HP 3200 Changing answer ring patterns, What is ring pattern service?, How do I get the service?

Changing answer ring patterns

If you subscribe to ring pattern service with your telephone company, enable the product to detect ring patterns. If you do not have ring pattern service, and you change this setting, the product will not be able to receive faxes.

What is ring pattern service?

Ring pattern service, such as distinctive ring, is available from some local telephone companies. It allows you to have two or three phone numbers on one line. This costs less than paying for two or three separate lines. Each of the phone numbers has a different ring pattern. Ring patterns allow you to answer voice calls and allow the product to answer fax calls.

How do I get the service?

Call your local telephone company to check the availability and to subscribe. The service might not be available in all areas. Also, your telephone company might use a different name for this service.

If ring pattern service is available and you choose to subscribe to it, keep in mind the following:

lDetermine which ring pattern is used for phone calls and which is used for fax calls.

lMake sure the telephone company assigns the correct ring pattern to the fax number. In New Zealand, it should be a double- ring pattern with long pauses. The product ignores other ring patterns.

lImportant! If you have an answering machine or computer voicemail on this line for the other phone number, make sure the product’s rings to answer is set to a lower number than the rings to answer on the answering machine or voicemail. In the case of ring pattern detection, the product must answer calls first in order to be able to receive fax calls.

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