8-6 Receiving Faxes Chapter 8
Setting the Options for Fax/Tel Mode
If you set Fax/Tel Mode, you can control precisely how the unit handles incoming calls by
adjusting the following settings:
• Adjust the time the unit takes to check whether a call is from a fax machine or a telephone
(RING START TIME setting).
• Adjust the length of time the unit rings when the call is a voice call (F/T RING TIME
setting).
• Set whether the unit switches to receive mode after the ring time set in F/T RING TIME
has elapsed (DEFAULT ACTION setting).
nFor MultiPASS models, you can also set these options from the MultiPASS Suite. (→
Software
User’s Guide
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■ What Happens When Fax/Tel Mode is Selected
Not all fax machines are capable of sending a fax tone. For those cases if you set the
DEFAULT ACTION to RECEIVE, the unit switches to receive mode automatically and starts
receiving the document. If no document comes in, it disconnects the call after
approximately 40 seconds.
Type of call
Telephone charges
begin for the caller.
RING START TIME
(Factory default setting =
8 sec.)
F/T RING TIME
(Factory default setting =
22 sec.)
Telephone Fax Fax
Sending document
manually Sending document
automatically
The unit answers without ringing.
The unit listens for the fax tone.
(For 8 sec.)
The fax tone is detected.
The fax tone is not detected.
The unit starts ringing.
If you don’t pick up the handset
(withing 22 sec.)
DEFAULT ACTION
Choose between:
RECEIVE (factory default setting) and DISCONNECT.
RECEIVE
(Factory default setting)
Pick up the handset to
talk.
The document is
received automatically.
(The fax tone is detected
and the unit switches to
receive mode.)
The unit disconnects the
call.
DISCONNECT