Connecting the telephone line and external devices to the MP830

Article ID: ART125870 | Date published: 05/12/2015 | Date last updated: 08/14/2015
 

Description

Connecting external devices ( phones, answering machines, data modems, etc.) to the fax machine.

Solution

Connect the telephone line cord to the appropriate port on the device.

Depending on how you plan to use your machine, you may need to connect an external device to it. For details on the different connection combinations, refer to the information below.

  1. Connect a line cord from the telephone wall jack to the [L] jack (or item <2>) on the fax machine.



  2. Connect a line cord from the extension telephone port on the fax machine (top jack) to an external telephone or answering machine. Click here to see other external telephone device configurations.



Othe Telephone Device Configurations

Connecting a computer -

  1. Connect one end of the supplied phone cord to the modular jack on the wall and the other end to the lower jack on the fax machine.

  2. Connect another phone cord from the top jack on the fax machine to the computer's Line jack.

  3. If you're connecting a separate telephone, connect it to the extension jack on the computer.



    Note: See your computer's documentation for details on the locations of the phone jacks.

Connecting to an ISDN line -

The connection using a terminal adapter is illustrated here, and this procedure is aplicable to a dial-up router too. (For details, see the documentation supplied with your terminal adapter or dial-up router.)

  1. Connect one end of the phone cord (supplied by your ISDN company) to the modular jack on the wall < 1 >.

  2. Connect the other end of the cord to the INPUT of the terminal adapter < 2 >.

  3. With the cord supplied by Canon, connect one end to the OUTPUT of the terminal adapter < 2 > and then the other end to the lower jack on the fax machine.

  4. Connect the LAN cable jack in the terminal adapter < 2 > and the LAN cable jack in the computer with a LAN cable.

  5. If you're connecting a separate telephone, connect it to the extension jack on the fax machine.



Connecting to an ADSL line -

Some ADSL modems may be integrated with a splitter. (For details, see the documentation supplied with your ADSL modem.)

  1. Connect the modular (telephone) jack in the wall < 1 > and the INPUT of the splitter < 2 > with a telephone line.

  2. Connect the OUTPUT of the splitter < 2 > and the telephone line jack (the lower slot) with a telephone line.

  3. Connect the LAN cable jack in the ADSL modem < 3 > and the LAN cable jack in the machine with a LAN cable.

  4. If you're connecting a separate telephone, connect it to the extension jack on the fax machine.

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