Set up your HP all-in-one to a computer with one phone port
This section describes how to set up your HP all-in-one with a PC modem if your
computer has only one phone port.
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Fax setup
Back view of the HP all-in-one
1 Telephone wall jack
2 Phone cord connected to the "2-EXT" port
3 Parallel splitter
4 Telephone (optional)
5 Answering machine
6 Computer with modem
7 Phone cord supplied in the box with your HP all-in-one connected to the "1-LINE" port
To set up your HP all-in-one to a computer with one phone port
1
Find the phone cord that connects from the back of your computer (your PC
modem) to a telephone wall jack. Disconnect the cord from the telephone wall jack
and plug it into the parallel splitter on the side with two phone ports.
2
Using the phone cord supplied in the box with your HP all-in-one, connect one end
to your telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port labeled "1-LINE"
on the back of your HP all-in-one.
Caution
If you do not use the supplied cord to connect from the telephone
wall jack to your HP all-in-one, 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. If the supplied phone cord is too short, see
The
phone cord that came with my HP all-in-one is not long enough
for
information on extending it.
3
Remove the white plug from the port labeled "2-EXT" on the back of your HP all-
in-one.
4
Using another phone cord, connect one end to the port labeled "2-EXT" on the
back of your HP all-in-one. Connect the other end of the phone cord to the parallel
splitter on the side with the single phone port.
5
Unplug your answering machine from the telephone wall jack, and connect it to the
parallel splitter on the side with two phone ports.
Note
If you do not connect your answering machine in this way, fax tones from a
sending fax machine might be recorded on your answering machine, and
you might not be able to receive faxes with your HP all-in-one.
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6
(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.
7
If your PC modem software is set to receive faxes to your computer automatically,
turn off that setting.
Caution
If you do not turn off the auto fax receive setting in your PC
modem software, your HP all-in-one will not be able to receive faxes.
8
Set up the HP all-in-one to answer incoming calls automatically. Press the
Auto
Answer
button until the light is on.
9
Set your answering machine to answer after four or fewer rings.
10 Change the
Rings to Answer
setting on your HP all-in-one to six rings.
For information on changing this setting, see
Set the number of rings before
answering
.
11 Run a fax test. For information, see
Test your fax setup
.
When the phone rings, your answering machine will answer after the number of rings
you have set, and then play your recorded greeting. The HP all-in-one monitors the call
during this time, "listening" for fax tones. If incoming fax tones are detected, the HP all-
in-one will emit fax reception tones and receive the fax; if there are no fax tones, the
HP all-in-one stops monitoring the line and your answering machine can record a voice
message.