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Faxing>
The machine begins receiving a fax and returns to Standby mode when
the reception is completed.
Receiving manually using an extension
telephone
This features works best when you are using an extension telephone
connected to the EXT socket on the back of your machine. You can
receive a fax from someone you are talking to on the extension telephone
without going to the fax machine.
When you receive a call on the extension phone and hear fax tones,
press the keys 9 on the extension phone. The machine receives the
fax.
Press the buttons slowly in sequence. If you still hear the fax tone from
the remote machine, try pressing 9 once again.
9 is the remote receive code preset at the factory. The first and the
last asterisks are fixed, but you can change the middle number to
whatever you wish. For details about changing the code, see page 10.1.
Receiving automatically in Ans/Fax mode
To use this mode, you must attach an answering machine to the EXT
socket on the back of your machine.
If the caller leaves a message, the answering machine stores the
message as it would normally. If your machine detects a fax tone on the
line, it automatically starts to receive the fax.
Receiving faxes using DRPD mode
Distinctive Ring is a telephone company service which enables an user
to use a single telephone line to answer several different telephone
numbers. The particular number someone uses to call you is identified by
different ringing patterns, which consist of various combinations of long
and short ringing sounds. This feature is often used by answering
services who answer telephones for many different clients and need to
know which number someone is calling in on to properly answer the
phone.
Using the Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection (DRPD) feature, your fax
machine can learn the ring pattern you designate to be answered by the
Notes
• If you have set your machine to Ans/Fax mode and your
answering machine is switched off, or no answering machine is
connected to EXT socket, your machine automatically goes
into Fax mode after a predefined number of rings.
• If your answering machine has a user-selectable ring counter,
set the machine to answer incoming calls within 1 ring.
• If you are in Tel mode (manual reception) when the answering
machine is connected to your machine, you must switch off the
answering machine, or the outgoing message from the
answering machine will interrupt your phone conversation.
fax machine. Unless you change it, this ringing pattern will continue to be
recognized and answered as a fax call, and all other ringing patterns will
be forwarded to the extension telephone or answering machine plugged
into the EXT socket. You can easily suspend or change DRPD at any
time.
Before using the DRPD option, Distinctive Ring service must be installed
on your telephone line by the telephone company. To set up DRPD, you
will need another telephone line at your location, or someone available to
dial your fax number from outside.
To set up the DRPD mode:
1Press Menu until Fax Setup appears on the top line of the display.
2Press the Scroll buttons until DRPD Mode appears and press
Enter
.
3Press the Scroll buttons until Set appears and press Enter.
Waiting Ring appears on the display.
4Call your fax number from another telephone. It is not necessary to
place the call from a fax machine.
5When your machine begins to ring, do not answer the call. The
machine requires several rings to learn the pattern.
When the machine completes learning, the display shows End
DRPD [Setup].
If the DRPD setup fails, DRPD Ring Error appears. Press Enter
when DRPD Mode appears and start over from step 3.
6Press Stop/Clear to return to Standby mode.
When the DRPD feature is set up, the DRPD option is available for the
receiving mode setting. To receive faxes in DRPD mode, you need to set
the menu to DRPD.
Receiving in secure receiving mode
You may need to prevent your received faxes from being accessed by
unauthorized people. You can turn on secure receiving mode to restrict
printing of received faxes when the machine is unattended. In secure
receiving mode, all incoming faxes go into memory. When the mode is
deactivated, any stored faxes are printed.
Activating secure receiving mode
1Press Menu until Advanced Fax appears on the top line of the
display.
Notes
• DRPD must be set up again if you re-assign your fax number,
or connect the machine to another telephone line.
• After DRPD has been set up, call your fax number again to
verify that the machine answers with a fax tone. Then have a
call placed to a different number assigned to that same line to
be sure the call is forwarded to the extension telephone or
answering machine plugged into the EXT socket.