It used to be, if you needed an additional phone jack in your home, a call to the phone company was in order. A wireless phone jack can eliminate that. True to its name, it's not hard-wired into your home and connected to a line outside. Instead, it basically plugs into a live electrical outlet and connects to an existing phone line. It then uses your home's electrical system to transmit signals, according to Power Line Phones. A wireless phone jack can be used to add a phone, FAX machine, modem, or any other device that requires a phone line.
Instructions
1. Choose a location in your home where there's an existing phone jack and a live electrical outlet nearby. Plug one end of the phone cord that came with the wireless jack to either jack on the side of the base unit. Plug the opposite end of the cord into an existing wall phone jack. If a phone was/will be connected to the wall jack, plug it into the second jack on the base unit.
2. Plug the base unit directly into a live electrical outlet; don't use a surge protector or other device. Plug the extension unit into any electrical outlet in your home where you want an additional phone jack. Plug the cord of a phone into the jack on the side of the wireless phone jack extension.
3. Check to make sure both the base unit and the extension unit are working properly. Lift the receiver of the phone that's connected to the extension. If you hear a dial tone, that means the base and the extension of the wireless phone jack are communicating with each other, according to Smart Home. You may now disconnect the phone, if you choose, and connect a FAX machine, modem, satellite receiver, et cetera.
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