Answer/receive mode

Answer/receive mode

How the product receives faxes depends on the answer/receive mode you chose when you set up the product. You can send faxes in any answer/receive mode. The answer/ receive mode setting determines how the device answers the incoming call.

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Fax machine with few or no voice calls.

FAX mode

 

 

Telephone and fax machine without an

AUTO mode

external answering machine connected.

 

 

 

As a fax machine with an external

TAM mode

answering machine.

 

 

 

Using Distinctive Ring (DRPD) service to

See Distinctive ring (DRPD) on

set up a separate telephone number for

page 27.

your fax on the same physical line as

 

your other numbers.

 

 

 

Telephone with few or no fax calls.

TEL mode

 

 

SWhen no document is loaded, press the Rcv.Mode/Contrast button until the desired option displays.

FAX

In Ready mode, FAX appears in the right hand corner of the

 

mode

 

display.

 

 

When you get a call, the machine answers and receives the fax

 

 

 

automatically. When reception is complete, the machine returns to

 

 

 

Ready mode.

 

 

If you want to change the number of rings before it answers,

 

 

 

see Set rings to answer on page 23.

AUTO

In Ready mode, AUTO appears in the right hand corner of the

 

mode

 

display.

 

 

When a call comes in, the machine answers it. If a fax is being

 

 

 

sent, the device receives the fax. If the machine does not sense a

 

 

 

fax signal, it will ring 5 times in a different tone to tell you it may be

a regular telephone call. If you do not pick up the handset it will try again to receive a fax after several more rings.

If you want to change the number of rings before it answers, see Set rings to answer on page 23.

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