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How Does FaxAbility Work?
Your telephone number will have the
standard ring pattern of long, long tone, while
the new number will have a ring pattern of
long, silence, long, etc. When FaxAbility is
On, you will not hear the first ring of all
incoming calls on the fax machine. Extension
phones will ring as usual. If the fax machine
recognizes the ring pattern, all ringing will
stop and the fax machine will answer and
automatically receive the fax message.
Otherwise, you will hear the extension
phones and the fax machine continue to ring.
The fax machine always listens to the ring
pattern before it answers, so do not pick up
the phone during that time. You will quickly
learn to recognize the ring pattern for faxes,
so you will not be tempted to answer that
number. Either you or a telephone answering
device can answer the main number(s).
Note
After you have set the FaxAbility feature to
On, the receive mode is set to Manual
automatically. Unless you have a TAD or
Voice Mail set up on the FaxAbility number,
Manual mode means you must answer all the
call yourself. You can not change the receive
mode to the other mode while the FaxAbility
is set to on.
How to Turn FaxAbility OFF or ON
The FaxAbility function is designed to
accommodate the FaxAbility service provided
by Telecom. To change the setting, repeat
Steps 1-3; Step 2 is where you can select
either On or Off.
Call Waiting beeps caused by incoming calls
on your main number can affect fax
transmissions. If you have FaxAbility Service
but don’t have Call Waiting, you need do
nothing at this stage. If you do have Call
Waiting as well as FaxAbility, set the Call
Waiting menu option to On. See below.
1Press Menu/Set, 2, 0, 2.
The screen displays
2Press ▲ or ▼ to set FaxAbility to On or
Off.
If you have FaxAbility service, select On.
Press Menu/Set.
3Press ▲ or ▼ to set Call Waiting to On or
Off. If you have Call Waiting service,
select On to avoid the trouble caused by
Call Waiting.
Press Menu/Set.
4Press Stop/Exit.
All extension phones ring,
fax machine is silent.
Fax machine
automatically
receives and prints
fax message
without ringing.
Fax machine
begins ringing
on third ring.
Registered
Duet (Fax)
Number
Main number
(Voice Number)
You answer the call
at an external phone
or an extension
phone.
Telephone Answering
Device (TAD)
answers the call.
Incoming Call
(either Voice or Fax)
Flowchart Sequence of Incoming call
2.Faxability