RCA 1223 User Manual page 10

NOTE: Ensure the handset hook is in the DESK position. Adjust it by pushing
up and out of the slot on the base with your thumb, rotate the hook 180°,
and replace it back in the slot .
FIGURE 1
One dual-line jack or one
single-line wall phone jack
To connect LINES 1 + 2:
There are two possible connections.
Refer to Figure 1 if you have one single line (RJ11C) phone jack or one dual-
line (RJ14C) phone jack.
1. Connect one end of either straight telephone line cord to the jack marked
Line 1+2 on the back of the base.
2. Connect the other end to the single-line or dual-line wall phone jack.
NOTE: If you connect the telephone line cord to the single-line (RJ11C) wall
phone jack, you will only be able to use one telephone line (either Line 1 or
Line 2) but not both lines simultaneously.
Refer to Figure 2 if you have two single-line (RJ11C) phone jacks.
1. Connect one end of either straight telephone line cord to the jack marked
Line 1+2 on the back of the base.
2. Connect one end of the other straight telephone line cord to the jack
marked Line 2 on the back of the base.
3. Connect the other end of each straight telephone line cord to the two single
line wall phone jack.
4. Plug one end of the coiled handset cord into the handset and the opposite
end into the base.
5. Set the Ringer Line 1 and Ringer Line 2 volume switches located at the back
of the base to the desired loudness.
FIGURE 2
Two single-line wall phone
jacks
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