How to Use a One-Line Answering Machine on a Two-Line Phone

You can connect just about any telephone to a one-line answering machine.

Many land-line based telephones come with the option of dual lines. This allows you to send calls to a different line in your home or small office. You can hook up a two-line cell phone directly to a single-line answering machine. Doing so allows the answering machine to record all messages received on both lines.

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2 telephone cables

Instructions

- 1
  
  Plug the first telephone cable into the telephone line connection port on your home or office wall.
- 2
  
  Insert the opposite end of the cable into the "In" port on your telephone system.
- 3
  
  Connect a second telephone cable into the "Out" port on your two line phone, then insert the free end of the cable into the "In" port on your one-line answering machine.
- 4
  
  Power on the telephone and the answering machine. All calls received and not answered on the two-line phone are now directed to the connected answering machine.

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