5. Distinctive Ring

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5Distinctive Ring
5.1 Distinctive Ring service from your phone company
This service is convenient if you wish to have a
different number for your fax machine and
telephone, even when you use them on a single
telephone line.
Distinctive Ring is a service offered by your local
telephone company which allows you to use
several telephone numbers on one telephone
line. When a call is made to one of your phone
numbers, the telephone company sends a ring
pattern to your telephone line to indicate which
number the call is intended for. By setting up this
unit for Distinctive Ring, you can make the unit
automatically start fax reception when a call
comes to the fax number.
To use this service, you must subscribe to
the Distinctive Ring service offered by your
local telephone company.
5.2 Using two or more phone numbers on a single telephone line

5.2.1 Activating the Distinctive

Ring feature

1Press {MENU}.
2Press {#}, then {4}{3}{0}.
3Press {1} to select “ON”.
4Press {SET}.
LThe {FAX AUTO ANSWER} indicator is
ON.
5Press {MENU} to exit.
How phone calls and faxes are received
If the incoming call is for the fax number, the unit
will ring with the assigned ring pattern and
automatically start fax reception.
If the incoming call is for the phone number, the
unit will keep on ringing.
5.3 Using three or more phone numbers on a single telephone line
You may wish to use three or more phone
numbers for a single telephone line. In order to
distinguish which number the call was
addressed to, a different ring pattern must be
assigned for each number.
Example: Using three phone numbers
To use one phone number for the fax, program
the ring pattern assigned for the fax in feature
#431 (page 43). In the example, the ring pattern
assigned for fax is a triple ring, so you should
program “C” (triple ring).
{MENU}
{SET}
Telephone
number
Ring pattern Use
012 1234 Standard
ring
Personal
012 5678 Double ring Business
012 9876 Triple ring Fax
Ring pattern Settings in
feature #431
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
rings)
“C”
1st ring 2nd ring
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