About fax machines
If you’ve never used a fax machine before, it might seem a little mysterious. But you’ll soon recognize the unusual fax tones on your phone line, and be able to send and receive faxes easily.
Custom features
Do you have Voice Mail on the phone line?
If you have Voice Mail on the phone line where you will install your new fax machine, there is a strong possibility that Voice Mail and the fax machine may conflict with each other while receiving incoming calls.
Why should there be problems?
Since both the fax machines and Voice Mail will pick up the call after the number of rings you have set, each of them has the ability to keep the other from receiving calls.
For example, if your Voice Mail is set to answer after two rings and the fax machine is set to answer after four, your Voice Mail will stop the fax machine from receiving faxes.
If you set Voice Mail and the Brother machine to answer after the same number of rings, there is no way of knowing which one will answer first. It is important to remember that neither Voice Mail nor the fax machine can pass the call back to the other after the call has been answered.
How can you avoid possible problems?
A very good way to avoid problems like the one mentioned, is to get a second phone number on your present phone line.
Many people with Voice Mail choose this service, which is called “Distinctive Ring”, and they are very satisfied with it. (See Distinctive Ring on page
Another way to avoid possible problems is to replace your Voice Mail with an answering machine. Your Brother fax machine is designed to work with an answering machine or TAD (telephone answering device).
(See Connecting an external telephone answering device (TAD) on page
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