Canon 2060P manual Setting Up Fax/Tel Mode, Ring Start Time

Setting Up Fax/Tel Mode

When you select Fax/Tel Mode from the Data Registration menu, you can also set the following options.

❏RING START TIME

When a call comes in, the unit checks to see if it is a person wishing to speak to you or a fax machine trying to send a document. If your unit does not have enough time to detect the fax tone, it assumes the call is from a telephone. Use the RING START TIME setting to increase the time the unit takes to check whether a call is from a fax machine or a telephone. You can select a time between 0 and 30 seconds; the default is 8 seconds.

❏F/T RING TIME

When your unit is set to receive both fax and telephone calls automatically, it rings to alert you to pick up the handset if the call is from a person. If you do not pick up the handset within a certain amount of time, the unit stops ringing. Use this option to change the number of times the unit rings, from 10 to 45 seconds. The default is 15 seconds.

❏F/T SWITCH ACTION

Not all fax machines are capable of sending a FAX TONE (the CNG tone that warns the receiving fax machine that a fax is coming). For those cases the unit may think that the call coming in is a voice call and rings to alert you of the call (the amount of time it is going to ring is determined by the F/T RING TIME setting above). If you do not answer the call, one of two things can happen:

1.If you set the F/T SW ACTION to RECEIVE, the unit will switch to fax receive mode automatically at that point and start to receive the document. If no document comes in, it disconnects the call after approximately 35 seconds. The factory default setting is RECEIVE.

2.If you set the F/T SW ACTION to DISCONNECT, the unit will disconnect the phone call immediately freeing up your phone line at this point.

Receiving Faxes

Chapter 7 Receiving Faxes 7-5