Receiving Faxes

When an extension telephone is connected

A call is received.

The fax machine will not ring, but the extension telephone will ring twice.

“TEL/FAX delayed ring count” Voice call

Ring

Ring

The call is connected.

Fax calling tone*

The fax machine will automatically receive documents without ringing.

*A fax calling tone is automatically generated by the sending fax machine. Some fax machines do not have this capability.

**This feature may not function depending on the type of an extension telephone. If the fax machine activates the fax function, press STOP on the fax machine in step 2 to talk with the calling party.

The extension telephone will not ring, but the fax machine will ring up to 3 times.

“Silent fax recognition ring count”

 

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The calling party will hear a different ring back tone.

You can answer the call with the extension telephone.**

1.Lift the handset.

2.Enter 0 (default code) while the ring back tone is heard.

The code number can be changed in feature #49 (p. 57).

Answer the call.

If the call is not answered, the fax machine will activate the fax function for the other party’s fax machine that did not send a fax calling tone.

TEL/FAX delayed ring count

The number of rings generated before the fax machine answers depends on the setting of feature #78 on page 59. The fax machine will not generate an audible ring during this time.

Silent fax recognition ring count

The fax machine generates audible rings to indicate that it is receiving a voice call. The number of rings generated depends on the setting of feature #30 on page 56. This signal will not ring at an extension telephone.

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Panasonic KX-FL501 manual When an extension telephone is connected, TEL/FAX delayed ring count