WARNING

It is important that you do NOT choose PERMANENT unless ALL the users are hearing-impaired. Otherwise, the default setting of AMPLIFY may damage the hearing of some users.

Setting Volume Amplify

Please carefully read Choosing the Handset Volume on page 4-5before you do the following steps:

1

Press Menu/Set, 1, 4, 5.

5.VOLUME AMPLIFY

 

 

2

If none of the users are hearing-impaired, VOL AMPLIFY:ON?

press or to select VOL AMPLIFY:OFF?, and then press Menu/Set and go

to Step 4—OR

If some or all of the users are hearing-impaired, select VOL AMPLIFY:ON?, and then press Menu/Set.

3 If all the users are hearing-impaired,

PERMANENT?

 

press or to select PERMANENT?,

TEMPORARY?

and then press Menu/SetOR

If only some of the users are hearing-impaired, select TEMPORARY?, and then press Menu/Set.

4Press Stop/Exit.

Memory Storage

In the event of a power failure, all settings in the GENERAL SETUP, SETUP RECEIVE, SET AUTO DIAL, SETUP REPORTS, REMOTE FAX OPT, plus the COVERPG SETUP and COVERPAGE MSG settings (from SETUP SEND) are stored permanently. You may have to reset the date and time.

FAX-2900 and FAX-3800 have a Memory Backup feature; after a power failure all faxes in memory will be saved for several days.

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Brother FAX-3800, FAX-2900 owner manual Setting Volume Amplify, Memory Storage, Permanent?, Temporary?

FAX-2900, FAX-3800 specifications

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