Buzz Connect BuzzBox Installation and operation manual

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The BuzzBox How To Booklet
V2-7 August 2017
Contents
1. How touse your BuzzBox
2. Setting up your BuzzBox
3. BuzzBox Connection details
4. Testing your BuzzBox
5. How to move you internet connection without using
cables
6. Connecting the BuzzBox to all of your existing extensions
1. How touse your BuzzBox
Once you have set up your BuzzBox, see section 2, then your standard phone will operate just as it
always used to.
To dial a number just lift the handset, you will then hear a dial tone, and dial the number you
require. Once you have dialled the number you can add a #, this will tell the BuzzBox to dial the
number immediately and will save you having to wait for a few seconds.
You will hear the American ring tone in the earpiece (burrrrr long gap burrrrrr) when the called
number rings.
If the number you have called is busy then you will hear a fast busy tone (beep beep beep beep). In
this case hang up and try later.
When your phone rings,American type ring(ring long gap ring….) just pick itupand answer itas
usual,when the call isfinished hang up the phone.

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2. Setting up your BuzzBox
3.BuzzBox Connection details
A larger view of the connections
This ethernet cable
plugs into your router
which might bea BT
hub for example
Plug the power supply in
to a 240V mains outlet
Standard BT
phone
Plug the phone cable in
the supplied adaptor
The BuzzBox
Indicator lights are located
at the front ofthe BuzzBox
Power plug
Power
connection
Phone adaptor
plugs inhere
Plug this cable into
your router for an
internet connection

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What the lights on the BuzzBox mean
4.Testing your BuzzBox
After the above connections have been made you will need todothe following:
1. Do make certain that the WAN light is flashing and the POWER light is a steady green once you
have plugged the power supply in to a suitable mains socket.
2. Once the BuzzBox has been powered up there will be a delay of 2 to 3 minutes before it will
operate.
3. Lift the handset and you should hear a dial tone. If not then wait another minute. If you still
haven’t got a dial tone then pull the power plug out of the BuzzBox, wait 10 seconds and then push
it back in. You will have to wait another couple of minutes but all should be okay now.
4. Try a test call from your ‘phone; remember to press the # key at the end of the number, this tells
the BuzzBox to contact the number. You will then hear an American type ring and this is perfectly
normal. Wait until the phone is answered and check that the speech is clear.
5. Make certain you can receive calls by using your mobile phone or another ‘phone not connected
to the BuzzBox and dial your number. The ‘phone attached to your BuzzBox will start to ring after a
few seconds. Again it is the American type ring and that is correct for this type of equipment. If the
‘phone fails to ring then ensure that the ringer is turned up.
WAN light flashes
when connected
to the internet
FXS1 illuminates
when the
phone isinuse
FXS1 and2are
illuminated when the
unit ispowering up
Power illuminates
when the unit is
powered up
The LAN lamp should
never illuminate

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5.How to move you internet connection without using cables
Sometimes you want touse your BuzzBox where there isn’t an internet connection available. For
example in a bedroom when your internet connection is inthe kitchen. So how doyou get the
internet into the bedroom? Easy, just use some powerline adaptors! These use the mains wiring in
your house to carry the internet connection. Put one in your kitchen near you router and plug a
cable from your router to the powerline adaptor. Now plug the other powerline adaptor in to a
socket in your bedroom andplug a cable from it to your BuzzBox, see below for a complete example.
Apair of powerline adaptors can bepurchased from any good electrical store, try these links tofind
examples:
https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/tp-link-pa4010kit-av600-nano-powerline-starter-kit-a89wh
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/networking/powerline/bt-broadband-
extender-600-powerline-adapter-kit-twin-pack-10142652-pdt.html
By using powerline adaptors it is possible touseyour BuzzBox anywhere in your property.This
means that you don’t have tolay ethernet cables all over the place as the powerline adapters use
the mains cabling toactas an ethernet cable. Please note that the sockets should normally be
switched on.
Powerline adaptor
plugged into a
mains socket.
Plug the other
powerline adaptor in to
another socket inyour
property and then
connect the BuzzBox
and phone asshown
This ethernet
cable will plug
in to your router
Note the new
ethernet
connection from
the powerline
adaptor

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6. Connecting the BuzzBox to all of your existing extensions
If you want all of your existing telephone extensions to ring from the BuzzBox then you need to
follow the next few steps.
Please note that this is a perfectly legal process and does not interfere with the BT line in anyway.
Also be aware that the faceplate must not be reconnected to the BT test socket whilst it is being
used with the BuzzBox.
Warning: only the faceplate may be removed or altered on the BT master socket any alterations to
the BT cabling or main socket are forbidden.
Buzz Connect are unable to provide any assistance or offer any liability for the following instructions.
So if you feel unable or uncertain taking on the following modifications then we advise that you seek
the advice of a professional.
The process!
Firstly you need to find out where your BT master socket is, see below. Then remove the two screws
holding the faceplate in place and then pull the faceplate forwards. Take care to not damage any
connections to this faceplate.
BT Master socket
Remove the two screws
so that the front plate can
be pulled out
Faceplate

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Take care not to damage this
connection as it goes to your
internal extensions
BT Test socket
Phone adaptor
from the BuzzBox
Connect phone adaptor to this
plug on the faceplate
‘Phone adaptor isconnected to
the plug on the faceplate
Plug your normal
‘phone into the
faceplate socket
Please note that the
faceplate cannot now be
plugged back into the
master socket