Muratec F-65 operating instructions Autodialer basics

Autodialer

Your fax machine’s autodialer stores your most frequently called phone and fax numbers so you don’t have to remember them. The autodialer also makes it easy to dial even the most complicated international calls!

Autodialer basics

How do you autodial?

There are two kinds of autodialer numbers. The difference between the two is how you “call them up,”:

•One-touch— Pressing one of the keys, marked A–Oon the control panel.

•Speed-dial— Pressing SPEED DIAL/TEL INDEX followed by a three-digit identifier, from 01 to 85.

How big is the vault?

Your fax machine can store a total of 100 numbers — up to 15 one-touch numbers and up to 85 speed-dial numbers.

Which number is which?

Your fax machine’s autodialer will hold both fax numbers and phone numbers.

This is possible because your fax machine first checks to see if there’s a document in the feeder. If there is, the machine dials as a fax machine. If there isn’t, it dials as a telephone.

EasyDial directory

— or, What the heck’s a Location ID?

Your machine also features a built-in EasyDial directory (see page 2.13) which acts as a phone book for your fax and phone numbers. Just enter your fax/phone num- bers along with their descriptive names in the EasyDial directory. (Your machine calls this name a Location ID.) The autodialer sorts these alphabetically so, with EasyDial, you can look them up by name as if you were using a phone book.

Beyond the basics

Special dialing characters

Which number do you find easier to read: 919725552009 or 9-1-972-555-2009?

Obviously, it’s the second one. The hyphen (or dash) character (“-”) separates the numbers. In this example, a 9 is entered for outside-line access, a 1 is entered for long-distance access, then the area code and the phone number are entered.

The hyphen can also be important if you have to use special long-distance access codes or country codes for international calling.

Also, certain calls require special symbols besides just numerals. If you make calls to other countries — or just have your fax machine on an unusual phone system — you will want to be able to put the appropriate characters in the numbers you store.

That’s why your fax machine allows you to enter special dialing characters. Below is a brief description of these characters, as well as how you can put them in the num- bers you store in the autodialer:

	Char.	What it does	Keystroke(s)
	–	Makes long numbers easier to read.	DIALING OPTIONS (once)
		Does not change fax machine operation.
/	(Has no effect.)	DIALING OPTIONS (twice)
!		Tells your fax machine to pause until it	DIALING OPTIONS (3 times)
		“hears” a dial tone.
		Enters a pause when dialing
		long-distance numbers or when you are
	–/	dialing through PABX. Each pause lasts five	REDIAL/PAUSE
		seconds (or whatever length you set; see
		page 1.16). Each pause uses two of
		the characters you can store in one
		phone number.
		If your fax machine is set for pulse dialing,	DIALING OPTIONS (once), then
		switches from pulse- to tone- (“DTMF”)
	–!		(once), then
		dialing. Use after the actual phone number
			DIALING OPTIONS (3 times),
		but before any characters (such as long--	then (once)
		distance access codes) which must be in
		DTMF tone. Do not use on a tone line. Each
		–!uses two of the characters you can
		store in one phone number.

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