Beyond the basics
2.34
In order that you may use OneLine + DRD, your phone company must set up
your distinctive ring service. When it does, it will assign a ring pattern, expressed in time.
For example, the standard telephone ring is 2 seconds “on” (ringing) and 4 seconds “off”
(silent), after which it repeats itself (hence the term, ring pattern).
Some telephone companies provide only a very general description — for example, “short-
short-long” — of their DRD ring patterns. Fortunately, however, your machine has eight
possible distinctive ring patterns for use with OneLine + DRD; one of them should work with
your phone company’s DRD service.
This chart lists the patterns:
Pattern One complete ring pattern (seconds)
A0.8 on, 0.4 off, 0.8 on, 4.0 off
B0.4 on, 0.2 off, 0.4 on, 0.2 off, 0.8 on, 4.0 off
C0.3 on, 0.2 off, 1.0 on, 0.2 off, 0.3 on, 4.0 off
D1.0 on, 0.5 off, 1.0 on, 3.5 off
E0.5 on, 0.5 off, 0.5 on, 0.5 off, 1.0 on, 3.0 off
F0.5 on, 0.5 off, 1.0 on, 0.5 off, 0.5 on, 3.0 off
G0.4 on, 0.6 off, 0.4 on, 4.6 off
H1.5 on, 0.5 off, 0.5 on, 3.5 off
For example: pattern C is 0.3 seconds ringing, 0.2 seconds silent, 1 second ringing, 0.2
seconds silent, 0.3 seconds ringing and 4 seconds silent; then it goes back to the first 0.3
seconds ring and starts over.
To use DRD on your fax machine:
1. Contact your phone company and confirm that the phone company has set up DRD
service for you. If possible, also find out which distinctive ring pattern the phone
company has assigned you.
2. If the machine is in Fax mode, proceed to step 2.
If it is in Copy mode, press COPY/FAX to change to Fax mode.
3. Press PROGRAM, J, 1, 9, ENTER. The display will show:
DRD: Off
Program/Enter
If you see the setting you wish, skip to step 5.
Otherwise, proceed to step 4.
4. To change the setting, press PROGRAM once or twice until your desired choice
appears. Here, we’ve chosen On.
DRD: On
Program/Enter
5. Press ENTER.
Ring Pattern: A
Program/Enter
If “A” is the pattern you want, skip to step 7.
If not, proceed to step 6.
6. Press PROGRAM repeatedly until your desired pattern appears (in our example
here, “C”):
Ring Pattern: C
Program/Enter
7. Press ENTER to set your machine to the displayed ring pattern.
Important: If your telephone company gives you only very general ring pattern
specifications, or if you otherwise encounter a problem while trying to use
your machine’s DRD feature, please try ALL of the listed ring patterns. (If
you still have a problem after trying all of the patterns, plea se ca ll th e
Muratec Customer Support Center (from the United States, call [972] 364-
3350; for the number to call from Canada, check your in-box
documentation).
Important: With your machine set for using DRD, it won’t respond to any ring pattern
other than the one you’ve selected, above. To reset the fax
so it will respond once again to normal rings, repeat steps 2-5,
above — except, in step 4, toggle it to “Off.” Yo u r fax n ow will respond
normally.
Call request
Wondering why your monitor speaker’s activation key is called MONITOR/CALL? Now, we’ll
explain the CALL part of the name. It may be hard to believe, but you actually can send or
receive a fax message and have a regular phone conversation on the same call (although,
obviously, not at the same time ). This is called a call request. It doesn’t matter whether
you’re sending the fax or receiving it. You may fax first and then talk, or talk first and then
fax.
Important: For this feature to work, the remote fax machine must hav e a simila r ca ll-
request capability. Als o , o f co u r se , your machine must hav e an optional
handset attached.