Fax Setup menu

In the following table, items that have an asterisk (*) indicate the factory default setting.

Menu item

Sub-menu item

Sub-menu item

Description

 

 

 

 

Fax Set-Up Utility

 

 

This is a tool for configuring the fax settings. Follow the on-screen

 

 

 

prompts and select the appropriate response for each question.

 

 

 

 

Basic Setup

Time/Date

(Settings for time

Sets the time and date setting for the product.

 

 

format, current time,

 

 

 

 

date format, and

 

 

 

 

current date.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fax Header

Enter your fax

Sets the identifying information that is sent to the receiving

 

 

number.

product.

 

 

Enter company name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer Mode

Automatic*

Sets the type of answer mode. The following options are

 

 

Manual

available:

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAM

●

Automatic: The product automatically answers an incoming

 

 

 

call on the configured number of rings.

 

 

Fax/Tel

●

Manual: The user must press the Start Fax button or use an

 

 

 

 

extension phone (press buttons 1-2-3 on the extension phone)

 

 

 

 

to make the product answer the incoming call.

 

 

 

●

TAM: A telephone answering machine (TAM) is attached to

 

 

 

 

the Aux phone port of the product. The product will listen for

 

 

 

 

fax tones after the answering machine has picked up the call-

 

 

 

 

and pick up a call if fax tones are detected.

 

 

 

●

Fax/Tel: The product will automatically pick up all calls and

 

 

 

 

determine if the call is a voice or fax call. If the call is a fax

 

 

 

 

call, the product handles the call as an incoming fax. If the

 

 

 

 

incoming call is detected as a voice call, the product will

 

 

 

 

generate an audible synthesized ring to alert the user of an

 

 

 

 

incoming voice call.

 

 

 

 

 

Rings to Answer

 

Sets the number of rings that must occur before the fax modem

 

 

 

answers. The default setting is 5.

 

 

 

 

 

Distinctive Ring

All Rings*

If you have distinctive ring phone service, use this item to

 

 

Single

configure how the product responds to incoming calls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double

●

All Rings: The product answers all ring patterns or calls that

 

 

 

come through the telephone line.

 

 

Triple

●

Single: The product answers any calls that produce a single-

 

 

Double and Triple

 

ring pattern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

●

Double: The product answers any calls that produce a

 

 

 

 

double-ring pattern.

 

 

 

●

Triple: The product answers any calls that produce a triple-

 

 

 

 

ring pattern.

 

 

 

●

Double and Triple: The product answers any calls that

 

 

 

 

produce a double-ring or triple-ring pattern.

 

 

 

 

 

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