Setting the Options for FaxTel Mode

When selecting FaxTel mode, the following options can be set.

Adjust the time the machine takes to check whether a call is from a fax machine or a telephone (RING START TIME setting).

Adjust the length of time the machine rings when the call is a voice call (F/T RING TIME setting).

Set whether the machine switches to receive mode after the ring time set in F/T RING TIME has elapsed (F/T SWITCH ACTION setting).

• The default settings and selectable settings vary depending on the current country selection.

NOTE

What Happens When FaxTel Mode is Selected

Type of call

Telephone charges begin for the caller.

Telephone

 

Fax

 

Fax

 

 

 

Sending document

 

Sending document

 

 

 

manually

 

automatically

 

The machine answers without ringing.

RING START TIME

F/T RING TIME

The machine listens for the fax tone.

The fax tone is detected.

The fax tone is not detected.

The machine starts ringing.

The document is

received automatically.

The fax tone is detected and the machine switches to receive mode.

Pick up the handset to talk.

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Receiving Faxes

If you do not pick up the handset.

F/T SWITCH ACTION

 

 

 

 

Choose between:

 

DISCONNECT

RECEIVE and DISCONNECT.

 

 

 

The machine

 

 

 

 

 

disconnects the call.

RECEIVE

Not all fax machines are capable of sending a fax tone. For those cases if you set the F/T SWITCH ACTION to RECEIVE, the machine switches to receive mode automatically and starts receiving the document. If no document comes in, it disconnects the call after approximately 40 seconds.

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Canon FAX-L400 manual Setting the Options for FaxTel Mode, What Happens When FaxTel Mode is Selected