You can connect an external Telephone Answering Device (TAD) to the same line as your machine. When the TAD answers a call, your machine will “listen” for the CNG (fax calling) tones sent by a sending fax machine. If it hears them it will take over the call and receive the fax. If it does not hear them, it will let your TAD take a voice message and the display will show Telephone.
The external TAD must answer within four rings (we recommend you set it to two rings). This is because your machine cannot hear the CNG tones until the external TAD has picked up the call. The sending machine will send CNG tones for only eight to ten seconds longer. We do not recommend using the toll saver feature on your external TAD if it needs more than four rings to activate it.
Unless you are using Distinctive Ring, the TAD must be connected to the EXT. jack of the machine.
Before you connect an external TAD (telephone answering device), remove the protective cap (2) from the EXT. jack on the machine.
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Telephone services and external devices
Note
If you have problems receiving faxes, reduce the ring delay setting on your external TAD.
Connections
The external TAD must be plugged into the back of the machine, into the jack labeled EXT. Your machine cannot work properly if you plug the TAD into a wall jack (unless you are using Distinctive Ring).
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telephone wall jack into the back of the | 6 |
machine, in the jack labeled LINE. |
b Plug the telephone line cord from your
external TAD into the back of the machine, in the jack labeled EXT. (Make sure this cord is connected to the TAD at the TAD’s telephone line jack, and not its handset jack.)
c Set your external TAD to four rings or less. (The machine’s Ring Delay setting does not apply.)
d Record the outgoing message on your external TAD.
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f Set the Receive Mode to External TAD. (See Choose the correct Receive Mode on page 27.)
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