Brother MFC-9840CDW manual Remote fax commands, Retrieve a fax, Check the receiving status, Exit

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Remote fax commands

Follow the commands below to access features when you are away from the machine. When you call the machine and enter your Remote Access Code (3 digits followed by l), the system will give two short beeps and you must enter a remote command.

Remote commands			Operation details
95	Change the fax forwarding,
	paging or fax storage settings
	1	OFF	You can choose Off after you have retrieved or erased all your
			messages.
	2	Fax forwarding	One long beep means the change is accepted. If you hear three
			short beeps, you cannot make the change because something
	3	Paging
			has not been set up (for example, a fax forwarding or paging
	4	Fax forwarding number
			number has not been registered). You can register your fax
	6	Fax storage	forwarding number by entering 4. (See Changing the fax
			forwarding number on page 70.) Once you have registered the
			number, fax forwarding will work.

96	Retrieve a fax
	2	Retrieve all faxes	Enter the number of a remote fax machine to receive stored fax
			messages. (See Retrieving fax messages on page 70.)
	3	Erase faxes from the memory	If you hear one long beep, fax messages have been erased
			from the memory.
97	Check the receiving status			9
	1	Fax	You can check whether your machine has received any faxes.
			If yes, you will hear one long beep. If no, you will hear three
			short beeps.
98	Change the receive mode
	1	External TAD	If you hear one long beep, your change has been accepted.
	2	Fax/Tel
	3	Fax Only
90	Exit		Press 9 0 to exit remote retrieval. Wait for the long beep, then
			replace the handset.

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