Receiving Faxes (continued)

Difficulties

Suggestions

Cannot receive a fax.

If you are using a telephone answering machine (External TAD mode) on the

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same line as the Brother machine, make sure your answering machine is set up

correctly. (See Connecting an external TAD (telephone answering device)

 

 

on page 35.)

 

1 Plug the telephone line cord directly from the wall telephone jack to your

 

Brother machine’s LINE jack.

 

2 Remove the protective cap from your Brother machine’s EXT jack, and then

 

plug the telephone line cord from your answering machine into the EXT jack.

 

3 Set your answering machine to answer within 4 rings.

 

If you are having problems receiving faxes or voice messages, set your

 

answering machine to answer within 2 or 3 rings.

 

4 Record the outgoing message on your answering machine.

 

Record five seconds of silence at the beginning of your outgoing

 

message.

 

Limit your speaking to 20 seconds.

 

End your outgoing message with your Fax Receive Code for people

 

sending manual faxes. For example: “After the beep, leave a message or

 

press l51 and Start to send a fax.”

 

5 Set your answering machine to answer calls.

 

6 Set your Brother machine’s Receive Mode to External TAD. (See Receive

 

Mode settings on page 30.)

 

Make sure your Brother machine's Easy Receive feature is turned On. Easy

 

Receive is a feature that allows you to receive a fax even if you have answered

 

the call on an external or extension telephone. (See Easy Receive on page 31.)

 

 

 

If you often get transmission errors due to possible interference on the telephone

 

line, try changing the Compatibility setting to Basic(for VoIP). (See

 

Telephone line interference on page 95.)

 

(For MFC-7860DW)

 

Contact your administrator to check your Secure Function Lock Settings.

 

 

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