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T A L K S W I T C H S T A R T G U I D E
STEP 8 — CONNECT TELEPHONE LINES AND EXTENSIONS
Caution! Lightning and electrical surges can damage the TalkSwitch unit. We recommend
using surge protection equipment on all external telephone and power lines connected to
this device.
Connecting a single-line telephone line
A single-line wall phone jack has one telephone line.
Use the provided RJ-11 telephone cables to connect telephone lines to the
TalkSwitch unit. These cables have a 2-wire connector for connection to a
single-line wall phone jack.
1. Connect one end of the provided RJ-11 telephone
cable to the wall phone jack of a telephone line, and
the other end to the L1 jack on the back of the
TalkSwitch unit.
2. If necessary, connect additional telephone lines to the
L2–L8 jacks.
Connecting a two-line telephone line
A two-line wall phone jack has two telephone lines.
TalkSwitch VS units require that each telephone line be
connected to a separate jack on the back of the
TalkSwitch unit.
Use two of the provided RJ-11 telephone cables and a
dual-to-two-single-line adapter to connect a pair of
telephone lines to the TalkSwitch unit.
1. Connect the dual-to-two-single-line adapter to the
wall phone jack.
2. Connect one end of the provided RJ-11 telephone
cable to the adapter, and the other end to the L1 jack
on the back of the TalkSwitch unit.
3. Connect one end of the second RJ-11 telephone cable
to the adapter, and the other end to the L2 jack.
4. If necessary, connect additional telephone lines to the
L3–L8 jacks.
Eight-line unit
L1
L2
L3 L4
L5 L6 L7 L8
2-wire connector
Two-line unit
L1
L2
Four-line unit
L3
L1
L2
L4
