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.
Before connecting the telephone base to the broadband router, make sure the router's DHCP server
is enabled. Typically, the DHCP server is enabled by default. Refer to your router's documentation
for details on configuring this feature.
Step 1: Install telephone line
Plug one end of the telephone line cord into the telephone line jack on the back of the telephone
base. Then plug the other end of the cord into a telephone outlet. If you have DSL, you may need to
install a DSL filter between the ip8300 telephone base and the wall jack. Contact your DSL provider
for more information on DSL filters and telephone line interference.
Step 2: Install ethernet cable
Using the yellow ethernet cable provided, connect one end into the port labelled INTERNET,
located on the back of the telephone base. Connect the other end into an available LAN port on your
broadband router.
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
• 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.
• The power
adapter is
intended to be
correctly oriented
in a vertical
or floor mount
position.
• Use only the
power adapter
provided in this
package; using
any other power
adapter could
damage the
telephone.