installation

To install the telephone base:
Do NOT plug in the telephone base until you are instructed to do so.
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Before connecting the telephone base to the broadband router, make sure the router's DHCP server
adapter is
is enabled. Typically, the DHCP server is enabled by default. Refer to your router's documentation
intended to be
for details on configuring this feature.
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Step 1: Install telephone line
in a vertical
or floor mount
Plug one end of the telephone line cord into the telephone line jack on the back of the telephone
position.
base. Then plug the other end of the cord into a telephone outlet. If you have DSL, you must install
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a DSL filter between the telephone line cord and the wall jack. Contact your DSL provider for more
power adapter
information on DSL filters and telephone line interference.
provided in this
Step 2: Install ethernet cable
package; using
any other power
Using the yellow ethernet cable provided, connect one end into the port labeled INTERNET, located on
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the back of the telephone base. Connect the other end into an available LAN port on your broadband
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router.
telephone.
Step 3: Turn power on
Plug the telephone base power adapter into the power port located on the back of the ip8300 telephone
base and the other end into an electrical outlet not controlled by a wall switch. This turns the telephone
on. Do NOT interrupt the telephone installation process by unplugging the power adapter or by using
the handsets until the POWER, INFO and INTERNET indicator lights on the front of telephone base
have changed to solid.
Step 4: Check diagnostic lights
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The POWER light should be solid indicating the power is on.
The INTERNET light should be solid indicating a good physical
connection between the telephone base and router.
The INFO light should be solid indicating that the telephone system
is able to access data services on the Internet.
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