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 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 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 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. (1 REMOTE RX, p.
•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. (1 p.
•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. (1 REMOTE RX ID, p.
Receiving Faxes
Chapter 8 | Receiving Faxes |