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Faxing
Reception Modes
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The machine can treat incoming fax messages and telephone calls in three ways.
❖Auto mode
Use this mode if your line is shared by a fax machine and telephone. When a call comes in, the machine will ring a number of times to give you the chance to pick up the ex- ternal telephone handset. If you do not pick up and the call is a fax message, the machine will go into fax mode and start receiving. You can choose the number of times the machine rings before taking the call by altering the Auto Ring time (see Chapter 7, “Setting The Auto Ring Time" in the Advanced Fea- tures manual).
❖Connecting to a Telephone An- swering Machine (TAM)
When Auto Mode is selected, you can connect the machine to a Telephone Answering Ma- chine (TAM).
TAM mode ensures that your answering machine has the chance to respond to incoming telephone calls. If the call hap- pens to be a fax message, the message will be given to the fax machine automatically.
In the TAM Mode, the Auto Ring count must be set to one ring more than the number of rings that your answering machine waits before it takes the call.
Important
❒If the Auto Mode function does not operate as expected when us- ing an answering machine, leave the first five seconds of the an- swering machine message blank.
❖Fax mode
In this mode the machine automat- ically answers incoming calls. When a call is received, the ma- chine rings a few times to alert you that a message is being sent, then starts receiving and printing the message. Fax mode is ideal for a dedicated fax line.
❖Telephone mode
Use this mode if your line is shared by a fax machine and a telephone, but you wish to answer all calls yourself and decide whether they are fax messages or telephone calls. You must manually hit the Start key to receive a fax.
The machine will ring continuous- ly until you answer the call, so you have to be near the machine at all times.
The Manual Receive indicator is lit when the machine is in this mode.