Caller ID (For Singapore and Hong Kong)

The Caller ID feature of this machine lets you use the Caller ID subscriber service offered by many local phone companies. Call your telephone company for details. This service provides you, by means of the screen display, the telephone number (or name) of your caller as the line rings.

After a few rings, the screen displays the telephone number of your caller (or name, if available). Once you answer the call, the Caller ID information disappears from the screen, but the call information remains stored in the Caller ID memory.

„You will see the first 16 characters of the number or name.

„ID Unknown display means call originates outside your Caller ID service area.

„ID Withheld display means the caller has intentionally blocked transmission of information.

Note

You can print a list of Caller ID information received by your machine. (See How to print a report on page 86.)

Caller ID service varies with different carriers. Call your local phone company to determine the kind of service available in your area.

Telephone and External devices

Connecting an external TAD (telephone answering device)

You may choose to connect an external answering device. However, when you have an external TAD on the same telephone line as the machine, the TAD answers all calls and the machine ‘listens’ for fax calling (CNG) tones. If it hears them, the machine takes over the call and receives the fax. If it does not hear CNG tones, the machine lets the TAD continue playing your outgoing message so your caller can leave you a voice message.

The TAD must answer within two rings (the

 

recommended setting is two rings). The

 

machine cannot hear CNG tones until the TAD

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has answered the call, and with four rings there

are only 8 to 10 seconds of CNG tones left for the fax ‘handshake’. Make sure you carefully follow the instructions in this guide for recording your outgoing message. We do not recommend using the toll saver feature on your external answering machine if it exceeds five rings.

Note

If you do not receive all your faxes, shorten the Ring Delay setting on your external TAD.

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1

(Example for Australia)

1 TAD

When the TAD answers a call, the LCD shows Telephone.

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