Receiving Faxes / Distinctive Ring

Receive polling!

(retrieving a fax placed on another fax machine)

This feature allows you to retrieve a document from another compatible machine. Therefore you pay for the call.

Make sure that no documents are fed into your unit and that the other party’s machine is ready for your call.

1 Press prepeatedly until the following is displayed.

2

3

4

Display: POLLING

PRESS SET

Press w.

Dial the fax number.

Example: FAX=3331111

Press w.

CONNECTING.....

MENU

The unit will start reception.

SET

Using with the ring detection feature!

This feature is only for use if you subscribe to a distinctive ring pattern service from your telephone company. For more information on the availability of this service in your area, please contact your telephone company before setting this feature on your unit.

In Australia, this service is called “Fax Stream Duet”. In New Zealand, this service is called “FaxAbility”.

When you subscribe to Distinctive Ring Service, your telephone company will assign you a new fax number and will also tell you the assigned ring pattern. Please complete the following setup on your fax machine to identify the assigned ring pattern.

1 Press p.

SYSTEM SET UP

Display: PRESS NAVI.[I H]

2 Press #, then 31.

RING DETECTION

MODE=OFF [±]

3 Press +or -to select the ring pattern

assigned by the telephone company.

A:Standard ring (one long ring)

B:Double ring (two short rings)

C:Triple ring (short-long-short-rings)

D:Other triple ring (short-short-long rings) OFF: Turns off the feature (default

setting).

4 Press w.

SETUP ITEM [ ]

5 Press p.

MENU SET

Note:

Once you have programmed the assigned ring pattern into the fax machine, turn AUTO ANSWER off so that the fax machine is in TEL mode.

In TEL mode, the fax machine will recognize incoming faxes on the first ring pattern and answer automatically. For phone calls, the fax machine will ring as a normal call.

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Panasonic KX-FC175AL manual Receiving Faxes / Distinctive Ring, Using with the ring detection feature, Menu, Setting