Remote retrieval
You can call your machine from any touch- tone telephone or fax machine and then use the remote access code and remote commands to retrieve fax messages.
Setting a Remote Access Code
The Remote Access Code lets you access the remote retrieval features when you are away from your machine. Before you can use the remote access and retrieval features, you must set up your own code. The factory default code is the inactive code (– –
a Press .
b Press All Settings.
c Swipe up or down, or press a or b to display Fax.
d Press Fax.
e Swipe up or down, or press a or b to display Remote Access.
f Press Remote Access.
g Enter a
Press OK.
(The preset ‘l’ cannot be changed.)
NOTE
DO NOT use the same code used for your Fax Receive Code (l51) or Telephone Answer Code (#51) (see
Basic User's Guide: Using Remote Codes).
h Press .
Receiving a fax
NOTE
You can change your code at any time. To make your code inactive, press and hold
at step g to restore the inactive setting – –
Using your Remote Access Code
a Dial your fax number from a telephone | 4 |
or another fax machine using touch tone.
b When your machine answers, immediately enter your Remote Access Code (3 digits followed by l).
c The machine signals if it has received messages:
1 long beepd When the machine gives two short beeps, enter a command (see Remote fax commands on page 34). The machine will hang up if you wait longer than 30 seconds to enter a command. The machine will beep three times if you enter an invalid command.
e Press 9 0 to reset the machine when you are finished.
f
NOTE
•If your machine is set to Manual mode and you want to use the remote retrieval features, wait for about 100 seconds after it starts ringing, and then enter the remote access code within 30 seconds.
•This function may not be available in some countries or supported by your local telephone company.
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