Panasonic KX-FL541 manual Distinctive Ring service from your phone company, Ring pattern Settings

5. Distinctive Ring

5.1Distinctive Ring service from your phone company

The Distinctive Ring service is a service offered by your local telephone company. This service provides several telephone numbers for a single telephone line, and the ring pattern differs according to which telephone number the call was addressed to. Originally, this service was designed for the purpose of allowing different ring patterns to distinguish which number the call was addressed to.

This unit distinguishes the different ring patterns. If the ring pattern is one which is assigned for a fax, the fax machine will automatically start fax reception. This service is convenient if you wish to have a different number for fax in a single telephone line.

To use this service, you must subscribe to the Distinctive Ring service offered by your local telephone company.

5.2Using two or more phone numbers in a single telephone line

5.2.1Activating the Distinctive Ring feature

{MENU} {SET}

{A}{B}

1Press {MENU}.

2Press {#}, then {3}{1}.

3Press {A} or {B} to select “ON”.

4Press {SET}.

5Press {MENU} to exit the program.

How to receive calls

If the incoming call is for the fax number, the fax machine will ring with the assigned ring pattern and automatically start fax reception.

If the incoming call is for the phone number, the fax machine will keep on ringing.

5.3Using three or more phone numbers in a single telephone line

You may wish to use three or more phone numbers for a single telephone line to distinguish which number the call was addressed to. A different ring pattern must be assigned for each number.

Example: Using three phone numbers

Telephone	Ring pattern	Use
number
012 1234	Standard	Personal
	ring
012 5678	Double ring	Business
012 9876	Triple ring	Fax

To use one phone number for the fax, program the ring pattern assigned for the fax in feature #32. In the example, the ring pattern assigned for fax is a triple ring, so you should program “C” (triple ring).

Ring pattern		Settings in
		feature #32
Standard ring (one long ring)		A
1st ring	2nd ring
Double ring (two short rings)		B
1st ring	2nd ring
Triple ring (short-long-short		C
rings)
1st ring	2nd ring
Other triple ring (short-short-		D
long rings)
1st ring	2nd ring

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