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To avoid conflicts between your Brother
machine and your voice mail service, do one
of the following:
Get the Distinctive Ring service from your
telephone company. Distinctive Ring is a
feature of your Brother machine that allows a
person with one line to receive fax and voice
calls through two different phone numbers on
that one line. Brother uses the term
‘Distinctive Ring,’ but telephone companies
market the service under a variety of names,
such as Custom Ringing, Personalized Ring,
Smart Ring, RingMaster, Ident-A-Ring, Ident-
A-Call, Data Ident-A-Call, Teen Ring, and
SimpleBiz Fax & Alternate Number Ringing.
This service establishes a second telephone
number on the same line as your existing
telephone number, and each number has its
own ring pattern. Typically, the original
number rings with the standard ring pattern
and is used for receiving voice calls, and the
second number rings with a different ring
pattern and is used for receiving faxes. (See
Distinctive Ring on page 50.)
OR
Set your Brother machine’s Receive Mode to
“Manual.” Manual Mode requires that you
answer every incoming call if you want to be
able to receive a fax. If the incoming call is a
telephone call, then complete the call as you
normally would. If you hear fax sending tones
you must transfer the call to the Brother
machine by pressing l51 on the dial pad of
the telephone. Unanswered fax and voice
calls will go to your Voice Mail. (To set the
machine in MANUAL Mode, see Choosing
the Receive Mode on page 42.)
Distinctive Ring 7
Brother uses the term ‘Distinctive Ring’ but
different telephone companies have other
names for this service such as Smart Ring,
RingMaster, Teen Ring, Custom Ringing,
Personalized Ring, Data Ident-A-Call, Ident-
A-Call, Ident-A-Ring or SimpleBiz Fax &
Alternate Number Ringing.

What does your telephone company's

‘Distinctive Ring’ do? 7
Your telephone company's Distinctive Ring
service allows you to have more than one
number on the same telephone line. If you
need more than one telephone number, it
is cheaper than paying for an extra line.
Each telephone number has its own
distinctive ring pattern, so you will know
which telephone number is ringing. This is
one way you can have a separate telephone
number for your machine.
Note
Please call your telephone company for
availability and rates.

What does Brother's ‘Distinctive Ring’

do? 7
The Brother machine has a Distinctive Ring
feature that allows you to use your machine to
take full advantage of the telephone
company's Distinctive Ring service. The new
telephone number on your line can just
receive faxes.
Note
You must pay for your telephone
company's Distinctive Ring service before
you program the machine to work with it.