Troubleshooting

Handling incoming calls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Difficulties

Suggestions

 

 

 

The machine ‘Hears’ a voice as a

If Fax Detect is set to On, your machine is more sensitive to sounds. It may

CNG Tone.

mistakenly interpret certain voices or music on the line as a fax machine calling

 

and respond with fax receiving tones. Deactivate the machine by pressing

 

Stop/Exit. Try avoiding this problem by turning Fax Detect to Off. (See Fax

 

Detect on page 36.)

 

 

Sending a Fax Call to the machine.

If you answered on an external or extension telephone, press your Remote

 

Activation code (default setting is l51 (l91 for New Zealand)). When your

 

machine answers, hang up.

 

 

 

 

 

Custom features on a single line.

If you have Call Waiting, Call Waiting/Caller ID, Caller ID, Voice Mail, an

 

answering machine, an alarm system or other custom feature on a single

 

telephone line with your machine, it may create a problem sending or receiving

 

faxes.

 

 

 

 

For Example: If you subscribe to Call Waiting or some other custom service and

 

its signal comes through the line while your machine is sending or receiving a fax,

 

the signal can temporarily interrupt or disrupt the faxes. Brother’s ECM feature

 

should help overcome this problem. This condition is related to the telephone

 

system industry and is common to all devices that send and receive information

 

on a single, shared line with custom features. If avoiding a slight interruption is

 

crucial to your business, a separate line with no custom features is recommended.

 

 

 

 

 

Menu access difficulties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Difficulties

Suggestions

 

 

 

The machine beeps when you try to

If Fax

is not illuminated, press it to turn on Fax mode. The Setup Receive

access the Setup Receive and

settings (Menu, 2, 1) and Setup Send settings (Menu, 2, 2) are available only

Setup Send menus.

when the machine is in Fax mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copy difficulties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Difficulties

Suggestions

 

 

 

Cannot make a copy.

Make sure that Copy

 

is illuminated. (See How to copy on page 53.)

 

 

 

Contact your administrator to check your Secure Function Lock Settings.

Vertical black line appears in

Black vertical lines on copies are typically caused by dirt or correction fluid on the

 

copies.

glass strip, or one or more corona wires are dirty. (See Cleaning the scanner glass

 

 

on page 94 and Cleaning the corona wires on page 99.)

B

 

 

Copies are blank.

Make sure you are loading the document properly. (See Using the automatic

 

document feeder (ADF) on page 27 or Using the scanner glass on page 28.)

 

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