Muratec F-98 operating instructions Autodialer basics

Beyond the basics

Autodialer

Your fax machine’s autodialer is one of its most versatile features. It stores your most frequently called phone and fax numbers for instant recall so you don’t have to remember them. Now, it’s 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 access them:

•One-touch— Pressing one of the keys, marked A–Zand U1–U4,on the right side of the control panel.

•Speed-dial— Pressing SPEED DIAL/TEL INDEX followed by a three-digit identifier, from 001 to 100.

How big is the vault?

How many numbers can your fax store? A total of 130 — up to 30 one-touch num- bers and up to 100 speed-dial numbers.

Which number is which?

Your fax machine’s autodialer will hold more than just fax numbers: you can store Mom’s phone number along with your warehouse’s fax number.

How? Because, when you use the autodialer to dial a number, the fax checks to see whether there’s a document in the feeder. If there is, the machine dials as a fax machine (i. e., dials while sending fax tones). If there isn’t, it dials as a phone.

EasyDial directory: A preview

— or, What the heck’s a Location ID?

Your machine also features a built-in EasyDial directory (see page 2.14). This lets you enter your fax/phone numbers along with descriptive names. (Your machine calls this name a Location ID.) The autodialer sorts these listings alphabetically so, with EasyDial, you can look them up by name as if you were using a phone book!

As you store the numbers — we’ll get to that shortly — you’ll see how to enter the names so you can use this extremely handy feature.

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 number into its various parts — in this example, a 9 for outside-line access, a 1 for long-distance access, the area code and the phone number.

Imagine how much more important this can be if you also have to use special long- distance access codes, country codes for international calling, etc.

Also, certain calls require special symbols besides just numerals to get through. If you make calls to other countries — or just have your fax machine on an unusual phone system — you’ll 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. Here’s 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.	HOLD/DIALING OPTIONS (once)
	Doesn’t change fax machine operation.
/	(Has no effect in the United States.)	HOLD/DIALING OPTIONS (twice)
!	Tells your fax machine to pause until it	HOLD/DIALING OPTIONS
	“hears” a dial tone.	(3 times)
	Enters a pause. Each pause lasts five
–/	seconds (or whatever length you set; see	REDIAL/PAUSE [after entry of
	pages 1.12–1.13). Each pause uses two of
		at least one other character]
	the characters you can store in one
	phone number.
	If your fax machine is on a pulse (not
	tone-dialing) line, switches from pulse-	HOLD/DIALING OPTIONS (once),
	dialing to tone (“DTMF”)-dialing. Use after
–!		then (once), then
	the actual phone number but before any
		HOLD/DIALING OPTIONS
	characters (such as a long-distance	(3 times), then (once)
	carrier’s access code) which must be in
	DTMF tone. Do not use on a tone line.

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