Muratec M840, M880, M860 manual Ans Ready Mode, Using an answering machine with your fax machine

Getting Started

Ans Ready Mode

Note: If you have an M880, the Ans Ready mode is not available because your M880 already has a high-quality answering machine built in.

See page 4.1 for information on answering machine.

Use it if:	You’re using an answering machine which is connected directly to
	your fax machine; or you’re using second telephone which is
	connected directly to your fax machine.

In this mode: Your fax machine wait until the phone has rung a certain number of times (see “Using a answering machine with your fax machine ”, below) before it attempts fax reception. This gives your answering machine (or you, in the case of using a second phone) a chance to “grab” the line when someone calls.

To select Ans Ready:

1. If there isn’t a document in the feeder, skip to step 2.

If there is a document in the feeder, press stop so it will fed out.

2. Press receive until the following display is shown.

Ans Ready 20:30

Using an answering machine with your fax machine

Here are a few additional steps you’ll need to follow if you’re connecting your answering machine to your fax machine:

This feature may not work properly with all answering machines. Some answering machines are unable to co-exist with fax machines.

1.Set fax machine for Ans Ready mode, as previously described.

2.Use your answering machine to create a new outgoing message. Here’s a suggested message:

Hello. This is (your name or telephone number). If you would like to leave a message, wait for the beep. To send a fax, press start now.

Important: Due to the way fax machines work, your message must be no longer than 10 seconds to avoid causing problems.

Detection of “silent” fax machines

Some older fax machines do not send out fax tones when transmitting. If you’re using your fax machine in Ans Ready mode, this might be a problem: under these circumstances, your fax machine would fail to recognize the device calling it as a fax machine, thus causing your fax’s answering machine to record silence and use up part of its storage capacity. However, your Muratec fax machine can accommodate these “silent” fax machines without disrupting your answering machine operation.

With silent fax detection activated in Ans Ready mode, your fax machine gives the caller six seconds to begin speaking after the answering machine starts recording. If there’s no voice response, your fax will attempt reception. Ask for information on activating this capability in your Muratec fax, at your authorized Muratec facsimile dealer.

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