HP Fax 1200 Series
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Change the pattern only if your phone service uses distinctive ringing. This phone- company feature (usually offered for an additional fee) allows you to have several phone numbers on the same line. Each number has a specific ring pattern. If you do not know what distinctive ringing is, your phone probably does not use it. If you do not have this service, leave your HP Fax set to use the default, All Rings.
If you connect your HP Fax to a line with distinctive ringing, have your telephone company assign one ring pattern to voice calls and another to fax calls (double or triple rings are best for a fax number).
1On the front panel, verify that Auto Answer is enabled.
The light next to Auto Answer is on when the feature is enabled. Press the Auto Answer button to turn it on or off.
2Press Menu.
3Press 6, and then press 2.
4Press 
to scroll through these options: All Rings, Single Rings, Double Rings, Triple Rings, and Double & Triple.
5After the ring pattern that the phone company established for this number appears, press ENTER.
7,3 We recommend that you use Double Rings or Triple Rings.
6If you have an answering machine on this phone line (on any phone number), set the answering machine to answer after four or more rings.
You want your HP Fax to answer before the answering machine; otherwise, your HP Fax will not receive fax calls. Your unit is automatically set to answer after one ring.
7If you want to change the number of rings after which your HP Fax answers, do the following:
•Press Menu, press 5, and then press 3.
•Press 
to select a number of rings that is fewer than the number you set on your answering machine in step 6.
•After the number of rings you want appears, press ENTER.
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