Oki 5250 Setting Distinctive Ring, Function no, Distinctive RING, OFF, Distinctive RING, SET

!You must have your local telephone carrier’s Distinctive Ring service.

Your fax machine must be in FAX answer mode, and the PBX dial parameter must be set to OFF. Other modes—TEL, TEL/FAX, or TAD—will override Distinctive Ring

This feature may not work properly if you have a telephone other than a genuine Oki optional handset connected to your fax machine.

Setting Distinctive Ring

To set up your fax machine to recognize another ring pattern:

1Press the Select Function key.

2Press the 9/User Program One Touch key. The display shows

1:FUNC. PROGRAMMING.

3Press the Yes ◀ key. The display shows

FUNCTION NO. [ ].

4Using the numeric keypad, enter 12. The display shows

DISTINCTIVE RING, OFF.

5Press the No ♣ key two times. The display changes to

DISTINCTIVE RING, SET.

6Press the Yes ◀ key. The display changes to

SETUP FAX RING

CALL FAX NUMBER NOW.

7Using a separate telephone line, dial the number assigned to the fax machine within 90 seconds—if you don’t have access to a second line, have someone else make the call for you. When your fax machine begins to ring, it automatically detects and remembers its assigned ring pattern. Be sure to let it ring until either RESULT=OK or RESULT=NG displays. When the fax machine has successfully finished programming its ring pattern, the display shows RESULT=OK.

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