For MFC-990CW

a If you answered by pressing Speaker Phone on the machine, press Mute/Intercom on the machine to put a call on Hold.

b To release the call from Hold, press Speaker Phone on the machine.

Note

You can pick up an extension telephone and continue speaking without releasing the call from Hold on the machine.

Tone or Pulse

If you have a Pulse dialling service, but need to send Tone signals (for example, for telephone banking), follow the instructions below:

a Press Speaker Phone on the machine.

b Press # on the machine’s control panel. Any digits dialled after this will send tone signals.

When you hang up, the machine will return to the Pulse dialling service.

Fax/Tel mode

When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode, it will use the F/T Ring Time (pseudo/double- ringing) to alert you to pick up a voice call.

If you are at the machine, you can lift the handset, the cordless handset or press Speaker Phone to answer.

If you are at an extension telephone, you'll need to lift the handset during the F/T Ring Time and then press # 5 1 between the pseudo/double rings. If no one is on the line, or if someone wants to send you a fax, send the call back to the machine by pressing

l5 1.

Telephone and External devices

Fax/Tel mode in Power Save condition

When the machine is in Power Save condition you can receive faxes if the Power Save setting is Fax Receive:On. (See Power Save setting on page 23.)

(MFC-790CW)

When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode and F/T rings to tell you to pick up a voice call, you can only answer by picking up the machine’s handset.

If you answer before the machine F/T rings, you can also pick up the call at an external or extension telephone.

(MFC-990CW)

 

Set Ring Tone to On to hear the rings when

 

you receive a call. (See Power Save setting

7

on page 23.)

 

When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode and rings, you can only answer at an external or extension telephone.

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