Chapter 7

How does Telstra® FaxStream® Duet® Work?

Incoming calls to the voice number, will have the standard ring pattern of long, long tone, followed by a pause, repeated, while the new fax number will have a different ring pattern of three short bursts of ring, repeated at regular intervals.

When FaxStream® Duet® is On and you receive a voice call all extension and external phones will ring with a standard ring pattern. The fax machine will ring on the third ring with a standard ring pattern. All external and the extension phones will continue to ring, until you or a telephone answering device can answer the voice number.

When FaxStream® Duet® is On and you

receive a fax call on the Duet® number the Fax machine will answer and automatically receive the fax message without ringing. On the other hand, all extension and external phones will ring twice with a distinctive ring pattern. Do not answer the phone as you are receiving a fax message.

Flowchart Sequence of Incoming call

Incoming Call

(either Voice or Fax)

All extension phones ring twice, fax machine is silent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registered

 

 

 

Main number

Duet (Fax)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Voice Number)

Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fax machine

 

 

Fax machine

 

 

automatically

 

 

begins ringing

 

 

receives and prints

 

 

on third ring.

 

 

fax message

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

without ringing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You answer the call

 

 

Telephone Answering

 

at an external phone

 

 

Device (TAD)

 

or an extension

 

 

 

answers the call.

 

phone or at the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

machine's handset.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Registering the Distinctive Ring pattern

Very Important!

After you have set the Distinctive Ring feature to on, the receive mode is set to Manual automatically. Your Distinctive Ring Number does not allow Voice calls - only Faxes. You cannot change the receive mode to another mode while the Distinctive Ring is set to on.

a Press MENU.

b Press a or b to display Fax. c Press Fax.

d Press a or b to display Miscellaneous.

e Press Miscellaneous. f Press Distinctive.

g Press On.

h Press Stop/Exit.

Distinctive Ring is now set to on.

Turning off Distinctive Ring

a Press MENU.

b Press a or b to display Fax. c Press Fax.

d Press a or b to display Miscellaneous.

e Press Miscellaneous. f Press Distinctive.

g Press Off.

h Press Stop/Exit.

Note

If you turn off Distinctive Ring, the machine will stay in Manual receive mode. You will need to set the Receive Mode again. (See Choose the Receive Mode on page 49.)