HP FAX 1250 Series User Manual page 29

Chapter 3
Back view of the HP Fax
1 Telephone wall jack
2 "IN" port on your answering machine
3 "OUT" port on your answering machine
4 Telephone (optional)
5 Answering machine
6 Use the phone cord supplied in the box with the HP Fax to connect to the "1-LINE" port
To set up the HP Fax with a shared voice/fax line with answering machine
1. Remove the white plug from the port labeled 2-EXT on the back of the HP Fax.
2. Unplug your answering machine from the telephone wall jack, and connect it to
the port labeled 2-EXT on the back of the HP Fax.
3. Using the phone cord supplied in the box with the HP Fax, connect one end to
your telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port labeled 1-LINE
on the back of the HP Fax.
4. (Optional) If your answering machine does not have a built-in phone, for
convenience you might want to connect a phone to the back of your answering
machine at the "OUT" port.
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Note If you do not connect your answering machine directly to the
HP Fax, fax tones from a sending fax machine might be recorded on your
answering machine, and you probably will not be able to receive faxes
with the HP Fax.
Note If you do not use the supplied cord to connect from the telephone
wall jack to the HP Fax, you might not be able to fax successfully. This
special phone cord is different from the phone cords you might already
have in your home or office.
Note If your answering machine does not let you connect an external
phone, you can purchase and use a parallel splitter (also known as a
coupler) to connect both the answering machine and telephone to the
HP Fax. You can use standard phone cords for these connections.
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