Plugging Into The Back Panel; Attaching Telephone Lines To Talkswitch Line Jacks; Attaching Phones And Other Devices To Talkswitch Extension Jacks - Talkswitch 48-CA User Manual

2.4 Plugging into the Back Panel

2.4.1

Attaching telephone lines to TalkSwitch line jacks

You can connect your telephone lines from the wall jack(s) to the TalkSwitch line jacks
with the phone cables provided. Take note of which telephone line is connected to
which line jack on TalkSwitch — this information will be used in the configuration
section. In order to minimize disruption to your business, you may want to configure
TalkSwitch first before connecting it to your lines and phones. See section 3.1 for
information about configuring TalkSwitch.
We recommend that you connect surge protectors between TalkSwitch and your telephone
lines to protect against lightning damage.
2.4.2

Attaching phones and other devices to TalkSwitch extension jacks

You can connect any regular analog telephone, cordless phone, fax machine, answering
machine or modem to TalkSwitch's extension jacks. Multiple devices can be connected
to each extension jack by 'chaining' them together or using a line splitter.
To attach a single-line corded or cordless telephone, fax machine or answering
machine:
Connect your single-line analog telephone or fax machine to one of TalkSwitch's
extension jacks (E1 to E8) just as you would if you were plugging them into a
standard telephone wall jack.
To attach a 2-line telephone:
Option #1 (Use it as one TalkSwitch extension.)
Disregard the telephone's Line 2 jack (plug-in). Connect the telephone's Line 1 plug-
in to any one of TalkSwitch's extension jacks. You will be able to access both
telephone lines, but in the same manner as a single-line telephone attached to
TalkSwitch.
Option #2 (Use it as two TalkSwitch extensions.)
You could use your two-line telephone as two separate TalkSwitch extensions.
Connect the telephone's Line 1 and Line 2 plug-ins to two separate extension jacks
on TalkSwitch.
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