3 Receiving a Fax

Receive Mode Settings

Select Receive Mode

Receive Mode

For

1.

FAX ONLY

Use this function if you want to receive fax messages only (no

 

 

telephone calls). The machine should be connected on its own

 

 

line. The machine automatically answers every call as a fax

 

 

call. You cannot receive a voice call but, if you have connected

 

 

an External telephone, you can still dial out and make voice

 

 

calls. (This setting is recommended if the machine is on its

 

 

own dedicated fax line.)

2. FAX/TEL (F/T)

Use this function if you expect to receive many fax messages

 

(with an External Telephone)

and few phone calls. The machine automatically answers

 

 

every call. If the call is a fax, it prints the fax. If the call is not

 

 

a fax, it signals you with an F/T pseudo-ring, different from the

 

 

phone company ringing, to alert you to pick up the call. Lift the

 

 

external telephone’s handset, and then press Tel to answer. If

 

 

you select this setting, you will need to set the Ring Delay and

 

 

F/T Ring Time features (on the following pages).

3.

TAD:ANSWER MACH.

This is the only setting in which you can use an external

 

(with an External Answering

answering machine. Your telephone answering device

 

Machine)

answers every call. Once the external telephone answering

 

 

device (TAD) answers, the machine listens for fax tones. If it

 

 

detects fax tones, fax messages are printed.

 

 

The TAD setting works only with an external telephone

 

 

answering device (TAD). Ring Delay and F/T Ring Time do

 

 

not work in this setting.

4.

MANUAL

Use this function if you receive many telephone calls and few

 

(with an External Telephone)

fax messages. You must answer all calls yourself. If you hear

 

 

fax tones, wait until the machine takes over the call

 

 

automatically, then hang up (see Fax Detect function).

USE FAX BASIC

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