Zoom X5V - Manual (Page 67)

Appendix B: VoIP Phone Installation Options 67
Appendix B
VoIP Phone Installation
Options
Your X5v gateway makes it easy to make both VoIP calls over
the Internet and regular phone calls using your standard phone
service. You can plug a single telephone into the X5v’s PHONE PHONE PHONE PHONE
jack. You may prefer to connect more than one phone to the
X5v so that you can make VoIP calls from other rooms. You
have a choice of several ways to accomplish this without
running wires.
• Plug Multiple Phones Directly into the X5v Plug Multiple Phones Directly into the X5v Plug Multiple Phones Directly into the X5v Plug Multiple Phones Directly into the X5v
• Use Cordless Phones to Link to the X5v Use Cordless Phones to Link to the X5v Use Cordless Phones to Link to the X5v Use Cordless Phones to Link to the X5v
• Install the X5v Where Your Phone Line Enters Your Home Install the X5v Where Your Phone Line Enters Your Home Install the X5v Where Your Phone Line Enters Your Home Install the X5v Where Your Phone Line Enters Your Home
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The first two ways are very easy and virtually foolproof. The
third requires more effort.
Plug Multiple Phones Directly into
the X5v
If you want more than one phone near the X5v—in a small office,
for example—you can use standard telephone adapters to connect
multiple phones. These adapters are called T-adapters or 2-jack
modular adapters; many people use them to plug in their answering
machines. You can plug in as many phones as you’d like. (If you
plug multiple phones directly into the X5v, just be sure that when
you add up all their Ringer Equivalence Numbers (RENs), the total
is 5 or lower. Virtually all phones show the REN somewhere. Most
phones have a REN that’s 1 or lower.)
Use Cordless Phones to Link to the
X5v
If you have a cordless phone that has more than one handset,
simply plug the base station into the X5v—you can then make
VoIP and regular calls using all the handsets.
Note: If you have a wireless network that operates over the typical