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Determining whether you have two
telephone lines on one telephone cord
The 9617 telephone is a two-line telephone. Before you
begin installing it, you need to know how your telephone
lines are set up (you may have two telephone lines on one
telephone cord). If you already know your setup, go to
the next step:
Connecting the cords
on page 7. If you
don’t, follow the steps below first.
To determine your telephone line setup:
1
Connect one end of your telephone cord to the 1
jack on the telephone and the other end to the wall
jack. Ensure nothing is plugged into the 2 jack on
the telephone.
2
If you have not already done so, connect the small end
of the power adaptor to the jack on the back of
the telephone, and plug the other end into a wall
plug.
3
Read the telephone display. (If it prompts you to select
a language, follow the directions on the telephone dis-
play to choose your language of choice.)
If only the time and date appear on the telephone display,
you have two telephone lines on the telephone cord.
If the following message appears on the telephone
display, you only have one line on that telephone cord:
Check line cord
Line 2
If you want to combine two lines onto one telephone
cord, contact your telephone company.