Note
If you do not want to receive faxes on your Distinctive Ring number, you can turn off Distinctive Ring. The machine will stay in Manual receive mode so you will need to set the Receive Mode again. (See Choose the correct Receive Mode on page 27.)
Press Stop/Exit.
c
Miscellaneous 2.Distinctive
b Press a or b to choose Off. Press OK.
Press Menu, 2, 0, 2.
a
e Press Stop/Exit.
Distinctive Ring is now set to On.
Turning off Distinctive Ring
Press OK.
Press a or b to choose Set.
b c
d Press a or b to choose the prestored ring pattern you want to use.
Press OK.
(You will hear each pattern as you scroll through the four patterns. Make sure you choose the pattern that the telephone company gave you.)
Press Menu, 2, 0, 2.
Miscellaneous 2.Distinctive
a
Registering the Distinctive Ring pattern Very important!
After you have set the Distinctive Ring feature to On, your Distinctive Ring number will receive faxes automatically. The receive mode is automatically set to Manual and you cannot change it to another receive mode while Distinctive Ring is set to On. This ensures the Brother machine will only answer the Distinctive Ring number and not interfere when your main telephone number is called.

Chapter 6

Note

•Ring Pattern #1 is often called Short-Short and is the most commonly used.

•If the ring pattern you received is not on this chart, please call your telephone company and ask for one that is shown.

The machine will only answer calls to its registered number.

The first two rings are silent on the machine. This is because the fax must <<listen>> to the ring pattern (to compare it to the pattern that was ‘registered’). (Other telephones on the same line will ring.)

If you program the machine properly, it will recognize the registered ring pattern of the ‘fax number’ within 2 ring patterns and then answer with a fax tone. When the ‘voice number’ is called, the machine will not answer.

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