Note
The telephone does not ring when it receives a fax call. If you want it to ring, connect a telephone to your machine and enable the <Incoming ring> setting. See “Incoming ring” on page 140. You can also select the number of rings before the machine answers. See “Incoming ring” on page 140.
zIf You Receive Mainly Voice Calls and Sometimes Faxes, or Want to Receive Faxes Manually:
Select <Manual RX>.
When you receive a fax call:
The telephone will ring. Pick up the handset and if you hear a
When you receive a voice call:
The telephone will ring. Pick up the handset to answer the call.
For remote receiving:
If you are far from your machine, dial 25 (the remote receiving ID) on your telephone to receive faxes.
Note
zThe machine can be set to receive faxes automatically after the telephone rings for a specified length of time. See “Manual/auto switch” on page 140.
zYou can customize remote receiving by enabling/disabling it, or by changing the remote receiving ID. See “Remote RX” on page 140.
zIf you have an answering machine connected to your machine 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 machine’s remote receiving ID to make it distinct from the answering machine’s security code. See “Remote RX” on page 140.
zIf the paper is not set on the sending side, your machine will go into the reception standby mode.
zIf You Want to Receive Voice Messages on Your Answering Machine and Receive Faxes Automatically:
Select <Ans. machine connect.>.
When you receive a fax call:
First the answering machine connected to your machine will respond to an incoming call, and then the machine will receive faxes automatically.
When you receive a voice call:
The answering machine connected to your machine will respond to an incoming call.
zAdjusting the Answering Machine
Adjust your answering machine as follows:
•Set the answering machine to answer on the first or second ring.
•The entire message should be no longer than 15 seconds.
•In the message, tell your callers how to send a fax.
zIf You Want to Receive Faxes Automatically as well as Voice Calls:
Select <FAX/TEL auto switch>.
When you receive a fax call:
The machine will receive the fax automatically.
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