SETUP RECEIVE 5 - 9
Advanced receiving operations

Operation from extension telephones

If you answer a fax call on an ext ension telephone, or an external
telephone into the correc t socket on the mach ine, you can make your
MFC take the call by using the Remote Activation Code. When you
press the Remote Activati on Code 51, the MFC starts to receive
a fax.
(See Fax Detect on page 5-5.)
If the MFC answers a voice call an d pseudo/double-rings for you to
take over, use the Deactiva tion Code #51 to take the call at an
extension phone. (See Setting the F/T Ring Time (Fax/Tel mode
only) on page 5-4.)
If you answer a call and no one is on the li ne, you should assu me that
you’re receiving a manual fax.
■At an extension phone (on a separ ate telephone wall
socket/phone socket), press 51, wait for fax-receiving tones
(chirps), and then hang up.
■At an external phone (connec ted to the MFC’s EXT socket),
press 51 and wait for the phone to be disconnected before you
hang up (the LCD shows Receiving).
Your caller will have to press Start to send the fax.

For Fax/Tel mode only

When the MFC 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.
Lift the external telephone's handset, and then press Tel/R to
answer.
If you’re at an extension phone, you will need to lift the handset
during the F/T Ring Time and the n press #51 between the double
rings. If no one is on t he line, or if someon e wants to send you a fax,
send the call back to the MFC by pressing 51.