Quick Start Guide

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You can connect almost any standard telephone equipment into an activated
MT8733 telephone port. This includes almost anything that connects using an
RJ11 jack—telephones, cordless phone base stations, answering machines,
etc. (If you want to connect an alarm system, check with the manufacturer for
compatibility).
You can connect individual devices, or you can connect multiple devices that
plug into the same phone line. (Their Ringer Equivalence Numbers need to
add up to 5 or less.) One way to connect multiple devices is to plug the
MT8733 phone port into a jack connected to existing telephone wiring.
Before doing this, make sure to disconnect the wiring totally from the
telephone company’s network demarc. This is normally done by unplugging
a phone cord at the jack nearest to where the phone line comes into your
home. After you unplug that phone cord, check that none of the phones on
that line gets dial tone when you go off-hook. If they don’t, it’s safe to
connect a phone cord from one of the line’s jacks to an MT8733 phone jack.
You may want to attach a cordless phone base station to the MT8733, and
then place cordless handsets wherever you like.