HP Officejet Pro 8500 User Manual

To set up the device with a distinctive ring service
1.Using the phone cord supplied in the box  with the device, connect one end to your
telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port labeled 1-LINE on the
back of the device.
NOTE: You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter
provided for your country/region.
If you do not use the supplied cord to connect from the telephone wall jack to
the device, you might not be able to fax successfully. This special phone cord
is...

You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter
provided for your country/region.
3Telephone (optional)
To set up the device with a shared voice/fax line
1.Using the phone cord supplied in the box  with the device, connect one end to your
telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port labeled 1-LINE on the
back of the device.
NOTE: You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter
provided for your country/region.
If you do not use the supplied cord to connect...

Figure 10-5 Back view of the device
1Telephone wall jack
2Use the phone cord supplied in the box with the device to connect to
the 1-LINE port
You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter
provided for your country/region.
To set up the device with voice mail
1.Using the phone cord supplied in the box  with the device, connect one end to your
telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port labeled 1-LINE on the
back of the device.
You might need to connect the supplied...

NOTE:If you have a computer dial-up  modem, your computer dial-up modem
shares the phone line with the device. You will  not be able to use both your modem
and the device simultaneously. For example, you cannot use the device for faxing
while you are using your  computer dial-up modem to send an e-mail or access the
Internet.
•Set up the device with a computer dial-up modem
•
Set up the device with a computer DSL/ADSL modem
Set up the device with a computer dial-up modem
If you are using the same phone...

4.If your modem software is set to receive faxes to your computer automatically, turn
off that setting.
NOTE: If you do not turn off the automatic fax reception setting in your
modem software, the device will not be able to receive faxes.
5. Turn on the  Auto Answer  setting.
6. (Optional) Change the  Rings to Answer setting to the lowest setting (two rings).
7. Run a fax test.
When the phone rings, the device automatically answers after the number of rings you
set in the  Rings to Answer  setting. The...

To set up the device with a computer DSL/ADSL modem
1.Obtain a DSL filter from your DSL provider.
2. Using the phone cord provided in the box  with the device, connect one end to the
DSL filter, and then connect the other end to the port labeled 1-LINE on the back
of the device.
NOTE: You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter
provided for your country/region.
If you do not use the supplied cord to  connect from the DSL filter to the back of
the device, you might not be able to fax...

port on the front and two RJ-11 ports on the back. Do not use a two-line phone
splitter, a serial splitter, or a parallel splitter which has two RJ-11 ports on the front
and a plug on the back.)
Figure 10-7 Example of a parallel splitter
• If your computer has one phone port, set up the device as described below.
Figure 10-8 Back view of the device
1Telephone wall jack
2Phone cord provided with the device plugged into the 1-LINE port on
the back of the device
You might need to connect the supplied phone...

5.Using the phone cord supplied in the box  with the device, connect one end to your
telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port labeled 1-LINE on the
back of the device.
NOTE: You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter
provided for your country/region.
If you do not use the supplied cord to connect from the telephone wall jack to
the device, you might not be able to fax successfully. This special phone cord
is different from the phone cords you might already have in...

Shared voice/fax with computer DSL/ADSL modem
Use these instructions if your computer has a DSL/ADSL modem
1Telephone wall jack
2Parallel splitter
3DSL/ADSL filter
4Phone cord supplied with the device
You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter
provided for your country/region.
5DSL/ADSL modem
6Computer
7Telephone
NOTE:You will need to purchase a parallel splitter. A parallel splitter has one
RJ-11 port on the front and two RJ-11  ports on the back. Do not use a 2–line
phone...

To set up the device with a computer DSL/ADSL modem
1.Obtain a DSL filter from your DSL provider.
NOTE: Phones in other parts of the home/office sharing the same phone
number with DSL service will need to be connected to additional DSL filters,
otherwise you will experience noise when making voice calls.
2. Using the phone cord supplied in the box  with the devices, connect one end to the
DSL filter, then connect the other end to  the port labeled 1-LINE on the back of the
device.
NOTE: You might need to...