Canon L240, L290 manual If you hear a beep tone or silence, If you hear a voice

■If you hear a beep tone or silence:

4Someone is trying to send you a fax. Press Start/Copy on your FAX and hang up to begin receiving the document.

•If you are using the telephone and it is located away from your unit, dial 25 (the default remote receiving ID) on your telephone and hang up.

	■	If you hear a voice:
	4	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.
	5	When you hear a beep, press Start/Copy on
		your AX and hang up to begin receiving the
		document.
		• If you are using the telephone and it is
		located away from your unit, dial 25 (the
		default remote receiving ID) on your
		telephone and hang up.
	•	If using the handset, be sure to hang up after you press Start/Copy on the FAX,
Note		otherwise the call will be disconnected.
	•	The FAX will alert you by beeping if the handset is not hung up properly. Make sure
		the handset is seated properly in its cradle. If you do not want the FAX to beep, disable
		the OFFHOOKALARMsetting (￿p. 14-4).
	•	If you cannot activate reception from the telephone, check that the REMOTERXsetting
		is enabled (￿p. 14-7).
	•	You can change the remote receiving ID (￿REMOTERXID, p. 14-7), or disable
		remote receiving (￿REMOTERX, p. 14-7).
	•	If you have an answering machine connected to your FAX 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 of your
		FAX. If this is the case, make sure you change the FAX’s remote receiving ID to make
		it distinct from the answering machine’s security code (￿REMOTERXID, p. 14-7).

Receiving Faxes

Chapter 8 Receiving Faxes 8-9