Configuration guideline
Configuration # | Configuration instructions | |
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1 | Set up the device to answer incoming calls automatically. | |
| To change the Auto Answer setting, see the onscreen user guide on the Starter CD. | |
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2 | (Optional) Change the Rings to Answer setting to one ring or two rings. | |
| For information on changing this setting, see the onscreen user guide on the Starter CD. | |
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3 | Determine how you want the device to answer calls: automatically or manually. | |
| • If you set up the device to answer calls automatically, it answers all incoming calls and receives | |
| faxes. Your device will not be able to distinguish between fax and voice calls in this case; if you | |
| suspect the call is a voice call, you will need to answer it before the device answers the call. | |
| • If you set up the device to answer faxes manually, you must be available to respond in person to | |
| incoming fax calls or your device cannot receive faxes. | |
| To change the Auto Answer setting, see the onscreen user guide on the Starter CD. | |
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4 | Since your PC modem shares the phone line with your device, you will not be able to use both your PC | |
modem and your device simultaneously. For example, you cannot use your device for faxing if you are | ||
using your PC modem to send an | ||
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5 | If your PC modem software is set to receive faxes to your computer automatically, turn off that setting. | |
Caution: If you do not turn off the auto fax receive setting in your PC modem software, your device will | ||
| not be able to receive faxes. | |
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6 | When the phone rings, your device will answer automatically after the number of rings you set in the | |
| Rings to Answer setting. Then it will begin emitting fax reception tones to the sending fax machine and | |
| receive the fax. | |
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7 | Set your answering machine to answer after four or fewer rings. | |
(Answering machine) | Change the Rings to Answer setting on your device to six rings. | |
| When the phone rings, your answering machine will answer after the number of rings you have set, and | |
| then play your recorded greeting. The device monitors the call during this time, “listening” for fax tones. | |
| If incoming fax tones are detected, the device will emit fax reception tones and receive the fax; if there | |
| are no fax tones, the device stops monitoring the line and your answering machine can record a voice | |
| message. | |
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8 | DSL lines only: You will need to purchase additional DSL filters for all devices (telephone, fax) that share | |
| the DSL phone line. For more information about the types of DSL filters you need, contact your Internet | |
| service provider. | |
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9 | Change the Answer Ring Pattern setting to the pattern that has been assigned to your fax number by the | |
(Distinctive ring | telephone company, for example, double rings or triple rings. | |
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service) | For information on changing this setting, see the onscreen user guide on the Starter CD. | |
| NOTE: Your device is | |
| assigned to your fax number by the telephone company, your device might answer both voice calls and | |
| fax calls, or it might not answer at all. | |
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