Brother MFC 8700 - Manual (Page 37)

A S S E M B L Y A N D C O N N E C T I O N S 2 - 13
Installing Machine, External Two-Line TAD,
and Two-Line Telephone
When you are installing an external two-line telephone answering device
(TAD) and a two-line telephone, your machine must be isolated on one
line at both the wall jack and at the TAD. The most common connection is
to put the machine on Line 2, which is our assumption in the following
steps. The back of the two-line TAD must have two telephone jacks: one
labeled L1 or L1/L2, and the other labeled L2. You will need at least three
telephone line cords, the one that came with your machine and two for
your external two-line TAD. You will need a fourth line cord if you add a
two-line telephone.
1 Place the two-line TAD and the two-line telephone next to your
machine.
2 Plug one end of the telephone line cord for your fax machine into the L2
jack of the triplex adapter. Plug the other end into the LINE jack on the
left side of the machine.
3 Plug one end of the first telephone line cord for your TAD into the L1 jack
of the triplex adapter. Plug the other end into the L1 or L1/L2 jack of the
two-line TAD.
4 Plug one end of the second telephone line cord for your TAD into the L2
jack of the two-line TAD. Plug the other end into the EXT. jack on the left
side of the machine.
Triplex Adapter
Two Line Phone
Two Line
External TAD
FAX/MFC
You can keep two-line telephones on other wall outlets as always. There
are two ways to add a two-line telephone to the machine’s wall outlet. You
can plug the telephone line cord from the two-line telephone into the
L1+L2 jack of the triplex adapter. Or, you can plug the two-line telephone
into the TEL jack of the two-line TAD.