5. Distinctive Ring
5.1Distinctive 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 fax machine 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.
5.2Using two or more phone numbers on a single telephone line
5.2.1Activating the Distinctive Ring feature
{SET} {A}{B} {MENU}
1Press {MENU}.
2Press {#}, then {3}{1}.
3Press {A} or {B} repeatedly to select “ON”.
4Press {SET}.
5Press {MENU}.
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 in TEL mode.
–the fax machine will record a voice message in TAM/FAX mode.
–fax communication will be attempted in FAX ONLY mode.
5.3Using 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 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 |
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012 1234 | Standard | Personal |
| ring |
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012 5678 | Double ring | Business |
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012 9876 | Triple ring | Fax |
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To use one phone number for the fax, program the ring pattern assigned for the fax in feature #32 (page 48). In the example, the ring pattern assigned for fax is a triple ring, so you should program “C” (triple ring).
Ring pattern | Settings in | |
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| feature #32 |
Standard ring (one long ring) | A | |
1st ring | 2nd ring |
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Double ring (two short rings) | B | |
1st ring | 2nd ring |
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Triple ring | C | |
rings) |
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1st ring | 2nd ring |
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Other triple ring | D | |
long rings) |
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1st ring | 2nd ring |
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