Connecting The Base To Your Computer - Jabra PRO 9470 User Manual

Using an Electronic-Hookswitch Connection
If your desk phone includes an electronic hookswitch, then you can take advantage of this feature by purchasing
and installing the appropriate type of electronic hookswitch adapter for your phone. adapter requirements can
be very different between desk phone models. Please see our web site and/or refer to your telephone's user
manual for details about electronic hookswitch compatibility. you can configure the connection using either the
touchscreen wizard or the Jabra PC suite.
Figure 16.1: Connecting using an electronic-hookswitch adapter (Jabra LINK series)
to connect the Jabra PrO base to an electronic hookswitch port:
1. make sure that you have purchased the correct electronic hookswitch adapter for your desk phone model
from Jabra.
2. Connect the electronic hookswitch adapter as described in the cabling guide included with the adapter.
3. Configure the Jabra PrO base to communicate correctly with your model of desk phone. the required
standard is clearly printed on a label attached to the hookswitch cable. the touchscreen setup wizard will
automatically ask for this during initial setup; see also Section 8.9: Re-running the Setup Wizards for instructions
about how to make this setting at any time after the initial setup.
4. Check the documentation for your desk phone to see which (if any) steps are required to configure your desk
phone to use the electronic hookswitch.
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connecting the BaSe to youR coMPuteR

Connect the touchscreen base to your computer if you would like to use your headset together with a softphone
running on the PC. you can also use this connection to configure your headset and base and to update their
firmware.
Figure 17: Connecting to a computer
to connect the Jabra PrO base to your computer:
1. Connect the small connector of the supplied usb cable to the port marked
2. Connect the other end of the usb cable to any free usb port on your computer.
3. Install the Jabra PC suite software on your computer (see Chapter 5: Installing and Running the Jabra PC Suite).
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on the Jabra PrO base.
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