Chapter 8 Receiving Faxes 8-9
Receiving Faxes
4■If you hear a person’s voice:
Start your conversation. If the caller wants
to send a fax after talking to you, ask them
to press the start button on their fax
machine.
When you hear a slow beep, press Start
(Start/Scan) on the unit to begin receiving
the fax. Hang up the handset.
• If the telephone or extension phone is located
away from your unit, dial 25 (the remote
receiving ID) on the telephone or extension
phone and hang up.
• The unit begins receiving the fax.
■If you hear a slow beep tone or silence:
Someone is trying to send you a fax.
Press Start (Start/Scan) on the unit to
begin receiving the fax. Hang up the
handset.
• If the telephone or extension phone is located
away from your unit, dial 25 (the remote
receiving ID) on the telephone or extension
phone and hang up.
• The unit begins receiving the fax.
n• Be sure to hang up the handset
after
you press Start (Start/Scan) or dial the remote receiving
ID; otherwise the call will be disconnected.
• You can change the number for the remote receiving ID (00 to 99), or disable remote receiving.
(→ REMOTE RX, p. 14-7)
• The unit will beep if the handset is not hung up properly. Make sure the handset is seated
properly in its cradle. If you do not want the unit to beep, disable the OFFHOOK ALARM setting.
(→ p. 14-4)
• If you have an answering machine connected to your unit that can carry out remote-control
operations (controlling your answering machine from a remote telephone), the security code for
this function may be the same as the remote receiving ID. If so, make sure you change the unit’s
remote receiving ID to make it distinct from the answering machine’s security code. (→ REMOTE
RX ID, p. 14-7)