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REMOTE ACTIVATION RECEIVING FAXES AND OTHER CALLS

UsingtheActivationCode

When you are at the fax machine, you will probably answer incoming calls before your fax machine or answering machine is programmed to pick up. If you answer a call and no one seems to be on the line, assume it is a fax message. Do not hang up. You must activate your faxmachinetotakeoverthecallfirst.(Ifyouareholdingthefaxhandset,justpresstheStartkey and hang up.) If you are on an extension/external phone, press *51 and wait for your fax machine to respond before you hang up. After 3 seconds you will hear receiving tones (chirps) throughthehandsetoftheextensionphone.Thenhangup.Youcanrepeatthecodeasmanytimes asneeded.Yourfaxmachinewilltakeoverthecallandprintthefaxmessage.Ifyourcallerwants to talk before sending the fax, you can have a conversation first and then activate your fax machinewiththecode.

TheRemoteActivationCodealsocanbeusedbyyourcallers.WhenyouareusingaTAD,your outgoing message (OGM) should end with the statement “to send a fax, press*51”. (See the sectiononConnectingaTelephoneAnsweringDeviceformoreinformation.)

UsingtheDeactivationCode

WhenyourfaxmachineisinF/Tmode,sometimesitwillansweracallthatisnotfaxcallingtones (a telephone call or manual fax). It will respond with a double ring (short, short) to alert you to takeover.Becauseithasalreadyansweredthecall,onlythefaxmachinewillring,extension phonesarenolongerconnectedtothecall.Pickupanyphoneontheline,exceptanexternalphone connectedtothefaxmachine.

Totakeoverthecallatthefaxmachine:

Pickupthehandsetofthefaxmachineandtalktothecallerasusual.Ifnooneisthereorsomeone istryingtosendyouamanualfax,presstheStartkeyandreplacethehandset.Yourfaxmachine will display RECEIVING and print the incoming fax message.

Totakeoverthecallatanextensionphone:

Pickupthehandsetonanothertelephoneandpress#51quicklyduringthesilencebetween the double ring pattern. Whenthefaxmachinehearsthecodeitwillstopringingandletyou speakwiththecaller.Ifnooneisonthelineorsomeoneistryingtosendyouamanualfax,send thecallbacktothefaxmachine(*51).

Making the Remote Codes Easier to Use

Youcanchangethecodesatanytime.Itmaybeeasierforyouandyourcallerstopressthesame keythreetimes(Example:***and###).Althoughyoucanchangethecodestoanynumbersyou want,trytoavoidusingdigitsfortheActivationCode.TheRemoteActivationCodecannotmatch anynumberyoudial.IfyoutrytodialaphonenumberthatincludestheActivationCode,your faxmachinewillgointoreceivingmode.

Troubleshooting

Sometimes other equipment on your phone line reserves a key that is in the Activation or Deactivationcode.(Someansweringmachinesreservethe“*”key.)Ifthecodeyouusetoretrieve messagesfromyouransweringmachinecausesthelinetobedisconnected,trychangingthe RemoteCodes.Change *51to###and#51to999.TheRemoteActivationandDeactivationCodes maynotworkwithsometelephonesystemsortelephonesets.

NOTE: Ifyouaccidentallypickupanextensionphonewhenafaxmessageisbeingreceived,you maydisruptthetransmissionorrendersomeportionsunreadable.

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