Brother MFC-420CN What does Brothers Distinctive Ring do?, Do you have Voice Mail?

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What does Brother’s ‘ Distinctive Ring’ do?
The Brother MFC has a Distin ctive Ring feature that allows y ou to
use your MFC to take full ad vantage of the telephone company’ s
Distinctive Ring servic e. The new phone number o n your line can just
receive faxes.
Do you have Voice Mail?
If you have Voice Mail on the phone line that you will install your new
MFC on, there is a strong possibility that Voice Mail and the MFC will
conflict with each other while receiving incoming calls. However, the
Distinctive Ring feature allows you to use more than one
number on your line, so both Voice Mail and the MFC can work
together without any problems. If each one has a separate p hone
number, neither will interfere with the other’s operations.
If you decide to get the Distinctive Ring service from the telephone
company, you will need to follow the directions below to ‘register’ the
new Distinctive Ring pattern they give you. This is so your MFC can
recognize its incoming calls.
You must pay for your telephone company’s Distinctive Ring
service before you progr am the MFC to work with it.
You can change or cancel the Dist inctive Ring pattern at any
time. You can switch it of f temporarily, and turn it back on later.
When you get a new fax number, make sure you reset this
feature.