8 8Telephone Services
Custom Features
Your FAX/MFC supports the Distinctive Ring and Caller ID telephone services offered by some telephone companies.
If you have Call Waiting, Ring Master, Voice Mail, an answering service or an alarm system or other custom feature on your telephone line, it may create a problem in the operation of your FAX/MFC.
Distinctive Ring
This FAX/MFC feature lets you use the Distinctive Ring subscriber service offered by some telephone companies, which allows you to have several telephone numbers on one phone line. Each phone number has its own Distinctive Ring pattern, so you know which phone number is ringing. This is one way you can have a separate phone number for your FAX/MFC.
Your FAX/MFC has a Distinctive Ring function, allowing you to dedicate one phone number just for receiving faxes. You’ll need to follow the directions below to “register” the new Distinctive Ring pattern, that was assigned by the Telephone Company, so your FAX/MFC can recognize its incoming calls.
You can change or cancel the Distinctive Ring pattern at any time. You can switch it off temporarily, then turn it back on. When you get a new fax number, make sure you reset this function.
You can register only one Distinctive Ring pattern with the FAX/MFC. Some ringing patterns cannot be registered.
■The FAX/MFC will answer only calls to its registered number.
■To have your TAD answer only the main number, the FAX/MFC must be in Manual Mode.
■In FAX/TEL or FAX ONLY mode, the FAX/MFC will answer all numbers on the phone line.
Registering the Distinctive Ring Pattern
1 Set the FAX/MFC to MANUAL mode.
2 Press Function/Set, 0, 1.
3 Press 
or 
to select DISTINCTIVE:SET? and press Function/Set.
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