Different Ways to Receive a Fax

Your unit provides you with several modes for receiving faxes. To determine which mode best suits your requirements, refer to the table below:

Receive Mode

Main UseOperationRequirementsDetails

FAX ONLY MODE

Fax

Unit answers all calls

Separate telephone

p. 8-3

 

 

as fax calls. It receives

line for fax use only.

 

 

 

faxes automatically and

 

 

 

 

disconnects voice calls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fax/Tel Mode

Fax/Tel

Automatically switches

Handset, telephone,

p. 8-5

 

 

between fax and voice

or extension phone

 

 

 

calls. Receives faxes

connected to the

 

 

 

automatically and rings

unit.

 

 

 

for voice calls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MANUAL MODE

Tel

Unit rings for every call,

Handset, telephone,

p. 8-8

 

 

whether a fax call or a

or extension phone

 

 

 

voice call. For a fax

connected to the

 

 

 

call, you have to

unit.

 

 

 

manually activate

 

 

 

 

reception of the fax.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANS.MACHINE

Fax/Tel

Receives faxes

Answering machine

p. 8-10

MODE

 

automatically and

connected to the

 

 

 

routes voice calls to the

unit.

 

 

 

answering machine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MultiPASS Suite

PC Fax

Directs faxes to your

PC connected to

p. 8-11

 

 

PC.

the unit and

 

 

 

 

MultiPASS Suite

 

 

 

 

installed.

 

 

 

 

(1 Software User’s

 

 

 

 

Guide)

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET SWITCH*

Fax/Tel

Allows you to have one

Subscription to the

p. 8-15

 

 

telephone line with two

Telstra FaxStream™

p. 8-17

 

 

numbers: one for fax

Duet service

 

 

 

and one for telephone.

(Australia) or the

 

 

 

 

Telecom N.Z.

 

 

 

 

FaxAbility service

 

 

 

 

(New Zealand).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once you have decided which mode is suitable for your needs, set the mode as described in this chapter. You can change the mode at any time.

* This setting is only available in Australia and New Zealand.

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Receiving Faxes

Chapter 8