Muratec M840, M880, M860 manual

Getting Started

Here’s a brief description of the keys on your fax machine and what they do.

Important: Some of the functions we’ll mention, here, are covered in the “Beyond the basics” section.

1.LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) ---- A one-line, 16-character display which keeps you in touch with your fax machine’s status and its fax operations. Its messages vary, depending upon what your fax machine is doing or how it is set.

2.contrast/cancel ---- When a document is in the document feeder, press this key to toggle among normal, dark, or light contrast settings. Otherwise, press this key to delete characters on the LCD and cancel commands.

3.program ---- Press to scroll (move) through features and command options as displayed on the LCD.

4.stop ---- Press this all-purpose “Whoa!” key to stop the fax machine’s current operation; also feeds a document on through the feed er and kills alarms.

5.copy ---- Press to make one copy of a document.

6.start ---- Press to start manual fax transmission or reception.

7.receive ---- Changes your fax from manual to automatic reception.

8.speed dial ---- toggles between letting you enter speed dial numbers and displaying speed dial entries (including names) on the LCD.

9.mode/enter ---- When a document is in the document feeder, press this key to toggle among the three resolution modes and the halftone (grayscale) mode. Otherwise, press this key to confirm user settings, begin certain operations and move through command levels.

10.Numeric Keypad ---- Serves as a keypad for dialing numbers, and also teams with other keys for a variety of functions.

11.redial/pause ---- When you’re entering an autodialer number, pressing this key produces a variety of special characters which can be useful for long-distance numbers. Otherwise, this redials the last number you dialed.

12.monitor/call ---- Press for hands-free dialing using the fax machine’s built-in speaker. During transmission, pressing this key activates call request.

13.hold ---- Toggles between putting a caller on hold and returning to call.

14.One-Touch Keys (a through e) ---- Used for one-touch dialing, in programming your fax machine.

15.tone ---- Lets you temporarily switch from pulse to tone dialing.

16.flash ---- Press during a call to send a “Flash” signal.

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